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

bridge.
ommend that the county board appro-
pirate such sum as is required by Sec
ton 1919, to be paid by the county as
aid to said town of Trenton, in defray-
ing the expenses of erecting said
bridge. said amount being One Hun
dred sixty and Fiftytwo Hundredths
($160.52).
NJ. JENNINGS,
County Bridge Commissioner.
REPORT OF BRIDGE COMMISSIONERS
TOWN OF TRENTON.
TO the Honorable County Board Of
Supervisors of Pierce County:
j. the undersigned county bridge
commissioner appointed by the chair
man of the county board pursuant to
subsection 4 of Section 1919, of W1scon-
sin Statutes to cooperate with the
town board of the town of Trenton,
in letting, inspecting and acceptance OF
the work of building steel bridge
within said town and located on sec
ton line between J.. sec section /! ana 20
That / did on the 18th day of july
1913, in conjunction with the town
board of said town of Trenton, and de-
cided to build said bridge by day LABOR,
and that the labor and materials
amount to Three Hundred Seventy-s1x
and seventy-two Hundredths ($37672)
Dollars
| report
been completed according to the speci-
fcations furnished by the state bridge
engineer and adopted by me that met
with the town board of said town on
the 18th day of November, 1913, and
accepted the work of building SAID
bridge.
/ would therefore, respectfully rec
ommend that the county board appro-
priate such sum as is required by Sec
ton 1919, to be paid by the county as
aid to said town of Trenton, in defray-
ing the expenses or erecting Sald
bridge, such sum being One Hundred
Seventy-six and SeVehty-tWo hundred
tbs ($176.72) Dollars.
Dated this 18th day of November,
1913. o,
County Bridge Commissioners.
REPORT OF BRIDGE COMMISSIONERS
TOWN OF TRIMBELLE.
TO the Honorable County Board of
Supervisors of Pierce County:
We the undersigned county bridge
commissioners appointed by the chair
man of the county board pursuant to
subsection of Section 1919, of Wiscon-
sin Statutes to cooperate with the
town board of the town of Tr1mbelle,
in letting, inspecting and acceptance
of the work of building a steel and
concrete bridge within said town and
located on what is known as the Don
egaI" road at a point where the big
y
road on the north half of the north
west quarter of section six CD in said
town of Trimbelle, do hereby respect
fully report:
July, 1913, in conjunction with the
town board of said town of Trimbelle,
let the contract for building SAID
bridge to M. A. Adams and company of
Minneapolis. Mimi. for the agreed and
contract price of One Thousand Four
Hundred ($1, 4OO.O0) Dollars.
We further report that said brldge
has been completed according to the
specifications furnished by the state
bridge engineer and adopted by us,
and that we met with the town board OF
said town on the 2Sth day of August,
1913, and accepted the work of building
said bridge.
We would therefore, respectfully rec
ommend that the country board apPro-
pirate such sum as is required by Sec
ton 1919 to be paid by the county as
aid to said town of Trimbelle, in de-
fraying the expenses of erecting said
bridge. $50
Dated this 2Sth day of August 1913.
c.. H HARTMAN,
VICTOR SWANSON,
County Bridge Commissioners.
County superintendent of Schools
Oscar F. Mattson read his annual
report, which was referred to the
committee on education.
REPORT OF COUNTY sUPERINTEND-
ENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Pierce County:
According to law, 1 herewith submit
to you my fifth annual report Your
appropriation of last year made IT
possible for me to again issue school
annual, which please consider a part
of my report, permitting me to make
my oral report very brief.
Visitation.
During the past year I have visited
every school in the county at least
once and many of them twice. Alto
gether ] have made 208 visits. This
believe is all that one person can do
without a clerk in the office and with
out an automobile. However, | be-
lieve that my visitation has accom-
pIished al the good it could under the
circumstances.
Examinations.
Spring examinations were held in
Ellsworth, Maiden Rock and Spring
Valley. A special one was given in
Ellsworth in June. The fall eXamina-
Plum City, Certificates were granted
as follows: First grade, 5; Second
grade, 80; Third grade, 38.
Diploma examinations were con-
Quoted in ten different places in the
county as usual. and central gradu-
alton held in Ellsworth in June. The
Rural school graduating class num-
bered SIS this year. which is the largest
in the history of the county. I am
pleased to report this increase and
hope that it will continue to increase.
The above number ought to be doubled
and could be if all the parents would
do their duty to their children.
Institutes.
Institutes We're held in Ellsworth
(two), River Falls, Maiden Rock, Plum
City, Elmwood and Spring Valley.
Licensed institute conductors were Sc
cured for these meetings and paid for
out of the institute fund.
Contests.
Contests in speaking and spelling
were carried on during the past year,
and in nearly every case proved highly
successful They will probably be
carried on during the present year.
although no arrangements have been
made yet
miscellaneous.
The annual school board convention
was held on October Is, 1912 with
about 155 members present. Rural
School Inspector Larson and Principal
Anderson were the outside speakers.
The township library books were
ordered in June.
All reports required by law Of the
county SUPERINTENDENT have been made