The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-22

To the Board Of Supervisors our com
mittee appointed TO look after the expendi.
ture of the appropriation made to assist In
building the Millington bridge, would re.
spectfully report that they have accepted
and paid for the masonry and substitute
ture and the grading of the north approach.
The county's portion of the first being
81, 6lO 81 and OF the latter $30173
The superstructure Is finished with the
exception of the floor, and the county's
portion of the same will be $2,ll5.20. The
total of the three contracts exceeds the ap.
preparation in the sum of $3.50 All of
which is respectfully submitted
sAML. ' DuSAvAN, Com
Supervisor Gallagher presented peti-
ton from the commissioners OF highways
of Peru, praying for an additional appro-
priation from the county treasury for bridge
purposes, and the same was referred to the
committee on roads and bridges.
On motion of supervisor Fisher, the con.
sideration of the claim of II. {. Furness'
estate, against La Sale county, was made
special order of business at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
On motion of supervisor Fades, Board
adjourned till o'clock p. NJ.
O'CLOCK +, NJ.
Board met pursuant to adjournment with
. quorum present,
| Supervisor Lauf, chairman committee on
roads and bridges, submitted the following
report, which on motion was adopted:
To tie Board Of Supervisors, dc.-Gea-
| Hemen. Your committee on roads and
bridges beg leave to report, that they have
considered the petition for aid to build the
proposed bridge over the Illinois river at
| Ottawa, presented by the commissioners of
highways of the towns of Ottawa and
South Ottawa Jointly based upon estimates
presented in or accompanying said peti-
| ton. That upon the merits of the case
alone the committee are of opinion that
the appropriation asked for should be
made; but the matter is complicated by
some questions of law rs to whether the
towns have made proper case to warrant
an appropriation by the Board, The com
mittee have listened to some legal argu-
ments by attorneys representing the towns
and would ask to be excused from stating
any conclusions as to the law of the case
but would ask that this Board allow those
towns to be heard by such counsel as they
NAV desire in open Board. The committee
believe that every member ought to be
fully posted as to the legal questions in
volved before acting on so important
question. Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM LAUF, Chairman.
Thereupon Hons. Hiram T. Gilbert and
G. S. Eldredge were introduced and or
behalf of said towns addressed the board
on the subject of said appropriations.
Supervisor Swift offered the following
motion:
That the petition of the commissioners
of the towns of Ottawa and South Ottawi
be granted, and that the sum of $25O be
appropriated out of the first available funds
i'm the treasury of the county and not 9th
erwise appropriated, to aid in the building
of the bridge across the Illinois river, be
tween the towns of Ottawa and South OF
tawa.
Supervisor Dunavan moved to amend by
substituting $4,000 instead of $4,000, as
the amount of said appropriation.
Supervisor OLaughln offered the fol
lowing substitute:
Resolced, That the County Attorney and
Henry Mayo are hereby requested to pre-
pare written opinion as to the liability OF
the county in the matter of the petition
of the commissioners of highways of the
towns of Ottawa and South Ottawa, and
said opinion be submitted to this Board al
the next September meeting, and the whole
subject matter be postponed until said
time.
Supervisor Hoge e. W., here took the
chair.
Supervisor McLauchlan moved that the
board adjourn till o'clock tomorrow
morning, at which time we will invite
Messrs. Henry Mayo and l.. NJ. Brewer tc
be present and address the board on the
sub ject of said petition. Motion carried
by the following vote:
Ayes-Blake, Carlin, Dresser Donlevy
Fischer, Gum, Griffin, Hoge (W), Hotf
man, Hoge G.. W., Hickock. Jennings
Lewis E. c., Lewis g., Lauf, Mcintyre
McLauchlan, Maierhofer, Mcbride, o.
Laughlin, Signor, Swift Stevenson, Trum
DO, Truman, Wilson, White-27 Noes;
Dearth, Dunavan, Fades, Gallagher Low
man, Martin, Nicholson Perkins Parr
Rhodes, Crhairmn-11.