Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30

the county board of said county Of
GRAFT tor sucn dettrminst on by said
county board. as ia the premises they
shall deem just and proper. of which
appeal, rhe said town DO ri of the said
town ofMr. Hope. and the said towa of
Mount Hope viii please take notice.
The following names We're signed to
the above:
j. NJ. Mulroney, Henry Gull, Maria
Monlieth, Peter Quinn. Thomas o.
Shaughuessy. James O'Brien. John
Corcoran, John Seaman. John McKich-
an. Jr, Mary Walsh, A. Trapp, OAR
by Mulronev. John Mulroney, Thomas
Roseman, VIM Roseman. NJ Gull,
John Gull, Z. F. Walsh, Mathew Ertz,
James NJ. Gull, Frank Collins.
Annexed to the petition is the affidavit
of Peter Quinn. setting forth that the
above petition and notice of appeal was
served on James McCluskey, chairman
of the town of Mt. Hope.
Referred to Committee on Highways,
Bridges and Ferries.
Mr.. McCluskey presented a remon-
STRANGE to the petition presented by Mr..
Meyer.
REMoNsTRANCE.
To the Honorable, the Town Board of
Mt Hope, Wis.
Your petitioners. resident freeholders
of said town, would respectfully remon-
strate against the laying or establishing
or maintaining a highway on or near
the line now in contemplation, known
as the Quinn road, better described as
follows: Starting at a point about 10
rods west of the center of Section No
II, town No. 6, range 4, and running
north-easterly TO town line near the
northeast corner Of section No y,
town 6, range No. 4 west. PRAYING
the prayer of your petitioners be grant
ed, we ever fray.
Dated June 20th, 1898.
The following names were signed to
the above:
j. NJ. Culkins, VIM. Murphy, Patrick
Carmody, ThoS. Carmody, VIM. Collins,
VIM. Cuikins, Thos. O'Shaughressy,
Elmore Brandt, Jno. McKichan, Jr.,
F. L. Gsrthwaite, Maria Montieth, AL
bert Crow, VIM. Roseman, Mrs. B.
Culkin, Thos. Roseman, James Alder
son, John Mulrooney, f. Brandt, d.
Brunson, Mary Whalen, Geo w. Day.
ID. McKichaD, John Halferty, A. H.
Connell. Louis Plimpton, r. s. Morrow,
Henry Sheedy, F. Ferguson, l.. W.
Crow, Alex Cairns, Geo. Zimmerman,
George Baker. L. NJ. Scobie. A. j.
Hazen, U. +. Schneyer, j. n. Day, j.
A. Abrams, Amos Hazen, ID. Snider. A.
Chilson.
Mt. Hope, Wis, November IS, 1898
Received and filed this 3rd day of
November, 1898.
A. E. COOLEY, Clerk.
Referred to committee on Highways,
Bridges and Ferries.
Mr.. Bremmer moved that the reti-
tions be both referred to the Committee
on County Roads Carried.
Mr.. Tobin presented the petition of
Stephen Garrow, relating to the main
tainarce of ferry across Platte.
PETITION FOR FERRY.
To the Board of Supervisors The
petition of Stephen Garrow respectfully
showeth, that be is a resident of the
town of Paris in said county, and that a
ferry ought to be maintained for the
accommodation and convenience
of the public, across the Platte River
at the place where the Potosi and
Eagle Point ferry public highway cross
es the said river. Wherefore the under
signed petitions this Board of Super
visors to grant him license to main
tain such ferry, on his compliance
with the provisions OF the statute in
such case made and provided. and your
petitioner will ever pray.
STEPHEN GARRow.
Dated Nov. IL, 1898.
Referred to Committee on Highways,
Bridges and Ferries.
Petition presented by JAS. P. Jones,
for aid to build bridges in the town of
Smelser at cost of 50 900.
To the County Board of Supervisors of
Grant County, State of Wisconsin.
GENTLEMEN:-Your petitioners towit,
The Town Board of the town of Smell
ser in said County of Grant, State of
Wisconsin, respectfully represent that
on the 4th day of April, 1898, at an an
nual Town meeting, said town did vote
to construct five Iron bridges, lying in
said town as follows: One across Fur
mace branch on the line between Sec
tons q and p, running north and
south, one across Furnace branch on a
line between Sections % and &c, RUM
ing east and west, one across The branch
first north of the village of Big Patch,
on the Platteville and Dubuque road
One across the branch first north of the
village of Georgetown on the Platteville
and Dubuque road, and one across the
Toomey Branch in Section SO. The
above mentioned five bridges were let
to the lowest bidders by contract for the
total sum of g 900. That the saiG
Town of Smelser has provided for one
half Of the cost for the construction Of
said bridges, and that the entire cost of
said bridges exceeds one-fourth of one
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