Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-07-19
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1913.
Eagle River, Wis.
June 49,. 1918.

Eagle River, Wis.
June 18, 1918.
Mr.. Alfred Hong. County Clerk,
Villas County, Wisconsin.
(. Dear Sir-We have this day exam
ined the work done by the Worden-
Allen Company and find same is done
per contract and to our satisfaction.
Bridge in Town of Arbor Vitae.
Contract dated. September Is, 1918.
Total amount contract price S3lS8.
Fred Meloy, County Com.
/ VIM. Saltenberger, :
/ Chas. A. Bent, $
Resolution No. 1.
Offered by Supervisor John E. Han
son
Whereas there has heretofore been
taken by the Town Board Of the
]. Town Of Arbor Vitae and by the
Board OF Supervisors of Villas County
certain action for the construction Of
a bridge over and across the Boulder
River in section LIS and II in town
ship AZ north of range Z east, in the
town of Arbor Vitae, and which
bridge was advertised and known as
the Rice Creek bridge, and which ac-
tion provided for the payment OF the
Icost of construction of said bridge,
one half by the town of ArF,or Vitae
and one-half by Villas County, and
/ Whereas said bridge has been built
and completed as set forth in a state
ment signed by John e. Hanson,
chairman, and C. j. Coon and Dennis
Paquette. supervisors OF the town OF
4 Arbor Vitae, and by Fred Meloy,
and Hh0c Rpnf and
i VIM. Saltenberger, the members Of
the State Aid Road and Bridge COM
mittee of Villas county, which state
ment is dated the 18th day Of June,
1918, and by the report of such State
| Aid Road and Bridge committee to
/ 1 Alfred Houg, county clerk, and dated
!, June 18th, 1918, and
| Whereas, the contract price for the
construction Of the SO-called Rice
creek bridge was thirty-one hundred
eighty-eight and no one-hundredths
dollars ES3188.O0), one-half OF which,
the sum of fifteen hunured and nine
ty. four dollars, (S1594.OO), has been
raised and appropriated by The town
lof Arbor Vitae,
4 Now, therefore, be it resolved by
. the board of supervisors Of Villas
county, Wisconsin, that the report OF
the State Aid Road and Bridge COM
mittee be accepted and that the clerk
of this board and the chairman be
and they are hereby authorized and
directed to draw and issue county
order for the sum Of One-half OF the
construction cost of the so-called Rice
Creek bridge, to-Wit: for the sum OF
, fifteen hundred and ninety-four dol
!, lars, (SL594.O0l, payable to the Wor
of MiIxuop J1na Wic0nn.
Isin. 1.-THE contractor as Villas cOunty'S
one-half of the construction cost of
said bridge.
] Dated this 10Th day of June, A. D.,
! 1918.
) Signed: John E. Hanson.
Supervisor.
, On motion Resolution No. l was
adopted, all members voting aye.
June 10, 1918.
To the honorable county board of
supervisors of Villas county.
: Gentlemen-Th petition Of. the
Chippewa Sc Flambeau Improvement
Company respectfully represents:
That petitioner is a corporation Gre
) ated by and duly organized and exist
ing and by virtue of the provisions Of
Chapter $40 of the Laws of the State
of Wisconsin for the year 1911, and is
and has been at all times subsequent
to it's organization engaged III carry
ing on the business Of conserving and
regulating the height and flow Of
water in public reservoirs within the
state of Wisconsin and is and was at
all times hereinafter mentioned, a
conservation and regulation company
as defined by Section 81 .02 (5a) OF the
Wisconsin statutes.
That petitioner is and was at the
! times hereinafter mentioned, the
owner and in possession Of the fol-
lowing described lands in Villas county
tO-Wit:
Lots No. 2 and 4 of Section No in
township Nc. AZ north Of range No. 5
east, which said lands, together with
the improvements thereon, which con-
sists of a dam across the ManitoWish
river, and were owned, used and Oc-
) cupied by the petitioner fer the pur--
pose Of storing and conserving and
regulating the height and flow Of
. waters of said river and for no other
purpose and that neither Of said lots
No. nor any part thereof, nor any
of the improvements thereon, are sub
Il
of the said town of Flambeau, but
!, that the exclusive authority to tax
said property and rights vested in the
! Tax Commission Of Wisconsin, as pro-
videI by chapter 81 of the laws of
. Wisconsin.
Petitioner further represents that
the said lands and improvements were
placed upon the tax roll of the town
Of Flambeau, within which the same
are situated, in the year 1916 and the
assessor of said town attempted to as
sess said lands and improvements for
said year the same as other lands and
improvements were assessed in said
town for general state, county and
local taxes.
That the said taxes remaining I'M
paid, the treasurer of the town OF
Flambeau for said year attempted to
return the said lands above described