The Columbus journal., 1909-09-29

SUPERVISORS PROCEEDINGS.
Columbus. Nebraska. September Is.
1903.
The board of supervisors Of Platte
county, Nebraska. met in adjourned
session at o'clock p. m.
Hon. ]. F. SEIZURE, chairman, and
John Graf clerk.
Roll called and following members
present:
Supervisors Clother, Goetz, Peterson,
Pollard. Schwarz, Smith and Chairman
SEIZURE.
Moved by Supervisor Pollard that
the reading Of the minutes be deferred
and the hearing of testimony relative
to the petition of J. c. Dawson and
others for the location Of a public road
commencing at the southwest corner Of
section IL, town II, range west and
running thence due east on the section
line one mile and the remonstrance Of
Daniel Murdoch, L. N. Hitchcock and
others against the establishment of the
proposed line of road be now taken up
Motion carried.
Attorney ]. d. Stires now addressed
the board in support Of the opening of
the road, followed by j. c. Dawson,
who asked that said section line be
established as a public highway for
the reason that it will give to the COM
munity a better and shorter road to
market.
Fred Schupbach, in his address to
the board, said that he had used the
road. but that the same is closed since
for his children to go to school.
L. N. Hitchcock said that he is re-
monstratOr and that it is a disadvan-
tage to have the road opened and that
he can not see any benefit to the public
b. doing so.
Daniel Murdoch, in his address to
the board, affirmed that for the last
fifteen years the said section line was
not used as public road and is not
used as a public road now and the
opening of the same would not be a
benefit to the public.
At the close Of the addresses the en-
tire matter was, on motion, referred to
the committee on roads and bridges, in
GLIDING Supervisor Pollard.
The contract between the counties of
struction company for the construction,
erection and completion Of a wagon
bridge across the Platte river, near
Duncan. Platte county, Nebraska. was
now presented and read and, on mo-
ton, approved and ratified by the
board.
The petition of F. W. Edwards and
others to sub-divide St. Bernard town
ship into two road districts and the
petition of Jacob KOrth and others to
sub-divide the same into four road
districts. and also the petition of ia
cob krebs and others to suD-divide
Humphrey township into two road dis
trictS were presented and read and,
on motion. referred to the judiciary
committee.
County Surveyor Il. l.. Rossiter pre-
scented the survey of the "OlsOfka
Road" in Butler township. the "Ebner
Road No. 9" and the white Road No.
g" in Columbus township, the change
in the "Laun Road" in Shell Creek
township and the alteration of the
'Stearns Road" in Humphrey township.
which We're. on motion. approved by
the board.
The bids on file with the clerk for
the delivery Of coal at the court house
needed by the county the coming year
were now opened and read.
All bids being for the same amount,
it was moved by Supervisor Clother
that the purchasing agent be directed
to buy the necessary coal in open mar
ket. Motion carried.
All bills on file with the clerk were,
on motion, referred to appropriate
committees.
The proceedings of the board Of SUI
pervisors of the special session of
August cath, 1909. and Of the session
and. on motion, approved by the
board.
Moved by Supervisor Pollard that
the board Of supervisors now adjourn
for committee work until 3 o'clock a.
m. tomorrow. Motion carried.
Columbus, Nebraska, September 16,
1909.
The board Of supervisors, pursuant
to adjournment, met at 9 o'clock a. m.
Hon. J. F. SEIZURE. chairman: John
Graf. clerk, and all members present.
A remonstrance having been filed
against the establishing of the Gutter
Road" commencing at the northeast
corner of section %. town II, range 1
east. and running thence due south on
section line three-fourths mile. the
matter came now on for hearing.
Charles Louis. Pier Speicher and Pc
ter Speicher addressed the board Of
supervisors in support of the remon-
STRANGE and Albert Stenger and George
Galley in support of the prayer Of the
petitioners for the opening Of the pro-
posed line of road, at the conclusion
of which the matter was. on motion.
referred to the committee on roads and
bridges. including Supervisor Smith.
The petition of ]. c. Dawson and
others for the location of public road
commencing at the southwest corner of
section II, town II, range west, and
running thence due east on section line
one mile, was reported back with fol-
lowing majority report: We, your
committee on roads and bridges to
whom was referred the within petition
would respectfully recommend to deny
the same, for the following reasons,
viz: LIST. That under the provisions
Of our statutes the public does not own
nor can not secure right Of way for
proposed road, except by paying for
same. End. That many of the petit
TONERS are under the impression that
the public is entitled to free right-of-