Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-11-19
County Board.
November Session, 1891 /.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.

WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Board called to order at 700 a. NJ.
Roll call. Quorum present.
Clerk read the petition of Hannah
Specht. relating to a ferry. as follows:
To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors, Grant
! County:
| The undersigned respectfully represents that on
I the 18th day of November, 1884, there granted
by your honorable board to your petitioners char
/ ter to run and maintain a steam ferry across the
\ Aissi a. ppi river from lot 10 sec. 16, town 2,
range 3, west, ia Grant county, Wis, 10 specht's
Ferry, 10 the State Of Iowa. for the period of ten
/ years from said date. That since said date she
! has run and maintained said ferry until the
past summer; but she finds that since the building
of the railroad the east side Of the Mississippi
river, travel across said river said ferry has
materially decreased, and she is therefore com
PEELED by said charter TO maintain said ferry at
great damage and loss to your petitioner. and she
I therefore prays your honorable body to modify
the ferry license granted TO her that from this
time forth, until the expiration of said charter on
I NOV - 1894, she may run and maintain a horse
ferry instead of steam ferry provided for in the
HASSAH sPEcHT.
Dated Nov. II, 1891.
Referred 70 the Committee on High
] ways, DTluges anu feTFltS.
Clerk read request from Tom Cox
Post. G. A. R.. as follows:
Whereas In the matter Of Lawrence Bowling. a
! soldier who enlisted in Co. c. 7th Reg. Wis Vol.
Inf, Aug. Z 1861, and died IN City Point Hospital
September, 1864, and his name not being upon the
Grant County Monument with the others of his
/ company, and
! whereas, His brother, who now lives in Mexico,
! having made request of Tom Cox Post to have
I j. F1aHrs
Therefore. Tom Cox Post No. 1872, Ct. A. K, at a
regular meeting held in their hall in ia +, of
Lancaster, Sept. Is, 1891 by motion unanimously
request your honorable body TO have the name of
Lawrence Bowling properly recorded on the mon
ument. II. b. SHOWALTER,
Post Commander.
Referred to the committee on county
properly.
The Chair stated that the soldier had
died a few days after his discharge
fact was sick in the hospital at the time
of his discharge.
Mr. Wiseman thought it would be an
everlasting job to put on the monument
all the names of those who died since
leaving the service.
Mr.. Beebe thought this would be a
perversion of the intention of the mon
ument association. 1t was their inten-
ton TO place on the monument only the
names of those who died in the service.
The Chair said several names had
been put upon the monument in this
manner-was not certain that it was by
authority of the Board
Resolution of j. b. Murphy, appro-
priating $4,000 for roads and bridges,
was read BY the Clerk ami laid over un-
der the rules
Mr. Grimm submitted report of the
committee on Highways, Bridges and
Ferries as follows:
To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors Of Grant
County,
The undersigned committee to whom has been
referred the petition Of the town of James
town for aid to build an iron bridge across the
Meuomenee river. have had the same under due
consideration and have allowed said town one
half Of such amount asked, being BIO dollars.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
II. GRIMM. Chm.
ADAM KREUL.
W. G. COSTLEY.
JACOB SHRAKE.
JOHN B. MURPHY.
j. W ANDERSON.
To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors of Grant
County,
The undersigned TO whom WAS referred the
petition Of the Town OF Liberty for aid in bnild-
ing an iron bridge across Big Platte river In Sec.
26 Range west, have had the same under due
consideration aud have awarded said town Of
Liberty one half Of sad amount asked, being
siO0
All of which is respectfully submitted
ADAM KRUEL. Chm.
". G.. COSTLEY.
JACOB SHRAKE.
JOHN b. MURPHY.
j. W. ANDERSON.
10 the Honorable Board Of Supervisors Of
Grant County:
Your committee TO whom has been referred the
petition of the Board Of Supervisors Of the Town
Of Bloomington. asking aid in building an iron
bridge across rayine in the village Of Blooming
ton, after having the same under due consider
alton and having had the advice OF the District
Attorney on the same. we hereby grant to the
town of Bloomington the sum of 1000 dollars
special aid from Grant County, and we further
recommend that the towns asking aid from
Grant County hereafter comply strictly with the
Laws Of 1891, Chapter sos Section 1919.
All OF which Is respectfully submitted.
H. GRIMM Chm.
ADAM KREUL.
JACOB SHRAKE
JOHN b. MURPHY.
j. W. ANDERSON.
W. G. COSTLEY.
Mr.. Sehriener moved to act upon
each report separately Carried.
Report ON jamestown carried.
Report on Liberty carried.
Report on Bloomington carried
Mr.. Grimm announced that w. T.
SCOTS term of Office had expired and
,,oda u ,,,,t;,,, that a .rustaa - olootad
in his stead tomorrow evening Carried.
Board adjourned to $50 Thursday
morning.
THURSDAY MORNING.
Board called to order at $50.
Roll call Quorum present.
Clerk read journal OF Wednesday,
which was corrected that Mr.. Scott
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