The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-11-09
Commissioners
Meeting Held
County Dads Pay Bills and
Transact Other Busi
ness

ment Monday, November A, 1907,
at 10 o'clock a. m.
Present, ]. A. Nesbitt, Chair
man; George 7. Banovich, men,
Der; Chas. Lee Horsey, Attorney,
and VIM. E. Orr, clerk.
Reports of various county off,
GERS read and approved.
Salary and general county
bills allowed as per register
claims book.
The claim of VIM. P. Balance,
M. D., for the sum of $l74.15
was reduced to and allowed for
the sum of $110.
The claim of the Las Vegas
Land and Water company for the
sum of 81 ordered returned to be
sworn to.
The claim of Brown, Gosney &
Co., for the sum of $14.50 order
ed returned to be sworn to.
The claim of w. A. Denton for
the sum of $115 was reduced to
and allowed for the sum of
$3.50.
The claim of Ed ]. Deck for
the sum of 500 was reduced to
and allowed for the sum of
$17.44.
The claim of j. j. Vogel for
the sum of $31 was reduced tc
and allowed for the sum OF
$26.75.
The claim of A. ]. Frye for the
sum of $61.30 was laiC over un.
til such time as Commissioner
Hawkins be presint.
The claim of Mrs. Mary B.
Kelly was ordered returned to be
sworn to.
The Claim of the Caliente Mer.
camille Company for the sum OF
SO. 65 was ordered returned to b.
sworn to.
The claim of the Hodges-Cool
Mercantile Company for the sun
of $32.70 was disallowed, for th'
reason that said sum should b,
paid by the builders of the coun
ty Jail.
Resolutions were passed rela
tive to a bridge at Caliente, a
| follows:
In accordance with our reques
recited in the minutes of saiC
board dated May 9th, 1907, tha
| F. R. McNamee be requested t.
enter into communication witt
the San Pedro, Los Angeles 1
Salt Lake Railroad Compan,
with a view of securing at as loy
a figure as possible the construC
ton of a wagon bridge over tn
Meadow Valley creek at Caliente
Nevada, and that a committee b
appointed in Caliente to desie
, nate the point of location of sal
bridge and the size of the same
and to report to the engineer i
charge of the division cf sal
! railroad where said bridge is Ii
I Gated or the site thereof.
Now, on this, the 4th day c
| November, there being On fl
: and presented to said board
! report and submission of approx
e innate estimate of cost of prc
$ posed railway bridge on the Cal
ente and Panaca wagon roa
e near Caliente, Nevada, and tn
amount of construction tfferee
at 1858. SO.
e Now, in consideration of tt
$ construction of said bridge
r accordance with said estimat
: and specification, the said count
: of Lincoln hereby agrees to pa
6 the said amount of the sam,
d namely, 1858. SO to said railroa
: company, and SO much in add
IL ton thereof as may be the actu;
; construction of the same inclut
e ing all material and labor.
; 1t is further authorized by sai
i board that in case the engines
I in charge believes it to be to Il
d best interest of the county, ar
g that the said bridge will be be
n n ter from a structural standpoil
q that he eliminate the center pi
II bents and put in addition strin
y ers to carry across the thirt
1 feet, and that he is also herel
/ authorized to drive FIVE bulkhei
: piles at the northeast Garner al
plank the same six feet hig