River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-12-14

east corner Of the Court House with Ma
sonic ceremonies, conducted by repre-
gentatiyes of the Grand Lodge of Wis
consin There were deposited IN the
stone copies of the annual sessions OF
the County Boards of 1903 ana 1874 ana
the special session OF 1919, other PupHc
documents and a copy of each Of the
newspapers published in Pierce County.
June 18th the committee met, all MEM
hers being present. also Architect Buech-
ner The chairman reported that the
no fariai for the n feet of sewer and
man-hole had been purchased with mat
for the village sewer and that the sewer
had been put in by the Street Commits
sioner of Ellsworth, connecting the
sewerage system Of the Jail with that Of
the village, and submitted the bllls Tor
the same, amounting to $73.H. On mo-
ton the bill was approved.
July 18th the committee met, all mem
hers being present and with Architect
Ruechner inspected the work being done
on the buildings and the material for the
same then on the grounds.
Aug 9Th the committee met, with Ar
chitect Buechner. Application having
been made to the Village of Ellsworth
for. water service for the county ana the
same granted and it appearing TO the
satisfaction of the committee that II
could be put in by the Superintendent OF
Waterworks of the village to better ad-
vantage than it otherwise could be done
the chairman was instructed to make
such arrangements to have IL lnStalIeo
and to procure a water meter.
Sept 18th the committee met, all mem
bers being present, with Architect Buecn-
ner. The latter stated that, owing 70 Inc
ground on which the Court House stood
being so much higher than Main street,
he thought the front gable would hide
the ornamental portion of the lower part
of the tower, when viewed from tne
street and also make the WhOIe tower
appear too low for the rest OF the Dulld-
ing and recommended that the tower
be raised four feet higher than called Ior
in the plans Contractor Skooglun SUD-
mitted a proposition to do this extra
work raising the tWenty-lnch wall tour
feet and the tWelve-inch wall one Ioot,
plastering the twenty-inch wall OUTSIDE
with Portland cement mortar, Tor the
sum Of $243, and to do the brick work
to raise the tower Orders to the poSltlOn
made necessary by this change, Tor $l9
per thousand for the extra brlck uSeo.
On motion the proposition was accepted
and the agreement filed with the County
Clerk Instead of constructing a Separ-
ate sewer from the Court House TO the
property line to connect with the VII
lage sewer, it was found to be less ex-
pensive to carry the sewer through the
tunnel and connect with the sewer from
the Jail, and a contract was made with
Holt & Dahlby to put it in for the sum
of $85
Sept. 28th committee met, all members
present Holt & Dahlby submitted a
proposition to set 30 radiators IN the
Court House and make temporary con-
nections with the heating plant for the
sum Of $50 if it should be decided to heat
the building during the coming winter.
1t was also agreed with Holt q Dahlby
that for all radiators required to neat
the office building this winter which
could not be permanently set, they should
have 81 each for re-Setting.
Oct. 31st, the committee met, all mem,
bers present. The chairman reported
that connections had been made between
the water system of the buildings and
that of the village of Ellsworth and sub
mitted the bills for the material ana IA
Dor, including a meter, amounting to
$128.65. On motion the committee ap-
proved the bill and directed that it be
brought before this Board in the usual
manner
Nov. 18th. the committee met, inspected
the building and discussed methods OF
heating the temporary Jail and the Court
House during the coming winter.
Nov. 18th, the committee met, all mem
bers present together with Architect
Buechner and Contractor Holt. The lat
ter submitted a proposition from Holt q
Dahlby to put in two large radiators IN
the jail and make temporary connections
with the heating plant for the sum of
$45. "A payment of $1,000 to Holt & Dahlby
to apply on the heating and plumbing
contracts was approved. 1t was agreed
with Contractor Skooglun that the price
for the extra work required In putting IN
the stone steps in the outside stairs to
the furnace room instead of wooden ones,
as provided in the contract, should be $40.
The Superintendent of Construction re-
ported that the tower walls had been
raised four feet, as directed for $243, and
that 3,645 extra brick had been used in
the inside wall, which, at SIS per NJ,
amounted to $54.67, including the work of
laying the same, making the total cost
of raising the tower four feet $29767. On
motion the bill was approved.
Up to Nov list, 1906 the following
amounts had been paid out of the building
fund Under the direction of the building
committee:
Advertising for bids. $66.H
Buechner & Orth, Architects. -. 100000
Chas skoogiun, Gen contractors. 29,SO7 90
Holt & Dahlby, heating and
Sewer from iaiI building to street 1917
Total Observation-Disclosures. 1874, 1878. 81
We have to report that the sewer which
was guaranteed to be constructed by the
village of Ellsworth to the property line
of the county Court House grounds has
been put in and is ready to receive the
sewerage from the county buildings.
Dated, Ellsworth, Wis, Nov. IL, 1905
J. L. MOODY.
A. F. BLIESNER,
N. H. JOHNSON,
JNO. P. OLSON.
G. w. CHINOOK,
Committe.
Above report was on motion of Sup.
Mcdonald accepted.
Sup Scott moved to adjourn until
1:30 o'clock this afternoon. Motion
carried.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
Board was called to order at 1870
o'clock Roll called. Full Board pres
ent
Report of committee to settle with
the County Clerk and the County
Clerks report were accepted and
adopted Following are the reports:
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNTY
CLERK
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of
Pierce County Wis:
1 herewith submit my report as County
Clerk from November 1st, 1904, to
November 1st. 1905:
RECEIPTS.
Items. Totals.
To balance on hand Nov.