Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-01-13
COUNTY BOARD SESSION
An Adjourned Meeting Of Marathon
Solons at the County
Capitol


county, with Chairman j ID. Christie
In the Chair, convened at the court
house in this city Wednesday fore
neon, nearly every member being
present in his accustomed place, all
ready TO take hand in the general
routine of business, being in session
only three days
County Judge Il. E. Bump submit
TED a communication petitIoning that
his Office be put on a salary basis,
which was referred TO the special COM
mIttee and acted upon later.
Municipal Judge l.. Marchetti's an
nual report was read and placed on
file. The report showed 665 criminal
and IS civil cases disposed of Fines
and fees turned over and paid in,
81, ,770.3l.
DR.. w. A. Ladwig, as county physi-
clan, submitted his report for the
past year and it was adopted. The
doctor was reappOinted for the ensu-
Ing year for the sum as before-S75.
Good roads building was discussed
and more than $4,000 was to be used
for the expenditure during the COM
ing year, with granite gravel as the
most satisfactory material for the
Poi PCoCs Vi IL
in the county. II. H. Brown. high
way commissioner. presented a report
as to the value of the road machinery
owned by the county, Sl5,T05 being
the value, and recommended purchas-
ing additional machinery to the
amount of about $4,000
At 1890 p. M, Thursday, found the
Board and other guests at the County
Training school, the particulars of
which are in another column of this
paper.
The special committee authorized
to make a settlement of accounts be-
tween the city and county made it's
report as follows: The original claim
of the county was for So, 45, but
the committees had discovered where
several mistakes had been made and
an agreement had been made for a
settlement, the city to pay the
county the sum of 81, 399 81 on or be-
fore Feb. Is. The committee of the
council is to submit its report to the
city council at its next meeting for
approval.
The question as to the term of office
and salary of Highway Commissioner
Brown was debated upon and the
opinion prevailed that the commits
sioner had been elected for three
years and that his salary remain as
before-Sl, POO, and necessary expenses
Commissioner Brown had reported
to the Board Wednesday, giving a list
of needed machinery and the cost of
same and was called upon Thursday
to enlighten it further. He reported
briefly that during 1913 only $29,097
had been expended upon state roads
in the county, leaving balance of
1913, ,874 to be added to the amount
raised for 1914. More work had not been
done in 1913 because of the inability
TO secure the necessary help. There
was also some delay because of the
necessity of transporting the machin-
cry long distances. Mr.. Brown also
stated that with the present equip
ment of machinery very little more
work could be done in 1914 than was
done in 1913, unless the supply of
labor was plentiful and regular. He
stated that if his report was cut in
any way he would prefer that the
county did not purchase any more
stone crushers, but that the money
be put into rollers, as these would be
absolutely necessary to good progress.
A committee of three was asked for
to make an investigation in reference
to some alleged shady dealings in con-
nection with the purchase of som e
additional lands for the asylum farm
Chairman Christie announced the ap-
pointment of M. w. Sweet, Herman
Ramthum and Fred Thomas.
The reports of the committee on
poor, of Coroner r. M. Frawley, Dist.
Atty. e. Z. German and of the COM
mittee on justice and sheriff's accounts
were adopted as read
The Board adopted resolutions pro-
testing against the early date set for
the state fair, as northern counties
cannot make representative exhibit
of products at that time.
The usual batch of bills were acted
upon and allowed.
The salaries of the incoming county
officers for next year were fixed as
follows: