The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-28
DoiNGS OF THE COUNTY BOARD.


noon the board fixed the salary of the
road commissioner at 5000 per year.
Frank Muth who was candidate for
the position withdrew after the salary
was fixed.
The board met Friday morning pur-
suant to adjournment.
The report of the sanitarium COM
mittee was read Thos. Meany, j. b.
Laun, A. f. Schulze, Jos. Willot, and
c. w. Sweeting comprise the commit
tee. Following is the report:
''The undersigned sanitarium com
mittee hereby report that since the fill
ing of our last report we have purchas-
ed site comprising eleven and one
half acres for the location of the sani-
tarium, in the town of Franklin, at the
cost of 81 10000: that we engaged Arch
itect w. j. Rauber, of Manitowoc, to
prepare plans and specifications for a
suitable building, with the approval Of
the state board of control, and after
procuring such plans and specifications
we duly advertised for bids for the con-
struction of the building. and awarded
the general contract to Schwantes ~
Drumm of Manitowoc, for the agreed
price of 80, 10000, and awarded the
plumbing contract to j. HI. Phalen of
Mantowoc, for the sum of 81, ,625 90,
and awarded the heating contract to
II. G. kalles of Manitowoc, for ST, To-
90, and the contract for wiring to A..
O. Anderson of Manitowoc, for $780, 90,
making the total contract price of said
building, S12, 1890; that we also caus-
ed we'll to be drilled on said site at a
cost of 1927 So that we also installed a
sewerage system at a cost of Sl5l So
authorized the grading of site at a cost
of S1S5.00, and purchased certain ma
terials for $1,000; That the architects
compensation for furnishing plans and
specifications together with superin-
tending the construction of said build
ing is ~ of the total cost of such
building. That the total cost to date
for the site construction of building
and improvements above mentioned,
exclusive of architects compensation is
$l4 1888.
"That the work of construction of
said building began on or about the
lst day of July, 1912 and has continued
rapidly and the building is now nearing
completion as was evident to your Hon
orabe body on your recent visit there
to- That it is necessary to provide
furnishings, equipments, etc, as soon
as the building is completed and which
will entail a cost of S5,00000. We
would therefore recommend the adop.
tion of the following resolution, to-
wit.
Be it resolved by the Board of Man
itowoc County that there be and here
by appropriated the sum of S500000 to
be expended in procuring necessary
equipment and furnishings for the said
sanitarium and for the improvement of
the grounds and surroundings of the
same.
The report and resolution was adopt
ed.
At the session Saturday forenoon the
following resolution from the sanitar-
um committee was presented and adopt
ed:
"Whereas, the new tuberculosis san
itarium is nearing completion and will
soon be ready for occupancy and,
whereas it is incumbent upon the
board of trustees of said institution to
provide superintendent, visiting
physician and all necessary atterdants
and help TO manage said institution
and, whereas said board of trustees
have filed a report containing an item
lied statement cost of running said in
stitution for one year which estimate
approximates the sum of $4,000.
Therefore, be it resolved, by the
board of supervisors of Mantowoc
county, that there be and hereby is
appropriated for the purpose of provid
ing the necessary means of running
the said sanitarium for the ensuing
year, the sum of $4,000"
The board also appropriated $1,000
for the necessary equipment and furn-
ishings for the sanitarium, making
total appropriation of Sll, 1000.
The report of the committee on
claims was read and on motion adopt
ed. The claims allowed ran over $4,000
and about $4,000 of this sum was for
committee work.
d. The following resolution introduced
by Mic Trossen was adopted:
"Be it resolved by the board of Su-
pervisors of Manitowoc county, that
the county system of prospective state
highways within Manitowoc county be
and hereby is increased by adding
thereto the following particularly de-
scribed highways, to-wit:
Commencing at point in the Calu-
met road where same crosses the line
between Section thirty-fve (35) and
thirty-six (36) in the town of Manito-
voc Rapids and extending due south to
the highway extending east and west
between Sections eleven (D and four
teen (l4) of the town of Newton, thence
south two miles, thence west one mile,
thence south two miles to the line be-