Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 211, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1913 — ROADS AND BRIDGES CHIEF BUSINESS [ARTICLE]

ROADS AND BRIDGES CHIEF BUSINESS

Commissioners in Regular Session Transact Little Business Outside ol the Above. The county commissioners at their regular monthly session transacted considerable road and bridge business, advancing some petitions, letting some contracts and continuing a big majority of the petitionsProbably the most important piece of road legislation in the county is the Frank Hill et al petition in Jordan township. .The engineer and filed their report and the tfause was continued for the filing of a supplementary report. The same order was made in the Walter V. Porter et al* petition, except that expense account was allowed and ordered paid. Garland Grant, petition for ditch;' service in person on land owners affected; cause continued. John Keefe et al, petition for highway, report of viewers filed, road established, nighway ordered vacated, no remonstrance, report approved; width of road 40 feet; auditor directed to give notice, Lewis Zick et al, petition for highway; Devere Yeoman appointed engineer and Thos. F. Maloney and Wirt. Fitzgerald viewers; ordered to meet at office of Alex. Jenseh at Wheatfield Sept. 9th, and ''qualify; report to be filed on or before first day of October term. John W. Merry ditch; report approved and drainage commissioner, W. W. Sage, descharged; allowed $23.13. George W. Kennedy, petition for ditch; time extended fqr filing report to. Sept. 20th. B. D. McOolly was awarded the contract for several (bridges: two in Kankakee township at $473 each, 90 days given for construction. A joint bridge for Marion and Barkley townships for $1,725, to be completed in 60 days. A bridge in Union township for $1,280, to be completed in 60 days. The engineer was ordered to draw up. new plans for brige No. 2564 in Wheatfield township. Same order for a bridge in Kankakee township. Various other bridge petitions were continued. Charles Kain, contactor, Was allowed $1,352 on the H. W. Marble stone road. Ed Herriman, contractor, was allowed $2,741.33 on the George Putt toad. B. J. Moore wps awarded the contract for the construction, of the Yeppe Hansen stone road »r $8,050. The board found that the total cost, including damages, would be $9,000 and ordered bonds issued in twenty equal bonds of $450 each. Paris T. Robinson was appointed superintendent of construction and ordered to qualify by giving bond. The matter of dividing Union township was continued to the second day of the October term. The contract for building a new porch in front of tjie jail wiis awarded to Smith & Kellner for $500; ordered completed by November Ist. , John A. Dunlap was again employed as county attorney on the same terms as last year. The contract for county poor farm supplies was let as follows: Groceries to John Eger, $148.44; drygoods to Geo'. E. Murray Co., $49.35; meat to Roth Bros., S4O. The courity surveyor’s bond was fixed at $5,000 and County Surveyor Yeoman gave the Illinois Surety Co, at surety; bond approved. Jesse Nichols,, superintendent pi the county farm, filed his quarterly report. The county board of finance reported the following interest from banks: Rensselaer First National, $74.69. Trust & Savings, $35.62. Rensselaer State Bank, $44.79. Remington State Bank, $23.20. Bank of Wheatfield, $3.85.