Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-17
OF THE PEACE.

j. Anderson, Perry Township.
A. c. Blakcley, Sumner
N. Barney, Byron
". II. Barton, Washington g.
A. Crooks, Liberty
w. NJ. Dickey, Perry -
G. S. Dawes, Byron
F. J. Everett, FairbanA g
p. II. Fisher, Como, :.
w. Z. Hill, Westburg
Charles Hoover, Newton
ID. W. Hopkins Fairbank .
D. S, Lee, Washington g
ID. \. McLcish, jefferson -
Eli Norton, Homer =
j. NJ. Riordan, Newton
w. Woodwork Byron
b. .. Warren Buffalo
C0NsTABLEs.
H.G. Chamberlain, Liberty Township.
W. NJ. Durfey, Madison -
G. III. Fernald, Fremont %
J. +. Gates, Washington :.
ID. $. Swartzel, Liberty
TOWNSHIP. CLERKS.
0. S. Ames, Sumner g
a. Crooks, Liberty .
J. E. Cook. Perry -
e. NJ. Du Boies, Middelield .
p. II. Fisher, Como ("
John Holeti, Washington .
|. N. Myers, Westburg q
A. X. Stanford, Homer :"
c. w. Scdcll, Byron =
Cyrus E. Smith, Fairbank 90
The appointment of W. II. Lewis as
Deputy Clerk of the District Court was
approved by the Board.
The following official Bonds We're con.
tinued for correction, to-wit:
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Edward Gleason, L. 0. Hllman.
CONSTABLE.
w. 4. Patterson.
TOWNSHIP CLERKS
VIM. Gipe, Edward Gleason, and Sam
uel Hoover.
The Co. Auditor was authorized to pass
upon the continued Bonds when they
shall have been corrected, and also upon
official Bonds presented during recess.
The Financial Report of County Treas
urer was presented, accepted and ordered
on file.
Adjourned till tomorrow morning at 0
O'Clock.
SECOND DAY.
Jan. Z, 1873.
The Board convened at Q o'clock A. NJ.
pursuant to adjournment
All the men bcrs present.
Minutes of Yesterdays proceedings read
and approved.
The Bridge Committee of 1872 made
the following report, which was on mo-
ton adopted and ordered on record, to-
wit:
The Bridge Committee beg leave to re-
port that during the year 1872 they have
completed the bridge across the Wapsie-
piricon River at Independence as con
tracted for in 1871. The cost of piers and
abutmcnts, was Sll, $3.50.
That the cost of the superstructure
built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co., of
Canton, Onion, is $S,772, making the to-
tai cost Ct the bridge as built, 800, lO2.
The Piers and abu ments have been well
built of Granite Boulder throughout, and
will last for several hundred years.
The bridge is of iron throughout, cx-
cept joist and floor, and the estimated life
of such bridge is fifty years
With the expense Of jointing the same
once in two years, and renewing the floor
and joice occasionally, this bridge will
last 80 years.
Your committee were of the opinion
that large portion of the timbers in the
old bridge at Independence, could be used
in building short bridges across the small
err streams OF the county. and intended SO
to use them; but on taking the bridge
down we found the timbers so far
decayed that they could not with safe
ty be used for that purpose, with the
exceptions of the new timbers tina: were
put in when the bridge was repaired in
1871.
The lateness OF the completion of the
bridge, rendered it impractcable to build
bridges this fall out of the material that
was suitable.
This material will be on hand for the
use of the county in the spring of 1873.
The bridges at Liltleton, Otterville and
across Buffalo Creek, near Winthrop,
have had to be repaired during the past
season. Other than the above, the coun-
ty has not constructed any bridges for the
year 1872.
The co"nty was sued by Mr.. p. Ney,
Oh the contract FOR build ng the piers and
abutments ut Quasqueton and Fairbank.
He claiming 50, 444 more than The Board
of 1871 and 1872 were willing to pay.
This suit was tried before the Circuit
court of Blackhawk county, Iowa. The
decision has net yet been rendered by the
court, but the said Ncy now proposes that
if the county will pay him the amount
they first offered him with interest as per
contract, lie will pay all the costs of suit
and have the matter settled.
We had paid said Ney SO, 900. 90
And proposed to pay him 1866. 40
Making in all $40, 1856. 40
He now proposes to settle for that
amount and pay all costs. Which prop
ositi0n has been accepted. by your COM