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

river; said location being the site of the
present wooden bridge, publicly known as
the Kay bridge.
That it was determined that the esti-
mated cost of constructing said bridge
would be three thousand $4,000 dollars;
that said town voted to provide for the
Isl, 500 dollars; that the entire cost of
said bridge exceeds one-eighth of one per
cent of all the taxable property in said
town according to the last assessed val
uation thereof, which is S618,54O
Therefore your petitioners pray that
your honorable Board of Supervisors for
said Pierce county shall appropriate the
other one-half for the construction OF
levied upon the taxable property or
aforesaid county, which will, with the
amount provided by said town, be ade-
quate to defray the expenditure OF erect
ing such steel bridge.
And lastly further pray that commit
tee be duly appointed and authorized TO
act for the county in compliance with
Section 1919 of Revised Statutes of 1893
and the acts amendatory thereto.
Dated and subscribed by the under
signed members of the town Board or
Supervisors of the town of Martell, Coun-
ty of Pierce and State of Wisconsin, this
18th day of November, A. D. 1905.
w. H. GUISER,
l. SEBION,
O. M OLSON.
Supervisors of the Town of Martel.
]. P. AUSTERUD.
Town Clerk.
Reports from Special Bridge Com
mittees on motion accepted and
adopted.
Trim Belle, Wisconsin, May %, 1906
To Ole ]. Hohle, County Clerk of Pierce
County, Ellsworth, Wisconsin:
We the undersigned special county
bridge committee, appointed at the ses-
sion of the Pierce County Board of Super
visors in November, 1904 to act with the
town Board of Supervisors of the town
of Trim Belle in the letting, construction
and acceptance of the building OF new
bridge across the Trim Belle creek at
point where the highway crosses said
creek on the section line between sec.
tions No nine 90 and No. sixteen Q6) OF
said town, do hereby certify that we dld
on Dec. 16, A. D. 1904, in conjunction with
the said Board of Supervisors of the said
town of Trim Belle, let the contract or
building said bridge to M. A. Adams q
Co. of Minneapolis, Mimi, for the agreed
and contract price of one thousand two
hundred dollars ($1, 200). Six hundred fifty
dollars to be paid by the town OF Trim
Belle and five hundred fifty dollars to be
paid by the county, as per vote OF the
County Board of Supervisors, and that
the bridge is now completed according to
the specifications by us adopted, and has
been this day accepted by us, and that
the sum of five hundred fifty dollars ($55O)
one-half of the estimated cost of said
bridge is now due and payable from SAID
Pierce county to the town of Trim Belle,
and you are hereby requested to make
proper provision for the payment OF SAID
sum of five hundred nifty dolIarS SooO) 10
said town.
Dated the day and year above written.
VIM. A. KAY,
JAMES GILMORE,
Cnanial County, Fridge Committee.
Martell Wis, June 10, 1905.
To Ole j. Hohle, County Clerk of Pierce
County, Ellsworth, Wisconsin:
We. the undersigned Especial county
bridge committee appointed at the ses-
sion of the Pierce County Board of Super
yisors in November, 1904, to act with the
town Board of Supervisors of the town of
Martell in the letting, construction and
acceptance of the building of a new steel
bridge across Rush river at a point where
the old bridge stood and where the high
way crosses said river between the N.
E. "A of the S. E. II and the 5. r. or
N. e. "a of Section No. IA, township NO.
q, North of Range No. IL West, do here
by certify that we did, on December 18th,
1904. in conjunction with the said Board
of Supervisors of the said town OF Mar
tell let the contract OF Dulldlng SAID
bridge to NJ. A. Adams & Co., OF Mime
apolis Mimi, for the agreed and con-
tract price of two thousand dollars ($2,O0O
and that the bridge is now completed and
has been this day accepted by us, ana
that the sum of one thousand dollars
Isl OO0) one-half the cost of said bridge,
is now due and payable from said Pierce
county to the town of Martell, and you
are hereby requested to make proper pro-
vision for the payment of said sum OF
one thousand dollars ($1 ,000) to said town.
r. A. SEVERANCE,
VIM. FOLEY.
Special County Bridge Committee.
Report of Soldiers Relief Commits
sion was read and on motion accepted
and adopted.
OF SOLDIERS RELIEF COM
MISSION.
To the Honorable County Board of Pierce
County Wisconsin,:
The Soldiers Relief Commission, APP
pointed under Chapter 6S, Wis. K. 5. or
county clerk did issue orders during the
year ending November 18th, 1905, for the
following amounts, as directed by the
Commission, to-wit:
Mrs Mary Ellwood, Town OF Isa-
belle ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $oO.VO
Mrs. j. K Preston. Village of
Spring Valley ...........:..........: tz.oO
Mr. John [. Lyon, Village of 70 %
Spring valley '-.NS
Mrs. w. H. Ellis, Town OF lsa-
belle ........-..........-: tA.VV
Mr.. Washington Foot, Town or
Gilman ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. -. sV'G1
Mrs. Roena Moore. Village of Els
worth ......s...: ...........,: oV'"
Mrs. Hannah Pulk, Town of Ell
PaSo .................- .s....:.-. Oo.VV
Mrs Mary A. Lont, Town of Spring
Mrs. w. c. Knapp. Town of Maid
en- Rock. .................... So.Vv
Mrs. Julius Johnson, Town of
Hartland 5o.OO
Mrs. Clara A. Cowen, City of River
Falls ................. ...-....... @N'Vo |
Mrs Name Wheeler, Town or
Union .'.''''.. WV |
Mrs. Louise Howard, Town or
Spring Lake ...........,..:.......'.: o.o
Mr.. George De Wolf, Village OF
Spring Valley .................... DIV
Mrs. Homer Levings. City of River
Falls ..:.. ........ INV
Yrs. E. A. Harrington. Village OF
Spring Valley ...................:.. lO.Oo |
Nr. Florence Baker, Town of Trim
Belle ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. -. INV /
Mr.. H. G.. Wood, Village or Els
worth ................... o'vV
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