Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-19
COUNTY BOARD.

consin laws of 1901. The said highways so
permanently improved being located as fol-
lows: Fifty-fOur rods in section % on the
ILL east of Burton, 82h rods in section 33
and "a on the road leading to Mccartney. all
in town range 4 west. The total cost of
said Improvements amounted to 1886. so
We therefore respectfully petition your
honorable body to appropriate and pay to
the town of Water loo the sum of $4l7 rs,
which is one-half of the cost of said i'm
provements. Henry Mink
j. A. BOSSert
Will Hauk
Supervisors of the town of Waterloo.
Referred to committee on high
ways.
Clerk read petition from town of
Patch Grove asking aid in the con-
struction of permanent highways in
said town as follows:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of
Grant County:-We, the undersigned SUI
perviSorS of the town of Patch Grove. in
Grant county, wouldsrespectfully set forth
that said town, in addition to levying the
usual highway taxes, did at the last annual
highway tax of 81 900 for the construction of
permanent highways in said town in &C
cordance with chapter 49, Wisconsin laws
OF 1901 for the purpose OF macadamizing
the following described highway: $50 rods
or more on the highway from Bloomington
to Patch Grove, beginning where said high
way enters said town of Patch Grove, in
section Is, town 5 range 5, thence west along
the south side of said section, thence north :
west across the northeast corner of section
Is town range 5, and on certain points of
the highway running from Patch Grove to
Bridgeport in sections 20 and 30 town G
range where, in our judgment, said high
way most needs the work. And we there
fore petition your honorable body to levy a
like amount on the taxable property of said
county to aid the said town in constructing
permanent highways therein as provided
T. D. Nagle
Peter Pagan
Supervisors.
Dated at Patch Grove, Wis. this 18th day
of November, 1904.
Referred to committee on high
ways.
Clerk read petition from town of
Wyalusing asking aid in the con-
struction of iron bridges in said
town, as follows:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors,
Gentlemen:-Your petitioners. the town
that the town has constructed one iron
bridge across Lane creek in section 3d. town
| 6 range 8, in said town, and that the total
cost of said bridge complete is $87621 and
as the aforesaid amount exceeds q of per
cent of the assessed valuation OF the town,
and the town has made provision for the
payment of One-half the cost of said bridge.
your petitioners therefore pray that the
county board will appropriate one-half the
cost of said bridge the same to be levied up
on the taxable property of said county.
ChaS. Glass
Riley Jacobs
w. H. Decker
Dated this Sth day of November, 1904.
Petition referred to committee on
highways and bridges.
Clerk read petition from town of
Bloomington asking aid in construc-
ton of permanent highways in said
town as follows:
Bloomington, Wis, Sept. g. 1904
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Grant
County, Wis.--We. the undersigned supervisors
of the town OF Bloomington in Grant county would
respectfully set forth that said town in addition
to levying the usual highway taxes did at the
last annual town meeting held in said town vote
to raise a special highway tax of "a of mill on
the dollar of the assessed valuation of said town,
for the construction of permanent highways in
said town in accordance with chapter 312 Wiscor-
sin Laws for 1901 for the purpose of cadamiZing
the following described highways On the main
Travelled road leading from Bloomington to Bee
town in 25 town S. range 5, about 80 rods, and
on the main Travelled road leading from Glen
Haven to Bloomington in sec. 70, town 5, range 5,
about 100 rods, and on the main Travelled road on
the line between sections 80 and 49, town 5, range
| s. 20 rods more or less and the remainder of the
work to be done in sec. Is. town s. range 5, on the
Bloomington and Little Grant road, same has
been properly graded at the expense of the town
and that such special highway tax to be levied
and to be raised by said town will amount to the
sum of $o3240. And we therefore petition your
honorable body to levy like amount ON the tax
able property of said county to aid the said town
in constructing permanent highways therein as
provided for in chap 312 aforesaid.
Dated this Sd day Of Sept. 1904.
JOHN HARRIS,
Il. HAMMOND,
w. j. SCHREINER.
Petition referred to committee on
highways.
Clerk read petition from town of
Platteville asking aid in constructing
permanent highways in said town as
follows:
To Hon. Richard Meyer, Jr., chairman of the
board of supervisors of Grant county, Wis: We
the undersigned supervisors of the town of Platte
vile in Grant county. Wis, would respectfully
| set forth that said town in addition to levyng
the usual highway tax did at the last annual
meeting of said town vote to raise special high.
way tax of q mill on the dollar of the assessed
valuation of said town for the construction of per-
manent highways in said town in accordance with
| chapter 49, Wisconsin Laws of 1901 The high.
| ways to be permanently Soimproved are described
as follows The Plattev1e and Animation road
I L
| highway runs in nearly north and south direc.
| ton through the northwest quarter of section a.
| town north, range l weSt the Platteville and
Potosi road near the residence of G. III. Loomis
where said highway runs in nearly an east and
west direction through the north part of the north
west quarter of sec. 16, town north, range 1west
And also the Platteve and Cornelia road near
| the residence of ]. B. Gardner, where said high
way runs in north and south direction through
the northwest quarter of sec. 81, town 8 north.
range west. And we further state that said
highways have been properly graded at the ex-
, pense of said town and that such special tax SO
levied and to be raised by said town is $625. And
we therefore petition you and the county board to
levy like amount on the taxable property of said
county to aid the said town in constructing per-
manent highways therein as provided in chapter
312 aforesaid. And we further petition you that
you will appoint four county commissioners to act
with us on the 4th day of Aug. 1904, for the pur-
pose OF contracting for the proposed improvements
in said highway. A. C. STEPHENS,
S. II. CALLARvEY,
B. f. NEELEY,
Supervisors of town of Platteville.
Referred to committee OH highways.
Clerk read petition from town of
Wyalusing asking aid in construction
of permanent highways in said town as
follows:
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors of Grant Co.:
We, the undersigned supervisors of the town of