The record-union., 1895-11-05
SUPERVISORS HAVE A BUSY DAY.
Wrestling With Many Road and Bridge
Problems.
Two Bids for Grading That Were
Rejected-The McClaughrey
Road Contest.

members were on hand, even super
visor Curtis, who a few days since was
confined to his home from Illness A
communication was received from
long list of fruit growers and taXpaY-
ers requesting the board 10 apPolit
Robert Williamson Inspector OF Fruit
Pests for the ensuing year. Placed on
file.
A petition was received from resi-
dents and freeholders on Grand lslaho
requesting that a new road be lald OUT
sixty feet wide from a point on the
county road at the right bank OF Ola
River, near the lower pump house on
Grand Island, westerly along the 1Sht
bank to the mouth of Old River, at
the southwestern extremity OF the
island, being the location of the Ola
River ferry-landing The length OF the
proposed road would be about one-thlro
of a mile.
Mr.. Lauritson appeared before the
board and explained the necessity OF
the piece of road petitioned for.
Joe De Rosa, P. II. Gardner ana
County Surveyor Boyd were appointed
viewers to examine the site Of the pro-
posed road and report to the board.
E. A. Denicke, Secretary of Swamp
Land District No. 81, on Andru3
Island, asking the board for inforn1a-
ton as to whether or not the dIstllce
has a county road, and if so where 1t IS
located. The matter was referred TO
the County Surveyor.
A FOUL DITCH.
Supervisor Todd, Of the committee
that investigated the matter of the al
legged nuisances in the vicinity OF oak
Park. reported that the iSagreeable
Cdors complained of appeared to come
from stagnant water in the Thlrty-'lrsI
street canal, into which a winery casts
its sewage The committee found Ger
ber's slaughter house to be in as 5000
condition and as free from odor as 1t is
possible for such a place to be Kept,
and it is not likely that it is responsible
for the complaints that have been
made If the canal were cleansed ana
graded the trouble would disappear.
Supervisors brennan and Jenkins IN
dorsed Mr. Todd's report. In their
opinion the cleansing and Improvement
of the Thirty first-street canal would
remedy the evil.
JETTIES AND BRIDGES.
Supervisor Jenkins reported having
visited the jetties in the river in the vi
cinity of William Johnston'S place near
CORTLAND placed there for the protec-
ton of the river road, and found the
same in apparently good condition.
He also inspected the bridgewOrk on
the Wilder road, between the lands of
Whitaker & Ray and Ferguson, south Of
the Costumes River and connecting the
upper and lower Stockton roads. There
had been some complaint that the APP
breaches to the bridges had not been
properly protected, but the contractor,
Mr. Barry, claimed that no provision
therefor had been made in the specifl-
cations.
The Clerk read the specifications for
the information of the board. There be-
ing some doubt as to whether or not
the specifications had been fully COM
piled with, the report of the committee
was deferred for further inquiry into
the matter.
Mr.. Wilder explained to the board
what work he thought should be done
tC. the bulkheads in order to protect
them from washing out.
Supervisors Jenkins and brennan re-
ported favorably on the trestle work
core by E Z. Barry on the Lagoon
road near Conley station, and the work
was accepted.
The jetty or wing-dam at William
Johnston's place was, on motion of Mr.
Jenkins, accepted.
ROAD OBSTRUCTION.
Mr.. Jenkins again called up the mat
ter of the encrOachment on the public
road through Courtland-to which at
tention was called by him last month
and asked Surveyor Boyd to explain
the result of his investigation into the
matter
Mr.. Boyd said he found that a fence
hat been constructed that narrowed the
roadway to about thirty feet.
Chairman Morrison said the matter
had already been referred to the Dis
trict Attorney.
BRANNAN ISLAND LEVEE.
Philip Wise of Brannan Island asked
the board to have about a mile anc a
half of the levee in the vicinity of the
Hart Smith place leveled down for road
purposes. The cost, he thought, would
be about $3.50.
Supervisor Jenkins moved that Mr..
Wise be authorized TO have the work
done. and it was so ordered. Chairman
Morrison took occasion to remark that
when dredgers pile up earth on levees
the county should not be expected to
level il off for roads. The levees are be-
ing raised every year and this leveling
process has to be all done over again.
ASSESSOR BERKEY'S KICK.
Assessor T. H Berkey asked the
board to either allow or reject his claim
for $3.50 for making an index to the map
books from which the last assessments
were made. The present law making ii
the duty of the Assessor to prepare such
index was passed on the 18th Of last
March. while the work for which he
asked payment was completed long be-
fore that date He knew his claim was
a proper charge against the county, and
all he desired was that the board take
some action in regard to the matter
either to allow it or decline TO do so.
Mr. Berkey objected to the board or
dering Assessors maps prepared by the
County Surveyor, as he claimed that
the section of the law under which this
was done has not been properly con-
strued He said he would at the proper
time amply to the beard for the author
ity to prepare such maps himself.
BIDS FOR BRIDGES, ETC.
At the afternoon session of the board
bids were opened for the construction
OF a 191-foot bridge near Elk Grove,
known as the Deer Creek trestle on the
Freeman road They were as follows:
Silas earle, $715; 4. Z. Barry, SID
George 3. Dean, $500: Darby Layden &
Co, 81, 127 40. The contract was
awarded to Silas Carrie.
Bids for grading road from the
head Of Tyler Island to Wise's land, in
the vicinity of Walnut Grove Were
opened. James Touhey offered to do the
work for II cents per cubic yard, and
Burns & Parker for 10 cents.
Supervisor jenkins moved that both
bids be rejected as too high, and 1t was
50 ordered by unanimous vote. The
cost would be about 81 600.
J. Allen Wilder submitted a bid of 2C
cents per cubic yard for grading the
New Hope road, near Gait James
Touhey offered TO do it for u cents, A.
B. Bryant for 10 cents and James b
Hicks for 81 cents
The contract for the work was, on mo-
ton of Supervisor Curtis. awarded to
Hicks