The record-union., 1891-09-11
REPAIRING COUNTY BRIDGES.
ForcibIe Talk About Expenditures by
the Supervisors.
Mr.. Jenkins is Taken to Task-More
About the Haymarket-Mr.
Carey's Elephant.

The Board of Supervisors resumed its
session yesterday forenoon. All of the
members were present and Chairman
Greer presided.
The report of License Collector Dolan
for the month of August was received and
read. 1t showed that he had collected
during the month for licenses 81, ,005, and
on security deposits, $1,000.
The report of County Treasurer Lyon
was presented and approved. 1t places
the finances of the county at cash on hand
August 1st, S61, ,979 81; receipts for the
month, $25,3O4 67; disbursements, S18.-
967 "a; balance in the Treasury, sos, ,3l6 54.
TROUBLE AT GAIT.
A communication was received from
Road Overseer Bryant at Gait, in which
he stated that complaint had been made
against one B. f. Krenke for obstructing
thepublic street with a pile of wood, work
bench, several sawhorses and other like
things. The Road Overseer wanted in
structions from the board as to his duty
IN the premises.
distractions were in the way of anybody
the Road Overseer should be instructed
to remove them.
''That is the Road Overseer's duty
without Instructions" remarked Super
visor Jenkins.
Another tardy protest against the tam
pering with the county liquor license
ordinance was received from Enter
prise Alliance. The board has already
disposed of this matter. The protest was,
however, placed on file.
Chairman Greer called for reports from
the various committees, and asked for
the Road Committees first Mr.. Jen-
n of hot ha
pairs on the McCracken wire bridge had
been completed since the last session,
under his direction, and the cost to the
county amounted to $29S. He considered
it good job, and thought the bridge
would last long time now without fur
ther repairing. Work on the Hicksville
wooden bridge was progressing slowly.
There was
HEAVY TRAFFIC
Across that bridge, and the repairs had
to be made without interrupting this
traffic. Besides this, the job had turned
out TO bea more extensive one than at first
anticipated. The chords upon which the
trusses rested were all rotten, and had to
be replaced with new ones. He did not
know what the repairs were going TO cost,
but thought it would amount to nearly
S4O0
"Does that include the labor ?" asked
Chairman Greer.
MT. jenkins SAID II did not.
Supervisor Bates then unbosomed him
self. He said that the Road Committee
was having too large a job on its hands.
These repairs should have been adver-
tised and contracted for as is usual in such
work. AT the rate the work was now
proceeding there was no telling when the
bridge would be finished.
WELL" said Mr.. Jenkins, "the board
ordered the work done and / did it.r
Mr.. Bates said it was all foolishness to
try to repair a bridge properly and eco
nomically without interrupting the traffic
over it. 1t would have been an easy
matter TO have closed the bridge and let
the teams go around on a side road.
JENKINS KICKS BACK.
Mr.. Jenkins did not like these digs"
and by way of getting back, asked why it
was that the board did not raise a hula
baloo over the 500 or $500 expended last
month in fixing up one of the county
offices.
II kept telling you about those bills
right along" retorted Bates, "but you
never had a word to say
The subject was dropped for few
minutes, and then Jenkins said he was
not satisfied with the way the matter
stood and wanted the whole board to ex-
anime the bridge. After some further
discussion this was agreed upon, but no
date was set.
Mr.. Bates, as Chairman of the Finance
Committee, was asked for a report on the
condition of the county's funds.
Well, gimme Ed. Lyons report and
IN read 1t off to you again." replied the
supervisor. THAT was made up for the
benefit Of the hull crowd of US. l can't
tell you any more than is there"
Well, have you no suggestions TO
offer? asked the Chairman.
es-go slow with the finances or we
won't have any left IN 70 ahot1y
MORE REPAIRS.
Mr.. Bates had no more than taken his
seat until he bobbed up again. He had
just remembered that Supervisor Jenkins
In his road report, had forgotten to saw
anything about the repairs going on at
the Deer Creek bridge. "How about that,
Jinkins ?'' he asked.
Mr.. jenkins acknowledged that he had
quite forgotten the matter. The repairs
were in progress, and that was about all
he knew about it. He did not know what
the repairs would cost
Mr.. Greer intimated that owing to the
Hicksville bridge experience it was very
necessary that the entire board should in
the future know exactly what repairs of
this nature were going TO cost.
Yes, and how can the Finance Com
mittee make any report when it does not
know what these things cost" Clipped
in Mr.. Bates. Now, there is another
bridge that is being fixed up at the
county's expense that Jinkins has not
mentioned. That's the one on the Put
ney road. l was over there the other day
and | see new lumber enough on the
ground TO build thirty or forty-foot
bridge. / didn't know anything about
that being ordered.'
Mr.. Jenkins was getting rather uneasy.
He said he did not order the repairs on
this bridge. 1t was being done by the
a OF ri in hi iah To- Il
would be paid for out Of the districts
funds. All he had done in the matter
was to order the lumber. The trouble
with the bridge was that il was too short,
and 1t had to be heightened by about
twenty feet. As it was now, it was in
danger of being washed out every time
the water rose in the creek.
Mr.. Bates said the trouble with the
bridge was that a number of hop-poles
belonging TO ranch just above the
bridge had been left where they caused a
whirlpool in the creek. If these were
kept out there would be no danger of the
bridge being washed out.
What's the matter with suing he
owner Of the hop-poles for damages"
asked Jenkins.
Mr. Bates mumbled something about
"sue and be hanged" and then the sub
ject was dropped.
THAT OLD BRIDGE.
Somebody with good memory re-
minded the Chairman that way back in
the misty past Supervisor Miller had
been appointed as committee of one to
coax K. s. Carey into removing the old
American River bridge, which he had
purchased some time in the antedeluvian
age.
Mr.. Miller scratched his head and said
that the last time he spoke to Mr.. Carey
about the matter that enterprising gentle
nj To haz Ntd cfy Rfta
removed within month.
oRnt - added Mr. Miller basitafiuo1v