Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1919 — THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS [ARTICLE]

THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Proceedings of TueMlay’s Session Briefly Mentioned. At Tuesday’s session of the county commissioners considerable business was transacted, and the board adjourned Tuesday afternoon to meet again on Saturday, September 13, to file supplemental reports and hear objections in the various county unit highway petitions. Comimissioner Welch —any The Democrat believes I l ® * 8 right in his position—is opposed to most of these county unit petitions, while Commissioner Makeever, whose township (Newton) wamts $65,000 worth of roads, and Commissioner Marble, whose township of Wheatfield and the township immediately east, Kankakee, wants a system estimated at about $62,000, are very ahxlous to have the roads approved, at least those affecting their own immediate bajllwicks, it is said. It is reported that the county council is opposed to bonding the county at this time for any such- amount as is asked for on these county unit roads, about $335,000. x B. D. McColly was allowed $595, contract price in full, for bridge

repair over the Iroquois river on the Barkley-Marion line. Same, $590 for new bridge in Union township over the Davisson ditchu The Winamqc Construction Co., $3,102 for new bridge on Hebron grade. In north end of county. , In the Henry Amsler road, Contractor Oris Salrin was released and contract cancelled. Notice ordered given for ire-letting. Original contract was let April 3, 1917, for $7,753.38. Same action whs taken in the Henry M. Rayburn road, and amount due contractor for work already done was ordered paid to E. P. Lane, sub-contractor. Original contract for this road was let October 3, 1916, for $10,309.42. Contractor was relieved and contract cancelled on the W. O. Rowles stone road ’amd County Surveyor Nesbit directed to ascertain value of work already done. This contract was let September 5, 1916, for $5,072. •County Treasurer May reported additional bonds of $5,000 on the Carey L. Carr stone road sold to the First National bank of Rensselaer at par amid accrued interest. Also the $4,000 addition-’ on the J. W. Ritehings stone road to the Fletcher-American National bank of Indianapolis at par and accrued interest. The board appointed Lyman Raymond as superintendent of the Frank Fenwick stone road in Jordan township. f $ In the Jacob A. May and G. I. Thomas stone roads in Carpenter township bonds were ordered Issued and Guy and Blue were allowed $l5O attorney fee on each road. Same action in the R. J. Yeoman stone road in Newton township, except that attorney fee was ordered paid to Blue. In the W. L. Wood stone road in Union township, S. A. Brusnahan, George H. Hammerton and W. L. Wood asked to be released as bondsmep for James H. McClannahan, superintendent. Cause was continued without action by the board. In the A. I. Sargent ditch, additional time was granted for filing report. In the .ditch petition of Russell Van Hook, Fred A. Phillips, who had not been named in the notice, appeared in person and waived notice. No remonstrances having been filed, ditch was ordered established and cause referred to county surveyor. The petition of C. M. Sands, truant officer, to send Eleanor Gertrude Sigman, to feeble-minded school, was approved. Trustee Walter Harritnigton of Union township was granted permission to extend S2O additional poor relief to Mts. Barney Dewitt of Fair Oaks and also to pay $45 for burial of her husband. The August interest reports of the Trust & Savings bank of Rensselaer and State- bank of Reminjgton, which had not been entered on the docket when the proceedings of Monday’s session were secured by The Democrat, show $196.06 and $166.11, respectively.