The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-07-18

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All Of the Renville county COM
missioners, together with a. v.
Rieke, county attorney Of Renville
county, held a meeting with the
Redwood county commissioners on
Tuesday evening Of last week. The
meeting was informal and is not of
record.
The cause for the Renville county
board making q special trip to Red
wood Falls and concerning with the
Redw county commissioners, was
bridge matters. It is known that
the commissioners of both counties,
by deed in writing a long time ago,
partitioned the care of the bridges
across the Minnesota river between
the two counties, so that each county
had certain bridges to care for.
One of the bridges assigned to Red
wood county was the bridge across
the Minnesota river at North Red
wood. Redwood county went ahead
and put in new bridge. One of
the bridges assigned to Renville
county was the one north of Bel
view, which went down with a
crash a couple of years ago.
The Renville county commission
ers, in good faith, went to work to
replace the bridge, but the propo-
sition was to place it mile or more
below the old location. This got up
a neighborhood row, and the row
became so bitter that the commits
sioners saw that they would be
served with an injunction in case
| they proceeded. So the matter was
dropped until, the commissioners
hoped, the lawn would give them
power to go ahead and construct
bridges between the two counties.
It appears, however, that about a
week ago the Renvil]e county CON-
missioners we're served with man
damus ordering them to proceed
with the construction of the bridge,
or show cause why they should not
do so. The mandamus was based
on the agreement made between the
two boards of commissioners, and at
the meeting Of the Renville commits
sioners on Tuesday of last week it
was decided. to confer with the Red
wood county commissioners with
the view OF arranging some way OF
getting out of the predicament.
At the conference on Tuesday
evening of last week the ,Renville
commissioners proposed to pay into
the treasury of Redwood county
one-half the amount of the cost of
constructing the bridge at North
Redwood, providing that the Red
wood county commissioners would
appropriate an equal amount for the
construction of the bridge across
the Minnesota north of Belview. It
was also suggested thata committee
of three commissioners from Red
wood county act with a similar COM
mittee from Renville county to
agree upon site for the location
of the bridge, and to enter into a
| contract for the construction of an
all steel structure. The PROPOSE
ton of the Renville county board
was accepted by the Redwood COM
missioners and the Renville mem
bers returned to Beaver Falls to
whip the belligerent member or
members into line.
The fact that Redwood county is
to have something to say regarding
the construction and location of the
new steel structure, without any
expense to the county, is highly
complimentary to the members OF
the Redwood board. The news that
| the structure is to go in at once will
also be very pleasing to the people
of Belview and Swedes Forest, as
| we'll as on the north side of the
river, who have had to drive to the
| Delhi bridge or ford the river, in
| passing to and from Renville county.
COUNTY VALUATIONS.