New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-06-28
COUNTY FATHERS IN
SPECIAL HEARINGS
DITCH PROCEEDINGS OCCUPY
ATTENTION AT PROLONGED
SESSIONS.
SEVERAL BRIDGES BADLY IN
NEED OF REPAIRS SINCE
SPRING FLOODS

Ditch matters occupy the attention
of the Board of County Commissioners
to such an extent that it has become
necessary to hold special meetings Three
were held last week. At the special
meeting held June 21st the prayer of
property owners in the Town of Sigel
asking for an alteration of the highway
known as the New Ulm & Chetek road
in said town was granted.
At the adjourned meeting held last
Wednesday the Board continued to hear
the parties interested in County Ditch
No. 28 and after due consideration de-
cided to refer the engineers report and
the viewers report back for an amended
report and such amended reports will be
heard by the Board July 9th.
At the special session held Thursday
the petition of Gustav Radke and others
for a ditch in the Town of Milford was
presented. FL Minium was appointed
to make the necessary survey and Peter
Sprenger, John A. Sellner and Martin
Paulson were appointed as viewers.
Louis Lehne's application for a re-
duction of assessment and refundment Of
taxes paid was referred to Chairman
Polkow for investigation and report.
The claims of Furrow, Son & Co. for
commission to pay for ditch bonds was
referred to the County Auditor and Co..
Attorney for settlement. The bonds
of G. E.. Lambrecht and Chas. Crumlett
furnished in connection with their con-
tract to keep parts of State Highway No.
81 in repair were approved.
Laid ever to the next meeting was the
application OF the Supervisors of Null
ligan for aid to repair 4 town bridges.
The engineer reported that Contractor
Neitge had completed the tile work and
the work on the bridges according to
plans and specifications and the same
was laid over until the next meeting to
give the members of the Board an opor-
tunity to inspect the work.
According to Commissioner Palmer's
written report which was read and
ordered filed, the sum of $256.25 was
expended for work done in crawling
State Road No and the Co. Auditor
was directed to issue his voucher for
this amount.
W. G.. Hermann was granted license
to keep and sell, cigarettes, cigarette
papers and cigarette wrappers in his
place of business at the Townsite of
Essig.
. Sheriff Julius reported on the per-
sonal property taxes which had been
turned over to him for collection. He
filed with his report list of uncollectible
taxes which the Board by resolution de-
clared uncollectible. They aggregate
the sum of $128.30.
Before the close of the session the
Board of Audit presented it's report of
the audit of the Books of the County
Treasurer which report was filed and
ordered recorded in full.
The week prior thereto the Board of
County Commissioners was in session
also and on June 18th, heard the petition
of V. E. Keyser and others for deepening
and widening county ditch No. 7 which
runs through the townships. of Lake
Hanska, Linden, and Cottonwood
After hearing all the evidence on behalf
OF the parties interested, the Board by!
resolution appointed Charles N. Robert
son., deputy state engineer to make
an accurate survey of the line of said
ditch from it's source to its outlet,
fixing his compensation at So per day.
The county auditor was authorized
to advertise for bids for repairs on the
Iberia bridge. The steel stringers on
this bridge are in need of repair. Several
parties appeared before the Board
and objected to their assessments on
Co. Ditch No. Is but the Board refused |
to take any action.
On Thursday June 10Th the Board
met again in, special SESSION at which
meeting the petition Of Jos. A. Sellner
and others for public ditch known as
county ditch No. %, came up for con-
sideration. A large number of interested
parties were present and quite few
witnesses were examined, and after
the Board satisfied itself that the hear
ing could not be concluded on that day
they adjourned until June %, 1916.
Commissioner Roland was directed
to have cleaned out parts of county
ditch No. Z, complaint having been
made by Thos. Shelly of Lake eHanska
and Commissioner Palmer was in