Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-05

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ton OF the above and foregoing resolutions.
GEO. L. WILLIAMS,
FERDINAND PHILLIPS,
Ohm SCHNABEL,
Court House Committee
The above resolution was adopted by full
affirmative vote.
L. NJ. Nash read and moved the adoption OF
the following resol1uon
BE IT RESOLVED That hereafter in accordance
with the provisions of Section 163Oa of Sanborn
& Berrynans Annotated Statutes of this state
boutles for the killing of wild animals within this
county shall be paid as follows:
For the killing of any wolf, $500.
For the killing Of wild cat or lynx, $500
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, That no payment
OF any such bounty shall be made by the clerk or
chairman of this board until full and satisfactory
proof of such killing shall be made and filed with
thecounty clerk, as provded by said Section 63Oa
On motion the resolution as read was adopted
Geo L. Williams, charm of the building com
mittee read partial report as follows:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors OF
Wood County:
conference.-the the undersigned Building
Committee beg leave to submit for your informa-
ton and approval, the following report of our
dongs III the matter of construction of the new
Jail and Sheriff. s house. to the present date.
For a site for the new building we selected a
piece OF ground on the opposite side of the street
from the court house, where the building is now
located, and on the 23rd dav of March, received
from the city of Grand Rapids without expense to
the county, a Warranty deed for such land This
piece Of land has a frontage upon the street
running on the north side of the court house lot
OF about 1876 feet, and a frontage upon the street
along the river of 81 feet. The deed is recorded in
the office Of the Register of Deeds, in volume 81 Of
Deeds, on pages 446 to AS inclusive.
We employed Mr.. H. c. Koch, architect Of
Milwaukee, to prepare plans and specifications at
the agreed price for his services, including two
visits to this city to meet with the committee Of
$4,000. He came here March End, and with
your committee looked over the proposed location
and discussed fully the plan of the building desired
The plans and specifications received the first
part Of April, and advertisement for bids was
Immediately commenced, and printed notices were
scattered broadcast over the country.
On May End, the committee met with Archi
tect Koch to open bids and were in session the
2nd, 3rd and 18th days of May. Upon opening
the bids it was found that none were within the
limits OF the appropriation. Only two bids fo1
the whole building complete were offered one being
for S1S,6OO, and the other for $40 400 The
committee then took the bids for separate parts
OF the building and attempted to combine them sc
as to make complete job, but soon found that
this method Of doing the work was impracticable
as it would cost about $23, 900
1t therefore became apparent that some change
must be made in the plan proposed, and after
much delberatlon, the committee concluded TIC
modify the plans, by substituting Dry Steam Heat
III place OF the Fan system of heating; by subst
tuting wood corr1ice in place of galvenized iron
and tin work; by substituting extra "A hand
| dipped shingles for tin shingles; by substituting
jOl1et Bedford stone for water tables in place OF
local granite; by substituting random rock in
place of even thickness coarse stone; and by
substituting inch dressed plank for outside steps
in place Of stone steps, and also emitting concrete
floors under jail proper and electric lighting and
galvenized iron and tin and also plumbing
With these notifications the contract was let
to Mr.. ohm Miller of Wausau, for the sum Of
| $13,SOO00, and on the 9TH day of May, written
contract was entered into with him and duly
signed Mr.. Miller gave to the committee bond
to Wood county in the sum Of $4,000, signed by
suretes D. L. Plumber and John Ringle, for the
faithful performance of his contract Such
contract and bond are herewith submitted togeth-
CT with plans and specifications, and when the
work is finally completed and settlement made
with the contractor such papers will all be flied in
the office of the County Clerk.
Subsequently separate contract was entered
into With the Centralia Hardware Company for
the plumbing, for the sum of $4,000.
Work by the contractor upon the building
was commenced in rne and has been prosecuted
continuously to the present time. Much delay
however, has been caused and injury done to the
contractor because of the iron and steel work not
being completed on time and your committee
therefore regrets that we unable at this meet
ing to make full and final report.
There was received on the sale of bonds
S15,23 and interest On this fund has been
| credited bv the Bank in the sum of S141 "a
making a total in the special jail fund OF
S15,371S4 Of this special fund your committee
had up to Saturday November 9th, paid out and
sh11rsed S1QSl4 Is lea vino hal r., the