Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-05-23
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.

Board met May Is. 1902, pursuant
TO adjournment, all mem bers present.
The claim of Karl Pusch for re-
/ fund of part of 1901 taxes on lots in
Clafin rejected.
Back taxes from 1897 to 1900 In
elusive on lots and 4 block ga"
college Grove Addition compromised
for s16 and ordered assigned to Ed
Luctchg on payment of said amount.
| Back taxes from 1889 to 1900 in
elusive on lots Z, 8, 10 and IL. block
II Pawnee Rock city compromised
for S25 and ordered assigned to NJ. l..
Daniels on payment of said amount.
The 1885 tax of SO 35 on lot II
block 101 Great Bend city was COM
promised for said amount, interest
being RENTED.
Ih the matter of the road petition
of B. Koelch and Is others, the
Board finding the same legal one
accompanied by sufficient bond,
ordered the laying out and establish
ment Of the following road:
Beginning at the corner of Sec.
6, T. 30 S., r u w. From thence
to run north on section line between
5 and I. 20 S, r. - w. and sec.
81 and 80 7. - s. r. u W., to the
south bank of the Arkansas river be.
! tween said sections 81 and 50 I. 10
s. r. II W.. and that w. 81. Rogers,
Henry Ward and II. G. Simpson,
viewers duly appoii. ted. will meet at
place of beginning os said proposed
road on the 18th day OF june A. d.
1902, and proceed to view said road,
and 10 give ali parties g hearing.
Ia accordance with the main pur-
pose for adjourning TO thia date the
consideration of bids Tor the bridges
as advertised for was taken up by
the board. Bids from the Kansas
City Bridge Co., Missouri Valley
Bridge Co., Midland Co. and Morri-
son Bros. respectively were presented
and upon investigation it was shown
that the Kansas City Bridge Co. had
made the lowest bid. The Board
thereupon awarded contract for the
building of both bridges as per ad-
| vertisement Of the last month for the
cum of 1923 to said Kaneas City
Bridge Co.
Adjourned to the following day.
May IA, 1902
Board met, all members being IN
attendance. At the forenoon session
the Board ordered that the time for
the reception of bids for jail and
equipments thereof be changed from
noon as advertised to o'clock p nc.
The bonds of the first National Bank
and the j. V. Brinkman Co. Bank,
both designated as Repositories of
county funds at previous meeting
were approved by the Board.
On payment of $40 of the $3.50
costs against him the Board ordered
LATE Wells release from the county
Jail, the fine adjudged against him
being remitted by the Board, and
said Wells agreeing to pay the re-
naming part af costs when finding
employment.
At the afternoon session Of the
Board the consideration of the bids
for building Jail, supplying heating
apparatus and cell fixtures for the
same was the order of business.
The bids made were as follows: viz.
For the completion of the building
only.
VIM. Rush. s14, 800.
Morrison Bros, (Florence Rock)
$4,000.
Morrison Bros. (Bszine Rock)
S11,700.
For Heating Apparatus.
E. r Moses Nero. Co 1915 IS.
Wilson & Baker, Hutchinson, ST.
29s.
Great Bend Impl. Co. S1.114.
For celia, guards and iron doors etc.
Stewart Iron Works, Cincinnati.
20. S19,413.
Paulsy Jail Bldg. Co. St. Louis,
s2O.29o.
AS the Board of Com missioners
had appropriated only s21,5O0 for
the erection of the Jail complete, and
the bids exceeding said limit by S14,
900, therefore the Board rejected each
and every bid made, and On account
of the lateness of the season for the
beginning of such an enterprise des
termined not to advertise for second
series of bids at the present.
No other matter for action being
before the Board, adjournment was