The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-01-21
Monday, January 3, 1910.

Monday, January 8. 1910.
10 o'clock a. m.-The Board of COun-
ty Commissioners met in regular SEES
sion. Present: F. w. Sherman, chair
man; w. T. johnson and Jas. H. Park
er, commissioners; Norah B. Redford,
clerk.
The time for opening bids for the re-
construction of the river bridge al
Sedgwick not expiring until one O'Clock
p. m., the Board adjourned until that
time.
lo'clOck p. m. The Board Of County
Commissioners met in adjourned ses,
sion with all members present; Norah
B. Redford, clerk; A. F. Perrier, coun.
ty attorney.
The Board proceeded to open the bids
for the rebuilding of the river bridge
at Sedgwick. 1t was found that the
following parties and firms had submit
ted bids:
The Monarch Construction Co., Falls
City. Nebraska.
F. L. Freeman, Tecumseh, Nebras.
ka.
E. Wolwortb & Co., Lincoln, Ne
| braska.
The Sedgwick Lumber Co. (materiaD ,
Sedgwick, Colorado.
Sheets and Monroe, Sedgwick, Colo
RADIO.
H. J. Erickson (earthwork), Ovid,
Colorado.
After due consideration of all bids,
the Board unanimously agreed to award
the contract to F. l.. Freeman for
the complete reconstruction of the
bridge at cost of $5,75O.79, less the
price of the earthwork at the approxi-
mate cost of $450.00. The contract for
the earthwork to be directly between
the Board of County Commissioners
and H. ]. Erickson.
The county attorney'was directed to
prepare the contracts for same, to be
signed by the Board upon satisfactory
bonds being filed and approved.
Part of the bids on Stationery Pro-
posals, and all bids on Publication of
the Delinquent Tax List were opened.
No action was taken at this time.
| Motion to adjourn till Tuesday, jan
uary 4, 1910, at 9 O'Clock a. m. was
made and carried.
Tuesday, January 4th, 1910.
9o'clock a. m. The Board of County
commissioners met in regular ad-
journed session, with all members pres
ent; Norah B. Redford, clerk.
The balance of the bids for books,
blanks and stationery, and county sup
plies for the year 1910 were read and
compared.
Bids were received from the Out
West Printing and Stationery company,
of Colorado Springs; the C. F. Hoeckel
Blank Book company, of Denver; The
Grit-Advocate, of Julesburg. and The
Julesburg News, of Julesburg.
The Board unanimously agreed to
award the contract for the furnishing
of the county with books, blanks and
Office supplies to the Out West Printing
and Stationery company, while the con-
tract for letter heads and memorandum
heads was awarded to The Grit-Advo-
cate at three and two dollars per thous-
and; all envelopes at three dollars per
Thousand.
Since the Statute provides that the
Board of County Commissioners shall
name the paper in which the Delinquent
Tax List shall be published, motion was
made by VIM. T. johnson, seconded by
F. w. Sherman, that The Grit-Advo-
cate be named as that paper, at SO per
cent of the legal rate-the price named
in bid furnished by the Grit-Advocate.
Commissioners Sherman and johnson
voted Yes; Commissioner Parker, No.
This being the time for the organiza
ton of the Board, motion was made by
Jas. H. 'arker, seconded by w. T.
johnson, that F. w. Sherman act as
chairman of the Board and remain over
seer of the county poor. Carried.
The minutes of proceedings for the
last quarter were read and approved.
1t appearing to the Board that the
present Road Districts are too large and
that it would be of more benefit to the
county to make them smaller in size
and greater in number, they proceeded
to outline the boundaries for that pur-
nose. The clerk was instructed to have
the county attorney write out the de-
scriptions of said boundaries and make
a record of same in this Office.
Motion to adjourn till Wednesday,
] January 5th, 1910, at 9 o'clock a. m.
was made and carried.
Wednesday, January 5th, 1910.
9o'clock a. m. The board of county
commissioners met in regular adjourn
ed session with all members present;
Norah B. Redford, clerk.