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

held in said town on the 1st day of
April, 1913, it was voted to build a
bridge across the stream known as
Willow Branch, near the residence of
Mrs John Whitcher, on the highway
running northeasterly and southwest
erly near the half section line of Sec
ton Twenty seven CD, in said town
Of Ellenboro, and upon a petition duly
presented to the Chairman of the COun-
ty Board asking for county aid to
build said bridge, the said Chairman
appointed J. H. Wagner, the chairman
of the town of Liberty, and Louis Yes
perman, the chairman of the town of
South Lancaster, as the county COM
miSSiOnerS to act with said town in the
letting and acceptance of said bridge.
That on the 18th day of June, 1913,
the said town board, together with the
said highway commissioners, met at
the location of said bridge and let a
contract to William Mcmahon for the
construction of said bridge for the sum
of Nine Hundred SiXty-eight ($96S.00)
Dollars. That said bridge has been
built, accepted and paid for
That the said town of Ellenboro, at
the last meeting of the County Board,
was equalized in excess of the sum of
$500, 100000.
Your petitioners therefore pray that
the County Board will, at it's session in
November, 1913, appropriate and pay
to the said town of E1lenboro the one
half part of said sum so paid by it,
to-wit, the sum of -Four Hundred
Eighty-four ($4S400) Dollars.
All of which is respectfully sub
mitted.
LOUIS VESPERMAN,
J. H. WAGNER,
County Commissioners.
CRAS. GRANEY,
GEORGE CLIFTON,
JOHN FINNEGAN.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Grant County, Wisconsin,:
Gentlemen: - Your petitioners, the
supervisors of the town of lGllenbOrO
in said county, respectfully represent:
That at the annual town meeting,
held in said town on the 1st day OF
April, 1913, it was voted to build a Gull
vert on the highway running north
and south near the residence of August
| Wenzel, between the west half and east
half of northeast quarter of Section
| Eight go, in said town of Ellenboro
and upon petition duly presented to
the Chairman of the County Boark ask
| ing for county aid to build said cul-
vert, the said Chairman appointed J.
H. Wagner, the chairman of the town
of Liberty, as the county commissioner
| to act with said town in the letting and
acceptance of said bridge.
That on the 22nd day of May, 1913
the said town board together with the
| highway commissioner, met at the To-
| tract to William Mcmahon for the con-
/ structiOn of said culvert for the sum
of Two Hundred and Sixty ($26O.OO)
| Dollars. That said culvert has been
built, accepted and paid for.
That the said town of Ellenboro, al
| the last meeting of the County Board
was equalized in excess of the sum OF
| $500, 100000.
Your petitioners therefore pray that
| the County Board will, at its session il
! November, 1913, appropriate and pay Il
! the said town of Ellenboro the sum o.
! Sixty ($6O-00) Dollars.
| All of which is respectfully sub
| mitted.
J. H WAGNER.
CHAS. GRANEY,
GEORGE CLIFTON,
JOHN FINNEGAN.
Referred to committee on bridge!
and ferries.
A petition to place a certain road il
| the Town of Clifton on the State roa(
map of Grant county was read ant
referred to the committee on Statt
and County highways.
The following report of the commit
tee appointed to purchase road mach
inery was presented, and read. Oh
motion of Mr.. Vesperman the repor
was adopted.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisor
of Grant County. Wisconsin.
Gentlemen:-We, the undersigned
committee on the purchase of road ma
| chinery, beg leave to report:
At the last regular session of tn
Board held in November, 1912, Their
was appropriated for the purchase o
| certain road machinery the sum o
81 $4,000. We notified the several ma
chine companies that on May 1st, 1913
we would receive sealed bids for tn
| following machinery:
Two Is horse power portable gas
| oline engines, also township wheeled
scrapers, drags and plows, in accord
ance with your recommendation. anC
on the 1st day of May met at the Cour
| House and received bids for said ma
| chinery and we purchased from the
International Harvester Company o.
America, through Bryhan, Roth &
| TuckwOod two Is horse power portable
| combination gasoline and kerosene en-
| gineS for the sum of $1,134.00, one tt
| be delivered at Bridgeport, Wisconsin
| and the other to be delivered at Ian
! caster, Wisconsin, both to be equipped
with wheel brakes and friction clutch
pulleys and auto sparker. And we
| purchased from the Austin Western
Road Machinery Company, through
John Kelly as agent, the following ma
chinery: Eight No. 2 Township wheel
ed scrapers at $500 each, making
$224.00; four No. 1 of steel, double bot
| tom drag ScraperS at 1928 each, MAX
| ing $4,000; one No. Railroad plow for
$500 and one No. II Western ROoteT
| pillow for $4,000, making at total of
| $2S4.OO, plus freight to be added, the
freight being $16.53. And we also paid
to the Austin Western Road Machinery
Company the sum of $1,000 for two
| jack screws, which should have been
paid for year ago. All of the origin
al bids for said machinery being on
file with the County Clerk. Making
a total which we have paid in the sum
of S1,444.53.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted.
A. c. STEPHENS,
VIM. VICTORIA,
THOS. TUCKWOOD.
a. WEPKINCT.
Committee.
The Annual Report of the County
Clerk was presented and referred to
Finance committee. 1t is as follows:
Annual report of e. E. Mccoy, Coun-
ty Clerk of Grant County, for year end
ing October 31st, 1913:
To bal on hand Nov. l, 1912.s 1904