Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-08-09
COMMISSIONERS TURN OUT
BIG GRIST AT MEETING

| thelr regular monthly session, be-
ginning Monday. However, there
was SO much business to look after
that they sWere, in session half of
Tuesday. review Of their more
/ important transactions follows:
| F1agpoIe on Court House Lawn
The mayor of McConnelsville was
granted the privilege of placing the
| flag pole formerly in the middle of
1.-The public square, on the court
house lawn, in the place now occu-
lpied by the doughboy. The base IT
the pole is TO go through the boulder
received from the Gettysburg battle
/ field, the boulder to be properly in
scribed.
! IN the matter of the John Berry
road in Homer township, the road
was rejected on request of Mr. Ber-
| ry.
Action on the final hearing on the
c. L. Price road, Homer township,
was postponed to Sept. 3, 1928.
Contracts Awarded
| Five bids We're received for the
opening on the Bone crossing. Con-
tract was awarded to Radcliff &c
Riseberg at their bid of $539. The
highest bid was $500. The same
parties We're awarded the contract
for the Mcdonald bridge, DeerfieTd,
at the bid of 5000 There were two
other bids, the highest being $645.
Four bids were received on the
Jesse Mills bridge, culvert and road
IN Homer township. j. NJ Beard
the lowest bidder was awarded the
contract, his bid being $3.50. The
highest bid was $1,968.3S.
Bids on the Howard Murphy
| bridge were received from three diff
ferent parties. Glenn Parsons was
awarded contract at his bid Of 1855.
The highest bid was 1870.
On the Hugh Ellis bridge, Marion
township, ]. @. White was the low
est bidder-s257.75, and he was
awarded the contract. The highest
bid called for S27888.
E. H. Clifton & Son bid s640.78
on the V. L. Parsons bridge in I'm
ion, and were awarded contract
Radcliff & Riseberg's bid was but
two cents more.
! But one bid, that of J. M. Beard
for $3.50, was received for the repair
on the John Lowell bridge, Marion
contract.
III &C pdIllCo WduOu III With mus
on the Buck Run bridge, Union. f.
H. Clifton C Son with the lowest bid
of S454.08 were awarded contract.
The highest bid called for s465.57.
For the Tropic culvert, York
township, three bids were received,
with E. H. Clifton & Son the lowest
I-$41S.38, and they were awarded
contract. The highest bid was
lS43875
Of the four bids on the Turkey
Run bridge wing wall. Windsor, B.
L. Kean's bid of $173.S0 was the
lowest, and to him was given the
contract. The highest bid called for
$4,000
But one bid, that of Mckay &c
Whitaker, was received on the wing
wall at Lindimore bridge, and they
were awarded the contract at their
bid of S529.5O.
Hiram McGrath was awarded con-
tract for cleaning and painting M.
M. bridge, at his bid of $685.. But
two bids were received, the other
calling for $3.50.
Two bids were received for the
scraping and painting of the Stock
port bridge. Z. E. McGrath was the
lowest and he was given the con-
tract. His bid was $500. The 9TH
er bid was 1915.
Five bids were submitted for the
furnishing of paint for NJ & M.
bridge, and Stockport bridge. The
contract was ordered entered into
with the Standard Supply Co., by
which the county agrees to purchase
Carter pure red lead, ground in oil,
lat $14.40 per hundred pounds, if
1000 pounds or more is used; same
to be delivered as needed. Raw lin
seed oil at s1.13 per gallon, turpen-
tine at S1O6.
]. K. Seaman's bid was way under
two others for the cleaning and
painting of the brick and stone sur
face of the court house with two
coats of paint. His bid was $535.
The highest bid was 500.
Eight different parties were suf-
ficiently interested to submit bids
for furnishing Of the paint for court
house. The Standard Supply Co.
landed the prize at their bid of S13
per hundred for Milwaukee brick
paste, S1.13 for raw bruised oil,
$1.06 per gallon for turpentine, and
$14 per hundred for Carter lead.
Two bids were received for the re-
surfaclng of the base of the court
house. Prince McKibben with bid
of s205 was the lowest The other
was 1927.
The bond of F. C. Barkhurst, in
the sum of $4,000, as county sur
veyor, was approved.
The Morgan township trustees
were granted their request to pur-
chase road grader for use of the
trustees at cost not to exceed
$500.
BY Force Account of Labor
The county surveyor was instruct
ed to do the following jobs by force
account of labor: Repair of Geo.
Daley bridge, Bloom; repair of COW
cred bridge near w A. Williams,
Union; repair of Silas GLADDEN.
bridge, Union; repair of Henry Nc
kibben bridge, Windsor
Some one of the commissioners
were instructed to contract with
some suitable person to perform the
following jobs Painting the Harry
Grimes bridge, Union; painting the
Linnie McInturf bridge, Marion;
painting the John Phillis bridge,
Center; painting and repair of the
0. Morris bridge, Center; furnishing
floor and painting the Grove Patter-
son bridge. Union
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