Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1915 — BRANT-WARNER LUMBER CO. Commissioners' Proceedings. [ARTICLE]

BRANT-WARNER LUMBER CO.

Commissioners' Proceedings.

Following is the report of the proceedings of the board'of county commissioners for Tuesday, the last day iof the July session: Ihe auditor was directed to have plans and specifications prepared for a new bridge in Marion tp., and also one in Barkley Ip. In the W. R, Custard stone road letting in Wheatfield t |»., A. S. Keen bid $3,G60 and Charles Kain, $3,1 ’**• The board found that Keen was t he lowest and best bidder and awarded him contract. Kain demurred over the award and demanded (Contract, which was refused, and he appealed to the circuit court, Board appointed It. A. Mannan as superintendent of construction. The Julius Hine stone roml" was ■ iablislu-d, and George A.- Williams stowed-. $1 00 attorney tee. I’he- board appointed the following n;.-pectors lor i in* railroad subsidy • lection to fie held in Marion tp., next Wedpesday: Precinct No. 1, ill Coen; No. 2, ,1. F. Hardman; No. 3, C. J. Dean; No. 4, Harvey Wood. The Trust & Savings Bank report'd the interest on county funds in that institution for the month of .fune to bo $ 1 1 8.53. Advertisement was ordered made lor Bids lor electric fixtures, wiring, c c., of the poor farm buildings and ;• so lor the erection of a wash house ;b the poor farm. It is understood that arrangements will be made to extend the "juice” wires out to the farm from Rensselaer. '1 he petition of John O'Connor et al for abatement of the sinoke nuisance at the county heating plant was continued. Contract for coal for county use for the ensuing year was let to the I’rOver Coal Co., at the following prices per ton,\f. o. b., Rensselaer: Linton No. 4 and Indiana Lump, 52.22; egg, $2.12; mine run, $1.92; Panther, W. V., smokeless, mine run, $3.10; lump, $3.75. The petition for a co*unty hospital in Rensselaer was granted and same ordered established. A tax of 1 mill on each SIOO for maintenance of same, was ordered made. C. H. Peck of Remington, F. E. Lewis of Kersey, J. I). Allman, E. 1$ Honan and L. H. Hamilton of Rensselaer,’ were appointed trustees. The petition of C. B. Steward, probation officer, to transfer Dorson Fross from the Julia E. Work Training School at Plymouth to the school for feeble minded at Ft. Wayne, was granted. There were eight bidders for the construction of the Lewis S. Altei stone road in Carpenter tp., although there is but three miles of this road. Most of the bidders were from outside the county and there was a large range in the bids, running from $7,218 to $9,464. The contract was let to Taber & Hallahan of Wabash. Mr. Taber is the O. P. Taber formerly residing at Remington and a former commissioner of Jasper county. He used to be engaged extensively in stone road making some fifteen or twenty years ago, but we have not heard of his doing much in this line of work in recent years. Following are the bids of each firm bidding on the road: Taber & Hallahans7,2lß A. E. Gray... 7,798 Alva, Harriman 7,981 Smith & Thompson 7,300 George Gilman 8,496 Dolen & Kinney 9,464 Ed Mahoney. 7,775 O. E. Shafer 7,797