Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-03-13
County Commissioners Proceed
ings.

Petitions from Alfred Ridgeway and
l24 others for bridge at Ridgeway's
Crossing, Wheeling Creek, and from
John Ira Lewis and 81 Others, for
bridge at Lewis Mills, were presented.
Placed on file for future consideration.
Board counted funds in County Treas
urer's Office, and examined vouchers of
Treasurer redeemed since last settie-
meut and found the same correct. Al
so examined vouchers of Auditor for
orders issued since last settlement, aud
compared the books of Auditor and
Treasurer and found the same to agree.
Board of Infirmary Directors made
semi-annual settlement with Board of
Commissioners. The report OF said Di-
rectors was found correct. The amt of
firmary expenditures for last 6 months
is $7338.1 IL. OF this amount there was
expended for outdoor paupers the fol-
lowing sums: Pultney township SS99.09,
Pease $624.02, Warren $315 %, Wheel
ing $194l5, Mead $4,000, Washington
S103.55, Union S74 81, Smith $70.97,
Colersin $72, Richland s62.6S, Somer-
set s7S 06, Flushing S4S 60, Wayne
1885, Goshen $3.50. Monthly ave-
rage of inmates, l44. ..
Contracts for delivering and break
ing stone on the National Road were
awarded as follows: Mile No. l at
81. %, and mile at S2.47 per rod, de-
liveriDg and breaking, to Milton Nc
Connaughey; mile Sat S2 20, delivering
and breaking, to Philip Shsser; mile
at 1882, mile sat 81 81, delivering and
breaking, to John Patterson; mile 6 at
- III; 70
mile at 81 "a and mile 9 at 81. 79, de-
livering, to Thus. Ayers; mile at
81 SO and mile IL at 81 l9,delivering, to
w. S. Hubbard; mile 10 at 1928, de-
livering and breaking, to Downing &
R,nkiD; mile u at SO 90. mile Ii at
20, mile 16 at 81 20 and mile IL, at
81 49, delivering and breaking, to j. T.
Bentley; mile IA at 2,95 and mile 10 at
$500, delivering, to Smith NJ. Bailey;
mile Is at 81 So. delivering and break
ing, mile 10 at SO 20, mile 20 at 81 So,
mile q at 81 65 and mile y at S2.42,
delivering, to Wm. Wilson; mile % at
1925, mile "a at 81 %, mile % at 81 9S
and mile % at 81 10, delivering to J.T.
Carroll; mile 26 at 81 SO delivering, to
J. B. johnson; mile y at $40, deliv
ering, to VIM. James. Breaking on
mile6 at SO cents, to Thos. Finans;
mile at SO cents, to NJ. p. Catlip;
mile 8 at $l.00, to Geo. McSkimmins;
mile 8 at 50 cents and mile IL at S4 cts.
to Dowing & Rankin; miles IA and 10
At 81 0S to e. w. Lyons; mile. 19 at
81 90 ami mile 20 at SO cents, to James
McConnaughey; miles q, % and % at
81 cents, to Hugh Semple; mile "a at
al ID In 10
son; miles %, q and 2S at 81 .05 to Wm.
Frost.
B ,ard appropriated 500 to aid in
opening the Hall road in Pultney
township.
Board examined and accepted from
the King Bridge Co. the bridge across
Wheeling Creek on Cadiz Pike.
The proposition of W. F. Gebhart d
Co., of Cleveland, for placing iron or
slate roof on Childfen's Home was ac-
cepted; the kind of roof 10 be hereafter
agreed upon.
Board rented to- Lindley BAily the
Children's Home farm for the present
year for $3.50.
A levy of two-tenths of mill upon
each dollar taxable property for bridge
purposes, was made.
The contracts for mapping AMI plat
ting the county for the ere-Appraisement
of real estate 10 1880, were awarded as
follows: Colerain township $85. Goshen
S1l5, Kirkwood $I05, Pultney ,$150,
Somerset $40, Union $105, Wayne
$lO5, York S95, to Abram Lash; Flush
ing $12O, Mead $145, Pease S425. War
rem $230, Washington S135 to s. W.
Mcconnell. of Steubenville; Richland
$3.50, Smith $108, Wheeling $S1 to
James R. McMillen; Bellaire City $155,
to Cosgrove & White, of st. Clairsville.
Total, $2519.