River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-12-19

as is required by section 1919 of tn
statutes of wisconsin, such proportion
Wherefore your petitioners pray:
~ That the chairman of your hon
orable body, in pursuance of said sec
chairman Of an adjoining town tn,
commissioner to cooperate with the
board of said town of Martell, in let
ting; inspecting and by acceptance s, Of thu
said section 1919.
(23 That upon the construction and
acceptance of said bridge, as provided
hv Said subsection 6, your HONORABLE
body appropriate such sum as is re-
CURED BY said section 1919 to be paid
Inv the county as aid to said town in
ldefraying the expenses of erecting said
Dated and signed at the town of Mar
tell, in said county, this 5th day OF
Respectfully submitted,
M JENNINGS.
H S. HALVORSON.
M E. PETERSON,
| Town Board of Town of Martell.
| AtteSted by
J. p. AUSTERUD,
Town Clerk
/ Sup. VIM. Fl. Ricnards is hereby ap-.
| Of the county on the above petition.
''a'eu uiie F. A. SEVERANCE.
/ Chairman of Co. Board
PETITION FOR BRIDGE AID-TOWN
OF MARTELL.
To the Honorable County Board of
Pierce County, Wisconsin,:
| The petition of the town of Marten
| in the county of Pierce by it's town
| board, respectfully shows:
| That a certain bridge lying wholly
within said town and crossing the
| Rush river in the SEA of section "a, of
said town, between the farm residences
| of A. t. Winger and S. t. Winger, is
Nv nf 10
| so badly damaged as to be utterly un-
safe for public travel; that there is no
safe fording place near said bridge;
that it is not advisable to repair said
bridge, and that by reason of premises
it is necessary to construct new
bridge without delay across said river
to replace said old bridge
That said town has voted to con-
struct a new bridge to replace said old
bridge, such new bridge to be erected
at the place aforesaid.
That the estimated cost of the con-
struction of such new bridge, exclusive
of the cost of constructing the APP
proaches at the ends thereof, is $4,000.
That said town has total valuation
of $S51,266 according to the. last as
sessment as equalized by the county
board.
That said town has provided for the
payment of such proportion of the cost
of such construction of said new bridge
as is required by section 1919 of the
statutes of the state Of Wisconsin, such
proportion being $1,000.
Wherefore your petitioners pray:
ID That the chairman of your hon
orable 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 it's
commissioners to cooperate with the
board of said town OF Martell, in the
letting, inspecting and acceptance of
the work as provided by subsection 6
of said section 1919.
% That upon the construction and
r10a 1faxax Of hTsId Il
by said subsection your honorable
body appropriate such sum as is re-
CURED by said section 1873 to be paid
by the county as aid to said town in
defraying the expenses of erecting said
bridge
Dated and signed at the town of
Martell, in said county, this 9Th day of
Respectfully submitted,
M. JENNINGS.
Fl. S. HALVORSON,
NJ E.. PETERSON,
Town Board of town of Martell
j. P. AUsTERUD,
Town Clerk.
SupS. w. Ell. Richards and L. H. Place
are hereby appointed County Commits
sioners to act on the within petition.
Dated Ellsworth, Wis, April I I'LL Il, 1912
Chairman of County Board.
PETITION FOR BRIDGE AID FROM
TOWN OF OAK GROVE.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Pierce County, Wisconsin:
Gentlemen:
Whereas, at town meeting held in
the town of Oak Grove, said county, on
the End day of April, 1912, a special
tax of one thousand ($1 OOO.00) dollars
was voted under the new law for coun
ty aid toward bridge building.
We, the town board, petition from
your honorable board for county aid
for the following bridges, to-wit:
One bridge on the Prescott and Alma
state road, where said road crosses the
NEA of the SEA of section "a, town
rs, range 20 west. Estimated cost of
said bridge is eight hundred ($800.0O)
dollars.
One bridge located on the River Falls
and Big River road, where said road
tween the SWA of the NWA and the
sen of the NWA in section IL, town
26, range 10 west. Estimated cost of
said bridge is five hundred dollars
($5000O).
One bridge located on the River Falls
and Big River road where said road
crosses the Dry Run about 20 rods
east of the store on the line between
the SWA of the SWA in section IL,
town 26 range 10 west, and the NWA
of NWA of section ID, town 26, range
10 west Estimated cost of said bridge
is five hundred dollars ($5OOO O).
Therefore we, the undersigned super
visors of said town do hereby petition
your honorable body to appropriate an
equal amount to cover the county's
share of the cost of the improvement
to be expended for the above purposes
in accordance with the provisions OF
chapter 337, laws of 1911.
Dated at Oak Grove, Wis. this 9th
day of May, 1912.
G. H. HARTMAN,
WIN. STERN,
JOSEPH PESKAR
Supervisors of the Town of Oak Grove.
Attested by
M. ROCK,
Supervisors Ed. Murphy and T. M
Manion are hereby appointed county
commissioners to act on the within pc
tition.
F. A. SEVERANCE,
Chairman of County Board
PETITION FOR BRIDGE FUND
TOWN OF OAK GROVE.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Pierce County, Wisconsin:
The town board of Oak Grove heerby
petition your honorable county board
for aid in building bridge across the
dry run where such dry run cross
es the Trimbelle road in the SEA of
SEA of section 1, range 20 in afore-
said town on the site of the old bridge,
said old bridge being now in such
condition as to make it unsafe for
travel and in such shape as to make 1T
improbable for repair Therefore the
town board prays that your honorable
body allow a sum sufficient to pay your
share of constructing a new steel and
concrete bridge at said place the esti-
mated cost of said bridge is $4,000 the
town board of aforesaid town has made
provisions to raise their share of said
sum under section 1878 of laws of 1898.
The town board further prays that your
honorable chairman of the county
board appoint the chairman of an adj
| joining town as commissioner and set