Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25


Supervisor Neeves presents the fol-
lowing resolution, to wit:
Resolued, By the Board of Super
visions of Nood County, that the COM
mittee appointed OF the 9th day of
AUGUST, 1870, of which Geo. A. Nee
yes is chairman, be empowered to en-
Dloy counsel, at the expense of the
county to defend the suit now pending
to collect coupons issued to the Green
Bay & Minnesota Railroad Company,
to the final determination of such suit
or suits, upon such terms and eendl-
lions as said committee deem best,
And there is hereby appropriated out
of the county treasury a sum sufficient
TO pay such counsel and all necessary
expenses of defending such suits.
On cotton the foregoing resolution
was adopted.
Committee on Claims report back
claims as follows, aud On recommended
tion ef committee claims allowed 10
witt
C. L. P~owers-Inquest fscsss .o0allowed at $50
Joseph Wood-Cefin &c- $500 " " 1000
c.. O. Baker-County Canvass Apr. 1915. 600
!. Hagiland-5#orE on jsil S 90 allowed at see
T.. J. Hood-Stationery $3.50 $50
Supervisor Neeves moves tnat a spe-
cial committee Of three be appointed
to investigate the subject of Stationery
for county officers and recommend
some plan to be followed in the future
In regard to such matter.
Motion carried and the chairman APP
points Supervisors Hiles, Whipple and
Ray as such committee.
Supervisor Fuller in.
Committee on claims recommend
that the claim Of T. B. Case for Sher-
if fees $34.15 be allowed $17.00
which is to be in full payment of such
claim.
On motion recommendation Of com
mittee adopted and claim allowed at
S17.00
The following communication from
J. ". Brundage received and read +:
To the Hon. G., Beard Of Supyryi-
sors Of Wood Co.. Mis-. [ am sur
prised and grieved to learn that the
publishers Of this County are charged
with perpetrating strois upon our
Treasury, which is equivalent to saying
that we are a set Of Mteues. 1t is easy
to make such general charges, and |
write this to demand specifications and
to post the new members of the board
as to facts. / challenge any man to
show where / have charged twice for
one job of work, or to show a single
item which is greater than we charge
to cash customers. The prices Of Job
work are uniform in both offices, and
are the same as Chicago prices, And
yet we pay cash for stock and receive
deprecated Go. orders at their face.
This is the kind Of stealing that is be
ing perpetrated, and besides instead of
having our bills audited promptly SO
that we can realize on them to pay for
the stock used, we have to wait months
and months. IF we are stealing the
Co. poor, how does it happen that two
Of the publishers Of this city are I'M
able to pay off mortgages upon their
homesteads, now past due? No. gen
tlemen, such charges are as false as
Satan, and | challenge the most thor
ough investigation.
The fees of .9-10th Of the printing
done for the Co. are fixed by law. We
have no right to charge more than
statute rates, and you have no right to
cut them down j; and SO far as the job
printing is concerned, We are doing it
for the Co. at less prices than we are
for private individuals, when we take
into account the fact that orders do
not bring their face value. [ trust
that the new members Of this Board
will pot be misIed by the reckless state
ments Of any ne, and that our bill
Will be promptly audited. for [ know
that each office is suffering for what is
due.