Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-05-13
Court House May 4 1904.

Roll was called and a quorum
found present.
Mr.. Hooper moved reading the min
utes be disposed with. Carried. :
The chairman announced the fol-
lowing standing committees.
Finance-William Hooper, Chair
man, Theron Lyon, Will Wheelan,
A. E. Bennett, John Rausch, J. @.
Kurtz.
Equalization-W. ID. Conner,
Chairman, E. P. Arpin, E. D. Ayers,
VIM. Hooper, A. E. Germer, P. N.
Christensen, Carsten Otto.
Delinquent Taxes-P. N. Chris
Jensen, R. A. Connor, D. D. Conway,
Edward Lynch, Jacob Specht.
Printing and Stationery-Edward
Lynch, A. E. Germer, Fred Schultz,
Martin Adler, SWilliam Burhopp, H.
Ross.
Public Property-D. D. Conway,
Henry Forbes, J. G. Kurtz, VIM.
Remington.
Roads and Bridges-A. B. Cotey,
A. J. Cowell, Henry Forbes, Fred
Schultz, Frank KimbaIl, Hans Jensen,
John Hoffman.
County Poor Farm and Poor Ac-
counts-John Rausch, K. d. Ayres,
Ed. Provost
General Claims-John Voelker.
Hans J. Jensen, Ira Bassett, John
Wolf, VIM. Burhopp, E. Oberbeck.
Judiciary-A. E. Germer, Will
Wheelan, r. A. Connor.
Bureau of Immigration-Martin
Jackson, John Voelker, G. I. Morri-
son, Jacob Specht, A. J. Cowell,
Joseph Kohel.
Town Organization and General
Industry-E. Eichsteadt, Herman
Ross, O.. Leroux, John Heron, A. B.
Cotey.
Per Diem and Milage-John Her.
ron, Michael Wagner, F. @. Henke.
Special State Equalization-E. P.
Arpin, Peter McCamley, W. D. Con
nor.
Mr.. Germer moved the rules be
changed to accord with the committee
as read. Carried.
Mr.. Remington presented the fol
lowing petition.
To the County Board of Supervisor
of Wood county, Wisconsin.
The petition of the undersigned
town board of Remington, Woo
county, Wisconsin respectfully be pre-
sents that the old wooden bridge nov
spanning Yellow River in section Il
town 81 range 3 is unsafe land
menace to the town, and at the las
town meeting one thousand dollar
was voted for the erection of new
bridge the estimated cost Of which i
two thousand dollars over IA Of on
per cent of the assessed valuation o
the town, wherefore we petition tina
your honorable body appropriate on
thousand dollars or one half the cos
of said bridge to assist in its con
struction.
Dated this 9th day of April 1904.
w. H. Remington, Chair,
r. F. Hass,
L. P. Kamerud.
Mr.. Schultz presented the follow
ing petition.
We, the undersigned board Of ST
pervisors of the town Of Auburndale
Wood County, Wisconsin. hereby peti
ton the honorable board of superv
sors of Wood county, to appropriate
the town of Auburndale the one-hal
of the cost of building steel bride
across Squaw Greek in asid tow
where said creek crosses the quartz
line of section five (5) in TOWNSHIP
twenty five Go north and range TO,
ca east in said town; the said tow
having at its last election raised Il
sum of four hundred dollars ($40O)f.
the purpose of assisting in buildir
said bridge.
Fred Schultz,
JAS. NOLAN,
A. @. News.
Mr.. Hoffman presented the follo1
ing petition.
To the Board of Supervisors
Wood county, Wisconsin. Cent?
men The undersigned members
the town of .Hiles in Wood count
Wisconsin respectfully represent q,
petition your honorable body as 70
lows: That the said town Of Hill
at the annual town meeting held
and for said town on the 9Th day
April 1904 voted to construed q brid
in said town across Turner Cree
where said creek crosses the highwa
running north and south betwe
section 26 and ~ township 22-2 ea'
That it is estimated that the ga
bridge will cost approximately $S(
That said town has provided for
payment of one-half of the cost
said construction of said bridge ha
ing appropriated the sum of four hu
dred dollars ($4OO) for that purpo
That the cost of said bridge will {
coed one fourth of one per centum
all the taxable property in said to,
according to its last equalized valt
tion. Wherefore your petition
pray that the county board of 9,
Wood county appropriate the OIL
half Of such cost in accordance VI