River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-12-22

section ten, and running thence in
southwesterly direction a distance of
about one mile to intersect with the
new highway on the east side of said
Rush River near the new iron bridge
on section nine;
And Whereas, This said last mention
led highway has been surveyed and To-
Gated by the State Engineer of High
ways and an estimate has been fur
the Town approximately five hundred
dollars ($500.00) to put said highway
lin a passable condition for public
travel;
And Whereas, In the construction Jof
the above mentioned bridges and high
such enormous expense that it is now
indebted for their construction in the
sum of about fifteen hundred dollars
Now Therefore be it resolved that
there be and there hereby is appropri-
ated, the sum of two hundred dollars
in the construction of sthe last above
49, II. p. CARPENTER,
Chairman Town of Salem.
Petition for road aid to Town of
Ell Paso was referred to Committee
on Roads and Bridges
PETITION
Of the Town of Ell Paso, praying for
Aid in construction of highway in
said town.
To the Honorable the County Board of
Pierce County:
The petition of the Town of FL PaSo
That during the high floods of the
last few years, the highway leading
and which is the main travelled road
from the County eSat to the towns sit
uated in the eastern part of the Coun
ty has been badly washed out and the
bridges been 6QSfrOVp6
town has had the country adjacent to
said highway examined by an engineer
been decided to abandon the line of
the old road and place it on higher
ground, thus avoiding danger from
bridge can be found where abutments
can be placed of sufficient height to be
above the flood waters, there being a
the other, and at place where. the
stream can be spanned with a single
span. entirely doing away with the
risk of loss of costly bridge by high
This plan may also do away with at
least one bridge across Rush River and
make considerable saving in bridge
That the Town of Ell Paso, with it's
heavy expense, having built two
bridges across Rush River the present
year at a cost of over 100000, is not
in a financial condition to do the work
as it should be done at the present
That such highway being on the
direct route from Elmwood, Rock Elm,
Waverly and a large part of the Town
of Union to Ellsworth, is greatly need
ed, and is used by the people of that
section and the aforesaid localities
more than by the residents of the town
itself.
Your petitioner therefore prays that
the County Board make an appropria-
ton of the sum of three hundred dol
lars to aid the Town of FL PaSo in con-
structing a highway upon such new
route and request the passage of the
accompanying resolution.
RESOLUTION
Appropriating Highway Aid to the
Town of Ell Paso.
Resolved, That there is hereby APP
propriated to the Town of Ell PaSo the
sum of three hundred dollars to aid
said town in the construction of new
highway in said town as described SUBJ
town, presented to the County Board
E. ]. FITZGERALD.
Resolution regarding salaries of
Register of Probate and Deputy
County Clerk was on motion of Sup.
Skidmore laid on the table.
RESOLUTION.
Resolved, That the salary of the Reg