The record-union., 1895-03-14
TIE new COSTUMES IRON BRIDGE.
Contracts Awarded for the Approaches
and TrestIeWork.
The Supervisors Unable to Pay De-
mands Against the Various
County Road Districts.

The Board of Supervisors met yester-
day afternoon to open bids for the con-
struction of the approaches to the new
steel bridge across the Cosumnes River,
and to transact other business. The bids
for grading the approaches to the now
bridge over the Cosumnes River near the
Slough House were as follows:
Burns Bros, q cents per cubic yard;
George 3. Dean, % cents; Charles Studa-
rus, 10 cents; Silas Carle, 81 cents; James
Touhey, 264 cents; E. E. Barry, 20 cents.
The bids for constructing the trestle-
work for the approaches were as follows:
George B. Dean, 1927 81; Silas Garlic,
$239; e. E. Barry,s $3.50; 3. McMahon &
Sons, S295.
The contract for the grading was
awarded to Charles Stndarus, and that
for the trestlework to SiIas Carle, in ac-
cordance with their bids.
y petition was read from number of
residents of Folsom requesting the ap-
pointmenU OF j. II. Sturges as Justice of
the Peace of Granite Township, vice
David Steele, deceased. Sturges was ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy.
supervisor Todd took occasion to con-
graduate Chairman Morrison on his ap-
pointment as Fish Commissioner.
The Chairman had large batch of
road demands on his desk, and he asked
Supervisors Curtis and Jenkins if they
were sure there was money enough in
the road funds to pay them.
They replied that there would be money
enough before the end OF the fiscal year
TO pay the demands. The County Treas
urer informed them that there would be
money enough on hand by that time.
Chairman Morrison and Supervisor
Todd were of the opinion that action on
the demands should be deferred for a
while.
The Chairman figured up the demands
ana asCertained that they amounted to
S0,203 80. This amount, the Treasurer
states, is rather large in consideration of
the fact that the sum to be apportioned
to the road fund on the Ist OF July next
VIII not be much in excess of the amount
OF the demands already accrued.
supervisor Jenkins said the fund of
Road District No. / is overdrawn TO the
extent OF -, l19 81, and that of Road Dis
trlct No. D Is overdraWn to the extent of
sorO94 oS, making the amount overdrawn
from both funds Sl0,274 90 He said there
Is to the credit OF the general road fund
the sum of S1,725 so, leaving both road
IunuS at present In debt to the amount of
SZ,54S 81. The amount estimated to come
IN by the lst Of July is s., 800, leaving
balance OF S4,95l 43 with which 10 pay for
road work up to July lst. He said that
on such a showing it would be better to
lay the demands over until the funds were
replenished.
On this showing Chairman Morrison
returned the demands from Jenkins dis
trlct to him, but Curtis would not receiye
those from his district. It would be safe.
IN his opinion, Notwithstanding the show
ing made by Jenkins, to allow the claims.
On motion of Jenkins the demands
from both districts were turned over to
the County Clerk, to be held until such
time as there will be money enough to
pay them. When the roll was called all
the members except Curtis voted to Law
the demands over. He refused to vote.
The board then adjourned until the
first Monday in April.