The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-22
MEETING OF COUNTY
ROAD COMMISSIONERS

At a meeting of the board Of road
commissioners for the county OF Bar
aga, duly called and held at the court
house in the village Of L,Anse, Mich
igan, on Monday, January 2S "A. d.
1924.
The following commissioners were
present: Gustave Lundberg, Arvon,
andC Christian Jentoft, LAnse. Alb
sent, none.
The meeting was called to order by
Homer j. Pennock, Clerk.
Commissioner Christian Jentoft Of
L'Anse was chosen chairman of said
board for the ensuing year.
Thereupon Chairman Jentoft pre-
sided.
The minutes of the meeting of De-
cember 81, A. d. 1928 were read and
approved.
On motion Of Lundberg supported
by Jentoft and declared carried by
the vote following, Harold E. Nilsen
was appointed superintendent Of
maintenance of the various county
and trunk line highways for the en-
suing year.
Yeas-Lundberg and Jentoft.
Nays-None.
On motion of Lundberg supported
by Jentoft and declared carried by
the vote following, patrolmen for the
several trunk line highways were ap-
pointed as follows:
Section /, Trunk Line Is, John
Warjonen.
Section 2, Trunk Line 10, William
Keranen.
Section 8, Trunk Line Is, Fred
Stiglich.
Section a, Trunk Line Is, George M.
Edwardsen.
Section 5, Trunk Line Is, Joseph A.
Anderson.
Section 6, Trunk Line Is, Joseph A.
Anderson.
Section Z, Trunk Line %, William
Leinonen.
Section 8, Trunk Line 20, Joseph
Miettunen.
Section 9, Trunk Line 35, Henry
Egerer.
Section 10, Trunk Line 35, David
Olson.
Yeas-Lundberg and Jentoft.
Nays-None.
On motion of Lundberg supported
bv Jentoft and declared carried by
the vote following, the following bills
were allowed and ordered paid:
Carl Anderson, shop rent for
and miscellaneous
supplies 10 30
Baraga County Telephone Co.,
telephone rental Baraga ga
Noise Deschaine, mgr, tele-
phone installation and rental
county garage ...... 9 rs
|. E. Swift Co., 5-ton block
and miscellaneous supplies 1928 80
Standard Oil Co., gasoline and
oil maintenance ..... 81 Ia
Baraga County Hardware Co.,
small tools .............. 16 10
John n. Cote, repairs on Ford
roadster ...... 8 30
& Sanregret, repairs
on Ford roadster :. ...... 10 70
L'Anse Sentinel, 100 letterhds. 6 so
Duluth South Shore & Atlantic
Railway Co., cinders ...... 90
Upper Peninsula Tractor Co.,
miscellaneous repair parts. 80 IS
Paquette Brothers Company,
plow and small tools .555 95
E. Jean Campbell, insurance
on county warehouse .... 60 90
Armstrong -Thielman Lbr. Co.,
Tor county warehouse
and snow fences ....... 1000 90
Joseph Kemp, labor on county
warehouse .oOO w
Joseph Boyer, miscellaneous
small tools and repairs -. 81 25
Yeas-Lundberg and Jentoft.
Nays-None.
On motion of Lundberg supported
by Jentoft, the following resolution
was adopted by the vote following:
Whereas, Richard J. Howes. Will
liam j. Seppala and Elmo Malela,
owners of certain parcels of land in
the Township of Covington, County
IF Baraga and State of Michigan, are
unable to agree with the Road Com
mission for the County of Baraga,
asto the value thereof, and.
Whereas, the said Board of Road
Commissioners for the County Of
deem it necessary to acquire
the aforesaid lands for the purpose
Of construction of a trunk line high
wav. therefore be it
Resolved, That this Board cause
the necessary proceedings to be COM
menced and Instituted against the
owners of said land, to acquire title
thereto, for the purpose above men,
toned.
Yeas-Lundberg and Jentoft.
Nays-None.
On motion of Lundberg supported
by Jentoft and declared carried by
the vote following, the following re-
port on maintenance of the trunk line
highways for the quarter ending De-
cember 81, 1928, was read and ordered
placed on file.