The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-07
Will Be Necessary for Wayne
County to Spend a GoodIy
Amount on General I'M
provement.
BRIDGES WILL GET
MANY NEEDED REPAIRS.
GoodIy Amount Was Given To-
ward Meeting Expenses at
The County Farm-Condl-
tions There.

Additional appropriations represent
ing in the aggregate several thousand
dollars were made by the county
council at a called NEE ting yesterday
afternoon. The appropriations will be
expended to meet the cost of bridge
construction and repairs and the Oper-
alton of the county institutions The
council does not wish to contract any
large indebtedness because of the con-
structiOn of new bridges owing to sew
eral other Immediate demands on the
county treasury and for this reason
the present bridge structures will be
repaired and made to be of service as
long as possible without avoiding the
requirements of safety.
An appropriation of $3.50 was voted
for repairs to the bridge over the
Whitewater river at Goshen. This is
an old covered frame structure built
in 1860. The sills have deCayed and
the structure is in such dangerous
condition that it has been order closed
by the commissioners. The water be-
meath is twelve feet deep and the ele-
ment of danger is great. 1t is believed
it will require three weeks to make
the improvements. Owing to the de-
lapidated condition piles will have to
be driven in the bed of the stream to
provide support for the floor of the
bridge. 1t was estimated that to con-
struct a new steel bridge at this place
would cost from $4,000 to $4,000.
Council agreed to appropriate 800
for the expense of the fill to be made
at the Eliason bridge in Harrison
township. This bridge is placed five
feet and six inches above the grade
Of the road and the fills will have to
be $50 feet long on each side. The
township has appropriated S75 for the
same purpose. The sum of 500 was
voted for repairs to the ThOrnburg
bridge.
Court House Supplies.
1t was recommended that 81, 400 be
voted for court house supplies This
sum was reduced to $1,150 which
makes the total the same as that of
last year. An appropriation of 500
was made for Jail supplies and $4,000
for boarding prisoners at the Jail.
Guard at Home.
1t was necessary to appropriate 1904
for the services of a guard for the in
sane at the Home for Friendless Wo-
men. The county is at the expense
of 81 per day for a guard and custo-
dian of Mary Code, young woman
twentysiX years old. Miss Code S
mind is affected and she requires all
the attention of a babe She is too
old TO be placed in the school for fee
BILE minded at Fort Wayne. Admit
tance to the Eastern Indiana hospital
for the insane can not be secured for
her. Miss Code was kept at the home
Of her father until few months ago.
The Home for Friendless Women is a
woman's prison that was built by the
county and the county also pays for
the board furnished the inmates.
County Farm Aided.
The county farm was voted an ap-
preparation of $2,100. This makes the
total appropriation s5,160. The coun-
ty farm is comprised of 31S acres and
although it is cultivated in an advanc-
ed manner it is not a self sustaining
institution. There are seventy per-
sons dependent upon the farm pro.
ducts and when these are not found
sufficient to meet the demand the
county has to make up the deficiency
The inmates have to be clothed and
there is a certain amount of provisions
that must be purchased. An additio-
nal expense was incurred this year
because of the death of the drove OF
hogs. The result brought about the
necessity for the purchase of a large
portion of the meat consumed.
The council refused to purchase a
new adding machine for the use of the
county auditor and treasurer A sam
pie machine now is in use in thes sc
offices. 1t is operated by electricity
and is a great improvement over the
early machines as the necessity for
hand power is done away with Treas
urer Myrick suggested that still a later
model be purchased. This would cos,
$500.