Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-31

of Grant County:
We, the town board of Lima, do here
by make application for county aid on
three arch culverts costing S250.0O,
$250.00 and 100000 respectively We
therefore petition your honorable body
to pay to the town of Lima the sum
VIM. SHERWIN,
Chairman.
To the Honorable Board of Supervis-
ors of Grant County:
Gentlemen: - Your petitioners, the
supervisors of the town of Mt Ida, rep
resent that at the annual meeting held
in said town April LIST, money was ap-
propriated to build two bridges in Sec
ton CO., two in Section Old, one in
Section (2Q. We, with the county
commissioner appointed by the Chair
man of the County Board, met and let
the contract to John Ransom to build
the bridges in Sec. (3D, one at a cost
of Four Hundred twenty-five Dollars
($425.O0), one at Two Hundred Forty
eight Dollars ($2480O); two bridges in
Section CO at a cost of Four Hundred
and Nine Dollars each ($409OO), the one
under construction in Section (24) at
probable cost of Three Hundred Dol
lars ($300.OO.)
Under Chapter 435, Laws of 1911, we
ask the county to pay the town of Mt.
teen and $4,000 Dollars upon the COM
pletiOn and acceptance of said bridges.
VIM. O'BRIEN,
PEARL RICE,
FRANK RANSOM,
Supervisors of the town of Mount Ida.
JOHN w. JERRETT,
County Commissioner.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Grant County, Wisconsin:
Gentlemen Your petitioners, the
supervisors of the town of Clifton, in
said county, respectfully represent:
That at the annual town meeting,
held in said town of Clifton on the first
day of April, 1913, it was voted to
build a bridge on the highway in Sec
/ ton Twenty (20) in said town, known
as the Knutson bridge, the same being
| 20 feet long, IA feet road way, with
! steel legs IA feet long for abutments, to
| be filled in with concrete, the same to
| be set on a 2-foOt concrete base, 8
wings of concrete, 1 foot wide and s
! feet long, and to be reinforced with
One-half inch twisted reinforced steel
rods. the other wing being IL feet long,
and that upon a petition duly presented
| to the Chairman of the County Board
/ asking for county aid for the letting
| and construction of said work, the said
! Chairman did appoint J. H. Wagner,
| chairman of the town of Liberty, as
the county commissioner upon said
bridge.
| That on the 9Th day of June, 1913,
| the said town board, together with the
! said county commissioner, met at the
| town board and the said county COM
missioner have had said bridge con-
| structed by furnishing the material
| and hiring the same by day labor and
| the same cost the sum of Five Hundred
| Eightynine and 60-10O ($589.6O) Dol
! lars That the said bridge has been
| constructed and accepted by the town
as well as the county commissioner,
and the same has been paid for.
That the said town of Clifton at the
| last meeting of the County Board was
| eQualiZed in sum in excess of $500, 900.
| Your petitioners therefore pray that
the County Board of Supervisors of
| Grant County, at it's regular session in
November 1913, appropriate and pay
| to the said town of Clifton the one-half
fhe 1he sp6 so Of F sss d %
/ lars, or the sum of Two Hundred
Ninety -four and $4,000 ($294SO) Dol
| lars.
All of which is respectfully sub
mitted.
! L. w. 10y,
THOMAS WATSON,
JOHN HUNTER.
| (Per L. w. Loy)
! The above report is correct and the
| county should appropriate the said
sum of Two Hundred Ninety-four and
$1,000 ($294.SO) Dollars.
j. H. WAGNER,
County Commissioner
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
| OF Grant County, Wisconsin:
| Gentlemen: = Your petitioners, the
supervisors of the town of Clifton in
said county, respectfully represent:
That at the annual town meeting,
| held in said town of Clifton on the
| first day of April, 1913, it was voted to
j build bridge on the highway in the
! northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter of Section Nine 90, in said
! town, known as the Nicosh bridge, the
same being according to plans and
| specifications hereto attached and made
a part of this, our report, and that up
on petition duly presented to the
! Chairman of the County Board asking
for county aid for the letting and con-
| StructiOn of said work, the said Chair
man did appoint Ed. Heathcote, the
| chairman of the town of Fennimore,
and j. H. Wagner, the chairman of the
| town of Liberty, as the county commits
| SiOnerS upon said bridge.
| That on the 18th day of June 1913,
the said town board, together with said
county commissioners, met at the lOca-
! ton of said bridge and let the contract
| for the construction of the same to
! William Mcmahon of Lancaster, Wis
cOnsin, for the sum of One Thousand
| Nine Hundred Ninety-fiVe ($1,995.00)
! Dollars That afterwards it was con-
! cluded to add additional concrete to
said bridge at a cost of Forty-eig
and 33-1O0 ($4S.33) Dollars, making a
| total cost of said bridge in the sum of
! Two Thousand Forty-three and 33-1OO
| ($2O4333) Dollars. That said bridge
has been constructed and accepted by
! the said town board and the said
county commissioners and has been
paid for.
That the said town of Clifton was
| equaliZed at the last meeting of the
| County Board in a sum in excess of
| $4OO, 100000.
Your petitioners therefore pray that
! the County Board of Supervisors of
! Grant County, at it's regular session in
November, 1913, appropriate and pay
to the said town of Clifton the one-half
part of the said sum of Two Thousand
Forty three and 33-100 ($2,O4333) Dol
! lars, or the sum of One Thousand
! Twenty-one and 66-100 ($1,021.66)
| Dollars
All of which is respectfully sub
mitted.
L. w. 10y,
THOMAS WATSON,
JOHN HUNTER.
| (Per L. w. Loy)
The above report is correct and the
county should appropriate the said sum
| of One Thousand Twenty-One and &C.
! 100 ($1,02I66) Dollars.
/ j. H. WAGNER,