Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-03-23
County Commissioners Meeting.


be fully realized. Our legal fraternity
- we believe will remain StdtH quo.
County Commissioners Meeting.
: The Board of Commissioner of Trum-
u bull county met in regular session, at
the Auditors Office, in Warren, on Mon
dav. March It'll. Present, hessrs. o. h.
= Wolcott, E. A. Reed and /. B. Payne.
y The following business was transacted:
A petition was presented by the Solic-
itor of the village Of Niles, signed by
: the Mayor and Council Of that village,
, asking for an extension Of the limits OF
said village. 1t was ordered hat the
f 18th day of May, 1870, be set as the day
for hearing arguments for or against the
proposed extension.
A contract was entered into with John
t Scoville to build the mason work for a
! bridge across Squsw creek in Vienna
! township, ct $40 per perch, the work to
be completed by the first of July next.
Also a contract with the same to build a
heavy brace bridge across Squaw creek,
in Vienna township, at $3.50 per foot, to
be completed by the first Of July next.
The report Of committee or petition
of VIM. Cochran, ct al, asking that road
be established in the east part Of the
township of Vernon, was read.
A petition was presented, signed by
James Noble, James Braden, ct al, ask
ing for a re-survey of a road about one
mile south of the east and west centre
road, in Greene township. Aaron Davis,
Ziba Casterline, and Lewis Oatley were
appointed a committee, with S. F. Dickey
as Surveyor, to meet for that purpose,
on Friday, April s, 1870.
The contract for the building of an iron
bridge across Grand river, in the west
part of the township of Bloomfield, was
awarded to q. King & Son, of Cleveland,
at SI7 per foot.
The report OF the committee on a petit
ton Of T. W. Case, ct al, for laying a
road in Girard, west OF the bridge across
the Mahoning river at that place, was
read.
TUESDAY, Mar. 6. All the members
of the Board present. 1t was ordered
that an order be drawn on the treasurer
in favor Of the trustees of Rowland. in
the sum Of $40, to be applied toward re-
pairing a road across Mosquito creek, in
Rowland, at North crossing. Also an
order in favor of Daniel Burns, of $500,
as full pay for building a bridge across
Pymatuning creek, in Gustavus town
ship.
The following contracts were entered
into: With N. NJ. Sanford to build a
bridge across Grand river in the north
east part of the township OF Farming
ton, for the sum of $3.50 per foot, to be
completed by the 18th of July, 1870.
With S. S. Reed for building two abut-
ments for a bridge across Grand river,
near the residence OF Ira Hyde, in the
northeast part Of Pennington. With
Daniel Burns to build the mason work
for a bridge across Mill creek, one mile
west Of the centre of Vernon, at $685. per
perch. And also the masonry for a
bridge across the same stream, near W.
Simon's, at $3.50 per perch; all to be
completed by the LIST of October, 1870.
1t was ordered that Wednesday, the
9th day of April be set, as the day for
hearing the petition Of Jonathan War
ner, ct al, for setting Of a portion of the
township of Weathersield, in the vicini-
ty Of Mineral Ridge, into a separate
election district.
bers of the Board present. Bill Of VIM.
Gillmer, of $40, for white washing at Jail,
and filing up walk at same, was ordered
to be paid.
Ordered that an order be drawn on the
Treasurer in favor of ]. D. Kennedy,
for three months regular salary, six
months allowances, and extra services, !
in the sum Of SlO6S.5. 1
By request Of several citizens, the j
Commissioners visited the locality Of
Camp & Rsndsll's Mills, in the north
part of Warren City, for the purpose Of
considering the propriety Of building a
bridge acrAs the Mahoning river at that
point, and expressed the opinion that it
would be desirable for several reasons,
and would be a great public conven- {
fence. (
THURSDAY, Mar. 10. The Board to-
day visited the County Infirmary, and .
report that they found matters connected s
with that institution generally satisfacto- 6
~. The farm stock is in good condition.
The buildings have been much improv- {
ed during the past year, and consequent
" the comfort and convenience Of the c
inmates greatly enhanced. 8
The Board examined the covered I
bridge across the Mahoning river in the t
south part of the city of Warren, and
report that it will be necessary to re- '
build the bridge at that place without
much delay. ]
FRIDAY. The Board to-day proceeded {
TO examine the bridge across the Mahon-
ing river near the a. & 6. W. r. r. de- :
pot, at Le~avittsburg, and reported that
the bridge is getting out Of order, and G
apparently unsafe for heavy teams, and i
that it will be necessary to rebuild the t
same without much delay. +
The Board made the following order 8
in regard to levy for taxes for the year {
1870: 9
That the County Auditor be requested +
to levy a tax for bridge purposes Of one
and a half mills on a dollar valuation; {
So-lOO of a mill for special road and !
bridge purposes, and 5000 of a mill for 6
road purposes. All the foregoing are to 9
be levied as a road Fund, upon the en- J
tire valuation of the property in the
county. /
In the matter Of the petition of VIM. '
Cochran, ct al, and the report Of the COM
mittee thereon, in regard to the estab- I
lishmentof a road in Vernon, the follow
ing order was directed to be placed upon i
the journal: That, in the opinion of the $
Board, the said proposed road is not of (
sufficient public importance to justify 9
the county in paying the damages as
assessed, and therefore orders that the 7
road as proposed, be not established, >
unless the petitioners pay the damages '
as assessed by the Committee, on or be- /
e. g. :