The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-11-02
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COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE, Oct 30.
The board ol county commissioners
met as per adjournment. Present. H.
T. Holmes, j E. Jones and p G. Hail.
| burg.
The appeal from the decision of the
county superintendent of schools by j.
c. Holderness ct al. was taken up, and
ON motion was not sustained.
The bids for the building of the piers
and raising OF the approach for the AL
len county bridge were taken uD and
found 10 be as followi:
John Hammond, $G.65 yer yard; stone
to he from railroad quarry or similar.
Tearing down abutment and excavating
sos 90.
Gabriel s. Jones, twenty-seven cents
per cubic foot, including removal of
piers, excavation, etc, provided they
should have old material. or provided
the township will remove the piers, to
do the work for twenty six cents, the ma
teriaf to belong TO contractors
James Means bid 261k cents per cubic
foot excavate earth work at 40 cents per
yard, contractor to remove the old piers
and use stone elsewhere.
i'll. w. Bell. 81 90 per cubic yard for
the pier, and $3.50 per cubic yard for
abutment and wings, including excava.
ton and removal of old pier, and TO
raise abutment and build stone work un-
der for $75.
W. Lewis. 800 per cubic yard of
blue lime stone, 80 90 per cupid yard of
Cottonwoods Removing old masonry
in piers, $3.50 per cubic yard; excava-
tioa, so cents per cubic yard: work on
approach at cost with 10 per cent. added
for the use OF tools.
Pickens s. Summers 90 cents per
cubic foot, including the removing of
old abutment and pier, and raising one
bent to proper height as specified.
Ordered that Pickens s. Summers be
awarded the contract for doing all the
stone work and raising the approach for
the Allen creek bridge, for the sum of
twenty-si cents per cubic foot using
Dunlap stone.
J. 8. COburn was allowed an assign
ment of the tax sale certificates on lots
seven and eight in block two in the
town of Hartford
Ordered that the county clerk adver-
tise for 800 bushels of hard coal, bids TO
be received up to November 10, 1882.
The bonds of Jackson township ware
duly signed by the chairman and at
tested by the county clerk, but will not
be delivered until tomorrow. when con-
tracts will be signed by the board and
the railroad company for their delivery
at the proper time.
L. NJ. Carter was awarded the con-
tract for building coal house on the
court house lots for the use of the coun-
ty; consideration, 1878.
On motion the following county war,
rants were cancelled on account of hav-
ing remained IN the hands of the county
for more than three years:
Warrant No. I'll, issued to G. DeLouis
for $500; No. 343, ]. McGalea, 90 cents
No. ,4S9, j. W. Henry, 800; No. 346,
J. Stewart, so cents; Ne. 344, G. Walker,
so cents; No. 1886. Fl. J. Lyman, 90 cents;
No. 70, w. A. Gray, $50; No. 1856,
Jas. Eckdall. so cents; No. 100, ]. F.
Grove, $500; No. /, 476; Nose CoppOck,
500.
Ordered that the county clerk adver.
tise for sealed bids for the stone taken
out of the old piers of the Allen creek
bridge. Bids to be opened November
10, 1882.
Ordered that the attorneys be allowed
to put drawers in the tables In the court
room, at their own expense, for the safe
keeping of their private papers during
the hours of court.
Board adjourned to meet in the morn
ing at Z 80 O'Clock.
WA. +. EWING, County Clerk.