Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-31
OFFICIAL REPORT
PROCEEDINGS OF ANNUAL MEETING
COUNTY BOARD OF GRANT COUNTY

trio wires of the Electric Light Plant,
the costs for the same being $3.50.
We have paid to the Electric Light
Company the sum of $4,000 on said ac-
count, the same being the amount ap-
propriated, and the balance of said bill
will be before the claims committee.
We made an exchange with the I'm
derwood Typewriter Company for the
two old typewriters in the office of the
County Judge and County Clerk and
had two new ones placed therein at
difference in cost of $102.50, and we
have paid the Underwood Company the
said sum of $102.5O.
We found that many of the electric
light bulbs in the Court House were
burned out and we had the electric wir
ing changed to the Mazda System and
placed all new electric bulbs within
the Court House; this was done by the
Lancaster Electric Light Co., and we
paid to said Company therefor the sum
of $134.00. There was no appropria
ton for this, but it was something we
found had to be done.
You recommended that there should
be eight standard lamps and chande-
Tiers placed around the Court House
square and appropriated the sum of
Five Hundred Dollars therefor, proVid-
ed that Mr.. G. H. Baxter of Lancaster
would pay $4,000 toward the expense.
When we came to lay out the work we
found that it was necessary TO have
nine standard lamps and that the cost
for the same would amount to $735.OO
We conferred with the City Council
of Lancaster in regard to the terms of
your resolution, and the City agreed
to pay for the lights consumed and we
entered into a contract with the Lam
caster Electric Light Company for the
installing of said lamps, a copy of
which contract is hereto attached and
made a part of this our report We
paid to said Company from the County
funds the sum of $4,000, Mr.. c. H. Bax-
ter paid $4,000 therefor, and the City
of Lancaster $135.00, but with the I'M
derstanding that a bill for said sum
would be presented to the County
Board for payment. The officials of
the City were not very anxious to have
the lamps installed, for the reason the
lights cost considerable amount of
money to keep these lamps in operation
throughout the year, and much more
than the arc lights which the City for
merly had on the street corners sur
rounding the square.
You recommended that the radiators
in the Court House be bronzed and APP
propriated the sum of $500 for so DO
ing, but in the contract for the decorat-
ing of the interior of the Court House
the bronzing of the radiators was in
cluded.
You recommended that some ar
rangementS be made to have the tele-
phone system in the Court House thor
oughly oVerhau1ed and you appropri-
ated for such purpose the sum of $50. 90.
We have had more or less trouble dur
ing the past year about these tele-
phone systems and have been unable
up to the present time to make any ar
engagements whatever, either with the
Wisconsin Telephone Company or the
Farmers Telephone Company. We un-
derstand that the Wisconsin Telephone
Company will submit to the County
Board at this session a proposition for
installing a new system and the same
can then be determined by the County
Board at this session.
All payments herein stated will be
before Finance Committee.
We issued County orders for all
claims allowed at the last regular SEES
sion of the Board and also issued Coun-
ty orders for claims which necessarily
had to be paid during the year for the
general running expenses, all of which
Will be before the Committee on FL
nance.
During the year we appointed Coun-
ty Commissioners to act on behalf of
the County in the letting, repair and
construction of bridges where Coun-
ty aid was given. In this connection
we desire to call the attention of the
members of the Board, that wherever
County aid is required a petition must
be presented, showing the location of
the bridge and the probable cost of it
in order to give the Chairman proper
jurisdiction to appoint commissioners
Many OF the chairmen seem to think
that by writing a letter is sufficient
but the law requires a petition must
be filed and this should be done in ev-
cry case; first, for the purpose of Civ
ing the chairman. the Jurisdiction to
appoint commissioner, and second
in order to protect the town in case
of any trouble arising with the con-
tractor.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted. w TER J. BRENNAN
Chairman.
z. E. MCCOY Clerk
Mr.. Mathews moved that Walter j.
Brennan be elected chairman of the
Board for the ensuing year.
The motion carried Mr.. Brennan
accepted and resumed the duties of
the position.
Chairman announced the standing
committees for the session as follows: