The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-11-11
COMMISSIONER PROCEEDINGS
Board Lets Contract for Building
Road Through Palisade Can
yon to Joseph Flynn


Of Eureka County, q meeting was held
at the Office Of the Clerk of the
Board on October 81 for the pur.
pose Of considering q matter Of
great Importance to the people Of the
north end of this county. The full
Board was present. aud the following
business was transacted:
Commissioner Fraser presented q
petition to the Board signed by a great
majority of taxpayers and freeholders
of the north end of the county praying
the Board to take immediate steps for
the construction and repairs Of an old
piece of wagon road about one mile
south Of Palisade, and to connect a dis
lance of about four and one-half miles
of the Eureka & Palisade road with the
road to Stafford.
Commissioner Fraser stated that on
Monday, October %, 1911. he had en-.
tered into an agreement on behalf of
the County and at the request of the
Commissioners with r. M. Ogilvie of
the Western Pacific Railway, whereby
in consideration of the sum of $4,000 to
be paid by the said Western Pacific
Railway, Eureka County should
abandon all it's rights to the County
road through Palisade canyon along the
line of the said Western Pacific Rail-
way.
Immediately on presentation Of the
said agreement the above petition was
presented to Commissioned Fraser with
the urgent request that immediate steps
be taken by the Commissioners TO build
said road.
Mr.. Fraser then presented to the
Board a right-of.w way from Ebert
Brothers of Palisade for the construc-
ton Of a piece of road through and
across their field, to connect parts of
the above mentioned road, all of which
are more clearly set forth in the speci-
fcations for said work. Said right of
way was ordered to be recorded by the
Recorder Of this county and q copy
fled with the Clerk of this Board.
A. r. Randolph of Palisade hat same
afternoon made a survey and specifica-
tions of the proposed road. and proposals
for bids were at once posted in many
different places in Palisade and along
Pine Valley and at Mineral Hill, calling
for bids for said road work to be opened
October 81. 1911, at 2 o'clock p. m.
Now the hour of 2 o'clock having ar
rived, the Board proceeded to act on
any bid which might be presented for
said work.
A bid was presented by Joseph Flynn
offering to perform the said work for
the sum of $14O0.
After discussing the matter, and in
view of the fact that the present road
through railroad canyon is extremely
dangerous to life and limb; that the
Humboldt river will be soon extremely
dangerous to ford. and that the con-
~struction of the said road would be Of
extreme benefit to the people of the
north end of the County and to the best
interests of the whole of Eureka Coun-
ty, and that it was O case OF extreme
emergency; also, that if the road was
not Immediately constructed it could
not be constructed for at least fopr or
five months more. Thereupon. on mo-
ton duly seconded and carried, it was
ordered that the bid of Joseph Flynn
be accepted, aud the CLERK was instruct.
ed to Immediately notify Mr.. Flynn of
this action of the Commissioners.
Regular Monthly Meeting of Board
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners was
held Monday. Nov. 6. Present, Com
missioners J. B. Bale. A. Fraser and
Otis Fulton also the District Attorney
and Clerk. The following business was
transacted
The Commissioners and the Auditor
counted the money in the Treasury and
found the same to agree with the County
Treasurer's statement.
A list of the bills allowed will be found
in another column.
1t was moved by Commissioners Fraser
that on the bill of T. j. McParlin, Dis.
trict Attorney of this County, OF
$3.50 10 expenses for himself, steno-
graphy, etc., between August IL and
| September IL, 1911, in the habeas cor
pus cases of o. j. Smith ct al. in the
| Supreme Court, the sum of S12S 90 for
board and lodging be laid over pending
the written opinion of the Attorney
General of this State as to whether said
amount is a legal charge against the
county. The motion was seconded by
Commissioner Fulton and unanimously
carried.
Commissioner Fraser reported that he
and d. E. Nostrosa had tested the fire
nlnos and found them all in good con-