River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-12

bred fifty dollars (s2500O) be and is hereby
appropriated to aid the Town of Ellis
worth in building bridges, the same to
be paid to the town treasurer of said
town and be expended under the direction
of the chairman of the Town Board of
ED MURPHY.
Resolution for bridge aid to the
town Of Hartland was laid on the
table by motion of Sup. Severance.
RESOLUTION.
Resolution appropriating money to the
Town of Hartland to aid such town in
repairing highways and bridges.
Whereas, owing to peculiar local condi-
tions the Town of Hartland has a large
number of bridges, some of considerable
length and more short ones, and the
heavy storm of August 18th last carried
away many of the bridges and washed
kexpended during the year 1907 on high
ways and bridges in said town a large
sum of money, to-wit: about s., 400, with
an additional mill tax on all the tax
able with its present rate of taxation to
rebuild such shorter bridges and repair
the highways and is in need of aid from
the county for these purposes.
/ Resolved that there is hereby appro-
priated to said Town of Hartland the
sum of four hundred dollars, to aid such
town in repairing such roads and rebuild
- THEODORE SWANSON.
Resolution providing for road aid
to the town of Spring Lake, which
was presented last Friday, and laid
over until today, was on motion of
Sup. Rice, laid on the table.
RESOLUTION
Appropriating Money to Aid the Town Of
Spring Lake in Constructing a Highway
on or Near the County Line Between
Pierce and Dunn Counties on the East
Line of said Town.
Resolved, that there is hereby appro-
priated to the Town of Spring Lake the
sum of one hundred dollars to be used
by such town in constructing its pro-
portionate part of county line road be-
tween the said town and the Town of
Weston in Dunn county.
Provided that no money shall be paid
to said town out of this appropriation
until the Town of Weston and the Coun-
| Town of Spring Lake in the opening and
'O''9 ''' S. BROWN.
Communication from the County
Board of Racine county, Wis, was
referred to a special committee con-
sisting of Sups. Brown Gilmore and
| Stark
After a recess of half an hour the
Board was again called to order.
The Committee on Roads and
| Bridges presented their report on
| petitions for bridge aid, which was ac-
cepted, and the resolutions Herewith
submitted were adopted.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ROADS
AND BRIDGES ON BRIDGE
PETITIONS.
/ Your Committee on Roads and Bridges,
/ to whom was committed the petitions of
/ the several towns asking for county aid
| for the purposes Of building bridges in
| the several towns mentioned, do respect
/ fully report:
| That the following named towns in
said county have each set forth in their
| petitions filed proper grounds for county
| aid in building the respective bridges
| hereinafter mentioned and that under
| the provisions of the statutes respecting
such bridge aid it is mandatory upon the
| County Board to make appropriations for
| county aid in building bridges as there
| in requested, to-wit:
| To the Town of Maiden Rock, for the
building of bridge across a certain
! slough in the southwest quarter of the
| southeast quarter of section nine 90 of
| township tWenty-four (24 north of range
| sixteen Q6) west where the said slough
| is crossed by the Alma and Prescott state
| road as specified in such petition the sum
| of nine hundred dollars ($900.00).
| To the Town Of Isabelle, for the build
| ing of a bridge on the highway crossing
| Isabelle creek in the northwest quarter
| of the northeast quarter of section nine
| 90 of township twenty-four GA, north of
| range seventeen I'D west where the old
| bridge stood before. the washout, the sum
| of twelve, hundred dollars $1200.00).
To the Town of Spring Lake, for the
| building of one bridge across the Eau
Gale river where the highway crosses
such river on the northwest quarter of
! section sixteen Q6) in said town, the sum
of thirteen hundred dollars ($130000), and
to said town for the building of another
bridge where the Eau Gale River is
crossed by highway on the southwest
quarter of section thirty-fve in said town
the sum of thirteen hundred dollars
($130G 0O).
|. To the Town of Union, for a bridge
across Plum Creek at a point where the
highway crosses said creek on the quar-
ter line running north and south between
the northwest quarter and the northeast
quarter of section thirty-four ga, town
ship twenty-five (25), range eighteen 49,
nine hundred dollars ($900.00).
To the Town of Oak Grove, for the
building of a bridge across Big River at
a point where a highway crosses said
creek near the southwest corner of the
| southeast quarter of the southwest quar-
ter of section twenty-three (23) of town
ship twenty-six (26), range nineteen C9)
west, the sum Of one thousand dollars
Rl,UUOUUJ.
To the Town of MarteIl, for the build
ing of a bridge across a ravine or dry
run on the public highway between the
southeast quarter of section seven %
and the southwest quarter of section
eight 90 of township twenty seven CD
north of range seventeen CO west, the
sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00).
To the Town of Ell Pase, for the build
ing of a bridge across Rush River at the
foot of Main street in the Village of Ell
Paso in section five (5) of township
twenty-six (26 north of range sixteen
Q6) west, the sum Of fifteen hundred
dollars ($15OoOO).
To the Town of TrimbelIe, for the
building of a bridge across the east
branch of the Trimbelle Creek at point
where said branch of the Trimbelle Creek
crosses the state road on the northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter of Sec
ton one ID in said town, the sum of five
hundred and fifty dollars f($55O.00).
And to said Town of Trimbe1le, for the
building of bridge across the Trimbelle
Creek where the Trimbelle and Belden-
vile highway crosses said creek on the
northwest quarter of the southwest quar-
ter of section sixteen Q6) of said town,
the sum of four hundred and fifty dol
lars ($4500O).
Each of the sums above specified being
one-half of the estimated cost of such
bridges respectively.