Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-02-28
OFFICIAL COUNTY
COM'RS PROCEEDINGS
Big Contracts Iet-Seyeral Set
OFF From One School Dis
trict to Another.

Auditors Office. Pine City, Minn.,
Feb. 14th. 1918, 1 o'clock p. m.
Board convened this day pursuant
to adjournment; all present
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
In the matter of the petitions of
T. II. Newman and Peter Fl. Nyberg
to be set off with their lands from
school district No. s to school dis
trict No. 43. it was ordered that the
petitions be granted. Also ordered
that the petitions of A. B. Ches-
braugh, Jake Ploeger. F.. w. Barnick,
Fred w. Barnick, John Guse and
Emil Carlson, all freeholders of
school district No. 30. asking to be
set off to school district No. 67, be
granted. Also that the petitions OF
VIM. II. Trapp, Gustaf Magnuson,
Elias Johnson and John NJ. Magnu-
son, freeholders Of school district No.
20, asking to be set off to school dis
trict No. 81. be granted. Also the
petitions OF Erick Larson. Gust Carl
man, Olaf Larson and Louis Larson,
asking to be set off from school dis
trict No. 20 to school district No. 81,
were ordered granted. The petition
Of Alfred Larsen to be set off from
school district No. to school dis
trict No. 5S was granted.
The petition OF d. r. Bright to be
set off from school district No. 21 to
school district No. ss was granted.
The petition Of A. q. Mckay, ask
ing to be set off with his lands from
school district No. 66 to school dis
trict No. 81 was denied.
Petition OF Victoria Dunaiski ask
ing to be set off with her lands from
school district No. 90 to school dis
trict No. 81 was presented. Also pc
titions from Louis Dick and John
Fondeen, asking to be set off from
school district No. 20 to school dis
trict No. 81, were presented, and the
hearing on each of said petitions was
fixed for Monday. March 1S, 1913, at
l o'clock p. m.. at the court house in
Pine City
Bids on file, in accordance with
published notice calling for same,
| for the construction work and ma
terial on Minnesota Project No. 1,
were opened and read. and after due
consideration the following contracts
| were awarded:
To J. J. & NJ. s. Mergens, all con-
struction work except bridges, of
sections l & 2. being the southerly
10 miles OF said road, for the sum OF
$37,649.46.
TO Pearson & Co.. northerly 20
miles of said road. grading only. for
the sum of $2s,697.45. Also con-
struction Of 3 culverts for the sum OF
s1,932.o4.
TO Norris Construction Co.. five
bridges. for the sum OF $s.s52.O2.
To Foley, Young & Peabody, con-
struction Of Bridge No. 2O26. for the
| sum oi 3Al,oVV.VO
Contract for sectional reinforced
concrete culvcrts was awarded to the
Kettle River Co., at prices per lineal
foot as set forth in bid.
On motion it was ordered that all
other bids be rejected and that the
County Auditor be directed TO read
vertise For proposals for gravelling,
and for the grading for such por-
tions OF said road as remain unlet,
bids to be received up to March IS,
1918.
The County Auditor was also di-
rected to advertise for bids for the
purchase OF rock crusher and for
a tractor. Bids to be opened March
IS, 1918.
Also to advertise for bids for the
construction OF bridge across Mis-
sion creek, Sec. %. Town 40. r. 21;
for bridge across upper Tamarack
river In Sec. 25. Town AZ, r. 16: and
for bridge in Town OF Kerrick. ac-
cording to plans and specifications
on file.
| On motion the highway engineer
was instructed to make survey and
prepare estimate OF bridge across
Pine river between Secs. 10 and 90,
Town A. X. 60
Also to order repairs on bridge in
Kettle River township. not to exceed
the amount Of $500. In case said re-
pairs are found to be advisable.
Bids were received and opened for
the construction Of Bridge No, 2759.
between Secs. 10 and 80. In Town 50,
Range %, and on motion the con-
tract for the same was awarded to