River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-18

a northeasterly direction to the north
west corner Of section four "a, in
said town Of Ell Paso; thence east on
the north line Of said section four "a
to the northeast corner Of said sec
ton four "a.
Now Therefore We, the undersi gned
freeholders residing in said county of
Pierce and especially in said town OF
Ell PaSo DO hereby petition you TO
vacate and discontinue SO much OF the
order Of the county board for the year
1912, as creates and adopts the hlgh-
way hereinbefore described as pro-
spective state highway, and in lieu
thereof, to adopt and designate as
part Of the prospective state highway
of said county, the following piece or
road described as follows, to-Wlt:
Commencing at the junction Of Union
street and Main street in said village
of FL Paso, running thence in south
easterIy direction across Rush river
to the east end of the steel brld &C.
thence in a soUtherly direction to the
junction with the road leading up the
Moran hill in the southeast quarter Of
section five 90, in said town; thence
Moran hill to the west line of said
section four 90; thence east through
the center of section four 90 to the
east line Of said section; thence north
on the east line Of said section to the
northeast corner thereof.
Also the following piece of road be
ginning at the said quarter post on the
east line Of section four %; thence
east along the line Of said highway
through sections three (3), two 90,
and one a. to intersect with the state
highway On the town line between the
towns Of FL PasO and Rock Elm, be
and ) hereby made a part of the sys.-
tenn Of prospective state highways Of
said Pierce county.
Dated this 4th day Of November A.
M. Buckley. r. G Hanyelt. John
John r. Mayberry, JOS. Bowers, John
Murphy, Hans Larson, Hans Gunder-
son. II. II. Gunderson, John Braaten,
RI. w. Cary Ed LANCER. p A. Murphy,
Geo Hanvelt. Ray II. Hanvelt, G: w.
Hase, Christ Wilkens, Jr., Albert
Wilkens. Elies Esef, B. G.. Grey, VIM.
Buckley, J. J. Murphy, John Traynor,
VIM. Traynor r. A. Fitzgerald, Melvin
r. Fitzgerald Geo. Moran, Ernest
LANCER, Christ Olson, Peter Cunning
ham Geo. Traynor, F., A Glass; Geo co
O'ConneH J. A. LANCER, Otto Olson,
oliver Agern, Peter Hines Ed. Erick-
son, Isaac Halvorson, Halvor i. PAGE,
M. T.. Peterson, Mike Donahue.- Nils
Biornson Frank LANCER, Ed. Moran,
Matt ". Meyer, Frank LANCER, Lewis
Hansen. Fl. l.. Halvorson, o. Q. Steen'
Jens Hanson ed. Mccain, Dennis
Golden Frank Wilkens, Frank Mar
son, Hugh OConne1l, Ed. Engelbret-
sen, Jack o'Connell Maurice G; O'Con-
nell NJ. OConneII, Hugh O'Connell,
George O'COnnell. Henry Seifert, Thos.
Pulk, J. S. Kelly, J. F. Young, b &,,, p.
r..
liam Seifert. Joe Birkel, Jr., John
Steiner, Henry Steiner, Frank Janisch,
Frank Janisch, Fred Brookshaw, r.
Steiner. b. g. Stiner, B. G. K1echer,
Geo JiIk, Poldy Pelzel
Resolution for road aid to town
Of Isabelle was on motion accepted
and adopted.
Resolved by the county board of
Nv
Hundred ($1OO.OO) Dollars, be and is
hereby appropriated to the town of
Isabelle to aid said town in repairing
the road known as the Bay City
Cooley, road in said town of Isabelle.
JOHN ISAACSAN.
Resolution from town of Diamond
Bluff was accepted and adopted
RESOLUTION.
Whereas, appropriation for state high
ways have been tied up by acting of
the highway commission refusing to
accept certain road or bridge cites. !,
Therefore resolved, that upon appli-
cation from such towns the afore said
appropriations be and is hereby made
available for other roads or bridges
being part of the state system in
such town.
N ]. LARSON.
Resolution fixing rate of ferriage
at Prescott was on motion adopted.
RESOLUTION.
Fixing Rates of Ferriage for Automo-
biIes and Motor Vehicles at the Pres
colt Ferry.
Resolved, That the rates to be charged
for ferriage of Automobiles and motor
vehicles at the ferry crossing the
St CrOiX River at Prescott shall be as
follows:
For automobiles and motor vehicles
carrying two persons or less twenty
cents and five cents addition for each
passenger other than the driver.
For automobiles having capacity
for carrying more than two persons
twenty-five cents and five cents addi-
tional for each passenger other than
the driver.
The above rates to include the return
passage if made the same day.
EDW. PRIESTLEY.
Resolution to permit the band to
use room in court house was read.
Motion to adopt was lost. Go ayes,
g nays.)
Resolved that the Superintendent of
Public Property be, and he is, hereby
authorized in his discretion to permit
the Ellsworth corneL band to use one
of the jury rooms in the court house,
evenings IN each week, for
the purpose of band practice, when
said room is not needed for other pur-
poses; such use to be subject to such
rules and regulations as to the Super
intendent of Public Property shall deem
proper and reasonable.
Reports of chairman of the towns
of El Paso, Hartland, Rock Elm,
Trimbelle and Spring Lake were read
and accepted.
REPORT OF CHAIRMAN-TOWN OF
Ell PASO.
To the Honorable County Board of
Pierce County:
l, the undersigned chairman of the
town of EI Paso in said county beg
leave to report that I have examined
the report books and vouchers in the
office of the highway commissioner
and find the same to be correct. That
the sum of Three Hundred Ninety
seven and SiXty-ffve Hundredths
($397,65) Dollars, was paid out for
highway Improvement on the state
road in section six and the sum of
Two Hundred and Twenty-Five ($22500)
Dollars was paid for highway damages
by reason of relocating state road in
section seventeen.
Respectfully submitted this Goth day
of November, 1913.