Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-04-26

and authorized to pay m0ntnlA
rent for telephones in court house
and Jail and file bill for the same
with the board.
On motion, duly seconded and v
carried, A. w. Gaines, county
was directed to investi-
gate and report with reference to
the necessity and advisability OF
an intake on the west
leyee- of the main ditch of the
Upper Boyer Drainage district in
the NE section 23-80-42, on the
north side of bridge No. 46 in &
said township,
The following is the report of
A. w. Gaines. county engineer,
with reference to intake on north
side of bridge No. 49, Boyer
Township:
REPORT.
Logan, Iowa, April 20, 1917.
To the Honorable Board of sup-
5 ervisors,
Harrison County, Iowa.
E Gentlemen: Pursuant to YOUR
instructions have made an ex-
animation of the matter of drain
ing out the water that. will cOi-
Hlect north of the new grade
(road) extending from bridge No.
46. Boyer Township. 10 the Chi
tcago & Northwestern railway
track. Bridge No. ~ has been
in the old grade
simply. as an outlet for this water
which has flowed down the waste
bank of the ditch. entering the
Boyer ditch, in the main. at the
northeast corner. of the former
location of bridge No. IS.
To provide an outlet for this
water into the Boyer ditch an in
take should be provided running
from the borrow pit north Of the
new grade parallel to the new
grade and entering the Boyer
ditcch north of the new bridge
No. 46 Boyer would recon-
mend the installation of SO feet
!of 36-in. corrugated pipe with
flood gate and concrete head
walls, A flood gate is necessary
to prevent the flood waters of.the
Boyer ditch backing out into the
low land between the Chicago &
Northwestern railway grade and
the waste bank of the Bower
ditch. This intake should he
placed 40 feet or more north of
the new bridge No. 46. Y
As this is one of the matters OF
tcxpense made necessary by the
change of highway at this point
lit may he paid from either the
read or bridge fund at the dis
Icretion of the board.
Respectfully submitted,
A. w. GAINES.
County Engineer.
On motion, duly seconded and
carried, the plan recommended
by the foregoing report of A. w.
!! Gaines, county engineer, is here
| by adopted and approved: and
THE intake recommended by said
report is hereby ordered installed
as recommended by said report
under the supervision of A. w.
iGaines, county engineer; and the
;said engineer is hereby author
lied and empowered to procure
1.-THE necessary material, and di-
;rected to have said intake con-
structed at the soonest possible
thine. a
Further hearing and consider
alton i'm the matter of the petit
jtion of j. O. silsby, ct al. and the
report of w. A. Price, engineer,
with reference to the establish
ment of proposed Upper Soldier
Drainage District No. 2, was con-
}.tinued till May ist. t9t7, pending
the appointment of appraisers by
| the auditor, and the filing of re-
port covering the assessment OF
damages in said proposed dram
age district. For complete rec
lord. with reference to the action
taken by the hoard in relation
thereto at this meeting, see rec
ord Of sal dproposed district in
Ditch Reorcd No. Z.
On motion the board adjourned
Till May 1st, 1917.
Attest: j. r. VANSCOY,
j. NJ. ALBERTsEN, Chairman.
Auditor.
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