New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-16
HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY
Some Proceedings Of the First
Commissioners.
Records That Have Never Beer
Given Publication.
Excerps From the Records OF the
Clerk of the Board.
8(Coutinued from last week.

Continued from last week.
'sThe sheriff was ordered to watch
the school sections in the county ac-s
cording to the revised statutes. z APP
parently this was. to keep people from
tresp passing on land that was set apart
for school purposes.
Henry Behnke appears to have been
elected to the Office Of clerk as his sig
nature is affixed to the reports for this
year, 1858.
The disposition Of the building of
the Cottonwood river bridge occupied
the attention of the commissioners at
their February meeting. After dis
posing OF some other'matters the clerk
then says:
''Then the bridge across the Cotton
wood river was let to the following
persons under the below expressed
conditions. The. carpenter work was
let to Julius Schramm for the sum Of
Sl250.00, payable in installments: $500
on the lst day of July, 1853, the ball
ance in county orders after the bridge
is entirely finished. The bridge must
be flashed on or before the first day
OF October next and Julius Schramm
must give a bond of $1,000 for the good
execution Of the carpenter work ac-
cordlng to the plan Of said bridge and
also to make him responsible for two
years, that if the said bridge be taken
away by high water by cause of some
defect in the carpenter work. There
was no defect in the carpenter work or
else the water did not get very high
for the bridge stood
Joseph Reinhart took the contract
OF furnishing and delivering all the
timber yet required for said bridge
for five and one quarter cents the run
ming foot. The tim Der must be good
and sound as the carpenter shall re-
quire. Chas. Lauer obliged himself
to draw all that timber for one cent a
foot, which has been cut in the woods
Of Klinkhammer and Schultzlus.''
"Jacob Brust had the lowest bid (s2
for the bunch) of stone and contracted
to deliver all the stone which will be
required for the said bridge at the
price Of 81 per bunch" Thus the mat
ter OF the construction Of the bridge
was disposed of, but not finally decid-
ed for the matter appears in frequent
meetings during the year as will be
seen as the records progress.
In the April meeting Of this year
l65S( the clerk records the following:
son the request Of Joseph Reinhart to
allow him i per cent per annum after
due on the money which will come to
HIM according to the contract for de-
livering timber for the Cottonwood
bridge, the said interest was allowed
him.
After taking up considerable time
with the disposition Of certain road
matters, there appears this item:
Resolved that the five dollars col
lected fine of the sheriff be allowed to
the I'd school district, but only for
school purposes. Then the township
organization as enacted by the last
legislature was considered and,
"Whereas Minnesota has not been
admitted into the Union as state and
the said legislature had acted under
the authority of the State of Mime
sofa, which not being in existence yet,
and
whereas the organization of town
ships as proposed is very expensive
for a new county, the following reso-
luton was adopted by the board:
Not to take any steps in regard to
the township organization until Min
nesota will be admitted as state and
the benefit Of the people of Brown
county will require it.
The two piers required for the Cot
tonwood river bridge were let to An
ton Fieber who had the lowest bid of
IS. 80 per 100 cubic feet, under the fol-
lowing conditions: The job is to be
done by the cubic foot for the sum of
$3.50 per 100 cubic feet. The county
will find all the materials and timber
for scaffolding. Also the ground
| works are. to be done by the county.
The CRATE in the river will be laid by
the carpenter. It was also agreed by
the commi ssioners and the contractor
that if the county should fail to fur
nish all the materials in due time, the
contractor may ask damages. If the
water will be very high the county
must employ hands to assist the con-
tractor in keeping of the water, while
he is working in the water The
bridge was to be paid for in four pay
ments.
On June IS, 1858, notwithstanding
i tho rI,1inr M lido aft the nravie,l1S meet.