Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-12
The Clayton Ferry.

EDITOR OF HERALD In looking
oyer the proceedings of the county
board, ask the privilege to criticize
and, in fact, to find fanlt with some
of the acts and declarations by them
made, and particularly with the COM
mittee on highways, bridges, ferries
&c, and particularly the arrangement
of a ferry across the Mississippi river
(known as Clayton ferry) to Adam
Keen. If Mr. Keen had or has not
complied with the laws regarding this
matter of granting license to run a
ferry, the board should have taken no
action in the matter until said Keen
had made the necessary application
to keep and maintain ferry, satisfied
the board by proof or affidavit that he
was The owner of the land through
which the road leading to the said
ferry runs, or that he was the owner
Of the land where the landing is
to be, and further that, if the above is
not the case, that he had notified the
owners of his intent to make applica-
ton to run and maintain ferry at this
stated point. The application should
state what kind OF a boat should be
used /; whether a steam ferry or a
horse boat or, at least, the dimen.
sions of said boat should be shown,
that the. board might the better under
stand so as to provide for the safety
of the public. When this is all done
and more, it is the business of the
board, if they grant said license, to
make and publish the facts and all
pertaining to the matter as provided
by law to protect the public. When
this is all done and more, it is the
business of the board, if they grant
said license, to make and publish the
facts and all pertaining to the matter
as provided by law to protect the
public. The conditions of the bond in
this case should be five thousand dol
lars. 1t should require that steam
ferry or suitable horse boat of a
certain size should be used and con-
stantly kept in the best Of repairs ;
that it should start from the landing
in Grant county as asked for in the
petition, and should make one OF
more trips over and back as said
board first ascertaining, think to be
best for the travelling public, fixing
the rates of toll accordingly. The
whole matter, when published and
recorded, apprises all parties in regard
to all the facts, and when this is done
it is compliance with the law, and
all are protected
Now what are the iaots 10 this case
as we understand by the facts, pub.
lished in the HERALD OF the 2lst OF
November, entitled "Grant County
Board Proceedings ?" Mr.. Kcen's
bond was all right, so far as his appli.
cation was concerned. By the reques,
and grant of the county board it is
not necessary to have any condition
in the bond, because there is nothing
in the application or in the granting
OF the license making Keen response.
BILE. lie is TO keep boats such as be
chooses, keep them on he west side
of the Mississippi opposite the landing
if be chooses so 10 do, he pan make
as many trips as he chooses. The
only thing binding is when be or the
nen employed choose 70 see or care
10 FED . certain co!orei flag (which
means dirty white stick OF cloth.
Now IN all that has been published,
there ia not one agreement upon
Keen that he cannot slip around,