The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-22
COMMISSIONERS BUSY.
County Roads Consume a Large Por-
tion of Their Time.
Especial Correspondence.)


Especial Correspondence
Brigham City. March 2l-The board of
county commissioners met in regular ses-
sion yesterday.
The petition of residents of Rawlins
precinct for the appointment of Joseph
Laws as road supervisor for said district
The application of T. C. Young for the
posltloh OF road supervisor of Three Mile
was granted.
investigate the proposition to complete
that portion of the road running between
DeweyVllle and Point Lookout at point
near the Malad river, reported that they
had made the necessary investigation and
recommended that the road should be
completed at once. also that they had ap-
Potter, who stated they were willing to
complete the road on reasonable terms
On motion the contract was. given TO
Messrs. Fridall and Potter to be secured
by written contract.
The board decided to borrow the sum OF
$1,000 from Weber county, to be secured
by two promissory notes for $4OOO eaeh,
and payable, one in nine months, ana the
other payable at any time within two
years from date, with interest at the rate
of 6 per cent per annum. The county at
torney being authorized to draw up reso-
lutionS and prepare notes.
The petition of residents of Corinne
road district for the completion OF county
road running between section J. toW sIL
Sc. township 10 north of range ) west was
deferred and the clerk was instructed 10
correspond with certain parties ana learn
If their agreement to pay certain amouIiS
into the county treasury when the sdlu
road is completed still hold good
A letter from Alma D. Chambers. treas
urer of Weber county, representing that
500 head of sheep belonging, to Ihomas
Etherington of West Weber had been as
sessed in Box Elder county, ana through
mistake the tax had been paid to BOX
a
said tax be returned to Weber county.
Referred to county attorney
Commissioner P. NJ. Hanson Tep H1LotYt
passes through land owned by MI AugusI
Nichols Mr.. Nichols desires to have salo
road changed so as to follow the sechoh
line The matter was referred 10 the Coin-
Messrs. Busenbark and Smith represent
ed to the board that they had paid taxes
on a double assessment on certain piece
of land. MIR. H. Standing. appearing in
favor of Mr.. Busenbark. was allowed tilat
amount paid to the county.
The attorney was instructed TO write
to the counties of Cache. Weber and Salt
Lake for a financial statement Oh those
The SUI sum of $12 was appropriated for in
The bond of Ben Peterson 'of Terrace to
sell liquors at Terrace was referred PACK
for correction. .. e.
county officers was let to the Shelton
Charles Wright. jr., was appointed night
prounds at a COMPENSATION of 81 per week.
The clerk was authorized to obtain deeds
from parties owning land on the road IN
tended for the county road cohhecIAhs
Deweyville and Point Lookout. -,
Mr.. Alfred Olsen is quite low with
pneumonia. ,,...,
There is considerable talk in Brigham
among some of the leading citizens IN re-
gard 70 the rllmor that it is the intention
of the present owners OF the Bear river
canal to fulfill the original contract OF
The first company and to bring 9gt me
Ogden, which was the original intention
of the promoters and builders OF the
canal - o.,,,1 who,
built. will prove great boon to this To-
cality in many ways.