Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-23
Session Comes to a Close
Saturday Noon.
COMMITTEES REPORTS.
An Appropriation of $4,000 Made
For Hospital at the Asylum.
Other Matters.
THURSDAY EVENING

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Board called to order at 1880. Roll
call. Quorum present. Clerk read
minutes of morning session and same
were approved.
Clerk read permanent road petition
from the town of Beetown, as follows:
| To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors of Grant
| County, Wisconsin. Gentlemen:
Your petitioners the undersigned Supervisors of
| the town OF Beetown. in said Grant county, re-
specially represent that at the annual town
meeting held in said town of Beetown on the 5th
day OF April, 1904, there was voted at said meet
| ing over and above the ordinary, highway tax
special highway tax of mill for the purpose of
! matchmaking certain highways in said town of
| BeetOwn in accordance with chapter 312 of the
| laws of Wisconsin for the year 1901. That after
| wards upon application duly made to the chair
| man OF the county board, there was appointed by
him John Kelly, Edwin Pierce, Fl. G. Brown and
! w. }. Brennan as commissioners to act with the
said town board of Beetown to let the contract for
the macadmizing of a certain highway herein
after described. That the said town board of the
| town OF BeetOwn, together with county commits
sioners as above named duly made and entered
into contract on the 18th day of May, 1904, with
| Thomas Mcdonald for the matchmaking of the
| following described highway, to-wit, commencing
at point about ten rods northwest of the bridge
known as Porters bridge on the Lancaster and
Beetown road in section % in said town of Bee
IOWl IulllllIS THENCE nOTInWeSCerly 1918 TO
point known as the dugway, for the sum of
$1,191.3O
Wherefore, the town board of said town of Bee
town asks that this board levy a tax the tax
able property OF the said county for one-half of
said sum, to-wit, $58965 and that the same be
paid to said town of Beetown upon the completion
and acceptance of said highway, and that the
chairman and clerk of this board be directed to
draw an order upon the treasurer of said county
for the sum of $5So.65. upon the completion of said
highway.
AIrer =
SAMUEL BIRCH, Supervisors
cH HAs CHAPMAN cHaFis (Town0 Of BE Beetown
Referred to committee on highways
and bridges.
Clerk read iron bridge petition from
the town of Millville and the report of
commissioners on same as follows:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Grant
County, Wis. Gentlemen:
Your petitioners, membe of the board of sup
ervisors of the town of Mlvile respectfully repre-
SENT that they have built 24-foot iron bridge on
10 it. legs with wing dams on the main road lead
ing from Milvie to Mt. Hope. II section Of said
town of Miilvile: and on the 24th day of May,
1904. we met with bridge commissioners appointed
by the honorab BILE chairman of the county board
and did on that day contract with Thomas Nc
Donald of the CITY of Lancaster, Wis, for 24-ft.
girder bridge 10 it. legs for the of S355: and
that the approaches, WINGS ETC.. cost S16046.
making in all S51546, which exceeds one-eighth of
per cent of the assessed valuation of said
town of Millville Your petitioners therefore pray
that your honorable body appropriate and pay to
said town of Mve S257.73, the same being one
half the cost of said bridge and the approaches
thereto
Dated this 18th day of November, 1904.
GEORGE ss D1MmIcK, supervisors.
L. A. TYLER,
We. the undersigned commissioners. hereby Join
in the above petition and we represent that it is
true in all respects and recommend it's allowance.
Dated this 18th day OF Nov, 1904.
JOHN KELLY,
JOHN NARROWER.
Referred to committee on highways
and bridges.
Clerk read permanent highway Pc
tltion from the town of Mt. Hope as
follows:
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors of Grant Co.,
Wis.-We, the undersigned supervisors of the
town of Mt Hope in Grant county, would respect
fully set forth that said town in addition to levy
ing the usual highway tax did at the last annual
town meeting vote to raise a special highway tax
Of mill on the dollar of the assessed valuation
said town for the construction of permanent high
ways in said town in accordance with chapter 312
Laws of 1901.
The highways to be so permanently improved
are described as follows: On main highway be-
tween Bloomington and Fennmore and between
Mt. Hope and Woodman at points on said high
way where most needed.
The special tax so levied and to be raised by
said town is 800 and we therefore respectfully pc
tition your honorable body to levy like amount
On the taxable property of Grant county to aid
said town in constructing permanent highway
therein as provided in chapter 312 aforesaid.
JOHN NARROWER,
e. T. WALSH,
FRANK BRAUDT.
Referred to committee on highways
and bridges.
Clerk read iron bridge petition from
town of Woodman as follows:
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors of Grant Co.,
Wis. Geltlemen-Your petitioners, the town
board of the town of Woodman, respectfully repre-
sent that at the regular town meeting said town
made provisions for the construction of an iron
brid ge in said town the main travelled road be-
tween the villages OF Mt Hope and Woodman at
Or near Frank Garvins place. that on the 18th
lay of A pril, 1904, met with the commissioners
appointed by the honorable chairman OF the coun-
-y board and contracted with Thomas Mcdonald
If Lancaster for SO #. square truss bridge on 10
t. legs at cost of $50 and that the wings and
approaches to said bird ge cost S264. m axng tot
al cost of 1884, which amount exceeds 70 of / per
,ent of the taxable property of the town of Wood
nan, your petitioners therefore pray that this
honorable body levy tax on the taxable property
Noodman SALT which amount is one-half the cost
If said bridge. Respectfully submitted,
Members of Town Board of Woodman,
JOHN LYNETT,
JOHN MARTIN.
Dated Nov. II, 1904.
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS.
Gentlemen:-We, the undersigned commission
RS, hereby join in the above petition and verify
is correctness. We also met with the town board
# Woodman on the 18th of November, 1904, and
ound said bridge and approaches built in good
substantial manner according to contract and ac-
,epted the same for Grant county We therefore
recommend the payment of one-half the cost of
laid brid ge which same is $417.
H. G. BROWN,
JOHN NARROWER.
Referred TO committee on highways,
bridges and ferries.
Clerk read resolution of Mr.. Mauer
N reference to the support of one
Myrtle nj. Reamy at the state home
for feeble minded as follows.