Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-04-22
Commissioners Proceedings.
Parker, S. d., April 10th, 1884,

Board of county commissioners met
pursuant to adjournment Members
presnet, |. H. Newly, chairman, J. j.
Graber, A. p. Kaufman, S. c. Nelson,
ana Junla Sargent, also the county
auditor.
On motion the liquor bond of John
Buckstead was approved.
On motion the reports of the COM
mittees for viewing the bridges washed
out 10y the high waters were read as
follows:
We herewith submit our report on
bridges viewed by us the Sth and 9Th
days of the month. the same being all
the work needed so far as we have
been able to find. in the district for
which this committee was appointed.
We find the bridge north of Marion
junction near the Tulner place to have
been IA span OF 32 feet, with 81 feet of
approaches at each end, The bridge is
entirely washed away and lies one-half
mile east OF the site. 1t was an old
bridge and there is little or no lumber
of any value in it to the county. The
township having put II new floor on. 1T
a year ago we recommend that they be
given the old bridge for use wherever
needed in their township. 10 replace
the bridge with new one would re-
quire Il 1O-foot span and 81 feet OF APP
proach, With suitable foundations.
There being bridge at the section line
one mile west. and when Webber
bridge IS repaired bridge one mile
east also. we recommend that the mat
ter be left rs it is Tor the present.
The Weber bridge we find to have
been carried about ten rods down
stream, the foundations destroyed, and
approaches gone. The span is 60 feet,
/ the metal being bent un considerable,
and part of the top cords will have to
be replaced with new. We would
recommend that this span he repaired
and replaced on two sets of steel tubes,
: or hard wood piles, with an lSfoot
, approach on the west end. This will
make Il good job, and the wood work
in the span will probably be good for a
few years. We find the piles to have
been broken out of the up stream piers
/ of the Peter Unrub bridge and the span
on one side is resting on temporary
supports placed by the township; we
would recommend that a steel tube or
' hardwood piles be placed under each of
y the two corners where support IS gone;
this can be done economically, and the
/ tubes will protect the other piles Of the
pier. and when they become unsafe the
= rest OF the steel tube piers can be com.
! pleted without and loss Of labor or ma
e terial We find the Cornelius Unruh
a bridge, a 60-toot span with l6-f0ot ap-
= proach to be all out, including piers eX-
cept west approach, which Is damaged
The span lies in the field below the
II bridge and is badly broken up. The
: metal in it is badly bent and broken
,r and 10 feet of the door and joists art
Il gone.
We recommend that the steel in the
long span east OF town be repaired
.e lntoa !o-foot span. and whatever ole
)r tirn bers are good with the necessar,
IF new timbers put together and PLACED
J. where the 60-foot span was, the 6o-foo
being to short for the place. We Woult
recommend that one pier Of steel tube
le be placed under the west end OF th
y span, and pillng be driven against eas
bank for east end OF span to rest on
This would bring the east end of th
bridge out OF the way OF the ice, ant
5 the steel pier Will be we'll out OF th,
n main channel 1t will require about 2
Id feet of new floor and joists, the old one
j. being used for balance.
The Chapman bridge miles west o
Parker was carried away The bridg
% consisted of one span of 80 feet, ant
Of approaches on each end. The span wa
t. carried about one-half mile, and one
a fourth OF it is entirely gone, the rest o
the span seems to stand III fair shape
The piers and approaches are also gon
- including the east abutment, and w
In were unable to find any trace of them
eS When the bridge is rebuilt it shoult
r have II span OF a least Is feet, WIFI
-. approaches. We would recommen,
that the bridge be not rebuilt at th
} present time.
to We viewed the small bridge a mil
he northeast Of Parker and find that
can be Strengthened up at little eN
peuse and as it viii be under So