Proceedings Of The Board Of Supervisors Of Washtenaw County

Wednesday, October 24, 1894. The Board of Supervisors for the County of Washtenaw met pursuant to adjournment. Called to order by Chairman Young. ltoll called and quorum present. The journal of yesterday read and approved. Mr. Lighthall, from Committee on Criminal Claims No. 1, reported the following bilis and recommended their allowance at sums stated: Claimed. Allowed Zina Buck, deputy sheriff. ...$ 87 45 ijl 45 " " .... 197 22 193 90 M J Martin, " " - . 4 20 4 20 E W Wal lace. " " .... 14 50 9 00 John Keneler, " " ---- 13 01 6 On Report adopted. The íollowing bids for medical attendance upon persons at the County Jail were then presented to the Board : Ann Arbor, Oct., 1894. Tol lic Hon. Hourdof Supervisors of Washtenaw County: I hereby agree to attend the Washtenaw County prisoners for the ensuing year, and furnish medicine and surgèry, for $35.00. JoirN Kait. Ann Arbor, üct. 16, Ï894. To tlie Board of Supervisors: I herebj agree to fio the medical and surgical work of the Couuty Jail for the ensuing year for the sum of twenty-nine dollars and flfty cents. E. A Clark, M. D. r :-. n f Tr Plurk was Paul Soliall, constable $190 82 $184 04 James H. Eaton, constable... 83 18 17 'á E. D. Clark, constable 9 85 7 70 Mr. Oesterlin, trom Civil Claims Comtnittee, moved the allowance of the following bilis: M. D. Blosser, printing $ 22 00 $22 00 Kobinson&Co 2 00 2 00 The Comtnittee to settle with the Superintendents of the Poor made the following report: To the Honorable Ohairman and Board of Su pervisors of the County of Washtenaw: Gentlemen - Your Committee, appointed to examine the accounts of the Superintendents of the Poor, respectfully report that they have examined the said accounts and flnd that the stub-book and ledger agree with the vouchers and bilis for the same, and that the business is condueted in an economical and satisfactory mannen We desire to thank the Superintendents for the assistance rendered in the work; also.to Mr. and Mis. Shankland for kindness shown your Committee. Wit. OSBORN, PlilTA) GAlPIN. H. LlGHTHALL, Committee. Report accepted and adopted. Mr. Edwards moveh that the sum of flfty dollars be and is hereby appropriated Albert Smith, deputy sheriff, in appreciation of faithf ui services in the arrest of Wm. Jones, a desperate character, at which time said Smith was svounded. Adopted. Thereupon the Board adjoui-ned to to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. Thomas Young, Artiiur Brown, Chairman. Clerk. Thursday. October 25, 1894. The Board of Supervisors met puriuant to adjournment. Eoll calied uid (ïuorum present. The journal of i Fkiday, October 26, 1894. í The Board met pursuant to adjourn ment. Called to order by Chairman ! Young. Roll called and quorum present. The journal of yesterday read i and approved. 1 Mr. Miner moved that the County Clerk be instructed to purchase supplies for the court house and several county offices, and that the Clerk be authorized to draw orders on the Contingent Fund for the payment thereof. The Building Committee made the following report, which was accepted and adopted: REPORT OF BUILDING COMMITTEE, To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of the County oí Washtenaw: Gentlemen : Your Committee on Public Buildings respectfully beg leave to recort that at meetings of the Committee held at the court house on Oct. 18th, and on several subsequent days, the following report was prepared for your consideration. WORK ON COUBT HOUSE. It will be remembered by those who sat on the Board last f all, that during the closing days of the session heavy rain storms prevailed. Immediately after the adjourirment of the Board the Committee were informed that there was a serious leak in the upper part of the tower of the court house ; and the Committee at once investigatod the matter, and found the iloors llooded to an alarming extent, i cially endangering the machinery of' 1 the clock, as well as theceilings below. i The Ann Arbor metnber of the mittee was authorized to attend to this matter, and also, in fact, to all other matters not necessarily requiring ah full meeting of the Committee, at any j time; and he at once had the tower ' repaired by Messrs. Grossmann & ( Schlenker, at a cost of $3.75. There 1 has been no leakage since that time. s During the same storm, one of the circular Windows in the tower, on the , south side of the court house, was ken and a new one ordered inserted, j At üie request of the county officers it was decided to purchase a new ilag for the court house, the old one liaving become very much dilapidated. The ilag was obtained f rom J. C. Goss & Co., of Detroit, at a cost of $22.80, and is a very handsome one. lt arrived in time for use on the Fourth of July. A large nomber of' tiles on tlie iloors of the court house being fouud loose, and many breken, Mr. John Baiimgardner was given the contract to put in new ones and make solid those that were loose Fifty-one new tiles were put down, the material and labor for all amounting to $75.08. The old faucets of the fountains on the various Iloors had been so constructed that any person using thera might leave thern unclosed and let the water continue running. The result was that parts of the lower ceilings were seriously damaged and will have to be repaired To remedy this, the Committee engaged Kenny & Quinlan to put self-elosing faucets on all the fountains, and there has been no further trouble in that regard. The firm received $47.73. for the work. For putting new glass in fonr windows, and replacine the stained glass in the door of the Supervisors' room, {breken by unknown intruders ) and lettering the latter, J. E. Harkins was paid $22. Considering it necessary for the safety of the court house and for the efficiënt heating, that the boiler and chimney be thoroughly cleaned and all defects attended to, L. J. Sutter, a well known and competent machinist of this city, was employed, and perfonned his duties in the most satisfactory manner, spending, witli an assistant, about tliree days on tlie work, at a cost of $13.35. The locks on the north and sontli doors of the hall were reported by the janitor to have become useless, and also the lock on the door of the water closet, and new ones were ordered from Wagner & Biermann, costing $4.65. Hutzel & Co. were employed in April, at an expense of 75 cents, to stop leaks in the drinking fountains on the second floor. afterwards fouiid that tbere was an obstruction in the ja.il sewer which prevented egress of the contenta of the cesspool, and Mr. Jacob Schub was requested to lócate the point ot stoppage, which be finally found, and removed the accumulations which had caused the trouble. Iüs charge was $7.50. Sheriff Brenner reported to your Committee, October 21st, that the jail boiler and chimiiey required cleaning and new grates put in. Mr. Sutter was employed to clean the boiler and chimney, and was paid therefor $5.15. Included in this was new rubber for what iscalled the hand-bole. The Sheriff afterwards employed Ilutzel & Co. to put in new grates. The bill for the latter has not been furnished your Committee. THE STONE YARD, Before the close of the session of your Honorable Body, your Committee were instructed to sell the broken and unbroken stone in the stone yard. Efforts were made at various times to find sale for the stone, but without success. We finally concluded to advertise for purchasers, and in April we inserted an advertisement in the Ann Arbor Argus and in the Ann Arbor Courier, which was continued in those papers nineteen weeks, when, not bringing any result, it was ordered discontinued. The total .expense for advertising was $12.75. Later on, the County Clerk fortunately found a purchaser for five loads of the broken stone, at $1.00 a load. All of the unbroken stone was sold by Mr. lliram Kitredge to a man whose name he says is Beek. Ile did not consult your Cornmittee in regard to this matter. When we were informeel of the transaction we went to see him, and were assured that he would account to your Honorable Body for the value of the unbroken stone sold. The Committee had previously made a bargain for the sale of this stone to J. J. Ferguson for $16.50; but before Mr. Ferguson got ready to remove and use them, this sale by Mr. Kitredge took place. Tbus the matter stands at the date of this report. INSURANCE. W. H, Danoer - ---- 20 J4 M l' Grosshans jh no Thomas Voung - 24 24 W L Watkins. - 22 20 Krank Omitan 10 20 M. F. Case-... ■- - W 84 P.C. Wheelêr 2160 E. A. Mauser --- W 20 H. E. Wbtttaker 19 0 Wm. li. Osborn - 22 20 l'hlloGalpln - 18 4 H, Lightuall 20 04 Edwin BáU.. - - 19 2 Alfred Davenport... 20 16 Jobn L. Hunter 18 96 David Bdwards - J James Forsyth... 19 20 Michaet. F. Grosshans, M. F. Case, M. P. Alber. Mr. Miner offered the following: Resolved That the Board does hereby tender Chairman Young our thanks for the able and considérate manner in which he lias conducted our deliberations, and also to Chairman pro tem Edwards our thanks for the able exposition of parliamentary usage. Adopted. ïhereupon the Board adjourned to Wednesday, January 2nd, 1895. Thomas Young, Chairman. AltTIIUIt UOWN. Clerk.