The record-union., 1899-10-06
WOODMEN WANT THE EARTH
BUT THE SUPERVISORS SAID
THEM NAY.
All Bids Rejected-Proposa1s for
New Brtdge-Oak Park Sam
itary Election.

At yesterdays session of the Board
of Supervisors, J. H. Liggett appeared
and requested that an order be made
appointing polling place for the sani-
tary district election TO be held in Oak
Park on Tuesday, November 1th; that
provision be made for the election of
the necessary officers should such dis
trict be formed, and that election Off
GERS for the sanitary district election
be named.
Chairman Curtis said he was not pre-
pared to appoint election officers on the
spur of the moment, but promised Mr..
Liggett that he would have the matter
attended to before adjournment Of the
present session.
Mr.. L1ggett presented a number of
names of parties for election officers,
who were favorable to the organization
of such district, but stated that the
friends of the proposed district desired
only a just representation on the Board
of Election. He handed in his list of
names, and definite action was tempo
rarily postponed.
At the afternoon session bids for fur
nishing 100 cords of wood for use at
the County Hospital were received.
They were three in number one from
H. S. Madison, $7.75 per cord; one
from M. Hanrahan, $749 per cord, and
one from Dunbar & Schmidt, $7.45.
Morrison said there was enough wood
on hand to run the hospital until
February or March. He moved that all
bids be rejected and that the accom-
panying checks be returned.
The motion was carried, the wood
bidders exchanged peculiar glances and
then quietly slid out.
Bids for constructing the three
bridges or trestles on Grand Island
were opened as follows: Isham & Que
nell, $1,212.5O; Clark & Henry, 81, 1873;
Rhoads & Jenkins, $97S; Darby Lay
don, $3.50; T. NJ Burns, 81, 400; Duncan
Bridge Construction Company, $1,6S3.
The bids were referred to the Con-
tract Committee
Bids for constructing bridge at Ben
sons ferry, on the Mokelumne River,
cifications, We're opened as follows:
Rhoads & Jenkins, $1,644; Clark &
Henry, 81, IA; Darby Laydon, 81, 700;
T. M. Burns, $3.50.
The bids were referred to the Con-
tract
The bridges and trestlework on Grand
Island are to be $50 feet, and that at
Benson's ferry 400 feet in length.
On request of the bidders the follow
ing were permitted to withdraw their
bids and checks: Clark & Henry, Dun
can Bridge Construction Company and
Isham & Quenell.
Surveyor Boyd reported concerning
the road which is to be opened on
Grand Island, and on which the three
bridges above referred to are to be
placed, that he had communicated with
the trustees of the reclamation district
through which the road will run, and
that they had informed him that the
ditcher owned by the district would be
furnished the county to fill in the 600
feet of swale land through which the
road Will run, at cost OF operation
about $40 per day. At that rate he
estimated the cost of filling in to be
about 3A cents per cubic yard, provid-
ed the ditcher was in the immediate
vicinity when the county should want
the road put through. If it happened
to be four or five miles away it would
take a day or two to get it to the road
which would run up the cost. He
thought if the board could agree with
the district to have the latter make the
filling for or cents per cubic yard,
it would be better to do so. He thought
the cost of grading the road would not
exceed $75 or 500.
Morrison referred to the surveys made
for a road to connect with the Amaior
County road from lone, in Cosumnes
Township. He said that last summer
Louis Meiss, farmer of that vicinity,
opened a road through the grain fields
of Mr.. Wittenbrock and others, along
the line recommended by the viewers.
He thought the county should either
adopt the road and award damages, or
order the road opened by Meiss closed.
On motion of Curtis the matter was
referred to the Surveyor to ascertain
the amount of damages to be awarded,
and report to the board.
On motion of Mclaughlin donation
of $25 was made for the temporary aid
of the Rescue Home, at Second and P
streets. The home is conducted by the
Peniel Mission, and is a very worthy
institution. 1t has now eleven inmates,
and the small contributions it receives
from citizens are not sufficient to meet
it's expenses.
County Surveyor Boyd reported that
about twenty-seven carloads of crush
ed rock would be required to repair the
grade at the lower end of the pocket,
between the Freeport and River roads.
Chairman Curtis moved that the
Commissioner from that district be au-
thorized to have the road repaired.
The discussion developed the fact that
the cost would be about 81 900, and the
board decided not to take any action
at present, owing to the lack of funds.
The board took recess till 10 o'clock
this morning.