The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-29

Office IN this county and It being imperative
once. it is therefore ordered BY the Board of
County Commissioners that the office OF
County Engineer be and hereby declared
and hereby Is appointed County Engineer Of
this county to ill vacancy for the unexpired
term Of NJ G.. J. Lcreditsch or until such
time as Mr.. LOreditsch returns discharged
from such military servi should he so
return before his term as County Surveyor
expires
The members of the Board of County Com
missioners Of this county. IN continuation
with members Of the Rush County Board
having personally viewed and inspected the
road On the County line between said coun-
ties opposite the Doer place IN smoky Hill
township, the Board determined not to take
any action in regard to relocating road At
this point. and ordered that township ON
work at once to cut down hill on this road
at this point and make road passible Tor
ord1nary tEstae. and that county et . s,I
The road petition of John J. Werth and
others Of Wheatland township, having been
allowed and the road viewed as published
missione-s, vaeating same
Final order was made in the John J.
Werth road ase Cocation) locating same
as prayed for in the petition
Philip Wolf was allowed $3.50 as land
The road petition of J. A. Hustled and
others of Riveryiew township was presented
found legal and proper and the prayer for
Jacobs and WiIlett J. Helms were appointed
viewers
and others of Buckeye township praying
for the vacation and relocation of a section
line road was presented, and rejected for
said petition had recently been done and for
further that petition was not in
proper form as it asked for vacation and
relocation of the same blank petition
The raOd petition of John A Weber and
others of Herzog township was presented
The bridge petitions of J. ]. Hustled and
others of Riverview township was ordered
filed and was passed until Commissioners
could view proposed bridge site
The Bond OF c. A Beeby, AbstractOr. was
presented. approved and ordered filed
The Board of County Commissioners, hav-
ing met to hear protests against the pro-
posed construction and repair OF bridges ar
cuIverts and there oelng no protests agalnsE
the proposed construction and repair OF
bridges and culverts, ordered that the fol-
lowing repairs be made and the following
new bridge ompletions and new culverts
be constructed:
New Construction
1. Five new spans to Yohe bridge. on
/ Each span SO feet steel Girder type, re-en-
/ forced concrete piers and new abute-
ment REINFORCED concrete floor; Is foot
road way. Estimate cost S7,50O-OO-
2. To complete bridge Golden Belt
road just west of Ellis city limits. between
! sections 5 and 8 in township Is, range 20.
! 80 foot Luten design bridge, estimated cost
Necessary for completion s1,ooo-0o-
8. To omplete King bridge, between
/ sections 10 and II in township ID. range 20
Is foot REINFORCED concrete slab bridge;
last year $1,000. Necessary to complete
4 CuIverts on Golden Belt Road:
ID One "a in gal. iron culvert p # long
80 rods east of NV. corner of section TIA
IT concrete end rails Estimated cost s175-
(2) One 80 in gal iron culvert % # long
so rods east of ToulOn. south of R. R. Con-
crete end rails Estimated cost $4,000
(s) One Is in gal. iron culvert p # long
dc 81 of linz afT
s and IN Sc ton S-14-17- Concrete end
rails. Estimated cost $3.50
crete end rails. 20 rods west of TOulOn-
south of R. R. Estimated cost $500 Galva-
(5J one Is in gal iron culvert p #
long. concrete head rails. 30 rods west o.
section line between sections and 10. twp
t6) One Is in gal iron cuIvert p #
long, concrete hear rails, 20 rods west OF
section line between sections 10 and II IN
Section 1o-14-17. Estimated cost $3.50.
% One 80 in gal iron culvert, onerete
hear rails, so rods east of section line be
J Estimated cost 5000
(8) One 80 in. gal iron culvert p #
long concrete head rails. 80 rods west OF
ne corner Of section 14-14-17- Estimated
(9j One Is in gal iron cuIvert p #
long. concrete head rails 200 feet west OF
above culvert- Estimated cost $3.50
C1O) One Is in culvert. gal iron, % #
long. Oncrete end rails, Just north of ne
corner original town of Victoria Estimated
cost $3.50.
CID One p in gal iron culvert p IT
corner section 2-14-16. Estimated cost S175
t12) One 80 in gal iron culvert p #
long. concrete rail heads, so rods east o
! n-w-r corner of section 1-14-16- Estimated
(Is) One "a in gal iron cuIvert p #
: long, con rete rail heads, 80 rods west o.
n e. corner of section 1-14-16- Estimated
5. Following culverts on the zeiElel
! COunIV road.
} 81 One REINFORCED concrete culvert "a in
# concrete cd rails half section line
} section 33-15-1s. Estimated cost $500.
s. % One # concrete slab bridge
on Zeigler road 80 rods south of the ne
corner of section s-1s-1s- Estimated cost
T. Following cuIverts of the county road
north and south of Victoria:
% One "a # REINFORCED concrete. #
cd rails, 40 rods south of ne corner OF
cestion i-14-17. Estimated cost $500.
cd. rails. 80 rods north of Sc corner OF
section 1-14-17. Estimated ost 5000
it. high. #. concrete cd rails. so rods
south Of NV. corner section 31-14-16- EST
"a One 4 # concrete slab culvert #
high, concrete cd rails. 80 rods north s.w
corner section 6-15-16. Estimated cost $3.50
go One "a in concrete ulvert concrete
cd. rails at s.w. corner of NV 4 section
36-I5-1T- Estimated cost $500.
g. Following culverts the Kutina road
/ ri One "a in. culvert REINFORCED concrete
concrete cd rails, 40 rods south of ne
corner of section 20-13-SO. Estimated cost
$4,000.
(2) One p in REINFORCED concrete. con-
rete cd rails, so rods north of Sc corner
of section 20-13-20. Estimated cost $500
49, One % in. REINFORCED concrete culvert,
concrete cd rails, SO rods south of ne. cor
ner of section 24-13-2o- Cost $4,000
"a One "a in REINFORCED culvert. con-
crete cd. rails, $50 rods south of corner
of section 24-13-2o. Coct S250-00
(5) One "a in REINFORCED rete cul-
vert. concrete cd rails at half section line
between section % and 23-13-2o- Estimated
cost S250-0O
(6) One I8 in REINFORCED concrete culvert,
REINFORCED cd rails, go rods south of ne.
| corner of section 5-14-20- Cost S175.00-
Cd One "a in. REINFORCED concrete culvert
con rete cd rails, 80 rods south of ne
corner of S-14-26- Estimated cost $4,000
9. Following cuiverts Hamilton road
north of Ellis
ID One Is in. REINFORCED culvert, with
concrete cd rails, 40 rods north of corner
of section 32-12-20. Cost S175-00
(2) Six foot extention. REINFORCED concrete
with # guard rails TO present culvert so
! double arch ulyert z # high) with wing
walls and cd rails, cost $4,000
All galvanized iron cuiverts to be corro-
gated type and set in concrete heads wit
concrete guard rails extending two feet
above top of culvert- Concrete cuiverts to
have two foot guard rails. All guard rails
on both bridges and culTeFts to be painted
white All culverts to have a clear roadway
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