The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
SYNOPSIS OF THE WORK
Of the Last Meeting of the
County Commissioners.
BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION
or the West Fork Bridge Awarded tn
DAILY 81 Higgins-Counsel Employed
in Claim Gases - County
Road Repairs.

Hamilton, Sept. S.-The following is
| synopsis of the work transacted by
| the board of county commissioners of
this county up to date of general in
| terest to the public:
| The board agreed to employ r. L.
McCulloch to assist the county attor-
| ney in the several cases of John Lewis,
Dan Mcleod, Thomas Leonard, o. w.
Squires and John Golden (three cases)
against Ravalli county on appeals
from the decision of the board in mat
tiers of claims. Also in the case of
Ravalli county against the Anaconda
Copper Mining company for the loss of
the Hamilton bridge.
The following bids for the construe
ton of the road and bridge on the
south fork of the west fork of the Bit
ter Root river, as advertised for, were
received and opened. to-wit
j. B. Franklin. s., 75O 90
Milton Hammond ........... 1850 90
Brennan & Erickson sol 90
Jameson & Bourne. . AIS 90
w. ii. Baker. Observation-Disclosures. 2, ESQ 90
DAILY & Higgins. / 6S7 20
1t was decided to award the contract
to DAILY & Higgins on their bid of
s1,6s75O, and they were notified to
furnish bond and enter into contract
for the faithful performance of said
work, said work to be cribbed around
the point of high grade as proposed in
their bid.
A communication was received from
the state board of equalization suggest
ing that the levy for stock indemnity
tax be put at lilo of one mill, and the
board agreed to the same and author
lied the clerk to make the levy con-
form to this order.
Claim No. 1903, in favor of the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company.
was laid over until next meeting, ow-
ing to the unsatisfactory phone sery-
ice during the quarter.
In regard to the petition of z. B.
Wilds ct al for change in the county
road on the East Fork, near T. w.
Lairds place, 1t was decided to make
no change at the present time.
An agreement was made with T. w.
Laird to repair the county road near
his place, where the same was washed
out by high water; said work consists
OF breakwater abutment to be built
to prevent the river from cutting a new
channel at south end of the old bridge:
bridge to be built In place of old one
across slough; breakwater abutment to
be built at lower end of Laird's field to
prevent further washing of road by the
river, and levee to be built where road
runs along river bank above the school
house, said road to be put in good con-
dition, and when said work is complet
ed in a satisfactory manner they will
pay him the sum of $50, the contract
price therefor.
Claim No. 1853, for SIP, in favor of
John Bennett; claim No. 1856, for 80, In
favor of Andrew Moon. and claim No.
1856. for $3.50, in favor of Frank Ander-
son, for searching for the body Of A
Nelson, We're rejected, as the parties
We're not employed by the county to do
the work.
1t was ordered that Ravalli county
be clasSed as a county of the seventh
class this year.
The clerk was instructed to adver-
tise for four weeks for sealed proposals
for the care, support and maintenance
of the poor, sick and infirm of the
county, per capita, by the week. for
the ensuing year, said proposals to in
clude the entire cost of feeding, cloth
ing and nursing of the county charges,
and also burial expenses, bids to be
opened at the December meeting.
The clerk was ordered to advertise for
four weeks for sealed proposals from
resident practicing physicians within
the county to furnish medical attend
ance to the poor, sick and infirm of the
county and to the inmates of the county
Jail and poor house, and to furnish
medicine for the same for the period
of one year from January l, 1900.