Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-16
ANNUAL MEETING.
Marathon County Board Of Supervisors
of Marathon County.

!. announced in the PILOT last week,
met in annual session Tuesday for
the transaction ofits regular business.
At the opening the Wausau Rotary
club extended an invitation to the
members to attend a meeting that
evening in the circuit court room for
the purpose of listening to an address
by G. @. Lakin of Chicago, an expert
in the use Of oil roads, which was ac-
cepted.
Communications received from the
state board of control pertaining to
convict labor were read and were re-
ferred to the committee on roads and
bridges and the county highway COM
missioner with instructions to report
at the Janury meeting of the board.
An invitation from the superin-
tendent and trustees of the Asylum,
Home and Hospital and to visit the
Stettin farm Wednesday, was ac-
cepted, after which the annual report
of the Asylum and Home was pre-
sented, which showed the total gross
earnings for the year S4l ,44I08: cost
of operation and maintenance S28, ,246-
.58; net earnings and savings for the
year $13, 1874 so.
In the evening Mr.. Lakin ad-
dressed the members and general
citizens in the court room on the
subject of road building, the use of
asphalt and oil as ideal binding
materials for better highways, and
fOrcefully and scientifically dwet on
their building to considerable length
and in manner to express conviction.
Wednesday forenoon the board took
up the matter Of building a sanatO-
rum for the treatment Of afflicted
tuberculosis patients, upon report of
special committee, which was
adopted by a vote of A to 10, and
apprOpriating the sum of $4,000 for
that purpose. The board also author
lied the committee on public property
to purchase a site and to have the
necessary buildings erected thereon.
The members of the committee are
G. A. Runkle of BrokaW; Herman
Ramthun, town of Wausau; G. E.
Dessert, town of Easton: f. J. Gaetz-
man, city of Wausau and G. P. Patf,
town of Texas.
The board also took up the matter
of purchasing 200 acres of land, ad-
joining the county farm in the town
of Stettin from l.. w. Thayer of
Ripon. The asylum trustees recon-
mended that the land be purchased
and the county board so ordered.
This gives the county farm of about
500 acres in that town all worked by
the county asylum.
On Thursday morning the report
Of the committee on equalization
was the next order of business and
engendered considerable animated
discussion on modification and amend
mentS, which was finally adopted as
follows: Total for towns S28, 1925, 900;
total for cities and villages, SIG, 130, 900;
total for county, S44 ,955, 200, which
was followed by the reports of the
committee on printing and stationery
delinquent taxes and general claims
all of which were adopted
j. E. Gillipsie, of Grand Rapids,
highway engineer, being present was
called upon, who addressed the men,
bers in relation to the changes in the
state and road laws, devoting consid-
erable special attention to mainten-
ance of macadam and gravel roads.
His remarks on the subject elected
grave attention and were greatly ap-
preciated by all listeners.
In the afternoon the members Wis
tied the Farmers Cooperative Pack
ing Co.'s plant, and were greatly
pleased with the work, so far as COM
pleted, its elabOrateness and assured
prosperity. The members upon their
return to their assembly room at the
court house were treated to sub
stantial lunch prepared by Supt. M.
H. Duncan and wife of the asylum,
topping it off, with cigars galore
for the smokers and apples for non
smokers, all of which were heartily
enjoyed.
Resuming the business of the day
the next thing in order was the cleo
tiOn of officers, resolution being
forthwith adopted not to change the
salaries of the county highway COM
missioner nor janitor for the court
house.
Henry Nolhard was reelected as
asylum trustee, receiving 80 votes to
"a cast for Carl Schewe; 6. H. Halder
for court house janitor, was reelected,
receiving42 votes to 19 cast for w. j.
Kregel, and E. d. Clapp was elected
to succeed himself as county highway
commissioner. The recess appoint
ments made by Chairman Christie in
conformity to the new law were ap-
proved, the board electing the follow
AAiS OOaAQ O4CiAOClS wiz l1dI ACNCAfC0
appointments and at the same time
fixed the length of their terms.
For the agricultural school board
Justin Means of Edgar, two years,
and w. F. Lemke, of Berlin, one year.
For the Training school board-A.
L. Kreutzer, city of Wausau two
years, and NJ. P. Mccullough of Scho-
field, one year.
For county school board-H. c.
Eggebrecht, of Frankfort, three
years; Ben Lang, of Mcmillan, two
years and F. E. Schultz, of Elderon'
one year. The county superintendent
being a member of the two former.
Mr.. Christie was authorized to ap-
point county state road and bridge
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