Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-11-08
NOVEMBER MEETING BOARD
SUPERVISORS.


house Monday, the 4th day of Nov,
1901, in regular session with all off
GERS and members present, at which
the following business was transacted
to-wit:
Plan and specifications for building
bridge over Brushy Creek, as filed on
Sept. 10th, amended by inserting,
"space across the creek shall be forty
feet long, and supported by jack
brace with an iron rod feet long and
one and one-half inches thick, to be
amended 50 as to make two spans,
one ON each side of the creek, one As
feet long, the other 40 feet with a
bent in the middle.
j. d. Turner was appointed com.
to examine bridge to be built on
Brushy creek by Amsler / Mcleod,
he to receive or reject same and re-
port at next meeting,
County's counsel authorized to sc-
cept the proposition as filed by com
plainant's attorney in case of d. A.
Blodge t, ct al. vs.. Greene county,
now pending in Chaocery Court, upon
the acceptance of the same by the
said complainauts themselves as a
final settlement to their bill of com
plant in said caae.
Report of John McIntosh, com, to
examine bridges built ON Gin and
Sandy creeks by P. G.. Hillman, re-
we'd and the clerk authorized to is
sue warrants for balance due on same.
Contract awarded to P. G.. Hillman
for building steel bridge on Turkey
creek for $3.50; bond with w. p.
Rheinhart as sureties thereto accepted
in double amount of said price; a SO
Lang Mills.
Contract awarded to -- for
building bridge on Byrd's creek for
one hundred and twenty nine dol
lars, bond with Hugh McInnis aud
Sam Pool as sureties, was accepted,
in double amount said contract price.
Ordered that the Leakesville &
Merrill Telephone Company be, and
it is hereby authorized to contract and
operate a telephone liue between
LeAkesville & Merrill via. the stores
of W. P. Rheinhart & F.. Rose, and is
her, by granted all the privileges of
operating aud managing the same in
SO far as the county is concerned.
provided, it does not in any way OBJ
struct or hinder the public highways
of the county.
Ordered that contracts be awarded
for building bridges over Leaf river
at Cochran's ferry, near the mouth OF
Atkinson creek, be awarded to the
American Bridge Company of New
York, and over Chickasawhay river
at or near Leaksville, to Geo. E. Kine
Bridge Company of Des Moines, Iowa
as per contracts filed this day and
spread upon the minutes of THU
Board, which we omit printing verba
tum, as it is very lengthy and full o
legal verbage. entirely uninteresti ing
to the public.
The following allowances wer,
made
Y. d. Westerfeld, treasurer. com
mission on $112, Hancock count,
Lease Fund. ..........$ 2 81
G. B. & ]. Fund, foot tub, pos
tage and sundry expenses s!
W. W. Valley, sheriff, general
county fund per diem at Chan
Gerry court, Oct. term, 1901. 00
S. r. Mckay, Clerk. Gen'l Co.
fund, Fer diem at Chancery
court, Oct. term, 1901. 80. 6 o.
t. w. Beard, 9. B. & I. fund
repairs Mcleod creek Bridge 81 Al
Mcleod & Amsler, advance
ment for building bridge on
Brushy creek. ...........10 100 0t
p. G. Hillman, advancement for
building bridge on Turkey
creek. rs o.
Balance due for building
bridge on Gin creek .... 81 81
Balance due for building
bridge on Sandy creek ..... 40 0,
Ordered that the Clerk pub. ish no
tice in Green county Herald of intsn
ton of Green county to issue thirty
three, ten year, five per cent. inter
est bonds, of five hundred dollar de
nomination, each, aggrsgating $l6,