Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-10-17

should be expended on said residence. We
sold - front feet for $500, leaving - feet yet
unsold."
TO ne Honorable Board Of Superuisors.
f,Exr1EMEN: Your committee to whom
was intrusted the building OF a sherih's res
idence beg leave to make the Following re-
port. The building Is finished and occupied
bv yosr sheriff at this time The contract
for erecting same was given TO George
Muesse and Patch their bid being S2.lsl. II
is 46x2f teet two stories nign. punt q pLlck
vii basement eight feet hlgh. me nIst
tory being ten feet in clear second nine
feet and outside walls twelve inches thick,
located and adjoining east end OF jail punt
to correspond with iail as near as possible
and according to plans drawn Tor rest
dence at the time the all was built, ana 10
tract we found that IL would be safer TO put
the foundation lower than the floor OF the
basement as We found the Jail founddtlon
had been put lower. This we dld Whlen
cost extra $500. We also concluded TO put
in double furnace pipes which cost $1,000
the specifications cost Us $3.50. hand-rail on
back porch of Jail II - this making the total
cost OF building when completed s22S1-so.
The building was finished and received by
your committee August 23rd, 1879. Ine said
barn was located on the land that was sold
by your Chairman and County Clerk Ine
parties owning the barn wanted TO sell u
and offered IL TO your committee Tor floO ana
would move It onto the foundation where we
wanted TO locate IL. We found this 10 be
much cheaper thar we could get barn any
other way and we bought IT, The tounda-
ton for il cost S3l.s0 For new pr1vy and
vault the cost was 5000 We insured the
new building for e OO0.for three years with
A. G. Morse at a cost of $1,000. To George
Budd for paint on east end OF buggy-shed
SLo0 Total amount of money expended by
your committee for the above improve
ments and insurance 50 4sI.73. leaving Sls27
on hand. All Of which Is respectfully sub
mftted
Both of these reports we're approved
and adopted by the county board and
the building committee, consisting of
chairman of the county board and
the Hon. II. b. Coons and c. P.
Him, received many compliments for
the highly satisfactory and business
like manner in which they had dis
charged the trust imposed upon them.
The contention that the committee
should have placed the money realized
from the sale of lots in the hands of
the county treasurer and then have
gone through the formality of writing
orders to withdraw it is weak.
The proceeds Of the sale Of the lots
were placed in the bands OF the com
mittee for a particular purpose and
as they were iudiciously used by
them for that purpose to the entire
satisfaction of the county board, no
criticism is due. As matter of fact
no money was realized from the sale
OF the lots until about the time the
new building had to be paid for.
Putting the money into the treasury
and Immediately drawing it out again
could have benefited nothing and
nobody but .'Hy'sn notion OF red tape
in doing business.
The chairman and county clerk
and the gentlemen associated with
them, G. P. Him Of Fennimore and
Hon. II. b. Coons Of Potosi are men Of
honor and reputation. They have
served the county we'll and faithfully
in many positions Of honor and trust.
The people OF the county cannot cen
sure too severely methods of Journal
ism which will encourage such I'M
warranted. malicious and cowardly at
tacks on their representatives as the
one in last weeks Teller.