Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-11-18

The matter of the county assisting in
purchasing certain books was. referred.
5000 was appropriated to the library.
Reports were rendered by the fin
ance committee; County Judge F. E.
Bump, relative to insane and public
minded, were read and placed on file.
The salary of the stenographer in
the district attorneys office was in
salary per day of the county surveyor,
from $500 to $500 a day. Sheriff
Emil Tesch asked that his salary be
increased, as there was not being paid
him now enough TO pay living eX :
penses and hired help.
The plan for building 156 miles of
concrete roads and 100 miles of gravel
road in the county was submitted.
The cost of this work will cost about
S4.250.000
Ii is proposed to issue bonds for
this work, not all at one time but as
necessary. 1t is further planned to
submit the proposition to the people
of the county. The resolution was
adopted and the election as to whether
the roads shall be built and the bonds
issued, will take place on the 18th of
December, 1919.
The roads to be built is as follows,
all Is feet wide excepting one mile in
the city, which will be Is feet wide:
Name of road Miles
Wausau- Merrill, City of Wausau--
Wausau- Merrill, S. T. HI. No. 10 - IL
Wausau Stevens Point, S. T. H. No.
10 ------------------- Is
Wausau-Bi rnamwood S. T. H., No.
10 ---------------- 10
Colby Wausau, S. T. H., No. 13 - 40
Observation-Disclosures S. T. H., No.
Mosinee- Marshfield ------------. s
Wausau-Antigo 10
Athens-Wausau Is
Schofield-Bevent -- 5
Mosinee- Marshfield " II
WauSau-Antigo II
Athens - Is
observation-disclosures ittenberg $500 II
Elderon- Norrie- Wausau ---- s
Elderon- Bevent-Schofield -------- 20
Flieth cut off Is
An appropriation of $39.9S5.S7 was
made for bridges in the towns of Bern,
Halsey, Rietbrock, Maine, Emmett,
Vein, Frankfort, Hamburg, Wausau,
Norrie, Day, Texas, Eau Pleine, Kron-
enwetter, Harrison, Kronenwetter and
Knowlton, Cassel, Day and Cleveland
and town of Weston One half of the
amount must be paid by the county.
The sum of 1921 ,250.S5 will be ex-
pended ON the Wausau-Stevens Point
highway in 1920 of which SAC, 416.95
must be paid by the county, was pro-
vided for. This was as per statement
made by the State Highway commits
sion. There was also $2O,123O0 ap-
propriated to be expended on various
trunk highways as required by the
statement. The road appropriations
were as follows:
Federal aid projects ---$2S,916.95
State Trunk lines --- 7,247.SS
County Systems --------- 8,053.20
Maintenance " 5000. 90
In the matter of a memorial for the
Marathon county sailors and soldiers,
who were in the world war it was vot-
ed to postpone consideration until such
time as suitable grounds can be OBJ
tanned.
The banks of the city were made
county repositories.
The following road and bridge COM
mittee were appointed for the ensuing
year: Messrs. Gust Doering, Bern;
VIM. Kuehn, Norrie and Henry Ha-
mann of Frankfort.
The committee on equalization rec
commended that the equalized assess
ment of the county as made by the
assessor of incomes be adopted and it
was so voted The total of the towns
was $51, 402,6S5 and of the cities and
villages S32,094,792.
1t was voted that hereafter at the
county hospital, only county patients
be received
1t was voted that the chairman be
authorized to appoint a woman mem
Der of the health committee of the
county. the selection to be made later.
A tax budget was adopted for the
county, showing that outside of the
receipts $677.017.29 had to be raised
The annual meeting adjourned Sat
urdaV morning until January 19 1920