Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-10-25
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
oficial Proceedings of the whatcom
County Board-August Session
1892

DodIu lleI dJ y CLOCK u. III. WIFI VI
the members and the clerk present
Minutes of previous meeting wer
approved as read.
A quarterly report of j. o. Kellum
overseer of road district No. 8, was ap
proved.
Walter Creasey's quarterly report
submitted by him as overseer of roaC
district No. AZ, was approved.
Warrants were ordered drawn on roaC
and Bridge fund in sums of $2l in favo
of A. Behme for lumber furnished Il
build bridge In road district No. IL
and on funds of road district No. AZ IL
respective sums of S25 and S26 in favol
of Walter Greasy, for overseer's fees anC
to pay for road work.
The Ia. m. meeting was occupied il
hearing the engineers report of the pro
posed drainage improvement of Foul
mile and Ten mile creeks.
Adjourned to o'clock p. m.
The clerk was directed to issue war.
rants in favor of the following named
persons and firms:
COUNTY FUND
FC Van orman, reporting case in So: 80 =,
stJoseph's Hospital, board and treat
ment Of county patients In septem- -, n,
Bellingham Bay Gas Co gas bill...... 30 as
st Luke's Hospital, care of county
charge and babe ........................ IL %
ing wall = ~, -, ' 2l2 90
count of John Fraser 81 Cos contract 3l3 w
SALARY FUND
George W Lyse, county commissioner,
per diem and services rendered 49,. 20 20
G Donovan, county commissioner, per
diem and services rendered. .......... l3O %
ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND
district No p -, ......',....,....... 40 90
A Mcclellan, on account of contract
work on Whatcom and Lummi road. 200 90
ROAD DISTRICT FUNDS
William Parr, district No. II, to pay for
II X Mckinney, district No. 4O.over-
swinehart, district No, p, overseers "
swinehart, district No q, to pay for
NJ Kelly district iiri No. &c. on account Of -i' W
contract road work .......-.........,. rs 90
l. Janzen, district No. 4. contract road
WOrk..............,....... 35 %
A bond submitted from Contractor
Angus Mcclellan, conditioned for grad
ing portion of the Whatcom and
Lummi road, was approved.
An official bond furnished by M. j.
Clark, lately appointed overseer of road
district No. 6, was approved.
A quarterly report of H. X. McKin-
ney, overseer of road district No. 40,
was approved.
The clerk was invited to post no.
tices inviting bids for constructing
walk across the court house grounds.
Relative to proposed drainage i'm
provement of -Four Mile and Ten Mile
creeks, the engineers report, appor-
tionment and plan of said improve
ment was examined and heard by the
board, and in an order the board was
instructed to go upon the premises and
carefully view and survey the outlet
and report whether said outlet is suffi-
Gent TO carry all water that will drain
thereintO, and said engineer was in
structed, in case said outlet should be
insufficient, then to provide a proper
outlet and submit plan and the esti- |
mated cost thereof The further and !
final hearing in said cause was adj |
journed to 10 o'clock a. m. Saturday, !
September %, 1899.
Recess taken until October %, 1892.
SATURDAY, Oct. %, 1892.
Board met at o'clock a. m. present |
all members and clerk.
Minutes Of previous meeting were APP
proved.
Quarterly reports submitted respec-
lively by A. j. Sunberg, overseer of |
road district No. Al, Henry Shields, |
overseer of road district No. So, and w.
Il. Showers, Overseer of road district
No. 30, were examined and approved. !
Warrants issued:
ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND
Martin Dukes; contract road work in
Charles Tlmerman, TO pay for work on -
road No. 32 Observation-Disclosures. 100 90
A J sunberg, to pay for labor per-
formed on roads In district No. Al. m 100 90
ROAD DISTRICT FUNDS
CYogt, district No. h. to pay for road
Henry Shields district No. 30. over ." %
seer,s fees and 20 pay for road work 80 90
W l. showers, district No. Al, 10 pay for
rOau WOfk. .............s........... 20 Is
The contract and bond of G.. w.
Worthen, for construction of division
No of ditch No. 5, were approved.
Relative to proposed drainage i'm
provement Of Four mile and Ten mile
creeks 1t was ordered that the outlet for
said improvement be extended and inn
proved as recommended in report of
the engineer this day filed. The appor-
tionment Of cost Of said Improvement
was determed and 10 o'clock a. M,
Oct %, 1892, was appointed as the time
for sale of construction of said improve
ment, and the engineer was instructed
to give notice thereof.
Adjourned during one hour at noon.
The engineers reports of sale of con-
struction Of ditch No. 8, Alex Lewis
ditch, and ditch No. s, ]. ID. Gardner
ditch, were accepted and confirmed
and the contracts and bonds returned
Herewith were approved.
1t was ordered that notice be given
inviting bids to be submitted up to 2
O'Clock p. m. Oct. 20, 1892, for clearing
the channel of outlet for ditch No. g.
Alex Lewis ditch.
Warrants issued:
CONTINGENT FUND
Mrs N Osborne scrubbfno aoora o m