Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1900 — Commissioner’s Court. [ARTICLE]

Commissioner’s Court.

The Commissioners met in special session Dec. 13, and allowed the claim of T. J. & H. F. Burk for new bridge in Walker township amounting to $845. A new bridge was contracted for in Carpenter tp., with the New Castle Bridge Co., at $595; also one new bridge in “Jordan tp., same company, $1,098. At the regular Dec. term the following allowances were made by the commissioners to themselves as salaries to N0v.30; A. Halleck * 58 25 S. A. Dowell 56 25 FredWaymire 50 25 Following are the bonds and bondsmen of new officers not heretofore reported: A.G. Hardy, sheriff, SSOOO, signed by A. G. Hardy, Walter V. Porter, John Martin' le and A. Leapold. M.U. Price, surveyor, SIOOO. Signed ly Myrt B. Price. W. S. Russell and Robt. I' rker. Elias Arnold, trustee Barkley tp.. SO. 0, signed, by Elias Arnold, George W. < it, Christain Arnold, Charles F. Arnold, I D, Walker, Win. Daniels. The bond of the trustee of Newtou tp., has not been placed on the record at this writing, Dec. 18. Another special session was held Tuesday last to let the contracts for stationery, etc,, for the various county offices. The BnrtTerry Co , of Lafayette was the only bidder on class 1 and 2. The bid was: Class l $1,063 75 Class 2 263 75 For “class 3” there were three bidders, as follows: G. E. Marshall $l4O 00 Jasper Co. Democrat 126 00 Leslie Clark 102 08 Classes 4,5, 6, janitor’s supplies etc., for court house, the bid of I. Tuteur, $55.50, was accepted A. F. Long bid $(53, and J. A. Larsh for class 4, $47. The bids in “Class 3” were considerably under the bid and contract price the previous year. Last year The Democrat did not bid on this work, and the Journal and Apologist editors put in a “joint bid,” of $395 and were awarded tho contract. This year we put in a bid and the Journal and Apologist each a bid, with tho result that the county gets this work for almost S3OO less than last year, it lacking only $7.80 of making S3OO less. The work last year was worth only about S3O to $35 more than that of this year. The stationery contracts for 1901 foot up to a total of $1,379.30, against $2,882.08 under the old system in 1898.