Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-19
COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDINGS.

The committee appointed and en-
powered to purchase county poor farm
report as follows:
To THE COUNTY BOARD OF WooD
COUNTY. Gentlemen--Your commit
tee appointed at your last meeting to
purchase a poor farm and erect build
ings thereon, etc, would respectfully
report that:-After publishing notice
of our mission and desire to receive
offers from persons wishing to sell.
we received in all about thirty-six
offers, varying in their demand from
$500 to $4,000. Your committee
met on the 18th of December and re-
viewed the offers submitted and on
the next day examined three Of the
places offered. We met again on the
22nd of December and selected out of
the whole number eight places that
We considered adapted to the desired
purpose, and after taking such steps
as were thought best adapted to secure
the lowest terms possible, we finally
came to an agreement with Hamilton
Gaming and purchased of him the
sw4 of se1-4, sec. %, and nw1-4 of
se1-4 and e1-2 Of nw1-4 of sec 26,
TIP % r. 5 East, being 100 acres,
for the sum of 81, 10000. Ten dol
lars was paid down and the balance in
two county orders, one for $1,000
payable March LIST, 1885, without in
terest, and the other for $500 payable
March 1st, 1886, to draw interest
from March LIST, 1885. at the rate of
7 per cent. per annum. This is an
improved farm about two and one, half
miles from Centralia and about one
fourth of mile west of the road to
Port Edwards The improvements
consists Of IS acres cleared and cult
waited about four acres of this are
nearly free from stumps there is
seeded down to clover and timothy
thirty acres, all fairly well fenced The
buildings consist of a good frame barn,
36x5S feet, with adjoining shed 16x2S,
also barn 2Ox32 feet with wagon
shed attached 20x22 feet, also sheep
shed attached 16x22 feet and corn
crib 12x22 feet, together with a good
frame house. consisting OF seven ooms,
with good cellar. All Of the build,
ings are good and substantial and will
be of use to a poor farm except the
dwelling house, and although that
may be utilized, it will not be worth
to the county what it cost to build it.
The soil is generally a sandy clay loan,
underlaid with clay subsoil. There
are about 80 acres of good, heavy
hardwood timber sufficient to furnish
the fuel for many years to come.
The order appointing your COM
mittee would authorize it to go on and
complete buildings and make other
arrangements for preparing the farm
for its occupants but your committee
are of the opinion that the interests
of the county would be best served by
proceeding at once to elect three SUI
perintendents of the poor, who would
give bonds and qualify according to
law, and assume the responsibility of
erecting buildings and conducting the
poor farm until the next annual meet
ing. At least one member of the
committee of superintendent should
be a practical mechanic, and two of
the superintendent should be resi-
dents in the vicinity of the poor farm.
To leave the board free to act in
this matter as we here suggest we
hereby tender our resignation as mem
bers of the committee to which you
have appointed US. All of which is
respectfully submitted.
s 5: Z Z :: $ Esq., $5::: Committee.
Moved that the report of the COM
mittee be received, and the resignation
of the members be accepted. Carried.
Moved that the board adjourn until
10 o'clock a. NJ, January 14th.-
Carried.
W. 7. JONES, County Clerk.
GRAND RAPIDS, JAN, 18th, 1885,
10 o'clock a. m
Board of supervisors of Wood
county met pursuant to adjournment.
Roll called and the following members
were present.
Hooper, Drawn, Blockowiltz, Coon.
Cochran, Cameron, Davis, Ebbe,
Edwards, Gaynor, Harmon, Jensen,
Lyon, McCarty, Nash, Paulsen. Pan
kow, Renne, Spafford, Specht, Samp-
son, futile. Pitts.
The committee on illegal tax and
tax certificates presented the following
claims for illegal taxes, which were
disposed of as follows:-
S. and J. G. Atlee, illegal tax,
Sill "a, allowed in full.
j. D. Witter, illegal tax, S1101,
allowed in full.