The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-29


Frank SOhrc, NJ. Gainor; Good Thpn-
der. Il. l.. llouk.
! PETIT Mcpherson. Chas. Brewer,
George Preston; 81. Clair, John
I Cords: I.cRay. George Westphal.
/ Adolph IIocln: Eagle Lake, Dan
Cleavland; jamestown. Mike Baynes;
Madison Lake. Paul Muellerlelle;
Decorin. August Thrun. II. A. lFaedt;
ManKato Twp. Nint Smith; John
. Magley. John Mock. Louis Arnold,
/ Chas. Burgess: Lime. Matt Sanger.
! \. II. Chapman: city. LIST Ward. J.
". Donahue. Ben Dieke, Leo Jeffer-
son. Gust Swanson; City, End Ward.
Henry KlugherZ, ChHs. MaXfield;
Frank ErcutZer City. 3rd Ward.
Hugh s. Mabce. Geo. \. Barnard.
John u. Ilodapp: city 4th Ward,
Geo W. Wilson. Vim. II. Mitchell,
John Hughes. d. +. Rollins: City.
9Th Ward. Alva y Beach. Fred Hot.
aling. {. Fitzgerold. Fred Prouse. J.
II. Thompson: City. 9Th Ward. Geo.
W. Simmonds. Ben Knutson; South
Bend. Richard Jones; Lake Crystal.
VIM. ]. Wigley. Walden Hunt: Jud-
son. David W. Bowen. Charley Peter.
Butternut Valley. Andrew Rabrud.
Arthur G Jones; Cambria. William
5. Evans; Rapidan, c. s. Erickson,
NJ Weir; Shelby. Dan Bowen, An.
drew Larson: Amboy. Hubert Kin.
! ney: Vernon Center T.. Geo. r. Gray,
Herman Schwartz; Vernon Center
Village. Chas. Bates: Pleasant
Mound. Amel Ludtke: Ceresco, Ben
Charter: Garden City. Hans Oleson,
Ora Swan: Danville, c. p Klaus. NJ.
j Ryan: Medo. James Faley, Edwin
Olson; Mapleton T.. William Keller,
c. f.. Jones: Mapleton Village,
William Borchard: Beauford, L. W.
Naubel. J. X. Dumbeck: Sterling,
George {. Keith. J. Z. Drews; Lyra.
Herbert Graf. Henry Hitler; Good
Thunder. ". II. Bruss.
| On motion. board adjourned ut
l. m. 10 meet at LAS p. N.
Board met at l:i5 y. NJ, pursuant
TO adjournment
3 At D. H., the adjourned hearing
I On county ditch No. 80 was taken up.
A large number Of the interested
parties were present or represented
By counsel. All were given an oppor.
tun!ty to express their opinions for
ICr against the ditch. The viewers
and engineer were asked numerous
questions. Different interested parties
also were heard on the assessments
Of benefits and damages as to the
amount thereof and as TO the actual
| benefits and damages. After cOnsid.
Grafton OF the statements and evil
denCc CT the interested parties and
the arguments for and against, the
. beard considered that the ditch should
be extended to station IL. which Is
the south side Of the east and west
highway On the quarter section llue
1 in section -. town 1875. range 20:
and that certain specified amenti.
. ments OF the assessment OF benefits
aud damages should be made. and
thereupCn Commissioner Davis moved
, that the viewers and engineers re.
/ ports be referred back 10 tie viewers
and engineer for recon liberation and
reimbursement and amendment: they
10 report forthwith. This molten was
| seconded and carried.
! The amended report of the engi.
necr an viewers on said ditch were
received and filed
II, Motion made and carried that the
hearing be adjourned until Q n. M,
January 9TH. 1915.
I Thursday. January eth. 1916
4 Board met at 3 n. NJ, pursuant 10
adjournment.
! Molten made and carried that
county ditch No. 50 be ordered con.
! structed and established and the
amended engineers and viewers re.
port be adopted and the amended
viewers report rs TO benefits and
damages be confirmed. Commission.
ers Foley and Kraus not having been
present at the hearings in 1914, dill
not vote.
| The hearing was then adjourned
sine die and the board proceeded TO
regular business.
Commissioner LAWS introduced the
/ following resolution: .-
BE 1t resolved by the board OF
county commissioners of the county
OF Blue Earth In the state OF Min.
nesota, that
| Whereas, heretofore a suit was i'm.
stitutcd against Walter r. Brooks.
the former engineer on certain drain.
age bitches I'm said county, for the
purpose of recovering for the prop.
erty owners interested, certain alIeg.
ed overcharges, and whereas said
overcharges have been determined i'm
the amount OF three thousand seven
hundred ffty-six and forty-two hun.
dredths dollars (s3,756.42) and where
as said Walter F. Brooks has paid
said amount to the county attorney
OF said county. and said county al.
torney has paid said moneys into
the treasury Of said county, now.
therefore, said county attorney Is
hereby directed TO enter a stipula
ton settling said suit for said
amount and 10 enter judgment SC
settling and Diminishing the same, and
the auditor and treasurer of said
county are hereby ordered and direct
ed to distribute TO the propert,
owners assessed for the construction
OF their respective bitches involved