The record-union., 1892-05-04
NEW BRIDGES.
No Money in the Road Fund for
Building Them.
The Supervisors So Inform an Inqtlir-
ing Road overseer-A Quiet
Session Yesterday.

The Board of Supervisors were an hour
late in convening yesterday, Chairman
Greer having been engaged in assisting
in counting the money in the treasury.
}. a. Woodson, Joseph Steffens and DR..
Parkinson, representing the Committee
on Reception and Entertainment of the
National Editorial Association, appeared
before the board. Mr.. Woodson ex-
pl&lned what arrangements had been
made therefor, and asked the board to
assist IN the matter of raising the neces-
sary funds. He said the committee yet
required some $500 to complete the sum
required. He said it would be the best
opportunity Sacramento ever had to show
to body Of representative Eastern men
the advantages she possessed for persons
seeking homes on this coast. The COM
mittee hoped the county would help in
the matter to the extent suggested. All
the money raised here would be eX-
pended in the county.
Mr.. Steffens also addressed the board
on the subject, holding that the city
should not be compelled to bear all the
expense, as the county was fully as much
concerned in the matter as the city, if not
more so.
After a brief consultation between
members of the board the application
was taken under advisement.
Chairman Greer assured the committee
that the board would do something in the
premises, but to what extent he could not
say until the members had had further
time in which to consider the matter.
BEHIND IN ROAD POLL TAXES.
Road Overseer Hall of Grand Island
complained that certain parties in the dis
E~ax Il
their proportion of the road poll tax now
due.
The board informed Mr.. Hall that the
road law gave him full power to act in
the matter and to compel all delinquents
TO pay up.
REPAIRS TO BRIDGES.
Road Overseer Basler informed the
board that he needed some planks for the
American River and Arcade bridges.
The district had no funds on hand, and
repairs are also needed on the Twelfth
street and Antelope roads. Several resi-
dents of the district had not paid their
road taxes and had refused to work The
bridges needed repairing at once, and he
did not want to be responsible if the re-
pairs were not made.
on motion of Supervisor Jenkins, the
matter was referred to Chairman Greer.
Recess till 2 P. NJ.
RELIEF FOR A FAMILY.
At the afternoon session DIR. c.. B.
Nichols appeared before the board and
stated that girl named Cora Shaw was
lying i'll in room on Fifth street from
the effects ofa criminal operation, and it
was necessary that she be sent to the hos
pital; also, that her mother desired to 90
there and attend her. The family are
destitute, and he knew of no other way
by which the girl could receive proper
treatment and the family afforded relief
The board directed that the family be
sent to the hospital.
NO NEW BRIDGES JUST NOW.
Overseer Barry of District No. 8 in
formed the board that a bridge was re-
quired on a new road recently laid out
near Antelope, and there was not enough
money in the district fund for the pur-
pose. About Sl50 would be required. A
bridge was necessary, and it would be
best to have ii done now.
Chairman Greer informed the Oyerseer
that the board could not encourage the
building of new bridges at this time. and
that it would be necessary to let the mat
ter rest awhile.
LICENSE COLLECTIONS.
License Collector Bates reported that
during April she had collected county
licenses to the amount of 1886.