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

consin:
Gentlemen: = Your petitioners, the
supervisors of the town of Waters
town, represent that at the annual
town meeting held in said town we
voted to build a bridge in Section 33
on the road leading to BoScobel. We
pointed by the Chairman of tie County
Board and let the contract to Lewis
Swanson for the erection and compile
ton of said bridge for the sum of Five
Hundred Seventy nine ($579,00) Dol
lars.
Under the laws, Chapter 435, Laws of
1911, we ask the county to pay one-half
of the said Five Hundred Seventy-nine
($579.00) Dollars, which amount is Two
Hundred Eighty-nine and $1,000
($2S9.50) Dollars.
We met and accepted said bridge.
Dated November 17th 1913.
LEWIS CRAIGO, Chm'n,
JACOB THOMAS,
OLUF S. OLESON,
by FRED L. TAYLOR, Clerk.
Supervisors of the town of Waters
town. HUGH MATHEWS,
County Commissioner.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Grant County, State of Wisconsin:
Gentlemen: = Your petitioners, the
supervisors of the town of Walters
town, respectfully represent that at
the annual town meeting, held in said
town, we voted to build a bridge in
S6cL1On SO on the ROAD 10dQlQS from
Blue River to Castle Rock. We met
with the county commissioner appoint
ed by the Chairman of the County
Board and decided to build the bridge
by days work; The erection and com
pletiOn of said bridge cost Four Hun
dred Three and 68-1O0 ($403.68) Dol
lars. Under the laws, Chapter 435,
Laws of 1911, we ask the county to pay
one-half of the said Four Hundred
Three and 68-1OO ($4O3.6S) Dollars
which amount is Two Hundred One
and 84-1O0 ($2O1.84) Dollars.
We met and accepted said bridge.
Dated Nov. z, 1913.
JACOB THOMAS,
OLUF S. OLESON,
by FRED L. TAYLOR, Clerk
Supervisors of town of WatterstoWn.
HUGH MATHEWS,
County Commissioner.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Grant County, Wisconsin:
Gentlemen: - Your petitioners, the
supervisors of the town of BeetOwn, in
said county, respectfully represent:
That at the annual town meeting
held in said town of BeetOwn on the
first day of April, 1913, it was voted to
build bridge on the highway over the
hollow known as the Hayes Hollow on
the highway running north and south
in the northwest quarter of Section
Three CD, in said town, and upon a
petition presented to the Chairman of
the County Board asking for county
aid to build said bridge the said Chair
man appointed Edward Mccormick, of
the town of Little Grant, to act as the
county commissioner in the letting and
acceptance of said bridge.
That on June 81, 1913, the said town
board, together with the said highway
commission met at the location of said
bridge and after inspection of the
same, concluded it would be much
cheaper for the town to build the same
by hiring labor and buying the mater
ial therefor and in accordance with
said understanding the said town board
did purchase the material and hired the
labor in the construction of said bridge
and that the total cost thereof was the
sum of Two Hundred Fifty and 23-1OO
($250.23) Dollars. That the said bridge
has been built, accepted and paid for.
That the said town of Beetown at
the annual meeting of the County
Board of 1912 was eQualized i'll excess
of the sum of $400,0OO.O0.
Your petitioners therefore pray that
the County Board at its session in 1913,
appropriate and pay to the said town of
Beetown the excess over Two Hundred
Dollars paid for said bridge, to-Wit, the
sum of Fifty and 23-1OO ($5O.2S) Dol
lars
All of which is respectfully sum-
mitted.
TOAY GARNER,
HENRY SCHLOESSER,
JOHN EDWARDS.
The foregoing is true ana correct ana
claim should be allowed.
EDW. MCCORMICK,
County Commissioner.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Grant County, Wisconsin:
Gentlemen: - Your petitioners, the
supervisors of the town of Beetown' IN
said county, respectfully represent:
That at the annual town meeting
held in said town of Beetown on the
1st day of Apr. 1913 it was voted to
build bridge near the farm of William
HoughtOn, in the southwest quarter OF
the northwest quarter of Section TWen-
ty-one (21), in said town. That said
bridge was all rock abutments and
concrete top. That no petition was
presented to the Chairman of the Coun-
ty Board asking for county aid and
the appointment of a commissioner,
but in a conversation had with the
chairman of the town and the Chair
man of the County Board, it was con-
cluded to save the expense of the APP
pointment of a county commissioner,
and for that reason no commissioner
was appointed. That the total cost of
said bridge was Two Hundred and Six
teen ($216.0O) Dollars.
That the said town of BeetOwn at
the annual meeting of the County
Board in 1912 was equalized in excess
of the sum of $500 100000.
Your petitioners therefore pray that
the County Board at it's session of No
vember, 1913, will appropriate and pay
to the SAID town OF BeeUOWn the cost
over the Two Hundred Dollars, to-wit,
the sum of Sixteen ($16.0O) Dollars.
All of which is respectfully sub
mitted.
TOAY GARNER,
HENRY SCHLOESSER,
JOHN EDWARDS.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Grant County, Wisconsin:
Gentlemen: = our petitioners, the
supervisors of the town of SmelSer,
Grant county, Wis, respectfully repre-
sent that at the annual town meeting
held in said town on the first day of
April, 1913, it was voted to build a re-
inforced concrete bridge in the south
west "A of Section one in said town,
and that on the 29th day of April, 1912,
we met and let a contract to r. COnlon
of Cuba City, Wis, to build said bridge.
We further represent that on the first
day of July, 1912, we met with the
county commissioner appointed by the
Chairman of the County Board and
carefully examined and accepted said
bridge and that the total cost was
$4,000, and that the said town of
Smelser has provided for the payment
of the statutory portion of cost of said