Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-13
TIL COMMISSIONERS
meet in adjourned Session at
moptesap0.
A NUMBER OF BILLS ALLOWED
Attend to Road Contracts
Let and Other Important Business
Transacted-Sheriff Huff Not
Satisfied With Actual
Expenses.

Expenses.
The board of county commissioners
met in adjourned session, Monday, June
3, all members present.
Sheriff Huff reported that Ralph Nc
Rae was dangerously i'll in the county
Jail, and asked permission to send him
to the Hoquiam hospital. He was told
by the board that st. Joseph's hospital,
Aberdeen, had the contract for the care
of the county's sick, but the sheriff was
evidently pulling for the Hoquiam insti-
tuition, and he replied that the pace was
so swift at Aberdeen that he feared his
prisoner wonld not be secure in that
city, but that in the peaceful quietude of
Hoquiam, the local officers had such a
sinecure that they could devote their
entire time to looking after this prisoner.
This argument ~ carried the day, and
McRae was ordered to the Hoquiam in
ssitution.
The contract for building the Britain
road, on the Humptulips, was let to
Newton Britain for the following figures :
Clearing and grading roadway, 8 cents
per foot; building two bridges, $2lO; all
lesser bridges, Is cents per foot. The
bond was fixed at $1,000
The following bids were submitted for
the county official printing:
Jno Carney, all advertisements, Off
scial notices, and proceedings of the COM
missioners at ten cents per inch. For
publishing delinquent tax summons,
~ cents per description, for six inser-
tions.
id Dean, all legal notices at 10 cents
per inch for each insertion.
J + McDougall, all advertisements,
official notices and proceedings of COM
missioners at one cent per annum.
Summons in foreclosure of tax lien at 5
cents per inch each insertion.
CT Hall, for publishing delinquent
tax notice q Of cent per description for
each insertion. All other advertising 20
cents per inch, first insertion, and 12%
cents per inch for each subsequent in
sertion.
Bid of P Sullivan not considered,
same not being accompanied by certified
check as required.
Upon consideration it was found that
the two bids OF Carney and Hall were
the lowest, and, owing to the inability
of the board to figure which of those
two was lower tn an the other, the con-
tract was awarded t., Hall, notwith-
standing the fact that the bid of Carney
was more than 500 the lowest, and he
has since appealed from the decision to
the superior court.
Sven Johnson was the only bidder for
the improvement of the Blackwell road,
and the bid was rejected.
Contract to build the VIM Boyden road
was let to J. d. Sparkling, and his bond
fixed at $3.50.
The bid of T. D. Hayworth, to build
bridge across gulch on North River road
for 500, was accepted, and bond for the
completion Of the work in 60 days, fixed
at 5000.
The contract to supply the court house
with rs cords of wood was awarded to G.
o. Smith, at $3.50 per cord.
The offer of S. D. Wininger to sell fifty
acres of land, near Montesano, for
county poor farm for $4,000, was accepted,
and the auditor instructed to draw war
rant in payment when the county at
torney approves abstract of title.
The bond OF J. E. McDougall, for the
county job printing, was approved.
G. G. Hanson, supervisor of road dis
trict 8, resigned, and ]. p Sudderth was
appointed to fill the vacancy.
The bond of Rudolph Distler, SUPER
visor of district 5, was approved.
A saloon license was granted to McAfee
& Zumwalt, at Westport.
James Gleeson Jr. filed claim for
damages, for right of way ON the w. H.
Fadden road.
"Reminiscences were filed against the
proposed improvements of the banks of
the Humptulips river, by owners Of
abutting property.
Robt. Chabot was given permission to
build a warehouse on the Oyehut dock.
Parties advocating change in the sur.
vey Of the G. V. Minkler road, were told
to agree among themselves upon what
they wanted before coming to the board.
The contract for bridge across the
Wishkah river, at Grand Forks, was
awarded to the Puget Sound Bridge 4
Dredging Co., for $4,000, and 1924 per