Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-01

Order 4. July 30, 1912. To W. H.
Stokes; twelve Meridian road signs,
1925; to unloading gravel for city and
other items of expense in connection
Herewith, $3.50. Miscellaneous X
penses, $6.SS. Total amount of the
voucher, $49.43.
Leaving balance in treasury ....$6.57
Assets.
Cash in treasury .............S 6.57
Claim Oh Elmira township, ac-
count culvert .. ............ 1900
Unloading gravel for city, and
other expense in connection
Herewith $3.50
Twelve simplex drags 10000
One pillow . .............. 1900
Total S25S.S7
This is in substance the financial
statement of the Meridian road COM
mittee. No money came into our
hands.
According to the best knowledge of
the chairman of the Meridian road
committee, there was a resolution in
trOduced in the commercial club, to
appropriate five hundred dollars for
the paying OF the engineers, together
with other items. but according to
the writer's best memory, there was
no disposition on the part of the COM
mercial club, to find fault in any man
ner with the resolution, but to the
best of his recollection, it was refer
red to the executive committee of the
commercial club. No doubt, the rec
ords of the club, will show just what
action was taken.
To the best of the writer's recol-
lection, it seemed to be the c]oncensus
of opinion, that the city should assume
the unpaid bills in relation to the
Meridian road as the city had prac-
tically had the benefits, and it is the
opinion of the ex-chairman of the Me-
ridian road committee that their po-
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practically had the benefit of all the
gravel and sand, two road drags, etc.
l find, upon investigating the mat
ter. that there were about thirty-one
cars of gravel and sand delivered in
Watertown, with an estimated value
of about fifteen dollars per car.
At the present writing-so far as
the writer has been able to ascertain
the matter of assets and liabilities,
account of Meridian road, would be
approximately as follows:
Assets.
Cash in treasury ............$ 6.5I
To claim for 81 cars of gravel at
$1,000 per car .465.O t
u road drags .120.0C
To claim on Elmira township,
account one culvert ........ $500
Unloading gravel for city and
other expenses in connection
Herewith . ............. 1890
One plOW :. 1906
Ioldl :,
Liabilities.
Dragoun e Schneider ........ $31S.4!
Besides this, there are items of ex
pense for the dragging of the road
The expense bills were sem direct tt
President Lyon Of the commercial
club.
Recommendations
Inasmuch as the city of WATERFOWL
has approximately three and a hal
miles of the Meridian road through
the city, and had all the thirty-on'
cars Of gravel, and the work done OF
the 25th and 26th of June last, on tn
portions of the miles, 16, II, IS ant
10, I think it is none too much TO
the commercial club to ask the cit,
to pay the engineers bill of Dragoul
& Schneider, and the unpaid portion
for dragging the road, which is prob
ably a very small item, and any othe
small unpaid bills.
I would further recommend tina
the assets of the commercial club, &C
count of the Meridian road, be turne,
over to the city, and that the furthe
handling Of the Meridian road, b
placed in the cfty's hands, under tn
direction of the proper official, tc
gether with a committee of FIVE t
look after the interests of the Merii
ian road. This committee of fY
to be appointed by the mayor. Thi
does not necessarily mean that Their
would be very much expense to tn
city, as no doubt, this committee 6
FIVE. would work out the plans Sc
forth in the recommendations Of Aus
ust 18th.
| would further recommend tina
the firstgTuesday after the first MOI
day in June, be set apart by proclams
ton of the mayor. and proper actio
BY the city commission, making tn
first Tuesday after the first Monda
} in June an annual Good Roads Da.
The Citysof Watertown, can hardI
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