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

Your petitioners, members of the Town
Board of Supervisors of the Town Oh
Trimbelle, County of Pierce, ystate OF Oh
the Town of Trimbelle aforesaid mas
voted to construct a bridge within sald
town across the Trimbelle creek Where
the Trimbelle and Beldenvliie hlgnWay
crosses said creek on the northwest quar-
ter of the southwest quarter OF Section
No. Sixteen C6) in said town.
That the estimated cost of said Drldge
is nine hundred dollars $4,000 and that
said town has provided for the payment
Of four hundred fifty dollars ($450.OW, one
half the estimated cost OF the construcc
ton of said bridge; that the cost OF
cent of all the taxable property in said
town. according to the last equallzed val
uation thereof which is 1851, $500,
Your petitioners therefore pray that the
County Board of Supervisors for SAID
Pierce county shall appropriate the other
half of the estimated cost of the con-
struction of said bridge and cause such
sum to be levied upon the taxable prop
erty of the county as will with the
amount provided by said town, be SUI
ficient to defray the expense of erecting
such bridge, and also to appoint com
mittee duly authorized to act for the
county in accordance with Section NO:
1919 of the Statutes of 1898, as amended
by Chapter 2SS, Laws of Wisconsin for
1905.
Dated and signed by the undersigned
the Town of Trimbelle, County of Pierce
and State of Wisconsin this 21st day of
October, 1907.
F. A. SEVERANCE,
JOHN A. QUIST,
VIM X HUPPERT
Supervisors Of the Town Of TrimDelle.
Attest:
JOHN T. BEDDALL,
Town Clerk.
PETITION FROM TOWN OF UNION
FOR BRIDGE AID.
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
County of Pierce IS.
To the Honorable the County Board OF
Pierce County:
The petition of the town board of the
Town of Union, respectfully shows That
said Town of Union did at its annual
meeting held April End, A. d. 1907, vote
to construct a steel bridge WITHIN sald
town, across Plum creek, at a point
where the highway crosses said creek on
the quarter line running north and south
between the N w. u of N. E. II of Sec
ton No. thirty-four 90; township 70;
Range Is, Town of Union, and did there
vote to provide for the payment of one
half of the cost of such bridge, to-wit:
by then and there voting to raise the sum
of nine hundred dollars ($9OO) for such
purpose, the estimated cost OF such
bridge being the sum of eighteen hun
dred dollars C$1S0W.
The cost of such bridge exceeds one
eighth of one per centum of all the tax
able property of said town according to
it's last equalzed valuation. Your petit
TONERS therefore pray that the county
Board of Pierce County shall appropriate
the sum of nine hundred dollars (S9OO),
being the remaining half of the cost OF
such bridge and cause such sum to be
levied upon the taxable property of said
county as will, with the amount so pro-
vided by said town, be sufficient to de-
fray the cost of erecting such bridge, and
to provide for the appointment of COM
mittee to act for the county as provided
in Section 1919, r. S., and acts amend
atory thereto.
Dated November 13, A. d. 1907.
THEO. SUFFER-,
PAUL GILES,
JOE MORTIMER,
Supervisors of the Town of Union.
ALBERT INGLI,
Town Clerk.
PETITION FROM TOWN OF MARTELL
FOR BRIDGE AID.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of the County of Pierce, State of Wis
consin:
Your petitioners, members of the Town
Board of Supervisors of the Town Of
Martell County of Pierce and State of
wisconsin, hereby respectfully represent
that the Town of Marten aforesaid has
voted at its last spring election to build
and construct a steel bridge within said
the public highway between the s. p:
II of Section No. and the S. w. "a of
Section No 8, of I. No. ", r. NO. IL W.,
following the section line across said
the present wooden bridge.
That it was determined at said meet
ing that the estimated cost of construct
ing said bridge would be twelve hun
dred d20O) dollars r that the said town
voted to provide for the payment of one
half, or six hundred 600) 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 valuation thereof, which IS
$64S, 555.
Therefore your petitioners pray that
your Honorable Board of Supervisors for
said Pierce county shall appropriate the
other one-half for the construction OF
said bridge, and cause such sum TO pc
levied upon the taxable property of
aforesaid county, which WILL with the
amount provided by said town, be- ade-
quate to defray the expenditure OF erect
ing such bridge.
And in conclusion pray that commit
tee be duly appointed and authorized to
act for the county in compliance with
Section 1919 of Revised Statutes of $685.
and the acts amendatory thereto.
signed members of the Town Board of
Supervisors of the Town of Martell
County of Pierce and State of Wisconsin,
this 1st day of November, 1907.
W. H. GUISER,
H S. HALVORSON,
p L. PLACE.
Supervisors.
Attested by:
]. P. AUSTERUD.
Town Clerk.
PETITION FROM TOWN OF OAK
GROVE FOR BRIDGE AID.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Pierce County, State of Wisconsin:
Your petitioners, members of the Town
Board of Supervisors of the Town of Oak
Grove. County of Pierce, State of Wis
Town of Oak Grove aforesaid has voted
tn-.ennsfrllct a bridge within said town