The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-01-29

.epOrt OF the committee on roads and
bridges:
To the honorable the county board of super
visorS of ManitOwoc cOunty:-Iour committee
to whom was referred the petition relating to
building a bridge in the town OF Manitowoc
Rapids, hereby reports the same back to this
board and would recommend that the same be
LAID on the table. JOSEPH MILLER, ,o,,
II. STRODTEoFF, { 0'i'
Which said report was adopted by ayes 10,
nays &c. PankratZ, c. W. White and B. Roe
mer voting in the negative. f. Ostenfeldt, E.
wagner and 2. Johnston, absent.
The following is the minority report of
the committee on roads and bridges, by
3. Roemer:
TO the honorable county board of Manitowoc
coanty:-GOur committee on bridges having
had under consideration the petition of the su-
peryiSOrS of the town OF Ganitowoc Rapids in
regard to county aid in the erection of bridge
at the village OF Branch Mills, and the majority
of said committee having reported adversely to
said petition, and the undersigned not being
able to concur in said report, begs leave to sub
NIT q minority report as follows.
The bridge in question is over the north
branch Of the ManitOwoc river, in the extreme
north part of said town, and is used but very
! little by the people of said town us body. but
| is much used By the people of Cato, Franklin,
! Maple Grove and other towns in said county;
| that said bridge is so Old and nearly used Up,
| that q new bridge in place thereof viii be abSo-
! iGtely necessary within q very short time, and
| such new bridge cannot be built for less than
| a sum between two and three thousand dollars;
! that said sum is much more than l-l0th of one
per cent. OF all the property in said town ac-
cOrding to the last equalized value of the prop
| erty in said town, and therefore, under section
1919 of the revised statutes, rs amended by sec
/ ton ls8 OF the laws OF 1879 the undersigned be-
| lieyes the county is absolutely obliged TO bear q
! portion of the expenses of rebuilding said
! bridge. the undersigned respectfully requests
the GtteJU0nGs tl9.GIS Thttl S5ttf ueftTfrlfTttn1
all courts, TO pay equitable share of the cost
| of erecting such new bridge. Therefore the
undersigned reports anu submits to the board
| that the county should appropriate the sum Of
$500 to be expended in the manner provided
| by said law in aiding the erection of new
bridge at Branch Mills BERNARD RoEMER.
Resolution No. 80, by G. W. White,
which was unanimously adopted
Whereas it appears from the report of the
clerk OF this board that lot :, block 2SS sale of
1853, amount s2.63, and lot 3, block 2SS sale of
1865, amount s203, Of the city OF Manitowoa.
and block ), sale of 1864, village of DeetsyIlle
amount Si.,5, ana sW4nes section IS town I9
range -, amount $3.50, has been paid to P. p
ceIled,-
/ Resolved, that said certificates be cancelled
and the amount paid to the holder thereof by
issuing county orders therefor,
Resolution No. 81, by G. e. Zorn:
Resolved, That three hundred bound and
stitched pamphlets containing the full proceed
ings of this board be ordered printed, providing
the cost thereof does not exceed S25.
ADOPTED, ayes 10, nays S-B. AmundS. A. Gau-
ger. T. Mohr, X. K. Roble, II. Wagner, j. Miller,
j. Iinstedt, f. Bubolz, c. Il. Zorn, F. Pfunder.
E. Stolberg, U. Niquette, b. wilkins and II. VIII
ker voting for adoption, and z. Werner, F.
Schwalbe, a. Cans, ". Zander, F. Ostenfeidt, q.
Roemer, j. H. Rohne, +. Stodthoff, against.
Resolution No. 81, by T. Ostenfeldt,
in which the whole board concurred:
Resolved, That the committee on poor are
| hereby instructed TO make contract with the
st. Nazian Society for board, clothing, etc, for
| the insane persons who are or Will be kent at
present in the county jail,
Board adjourned till 9 A. NJ, Nov. 26.
Nov. rs, 1870. Board met at 9. A. NJ.
Roll was called and all members except
L. Johnston was present. Journal read
and approved.
On motion of 2. Werner, the chair ap-
pointed P. Werner, I'll. Wilker and Ii,
Strodthoff to investigate the inmates in
jail.
On motian of G. W. White, the dis.
| trict attorney was instructed to prosecute
| the matter of ManitoToc Counts Us. T
Sullivan ct. al., to final Judgment.
The board then took g recess of Is
minutes.
After recess the special committee ap-
| pointed to inspect the jail, reported as
| follows:
Your committee appointed to inspect the iail
| would respectfully report, that they found the
county jail clean in all respects and well VENT.
| lated, and the insane persons confined therein
! there being no criminals confined at present
! well and humanely treated as can be eypected
/ under the circumstances.
P. WERNER,