Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
THE COUNTY SOLONS.
Proceedings of the Regular September
Session-Official Report.
SECOND DAY CONTINUED.


bridges to whom was referred the
resolution offered by Supervisor
Schoonmaker at yesterdays meeting
and the whole matter in relation to
the Drury toll road, submitted the
following report and aforesaid reso-
luton as amended all of which on
motion was received and adopted:
Tonr committee to whom was referred 'he pc
rltion OF the Drury toll road COMPANY ard the
thereto v ouli sgbmit the following report.
That we recommend that Il e said res olntiou as
amended by us and hereto attached, be adopted;
and said petition W III such ervation be
gr nted accordingly
In the mat OF the petition of The Drurv toll
road CONF any for permission 10 construc', main
tam and collect tolls upon toll road 10 be hult
by 1t upon acd alo a certain highway in Drury
township, Rock slaud county.
1t appearing by cvid submit 20 the
board, that the SAID bury toll road company has
gwen notice of it. int nded application by publ
cation for four consecutive weeks next priced
ing the present session % he ro4rd in the Rock
Island A. CTS, Il newspaper printed and published
IN Rock lslAn'i. III said count y, and tina the
mi@SlonerS of highways of said town of Drury
have consented in Wi ins TO such occupation of
the highway upon which said toll road s asked Ia
! be locarcd
1t is hereby ordered that the said Drury Toll
Road company shall have and there is hereby
granted to l., the privil, re of building main ain
ing and operating and for that purpose acquiring
an necessary land for The period of 30 years, at
| the end of which time il shall vest in the sait
Town OF Drury less sooner tciminated by VIZ
| tue OF subsequent conditions in the era I. u toll
road in said county of Rock Isla d and state of
| III :, upon the following route. TOWN.:
Commencing at the eud of he apron h to the
SAID high bridge, tn nee south 40 degrees min
ute east, chthOne and 10 ISIS feet TO point
on a tangent with sal high bridge aud distance
| thousand II ST.
(l,956 81 feet from the center OF the iron pier o.
said brl 1ge nearest to the Illinois shore. thence
south as degrees - minutes. through the lands of
William Hoffman. one thousand tx hundred and
thirty-one aud $40 1851 G) feet; thence carVing
TO the left with a radius of four hundred and ten
aud $40 t4lO.3) feet. distance three hundred and
sixty-seVen and 1-lO t361.4) fct thence 50
deg rees minutes east along the present dug
| road as filled. one thousand seven hundred ana
| siIty-cight and 40 ll,16S4l feet: tn nee by
curve the I @ht with ra6iu> of nine hundred
and flty-iive and 6-l0 CO.'S 81 Get; defiance five
/ hundred ard twenty and $40 feet. thence III
strnght lire south Us degrees II minutes ct>',
four thousand five hundred and FIVE and 6-lp
t4505.6 feet. here inIcr>ecting the Mic high
| way at ,Oint Ojc hundred and thirty four
| feet north OF the section line between sec.
! tiOns six t6 and seven % in wnship sis
| teen 90 north range five 90 west said point o
| ing hui dred an thirty -faEr feet north,
~ deg est from y '~' on said section line V
| en- hundred aud thirty feet west OF the sou,h at
| corner OF the uthwe On rttr o. sald section
| six; the roads passing through sections one and
| TWO in township sixteen nor h. range SIX west
| and section six in 'ownshjp sixteen orth, raage
| five west, and ing accurately shown upon u
plat which i presented with sid petition, whiC
plat copy tnv ecf. " hen Only cert fed signed
| and acknowledged bV the presIder and secretary
| of said company, hail he attached 10 the grant
hereafter authorized. and recorded Tt rewith ut
! The 81 g said Toll road pAuy before any
tolls are dcmau'ed or co IecTrI for passage over
said road
! SAID Toll roai % "a constitute ci by said compa-
ny as soon Is Ila iiCab.e an 10 be commenced
during the present yv"r, snG Ia be Constructed
As follows. to-wt:
To be twenty feet wide on toa at least three
feet above the h Gh water mari, of -, well buit
and gravell-u, and there Will re ~ more than one
| bTir ge between what l. K own a. SOuth slough
| called the bic slough on the map nOwpreseutedl
and the bluffs. ana enc brtga of ut least the
! length of 10 icct an at th- nearest slough 10
| the high bridge and 10 b. wuiu,~ med by said com
pany in good pas"abe Cunditi III at all times.
/ The maximum Of tolls - be charged by
! sand company Tor passage upon sLld toll road I'M
| I'll otferw So fixed III acc rdanCe with law. sha
| he as follow. tp-a il: Ten CENTS p = round trip
for Il dOu ic or ti0Alc team: FIVE cents per round
trip for horse aud cart or saddle horse and rider
one cent per head each wav for cattle or horses
in drOves, one lar Tor stTa IhresherS and like
traffic which shat only have the right of passage
after reasonable ot!Cc: all fGOtmeu ami extra
passengers in vehicles snail be permitted 10 use
such ad without charge: such tolls 10 be col
lected only IN il such time n the said tol cot
! lecicd thereon staii reIay the stockholders OF
said company their ca ital invested with six per
cent interest thereon over ami above The reason.
aHle cost OF CnlieCton AID maintenance: and
an cunt. as will thereafter ,ay the costs of main.
! tensuce of such rOaC
said con pany snail keep Il trU. account of the
actual cosI of cors;ru to" Of said Il rosd in
cluding bridging and sra Is. aud when doqe shall
exhibit proper vouchers TO such officer Or com.
mittee az shall BE- des CGu'e ed 10y tn county board
of supervisors of said count, Or is successor OF
the actual cot vi said cons ruCtiou. nd shall
keep for ever o., is bonSs for the inspeC ion OF
said designated officers; ana make an annual
sworn statement Z" receipts ard eXp' natures al
each July meeting. or the term next after .Jr V /
in case 4 ch-uge Of time + said county ooa't OF
supervisors.
Before this ant shall became op"rativ. said
company shal. execute good and SUili .ieat Juud :
in the amount of twenty-Cyc huuu Ell dbl r
each. one in favor f tne COMFY of RpcE Island
and the Otae- in fa,O of Jde town % DrIlry { m
ditlOna 20 pay all dam ges that may result re
speCtively 90 said county and Town hy reason 81
The construction al. maintenance of id toll
road from whatever Caus
=, sad company sAailproyide auI krc, oncu =
= r'ght of IaS-aee from the sud .ul rUyG T., no
hank OF the MI-si-- p2i river both above aud be-
low the high bridge. II 10 permit parties us3ua
SAID 'ol road ta cross tn river Up u he lee whoI
safe, without cross NJ The III bridge
L j. further made an express Cou1lrlOn of This
grant thar said toll road la only De huilt upo
a regularly laid ouJ public highway. 50 tHaj when
the Toll toad com any shall cease to have The
right u Operac collect 20 Is he.eou. the same
shail become public highway IN sud prury
township, subject - it, cont,ol rs other IuOiC
highways therein.
All work done on tn. first or or ginal cpnstruc-
ton Of saiu road and the itgcs Their on. aud al
/
thereof shall wash SWAY, a. to g,qu ge AN ont
lay OF one thousand collars or more Tor such -
pr cemeEt shall he done by contract 10 the ~
es, responsible BIDDER
tn t Il notice Of the original letting be pub
lshed in the Dai Y I uion, a newspape publishe,
in lock Island illinois, and in the Muscatint
journal and Muscatine NewS-Trbunc. II wsp.
pers publ shed at MusCitiue, Iowa, COntiGuou>l
from this date up IL the 18th dav o. september
! 1893, upon or after which BIDS received By sal,
. company for the con .IruC,uu OF all parts o
said rosd and bridges, may be ope .ed ana eat
contracts msy be ther let.o The ssid cumpan
I may fer good canse Tciec any and all bids ant
advertise anew for TWO weeks IN some Iewspaue
of general circulation in RO X ii nd and anota
! er in Muscatne for d. for any vurR not lei VI
on bids tins received.
The requirement IS TO notice a q letting O
contracts herein shall NOT relate - tn. usual an
ordinary repairs upon ssid road. il being the in
tention of this board in IN king this grant az
consenting 10 the construction of said read. [
permit and require The said compan ket p tn
said road when CON p'ettd for coItiuual use an
TO require said company to make all repairs othe
than those rendered necessary ny ,xtrAt rdinar
washouts. Immediately aft their necessity