River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-01-18
Petition For Bridge Aid-Town of Diamond
Bluff


Petition For Bridge Aid-Town of Diamond
To the honorable County Board of Pierce County.
Wisconsin,: -
The petition of Town of Diamond Bluff in said
county by the Town Board respectfully shows:
That certain bridge lying wholly within said
Town and crossing the Trimbelle creek on nth, the
road on N. E. IA of the N. E. IA section 20 of
said town of Diamond Bluff is by reason of the
short span the said creek the bridge is of steel
and practically as good new bridge and
to save said bridge from obstruction it is neces-
sary to build wings unto the same.
That said Town has voted to construct the
wings onto said bridge at the place aforesaid.
That the estimated cost of the construction of
such wings exclusive of the cost of construction
of the approaches at the ends thereof is $500. co.
That the town has total valuation of $685. 900
according to the last assessment as equalized by
the County Board.
That said town has provided for the payment
OF such proportion of the cost of such construc-
ton of said wings as is required by section 1919
of the statutes of this state such proportion being
about $500 90.
Therefore your petitioners pray:
That the chairman of your honorable body in
pursuance of subsection 4 of section 1919 of the
statutes of this state appoint two of the mem
bers of said board as its commissioners to CO.
operate with the board of said Town of Diamond
Bluff in letting, inspecting and accepting of the
1919. p'''''O1 SUBSECTION : : 7'''1 - 49,
of said wings as provided by subsection 6. your
honorable body appropriate such as is re-
CURED by said section 1919 to be paid by the
County as aid to said Town in defraying the
penses of erecting said wings.
Dated and signed at Diamond Bluff this Goth
day of April 1911.
JOHN SKIDMoRE,
JOHN H. PILGoRD,
FRED BUcHNBR,
Town Board of Town of Diamond Bluff.
Attested by
w. ]. BUcKNBR,
Town Clerk.
Supervisors George Giebler and T. M. Manion
are hereby appointed County Commissioners to
act on the within petition.
F. A. SEVERANCE,
Chairman of Co. Board.
Ellsworth, May LIST. 1911.
Petition For Bridge Aid-Town of Martell
To the Honorable County Board of Pierce County
Wisconsin,:
The petition of the town of Marte11, in said
county by its Town Board, respectfully shows:
That certain bridge lying wholly within said
town and crossing the Rush River, in the S. E.
IA of the S. E. Ia of section IA, of said town,
near the carding mill, is by reason of floods and
other causes, so badly damaged as to be utterly
unsafe for public travel; that there is safe
fording place near said bridge; that it is not adj
visable to repair said bridge, and that by reason
of premises it is necessary to construct
bridge, without delay, across said River to re-
place said old bridge.
That said town has voted to construct new
bridge to replace said old bridge such new bridge
to be erected at the place aforesaid.
That the estimated cost of the construction of
such new bridge, exclusive of the cost of con-
structing the approaches at the ends thereof, is
$1,000 CO. that said town has total valuation of
$742. 6O1 90, according to the last assessment
equalzed by the county board.
That said town has provided for the payment
of such proportion of the cost of such construc-
ton of said new bridge as is required by section
1919 of the statutes of the state of Wisconsin,
such proportion being $500 90.
wherefore your petitioner prays:
l. That the chairman of your honorable
body, in pursuance of subsection of section 1919
of the statutes of this state, forthwith appoint
two of the members OF said County Board as its
commissioners to cooperate with the board of
said town in the letting, inspecting and acceptance
of the work, as provided by subsection of said
section 1910.
2. That upon the construction and accep-
lance of said bridge as provided by said sub
section 8, your honorable body appropriate
such sum as is required by said section 1919 to be
paid by the County as aid to said town in de-
fraying the expenses of erecting said bridge.
Dated and signed at the town of Martell, in
said county. this 18th day of June. 1911.
Respectfully submitted,
NJ. JENNINGS
H. S. HALvoRsoN,
M. E. PETERSON,
Town Board of Town of Martell.
Attested by
]. P. AUsTERUD.
Town Clerk of Town of Martell.
l hereby appoint Sups. E. J. Fitzgerald and
w. H. Richard, to act as County Commissioners
in the matter of above petition
Dated, Ellsworth, Wis. this 18th day of June
1911.
F. A. SEVERANCE,
Chairman of County Board.