Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-07-07
Bridges and Town Taxes in Ellenboro.

Mr.. CovER.-A gain | trouble your
readers with reply TO Mr., }. NJ.
Cannon, respecting the bridge mat
tiers in our town of Ellenboro
did not know by whom you had
been Informed. but concluded it was
Mr.. Cannon, for a hit bird always
fiutters First. be denies the vote
raising 81 900 to be illegal the vote
was as follows as | am informed by
one of the Board of Supervisors, and
was so informed previously, as stated
by Mr.. Cannon: One hundred aud
three persons passed between the two
persons for the purpose of being
counted the result was fifty three
for the tax aud fifty against it; n
majority OF three, OF a number for
the tax three were net registered
voters two Of them Mr. Cannon's
sons one of them had been from the
state for several years, having re-
Gently returned for the truth of which
have the authority Of one of the
Town Board the others / have not
seen recently, now, deduct the three
illegal votes and we have tie two
two voters standing by were request
ed TO pass the narrows but refused,
saying there would be still MAJORS
ty of one, not knowing but every one
who voted were legal voters also
many of the legal voters were not
present, not knowing the orler Of
business, not having been informed
at the opening of the polls as requir>
ed by law, Mr. Cannon says the sum
! Of $500 having been raised the pres
vious year to build a bridge across
Platte at Mr. Boyd's was not true !;
but it is true that $500 is now in the
Town Treasury to build brid re
across Platte, and the Town Board
| of Supervisors were to locate the
place to build it and they meander,
ed up and down Platte and could not
agree as to the place. 1t was well
understood at the time where the
Board would locate the place, and i
have been informed by the Board
that there was no disagreement be
tween them in the location at Boyd 5
and as the $500 was insufficient to
/ build it. The Chairman, Mr.. b. ID,
Bevans, drew up a petition. to the
County Board and presented 1t to
the voters Of the town at the general
election in Nov last, which was sign.
ed by respectable number and car
ried up to the annual meeting OF the
Board of County Supervisors, asking
an appropriation of an amount suffi'
cient to build the bridge or aid in SC
doing.
The Board did not see proper tC
make an appropriation. so the mat
ter stands. Now, respecting tht
bridge one mile above the village o
Ellen boro. Nj. Cannon says it il
nearly the center CT Ellcnboro. 9th,
saloon he means,) and is of NOR,
benefit to the town Of Ellenboro thar
any other bridge in the town ant
is on the main travelled road fro n
Potosi TO Black Jack. Now wha
communication have these two towns
none whatever twenty-five year
ago when Potosi was live town
and Black Jack had some lead Il
ship there was quite al amount 0
travel on that road bat since RAJ
Roads have become the order of tn
day travel has changed from Blacl
Jack to Mineral Point, and if it wer
not so the road crossing at ElleDbor,
bridge and running up the Willow
Branch and intersecting the othe
road is the nearest and best road t.
Black Jack there is also anothe
passing my residence and intersect-
ing 1T the old Bull farm, known b,
most Of the old settlers, which is
better one than Cannon's road ais
by Platteyille is equally as good
The strife in Ellenboro al thi
bridge matter is simply this, and al
good citizens will confirm my asser
ton, there are some halt dozen per
sons VINO would have more direc
way of returning home late at night
after having spent the greater par
of the day at the saloon to be sure
some persons would occasionally b
Accommodated, but not enough to jus
tify building u bridge, | have alrea
dy occupied much space and vii
close.
5 BARsToW.
EIlenboro June GOTH '6S