Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-12-11

leau, Spatford, Specht, Pitts. 10.
Nay-Davis. Gaynor, Lyons, Nash.
Renne, Sampson and Tuttle. 7.
Moved that the Board adjourn
until Friday, Nov. 18th, at 10 O'Clock
a. m. Carried.
W. T. JONES, Co. Clerk.
Friday Nov. 18th, 10 o'clock a. M
Board called to order by the chairman.
Roll called and the following members
were present: VIM. Brown, Coon,
Cochran, Cameron, Davis, Ebbe,
Edwards, Gaynor, Harmon, Jensen,
Lyons, McCarty, Nash, Pankow, Paul
son, Renne, Rocheleau, Spafford,
Specht, Sampson, futile, Pitts.
Absent-Geo. Brown and j. Con-
nor
The chairman appointed the fol
lowing committee to purchase "poor
farm for the county: j. A. Gaynor
chairman, r. g. Lyons, G. A. Coon.
The committee appointed to select
jurymen for the ensuing year reported.
Moved that the report be received and
the committee discharged. Carried.
Motion made to adopt the list as
reported by the committee. Carried.
The following resolution was pre-
sented as follows: Whereas, there is
situated on the town line between the
towns Of Lincoln and Rock in Wood
county, wagon bridge across the
Yellow river, and said towns of Lin
coin and Rock have for years main
tanned and repaired the same, and
Whereas, it is quite heavy burden
for those two towns to keep and main
tain this bridge besides paying their
pro rata share of taxes to keep and
maintain the Wood county bridge
across the Wisconsin river between the
cities Of Grand Rapids and Centralia,
and, Whereas, the wagon bridge across
the Yellow River as above mentioned
is not used to any great extent by
citizens of the towns of Lincoln and
Rock, but to a greater extent is used
by the mail and stage route and the
public traffic between the city of
Marshfeld and points lying west of
the towns of Lincoln and Rock,
Therefore, it is hereby by the county
board Of Supervisors Of Wood county,
at their annual session assembled,
ResoIved, that according to Section
1919. Chapter 50. of the Revised
Statutes of the State of Wisconsin,
the county of Wood shall hereafter
take charge of and keep and maintain
and keep in repair said wagon bridge
across the Yellow river, situated on
the town line between the towns of
Lincoln and Rock, at or near the cor
ner of Sec. l and 2, in TIP. "a, Rg. 2
E., and Sec 35 and SO in TIP. 25 Rg.
2 E. Dated at Grand Rapids, Wood
county, Wisconsin, this 18th day of
November, A. D. 1884.
Motion made that the resolution be
laid on the table. Carried
The following communication was
presented and read:
Grand Rapids, Nov. 8, 1884.
To the County Board of Wood Go.
-Gentlemen:-Having this day ex-
amined the jail in this county, [ feel
it my duty to urge upon your attention
the need of remedying the defects in
its construction.
1st- The jail is quite insecure, as is
manifest to any one familiar with Jail
architecture and the tricks of the
criminal class 1t has been proved to
be insecure in very practical manner
by actual escapes and attempts to
escape. The insecure places are the
door and the windows [ recommend
that the present door be placed outside
next to the corridor and that curved
door be put in its place on the inside,
and that the hinges of each and the
latches and bolts be made more secure
than they now are. The reason for
having two doors is to prevent a rush
to get out when the door is opened, or
an attempt to knock down the jailer.
With two doors, one of which is
always locked before the other is open
ed, and the inner one is curved, this
danger is averted. The windows are
easily sawed through, and offer no
obstacle to friends of the prisoner
passing tools through them. recon-
mend that Jail yard be built at a
sufficient distance to give opportunity
for exercise of the prisoners under