The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-22

ABOUT PUMPING STATION
Petition for This Must be signed by
one-third Of Property Owners
Affected-Those Who
Signed.

That all Of the county officers
should practice the strictest economy
in the conduct OF their various Offices
and that hereafter. the county board
of supervisors will purchase all of the
supplies for the Offices and will not be
responsible for the payment OF any
bills for supplies unless ordered
through the board, was embodied In
la resolution recently passed by that
body. Here is the resolution:
Resolved that all county officers
are hereby ordered and directed to
use the strictest economy in the dis
charge of their various duties and
further that all supplies ordered for
county Offices or buildings be first
approved by the board OF supervisors
and the county board of supervisors
will not be responsible for the pay.
ment OF supplies unless the order Is
approved by the board. The county
auditor is authorized to purchase
necessary office supplies for the Fort
Madison court house during the vaca-
ton OF the board
/. The Pumping Station.
The laws governing the establish
ment of pumping station by the
board OF supervisors requires first a
petition for such district, signed by
at least one-third of the property own
ers affected. In the petition presented
the board last week for the Green Bay
district station, there were twelve sign
ers out of thirty-two owners affected,
says the Fl. Madison Democrat. or
these twelve, three made effort to
withdraw their names and the cause
Of the persistancy of the attorneys
representing the promoters OF the dis
trict to maintain the original number
OF the petition was apparent as with
three names missing the petition
would have been insufficient. It was
held, however, that the names could
not be withdrawn. as far as the estab-
lishment of the jurisdiction Of the sup
ervisors was concerned.
Original signers to the petition were
A. E. tombstone, N. D. Traufler, John
T. Wenke, Herman Wenke, Julius
Wneke, Louisa Wenke, Josephine
Schroeder. Don D. Morrison, Frank
Stellern, E. G. Janse, Mississippi Riv-
er Power company (by c. W. Kellog,
manager) and Mabel Cushman (by
Geo. B. Stewart, attorney in fact). The
three filing notice Of withdrawal were
Frank Stellern. Don D. Morrison and
Josephine Schroeder. Others affected
by the district. as per the Perkins re-
port, are S. & J. c. Atlee Co., J. C..
Brewster, R. s.. Gore, o. c. Herming-
hansen, P. G. Hitch, Jr., Pauline LANCE.
Henry Meierotto, Geo. e. Rogers. H.
w. Bohnert. Henry Helling, Ed. Johns,
John Lescvh. L. n. Rump, A. P. Mey-
er, J. A. Tower and 0. u. Herming-
hansen.
Total Cost Of Work.
The total cost OF the installation Of
the Green Bay drainage district which
covers every feature in the reclama-
ton of the 1885 acres of land in the
district to benefit by the levee, win,
according to the report presented to
the board of supervisors by Engineer
Edmund T. Perkins. cost about s34S.-
GOO That would cover the pumping
station. sea walls. and bitches and
other features Of the levee The cost
of the pumping station alone would
amount to $4,000, the cost Of its main.
tenance for one year would be $1o,-
TO.
According to the report presented.
there is total OF 1871 acres of land
in the district to be reclaimed. After
the installation Of the necessary
equipment, it would leave 1886 OF
reclaimed land.
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