The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-06-04
JOINT MEETING
TWO COUNTIES
Bridge Business Taken Up by
County Commissioners
HILLSDALE HIGHWAY COMMIS.
SION C0NFERS WITH BOARD
Vote for Bridge Across at Twin Falls,
viii Investigate Hansen Rim to Rim
Bridge.

The county commissioners of Twin
Falls county in a joint session held
at the Twin Falls court house, last
Thursday with the Hillsdale Highway
Commissioners, decided to proceed at
once to the construction of a bridge
across the river at Twin Falls as soon
as plans and specifications can be Sc
cured At this meeting upon rep
reservations OF the. citizens of Hansen
Iand of the North Side highway district,
the two boards by resolutions set aside
the sum OF three hundred dollars
to get a guaranteed estimate of the
cost of rim to rim bridge across the
river north of Hansen the missouri.
Valley bridge company having agreed
for that sum to furnish such guaran-
teed estimate.
The boards retained Engineer Fox
to attend to details in connection with
| the proposed bridges
A copy Of the minutes of the board
follows
! Present at the meeting held at . p.
M, May Is, were o, r. Carlson, chair
man, 7, E. Moore, D. p Albee, 70 }.
I Finch clerk and commissioners Z. j.
Marshall, Floyd Brown and J. e.
| Sprague Of the FIillsdale highway dis
itrict.
Thereupon after q discussion by the
Imelp srs og the two boards fhe fol-
/ lowing resolution was presented to
4 the boards, to-wit
4 WherCas it appearing to he board
4 that q necessity exists for the con
/ IstructiOn Of a bridge OF bridges across
the Snake river connecting the COIN
/ ty Of Twin Falls with the counties Of
/ Lincoln and AIjnidoka and indirectly
with the Iiillsdale highway district
and deeming it for the public good and
to the best interests OF Twin Falls
county that steps be taken prelmiu-
Iary to the building OF said bridges
and it further appearing on Tepresen-
tati0ns made to the board by residents
Iof the Hansen territory in Twin Falls
IcOunty that the Missouri Valley Bridge
and Iron company would make gem
eral plan and guaranteed estimate
1 for a rimrock to rimrock bridge across
the Snake river canyon at point
north of the town of Hansen IN Twin
Falls county for a price of 100000.
Therefore, be it resolved that the
proposition of the Missouri Valley
Bridge and Iron company as communi-
Gated to the board from residents of
the Hansen territory be accepted con-
Iditioned that said general plans and
guaranteed estimate be based on data
to be furnished to the said Missouri
Valley Bridge and Iron company by A.
E. Fox, engineer for Twin Falls coun-
ty and r. T. McDonough, engineer for
the Hillsdale highway district, as to
the length, width and strength and
carrying capacity of said bridge and
on the further condition that Twin
Falls county's share of the 100000
cost of said general plans do not ex-
ceed $4,000.
Be it resolved, that Twin Falls coun-
ty in conjunction with the Hillsdale
highway district, proceed to the pro-
curing of plans and specifications for
a bridge across the Snake river at
the falls of Twin falls on said river,
said work to be done by A. e. Fox for
Twin Falls county and by d. t. Nc
Donough engineer for the Hillsdale
highway district, the cost of said work
to be borne jointly by the said Twin
Falls county and the Hillsdale high
way district.
4 Thereupon after discussion of the
resolution, T. E. Moore moved its
adoption, which motion was duly sec
onded and on roll call 7. E. Moore, d.
p Albee, F. j. Marshall, Floyd Brown
and J. E. Sprague voted aye, The res
olution was declared unanimously
adopted.