River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-12-19
RESOLUTION presented by,
VICTOR SWANSON,
w. III. RICHARDS,
j. r. COTTER,
Committee on Roads and Bridges
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
ROADS AND BRIDGES AS TO
PETITIONS FOR AID ON
STATE HIGHWAY SYS-

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
ROADS AND BRIDGES AS TO
PETITIONS FOR AID ON
STATE HIGHWAY SYS-
TEN.
To the Honorable County Board of
Pierce County:
Your committee on roads and
bridges, to whom was referred the pc
litlons OF the towns hereinafter men
toned for county and state aid, for
road and bridge construction in 1913
under the provisions of chapter 337 of
the Laws of 1911 do respectfully re-
port:
That the towns of Ellsworth. Ell Paso.
Hartland, Maiden Rock, MartelI, ROCK
Elm, Spring Lake, Salem, Trenton, Trim
belle, Union, have each raised the sum
of four hundred dollars ($4O0OO the
towns of Clifton, Gilman, and River
Falls have each raised the sum of five
hundred dollars ($500.00), and the town
or OAK Grove has raised the sum of
one thousand dollars ($1, 100000 for the
Improvement of roads making a total
of six thousand nine hundred dollars
lS6,90O.O0) raised by all of said towns
for such purpose and that the town s
of Clifton, Gilman, Maiden Rock Mar
tell have each raised the sum of two
hundred and fifty dollars ($2500O) the
town of Ellsworth the sum of six hum
dred and forty dollars (S64O00) the
taWn of Ell Paso the sum of twenty
one hundred dollars ($2,100.00), the
town of River Falls the sum of eight
hundred dollars ($80O.00), and the town
of Maiden Rock the sum of nineteen
| dollars and ninety cents ($19.90), and
| the town of Hartland the sum Of four
hundred dollars ($400.0O) for bridge
thousand nine hundred fifty-nine dol
/ lars and ninety cents ($4,959.90) raised
| by said towns for bridge construction.
That the amount allowed by the
state entities Pierce County to the sum
| Of two thousand two hundred and
| sixty-eig dollars and fifty-thr cents
| ($2,268.53) and the further sum of
eight hundred fifteen dollars and thir-
! ty-five cents (S815.35) for bridge con-
structiOn, making a total state aid of
| three thousand and eighty-three dol
1 lars and lightweight cents ($3,083.88) /;
/ that the said allotment from the state
/ is insufficient to pay the states share
of all the improvements contemplated
under the statutes, and your commit
l tee would recommend that the county
board levy an amount equal the coun-
/ tvs share of such improvements and
allot to each town applying for aid
/ the proportionate share of the state
highway fund allotted to the county in
i the same ratio that the amount petit
| toned for bears to the total amount
petitioned for by all of said towns.
wherefore, your committee hereby
oilers and recommends the adoption of
the following resolution:
| RESOLUTION.
| Appropriating and distributing to the
| several towns in said county the pro
| rarta amount of state aid allotted to
the county of Pierce for the year
/ 1913.
| Resolved that there be and is hereby
| appropriated to the several towns ap-
| plying for state aid for bridges and
highways for the year 1913 as follows,
/ to-wit:
| To the town of Clifton the sum of
one hundred sixty-four dollars and
thirty-nine cents ($16439) for highway
To the town Of Ellsworth the sum of
one hundred and thirty-one dollars
and fifty-one cents ($13L51) for high
way aid.
To the town of FL Paso the sum of
one hundred thirty-one dollars and
aid.
To the town of Gilman the sum Of
one hundred and sixty-four dollars
and thirty -eight cents ($164.38) for
] highway aid.