Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-25
sors ofJeferson Comnty:

| S01S OF oeUeFSOn county:
The undersigned Supervisors of the
town of Harrington in said county res
pectfully represent to your honorable
| board.
lst That we have in the town of
Farmington eleven brid les on John
sons creek from so to $50 feet in
length, aud three bridges of about 50
feet in length or the creek, commonly
known as the Livingston creek, all pile
bridges, besides many others on small
er streams. That by reason of the low
marshy lands bordering upon said
streams it is impossible IN most cases to
| build abutments of stone so as to con.
sIruct bridges OF any other kind than
pile bridges. g
I'd That over one-half of the bridges
on Joh sons creek have been built an1
kept ic repair for over ten years at a
great cost and expense to said town aud
must be rebuilt by another year as they
are now In a dangerous and
dilapidated condition.
Sd That by reason of high price
of timber suitable for piles, the cost of
erecting said bridges will be from three
to five hundred dollars each besides re-
pa rs of balance of bridges in town at
not less than three hundred dollars.
4th Your memora is respectfully
represent that the bridges upon the
Johnson's and Livingston creess are
upon the principal travelled highways
of said town aud many of them are for
the use of and conv enence of adjoinin.
towns as well as the town of Farming
ton
Your memoralists therefore ask that
the sum of five hundred dollars be
raised upon tho taxable property Of JEFF
ferson county for the purpose of aiding
the tuwn of Farminstoa In building the
principal bridges
Dated Farmington, November 18Th
1878. w. W. WOODLANDS,
GEORGE SCHILDBACH,
.. LUDWIG DAUGHs,
ii Mulberger offered the following
petition OF Chicago. Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway Co., which was read by
the Clerk aud on motion of w. w.
Woodmau, referred to committee ON
Illegal assessments:
To the Honorebie Board of Super
Utsors Of Jeterson County:
Your peti toner, the chicago. Mil.
waukee & ST. Paul Railway Company
by JOon w Cary IT'S General Solci
tor respectfully shows:
That it is corporation. Gully organi-
zed and incorporated, doing business
under the laws of the State of Wlscon-
sin, having its principle office and
business place IN the city of Milwaukee
IN said stlte, and that it is the owner
and engaged in operating a line of
railroad from Milwaukee and Prairie
du Chien and La Crosse, through the
city of Watertown, in the State of
Wisconsin, and that in the year of
1869. 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874
1873 1876 and 1877 your petitioner
made out and re urned to the Treas
urer of the State Of Wisconsin true
and just statemeuts Of the gross earn-
ings Of your petioner for the years of
1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873
1874, 1915 and lS76is required by
Chapter XVIII of the Revised Sta
tutes of Wisconsin, and the acts
amendatory thereof, and afterwards
and on or before the 10th day OF Feb
ruary of said years, applied to the
State Treasurer OF the State of Wis
consiu for license to operate its said
railroad and at the same time paid to the
said State Treasurer one ndlvided
half of sun equal to three per centum
of the gross earnings Of such road for
the year 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871.
1872 and 1873 and for the remaining
years sum equal to four per centum
of the gross earnings of said road, en-
braced in said returns respectively,
and on the 10th day Of August of said
years paid the other undivided
half thereof, as provided by said Chap
ter XVIII of the Revised Statutes of
the State of Wisconsin and the acts
amendatory thereof, and at the time
of making said application and pay
ment in said years 1869, 1870. 1871.
1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876 and
1877, complied with all the provisions
Of Chapter XVIII of the Revised
Status of Wisconsin and the acts
amendatory thereof, in regard to max
ing returns of the gross earnings. the
payment of a license fee, and procu
ring license from the State Treas
urer to operate said road as provided
in said acts.
That your petitioner wes IN the
year 1868, ever since has been, and
now is the owner of the following de-
scribed real estate to-wit: Lots 2. 3
and in block Is, seventh ward, in
A. l. Pritchard's I'd addition to the