River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-01-18
Thursday Afternoon

Thursday Afternoon
Board was called to order pursuant to
adjournment Roll call. All members
present.
Journal was read and approved.
Report of Bridge Committee in Town
of FL Paso was on motion accepted and
adopted.
Report of Bridge Committee of
Ell Paso
To Ole T. Hohle, County Clerk of Pierce County,
Wisconsin.
We the undersigned special County Bridge
Committee appointed at the regular session of
the County Board OF Supervisors OF Pierce County
held in the month of November 1909 to act with
the Town Board of Supervisors OF the Town OF
FL Paso IN the letting constructing and accep-
tance Of contract for building steel bridge with
concrete and stone abutmentS across the Rush
river on the public highway at the North end OF
main street in the village of Ell Paso in said town
do hereby certify that we did on the 22nd day of
December 1909 in conjunction with the Town
Board of Supervisors of said Town let the contract
for building said bridge to the Central States
Bridge Company of Indianapolis Indiana for the
agreed and contract price of Two-thousand Seven
hundred and ninety Dollars and forty-eight cents
(excluding the plank for same) and did let
to H. A. Halverson the contract for furnishing
the plank for the sum of One hundred eleven
Dollars and Sixty cents (SIll 6O) and that we
also deemed it wise to employ a foreman to sup
erintend the building of the piers for said bridge
and did appoint Thomas Rienke at the sum OF
-Four Dollars per day amounting to the sum OF
Fifty Dollars and that the total cost of said bridge
including construction and supervision is the sum
of Two thousand nine hundred fifty two dollars
and eight cents.
We further report that we have met this day
and inspected and accepted said bridge and that
the sum of One thousand four hundred seventy
six dollars and four cents is now due and payable
from Pierce County to said town OF FL Paso and
you are hereby requested to make proper pro-
vision for the payment of said sum to said town
El Paso December 22nd, 1910:
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w. H. RICHARDS,
H. E. CARPENTER.
E. ]. FITZGERALD,
CHRIST OLSON
Town Board of Supervisors of Ell Paso.
Reports of County Bridge Commits
sioners, on bridges in Oak Grove,
Trimbelle, Clifton and Diamond Bluff
were read and referred to the Committee
on Roads and Bridges.
Report of Bridge Commissioners. Town
Oak Grove
To the Honorable County Board of Supervisors of
Pierce County, Wisconsin.
We the undersigned, County Bridge Commits
sioners appointed by the chairman of the County
Board pursuant to subsection OF section 1919
of the Wisconsin Statutes, to cooperate with the
Town Board of the Town of Oak Grove in letting,
inspecting and accepting the work OF building
a steel bridge in said town, located on the south
west quarter Of section seventeen range 10, do
respectfully report;
That we met on the 10th day of May A. D. 1911
and in conjunction with the Town Board of said
Town of Oak Grove let the contract for erecting
said bridge to M. A. Adams and Co of Mime
hundred and forty nine dollars ($1l49 0O).
We further report that said bridge has been
completed according to the specifications fur
nished by the State Highway Engineer and a.
dopted by us and that met with the town
board of said town on the 22nd day of July A. ID.
1911 and accepted the work OF building such
bridge.
And we would therefore, respectfully recon-
mend that the County Board appropriate such
sum as is required by section 1919, to be paid by
the County as aid to said town OF OAK Grove IN
defraying the cost of erecting said bridge.
Dated this 18th day ofNovember a. ID. 1911.
f M y, ,M S1fnoi
County Bridge Commissioners.
Report of Bridge Commissioners, To wn of
of Oak Grove
To the Honorable County Board of Supervisors
of Pierce County, State of Wisconsin.
We the undersigned Pierce County Commits
sioners appointed by the Chairman of the County
Board pursuant to the provisions OF section 1919
Subsection of the statutes OF this state to CO.
operate with the town Board of Oak Grove in
letting, inspecting and accepting the work Of
building steel bridge within said town and To-
Gated on the north east quarter OF section on, one
Cd town twenty six (26) range twenty (2O) in
said town of Oak Grove do respectfully report:
That we did on the 18th day of May A. d. 1911,
in conjunction with the town board OF Oak Grove,
let the contract for building said bridge to NJ A.
Adams and Co. of Minneapolis Mimi. for the
agreed and contract price of nine hundred and
twenty nine dollars 1929 CO.,
We further report that said bridge has been
completed according to the plans and specitica-
tions furnished by the State Highway Engineer
and by us adopted, and that we met with the
town board of said town on the 22nd day of July
1911 and inspected and accepted the work of
building the bridge
We would therefore respectfully recommend
that this county board appropriate such sum as is
required by section 1919, to be paid by the coun-
ty as aid to said town of Oak Grove in defraying
the expense of erecting said bridge.
Dated this 10th day of November A. D. 1911.
ED MURPHY,
T. M. MANIoN.
County Bridge Commissioners