Petitions (White schools) 1949 Sunny Ridge property access

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November 19, 1949
Mrs. Metta Watts Smith
1401 Fairmont Street, N. W.
Washington, D. С.
Dear Mrs. Smith:
Your letter of November 15, in reference to the road situation at Sunny Ridge has come to my attention. I have talked to our resident engineer for the Virginia Highway System and he tells me you also wrote to him about the matter. It seems that the road on the front side of your school property is int the secondary system of Virginia but the road on the other side is not. Mr. Board explained to me that he has no authority to work this road. Apparently it was formerly a public road and probably can still be so considered.
There is no right of way across your property and any use of a road across this land could be stopped by you. There are possibly three ways by which this could be done. (1) Ascertain the names of the property owners above your property and request that they stop going across, suggesting that they remove the obstacles from the regular road. (2) Post no trespassing and no thoroughfare signs across the apparent road on your property at both entrances. (3) Fence the property. I am sorry not to be more help but if there is anything specific that you think I might do to help you with this situation please advise me. Very sincerely yours, O. L. Emerick Division Superintendent
OLE:t
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1401 Fairmont Street N. W.
Washington, D.C.
November 15, 1949
Chairman, Loudoun County School Board
Leesburg, Virginia
Dear Sir:
It would be deeply appreciated by me if you could have a little matter taken care of which I feel sure has slipped your notice unintentionally so before more time manages to elapse I thought I would write to bring the matter to your attention.
I purchased from the board several years ago one of your school buildings that had passed into disuse. The property is known as Sunny Ridge. Mr. Emmerick assured we that the school house road which was being used by persons living above there was not a right-of-way or easement from their several properties but the state road which the property is bordered by on one side (Wilson Gap Road) was the public highway, to date the State Road Commission has done nothing about repairing that small strip of road and force the persons living above there to cut across what was the school property as they have no other means of right-of-way or easement from their several properties thus making them perhaps unknowingly trespassers on paid property.
It is my desire to have this matter settled without unpleasantness with the several neighbors who are using my property as a right-of-way. I appeal to you to write the State Road Commission to repair the public highway adjoining the property as this property no longer belongs to the country but has passed into private lands.
I desire to start some remodeling of the building in the near future and I would like to not have people running over the property.
Appreciate so much your giving this matter your prompt attention and thanking you for your trouble.
Sincerely,
(Mrs.) Metta Watts Smith

Title: Petitions (White schools) 1949 Sunny Ridge property access
Description: This petition is written by Metta Watts Smith, the owner of the former Sunny Ridge school for white children, which she purchased from Loudoun County Public Schools. She sought school board assistance on an right-of-way issue between her and the State of Virginia. Emerick looks into the issue and responds that she should either talk to her neighbors, post no trespassing signs, or put up a fence.
Tag: correspondences, road issue, property rights, Virginia, officials, right of way, trespassers, rural America, bureaucratic processes
Date: 1949-11-19
Creator: Loudoun County PatronsSee all items with this value
Place: Sunny Ridge WhiteSee all items with this value; VirginiaSee all items with this value
Identifier: 1041445
Is Version Of: 1041445_2.5.B Yr 1949 Sunny Ridge Property Access.pdf
Format: PDF DocumentSee all items with this value
Publisher: Digitized by Edwin Washington ProjectSee all items with this value
Rights: Loudoun County Public SchoolsSee all items with this value
Language: English
Replaces: /Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/source/Ingest Two/EWS Special Projects/Lost_Letters Project/Ed Washington Folder/2.5B White Petitions/2.5.B Sunny Ridge/2.5.B Yr 1949 Sunny Ridge Property Access.pdf
Transcription: November 19, 1949
Mrs. Metta Watts Smith
1401 Fairmont Street, N. W.
Washington, D. С.
Dear Mrs. Smith:
Your letter of November 15, in reference to the road situation at Sunny Ridge has come to my attention. I have talked to our resident engineer for the Virginia Highway System and he tells me you also wrote to him about the matter. It seems that the road on the front side of your school property is int the secondary system of Virginia but the road on the other side is not. Mr. Board explained to me that he has no authority to work this road. Apparently it was formerly a public road and probably can still be so considered.
There is no right of way across your property and any use of a road across this land could be stopped by you. There are possibly three ways by which this could be done. (1) Ascertain the names of the property owners above your property and request that they stop going across, suggesting that they remove the obstacles from the regular road. (2) Post no trespassing and no thoroughfare signs across the apparent road on your property at both entrances. (3) Fence the property. I am sorry not to be more help but if there is anything specific that you think I might do to help you with this situation please advise me. Very sincerely yours, O. L. Emerick Division Superintendent
OLE:t
[page 2]
1401 Fairmont Street N. W.
Washington, D.C.
November 15, 1949
Chairman, Loudoun County School Board
Leesburg, Virginia
Dear Sir:
It would be deeply appreciated by me if you could have a little matter taken care of which I feel sure has slipped your notice unintentionally so before more time manages to elapse I thought I would write to bring the matter to your attention.
I purchased from the board several years ago one of your school buildings that had passed into disuse. The property is known as Sunny Ridge. Mr. Emmerick assured we that the school house road which was being used by persons living above there was not a right-of-way or easement from their several properties but the state road which the property is bordered by on one side (Wilson Gap Road) was the public highway, to date the State Road Commission has done nothing about repairing that small strip of road and force the persons living above there to cut across what was the school property as they have no other means of right-of-way or easement from their several properties thus making them perhaps unknowingly trespassers on paid property.
It is my desire to have this matter settled without unpleasantness with the several neighbors who are using my property as a right-of-way. I appeal to you to write the State Road Commission to repair the public highway adjoining the property as this property no longer belongs to the country but has passed into private lands.
I desire to start some remodeling of the building in the near future and I would like to not have people running over the property.
Appreciate so much your giving this matter your prompt attention and thanking you for your trouble.
Sincerely,
(Mrs.) Metta Watts Smith

Item sets: White Petitions