The record-union., 1897-09-21
FAIR OAKS WANTS A BRIDGE.
THE COUNTY ASKED TO STAND
$4,000 EXPENSE.
All Over That Sum the Fair Oaks
Company VIII Pay-No
Action Yet.

to see what that body felt disposed 10
do toward constructing a bridge over
the American River, six miles this side
of Folsom, opposite the Studarus ranch
Engineer Kiefer explained the char
acter of the river banks and channels
at that point, and said a good, substan-
tial structure could be erected there.
The estimated cost of wooden bridge
200 feet long was between $4,000 and
$4,000
one of the Supervisors asked what
would be the result if the log boom
above Folsom should break and the
logs come down and strike the bridge.
Mr. Kiefer said that with bridge of
twenty spans and heavy eighteen
inch piles on the upper side no serious
damage could be done. One span might
be injured or knocked out without in
jurfng the rest of the structure, and
the cost of repairing it would not be
great
He had not figured on the expense Of
a steel bridge, as the structure would
have to be of great length in order 10
cover some bottom land that in time
of high water is overflowed.
Supervisor Morrison wanted TO know
what proportion of the expense the
Fair Oaks Company would pay, and Mr..
Olsen replied that the company would
pay all over $1,000
Chairman Jenkins did noJ think the
estimates of the cost of the bridge at
that point We're sufficiently definite.
Supervisor Morrison said he had
never favored a wooden bridge over
that stream, but owing to the character
of the travel over it he did not know
but that a wooden bridge would last
for a great many years. He thought
that before the board could accept any
proposition from the Fair Oaks peo-
pie the County Surveyor should be
required to make survey and estimate
of the cost. 1t might be possible to
show that the bridge could be built for
less money than the estimate made by
the Fair Oaks Companys engineer.
| Supervisor Curtis moved that the
County Surveyor be instructed to do
this, and also to submit an estimate Of
the difference in the cost of the struc-
ture providing 200 feet of the bridge be
/ of steel
Engineer Kiefer stated that his esti-
mate had been based on the proposition
of a bridge twenty feet in width. 1t
might be that the board would prefer
a structure of less width.
Supervisor Morrison said it was con-
templated that the bridge should be
| heavy enough to accommodate an cleo
tric railroad, as it might be desired to
operate road over it.
Supervisor Curtis then included in
his motion the provision that estimates
be made on bridge heavy enough
for that purpose.
The motion was then carried unan-
imously.
GRAND ISLAND ROAD.
A deed from George Mcintyre to n
tract of land sixty feet wide
on Grand Island for road pur-
poses, and containing twenty-four
acres, was received. The road is on
the southern part of the island 1t was
accepted and ordered placed on record.
On motion of Supervisor Morrison.
the Surveyor was directed to make the
necessary surveys and submit plans
and specifications for the dredger work
required to make the road.
IS A PUBLIC ROAD.
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District Attorney Ryan in response TO
the inquiry concerning Orangevale ave-
nue. leading to the American River
| bridge The District Attorney holds
! that the avenue was dedicated to pub
| lie use by the filing and recording Of
| the map thereof, and is a public high
way.
COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER.
District Attorney Ryan also submit
| ted to the board his opinion regarding
the appointment of a County Health
! officer He states that the law confers
such power on the board whenever in
its opinion public necessity requires
such officer. The law, he states, is not
mandatory, but leaves the matter to
! the option of the board.
HICKSVILLE GRADE.
Charles Studarus appeared before the
board in relation to his contract for
grading south of the Costumes River
and across the Hicks bottom.
Since the contract was let last fall
the board had decided on erecting d
long trestle, instead of an earthen
grade, but there still remains consider
able grading to be done, and Mr. Stu
! darius agreed to do whatever was re-
quired at the same rate he was to re-
ceive on the original contract
There was considerable informal dis
cussion over a demand received from
the Gait Gazette" for publishing two
ordinances. The ordinances were set
i in long primer type, nearly two sizes
! larger than nonpariel, on the basis of
which the official square" is fixed
| J. J. Campbell, the publisher. con-
tended that 1t was customary in Stock
ton and other places to publish ordi-
nances in large type
| A reference to the Clerks ordinance
/ scrapbook showed but one instance of
the kind in this county
| Supervisor Morrison thought it a
wrong principle to establish. The law
| contemplates that the body of ordi-
nances shall be set in nonpariel type,
and if newspaper publishers were per-
mitted to use larger type there would
be no end to the extremity to which
! they might go in the size of type to be
employed. In this way advertisements
might be spread over unreasonable
space.
/ Other matters were then taken up
and no action on the demand was
/ taken.
FAREWELL.