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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS W JA �sTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
J ELMER JOHNSTON,- JAMES W WALKER, COMMISSIONERS
replaced with a steel design; that some few decayed sidewalk plank should be rs-
mo ved and replaced and that the braces connecting the railing and the sidewalk
should be removed and replaced.
"The requirements would be approximately 100 yards of wood block, 17 tons
of paving pitch, 60 tons of limestone clips, about 1000 feet of creosoted lumber
and the necessar
y steel for the sidewalk railing repairs and expansion Pointe, �
which mould be of approved design.
"As the extent of this overhauling and repairing can not be determined '
only as the work proceeds and on this account does not loan itself to a definite
preparation of plans and a lump sum bid on the work, we hereby offer to do the
work at cost plus a margin of profit of Twenty( 20%) percent. This cost would
include superintendent, for0um, labor, transportation expenses of men, materials,
the cost and maintenance on too..s and equipment, workmen's compensation and {
liability insurance, freighting and trucking. An approximate cost of the work !
would be Five Thousand ( #5000.00) Dollars and we would satisfy your engineers as
to the actual cost by furnishing such itemized quantities and invoices as they
might demand. j
"We have a superintendent and men ready, to proceed with the work at
once but it would take a week to ten days to deliver the material."
After discussion it was moved by Commissioner Torrance and seconded
by Commissioner :Barnes that inasmuch as the conditions made the amount of the
work so uncertain together with the necessity of early action it appears inad-
visable to advertise, that the work of repair and replacement on the Webster-Donora
inter-county bridge be given to the Farris Engineering company at a cost plus basis
as set forth in said letter of May 21 , 1924. Motion carried unanimously, and the
said letter was endorsed on the back by the County Commissioners and the County
Controllers of Washington and Westmoreland counties.
There bing no other business, the meeting, on motion, th#t adjourned.
J. E. Johnston
President or JohnVieeting,
James F. Torrance
acre ary of joint-meetini.
Office of County Commissioners,
Washington, Pa. , May 23 , 1924.
Board of County Commissioners in regular session, each member having
had personal notice of the meeting, members present being Messrs. Walker, Johnston
and Barned.
The following resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of the County
of Washington, relative to thenissue by the said county of $5000 in temporary
loans was presented, duly seconded and unanimously adopted by said Board, to wit :
W.HHIIRIJA3, it has become necessary for the said Board to borrow the sum of
$50,O00for the purpose of meeting current expenses for the year 1924 and for which
taxes have been levied but are not paid into the Uounty Treasurer, now, therefore,
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LJOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
J ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W WALKER,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commis-ioners of the said
County of Washington, that for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of
current expenses, the proper officers of the said county are hereby authorized
and directed to negotiate temporary loans and issue notes therefor, payable on
demand, with interest from date; said notes to be negotiated and issued an
follows :
Names of Institutions: Amount
Washington Trust CoMEEZ $ 25000
Citizens Trust Co. , Canonsburg $ 22000
and that the said notes be paid out of the first funds available to the County
Treasurer from the taxes levied for the current year of 1924,
Commissioners in regular session, members preseht being Messrs.
Johnston, Walker and Barnes.
Motion by Mr. Johnston, sec(mded by Mr. -Oarnes, that County
Treasurer be directed to transfer, with approval of County Controller, the sum
i of Twonty-five Thousand ( $25,000) Ljoliars from the Road Fund moneys of the County
of Washington into the General Fund of the County of Washington for the purpose
of meeting current expenses; ;the said sum of Twenty-five Thousand ( $25 ,000) Dol-
lars, to be returned to the Road Fund from the first tax monies received and which
have already been levied.
Motion unanimously carried.
There being no further business, the d urned
( SIGNED)
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
Office of the County Commissiobers,
Washington, Pa. , May 28,, 1924.
Commissioners in regular session, members present being Messrs,
Johnston, Walker and Barnes.
Joint meeting with County Controller at 11 :30 A. M. , to receive
and open bids for purchase of 165 Road Improvement Bonds , series of 1924, 4 1/2
per cent interest , total amount of issue being $165,000; present for County
Commissioners , Messrs. Johnston, Walker and Barnes; for Uounty Controller, Mr,
Underwood; bids from following concerns opened in presence of county Commissioners
and read; -