The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-12-16
SUPERVISORS APPOINT A COMMITTEE
TO CoNNOER THE WORK
WILL COST ABOUT $4,000
Land lockers viii be Employed and vi.
lage and City Property viii Also be
Valued Before Next April.

The county board of supervisors tool
action at its meeting last Saturday
looking to the revaluation of the entire
county. A committee consisting OF
Messrs. Quirt, Olson and McLaren was
appointed TO act with the chairman OF
the board to manage the work and the
actual work OF getting men In the field
will commence shortly after the first of
the year
The matter was discussed at length
by the board before the motion to ap.
point committee was made the cost
Of the work .and the results to be oh.
tained were carefully canvassed ..and
not one word was offered in opposition
10 the proposal. In fact. the PROPOSE.
tion met with the endorsement Of all.
the only question heing the degree of
efficiency that should be aimed for.
Supervisor Coe of Stambaugh county
was well equipped to give information
in this matter as the township board OF
that township has men now in the field
making close survey Of that town
snip. the men being required To report
not alone the timber and prospective
mineral values or each piece or parcel
Of land bnt he soil conditions and the
advantage a location This informa. |
tion is Of inestirable value In getting /
at the value Of each locality for farm
ing and will be "A good basis for adver
tlsing that feature OF the township. one
that is coming into prominence just
now.
MIR. Coo stated that the estimate OF
cost upon the work for Stambaugh
township is 81, 600 for the job. The
consensus OF opinion was that the char
actsr--pt work required should com
'niahd price Of about 2-cents per acre.
As-thare are 7s5.0o0 ncres iD the coun- |
" the estimate on the entire lob is !
$i5 900. 4
The reason that the county board is !
undertaking the work instead of the s
several townships is two fold to secure $
uniformity and TO escape local pres 9
sure. II was stated that il the matter
is left to the local supervisor those {
whose property values are raised will n
blame the action on the supervisor per- Q
sonally and 50 much odium will accrue q
70 him that as il was expressed on the 4
board, he viii have 10 move out II j,
the county board takes the matter in q
hand the work cannot be charged i'm. O
20 the supervisor and tair t'
sr valuation will be obtained. By al
having the WORK OF the entire count, Ia
under one head a uniform NJ
'ystem Of valuation will be obtained
md the annual conflict OF equalz ing
between the townships will be done 4.
way with, the valuations as reported
y the committee being taken a. 4 lei
'ass for the work. a
The mine valuations are not 10 be
in this new work as they 20
ave been fixed 10y the board OF state Nj
Ak commissioners and cannot be chan he
ed without am order from that body. AT
lineral values are now taxable and il I'M
! probable that the land lockers will tn
ike them into consideration in II cir FOR
sw work.
AThe board listened TO the report of ls'
n county road commissioners. which de'
ps the last for the year and contained an'
report of progress The entire ter
1toppf ol ,n,ra,. ..,a,t 80, a.. - Yeg
e county last year was SG2. 900 and CIT
n engineer reported tnat Co complete }
e roads from Mansfield tO Iron River DO.
ould take $50 900 more. making the chi
ad cost completed abont SS7. 600. da
The contractors all lost money last the
ar and some of them had TO gee re. Gai
4 from the commission The work /
ss done for -, 600 less than the en-. froi
neer's estimate. Bids on tbe orading Ami
'rk were unitormaily too low by n.
MT 5-cents per yard and the larger
ntractors found themselves In bad
ATS as result. The amount due to ,v..
'ditors from the contractors totaleJ -.
out -, 100 and was owing mainly 10 80
al merchants and labor There were -,
o methods open. One was to let the o.,
ltractors take pot luck the other -.
3 TO tide them over and let them - !,
LIB up their work next summer. II
commissioners cut loose the con.
ctors equipment woulc bs attached
the creditors and Che small creditors
nld lose what was owing thom. In lr
liti0n the commission wonid hara "a Sl.O