Cotton Township Trustee’s Report – 1898

Cotton Township, Switzerland County, Indiana, Trustee’s report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 4 Aug 1898 – Page 4, Column 4

Cotton Township.
Trustee’s Report to Commissioners of Switzerland County, Indiana.
By A. J. WORKS, Trustee.

[See newspaper for full report.]

Road Tax Fund.

EXPENDITURES.

1897.

  • March 4, Albert F. Hyde, 11 1/2 days work on road, $11.50
  • March 9, Wm. P. Truitt, 3000 ft bridge lumber, $35.00
  • March 11, Geo. Lakeman, 1 day breaking stone, $0.75
  • March 30, Elwood Houze, 1 day road work and plow, $5.50
  • March 31, Newell H. Morrison, 17 days work on road, $17.00
  • April 1, Wash Miller, freight on scraper knife, $0.80
  • April 1, Vevay Wharf boat Co., freight on scraper, $1.45
  • April 12, Jno. N. Crouch, two days breaking stone, $8.00
    April 17, Lincoln Clark and C. D. Tinker, hauling stone, $20.50
  • May 12, Henderson Works, hauling lumber, stone and grader, $7.50
  • May 12, Harry Faudre, stone, $1.29
  • May 12, Haydon Gary, hauling stone, $1.91
  • June 2, Jno. S. Mead, 1 day self and team on road, $2.25
  • June 9, Fred Stepenson, 1 day team with grader, $2.00
  • June 13, Henry Elfers, bridge timber and posts, $6.20
  • June 19, Elwood Houze, 7 1/2 days team and cash to Galbreath, $12.70
  • June 19, M. O. Dennis, 3 days scraper and grader, $6.50
  • July 1, Jno. Warner, work on road, $2.00
  • July 2, Henderson Works, work on road, $4.00
  • July 3, Tom Works, 8 days work, $6.00
  • July 12, Nelson Fisk, 15 locust posts, $3.75
  • July 21, S. O. Murphy, road work, Warner, Manser & Kittle, $30.45
  • July 21, J. L. Sedam, repairing grader, $0.50
  • July 21, C. D. Tinker, 2 1/2 days team on road, $5.00
  • July 21, J. R. Houze, road tools and order E. Houze, $8.78
  • July 21, C. O. Potter, bridge rails and axle grease, $1.22
  • July 21, A. J. Sedam, rep road tools, $1.05
  • July 21, A. W. Brown, 2 days team on road, $3.00
  • July 21, W. P. Truitt, 588 ft bridge lumber, $9.70
  • July 21, Geo. Lakeman, 1 day self and team, $2.75
  • July 23, J. E. Williams & Bro., road tools, $0.95
  • July 22, A. T. Hyde, 22 1/2 days work, $22.50
  • July 23, M. E. Sedam, repairing grader, $1.00
  • July 24, Fleming Manufacturing Co., repairs for grader, $13.00
  • July 26, Alvin Works, 3 days team and 12 bridge stringers, $5.70
  • July 27, Tom Works, 2 1/2 days work on road, $2.00
  • July 27, Baker & Thornton, road scrapers and other supplies, $25.50
  • July 31, Peter Houze, 2 days work on road, $2.00
  • Aug. 4, S. R. Heath, road tools and nails, $1.43
  • Aug. 4, Jeffery Miles, repairs for road tools, $2.75
  • Aug. 6, Geo. Lakeman, 2 days team and 4 days breaking rock, $6.00
  • Aug. 16, W. R. Smith, breaking stone, $0.75
  • Aug. 18, Geo. W. Potter, 25 locust posts, $3.75
  • Aug. 20, Alex Lowe, 3 1/2 days team and nails, $3.90
  • Aug. 20, John Warner, 4 days work on road, $3.00
  • Aug. 20, S. O. Murphy, am’t paid Jno Warner for road work, $6.85
  • Aug. 23, Wm. P. Truitt, 628 ft bridge lumber, $12.40
  • Aug. 27, Will Lester, 2 days team to grader, $4.00
  • Aug. 28, Walter Knapp, 2 men and team 2 days on road, $5.63
  • Aug. 29, Wm. Higham, locust bridge timber, $4.95
  • Aug. 30, Geo. Lakeman, 6 days breaking stone, $4.50
  • Sept. 1, Alex Lowe, work and cash paid hands, $20.00
  • Sept. 4, John Warner, 2 1/2 days road work, $2.00
  • Sept. 4, A. F. Hyde, 6 1/2 days hauling bridge stone, $9.75
  • Sept. 6, J. H. Harris, plow, $3.00
  • Sept. 7, Orville Bosaw, breaking stone, $1.50
  • Sept. 8, O. P. Tinker, 2 days team on road, $3.00
  • Sept. 8, Tom Works, 7 days work on road, $5.25
  • Sep. 23, John S. Humphrey, laying bridge walls, $3.00
  • Oct. 2, A. B. Hyde, 14 days work on road, $7.00
  • Oct. 8, James M. Tinker, 2 1/2 days work on road, $1.88
  • Oct. 9, Geo. Rochat, hauling stone and gravel, $33.75
  • Oct. 11, Wm. Keafer, 2 days breaking stone, $1.50
  • Oct. 18, C. D. Tinker, 4 days hauling stone, $6.00
  • Oct. 27, Geo. W. Potter, 5 locust posts, $1.00
  • Oct. 29, Frank Peters, work on road, $1.00
  • Oct 29, Nelson Fisk, locust timber, $8.50
  • Oct. 29, Lincoln Clark, 7 days team on road, $10.50
  • Oct. 30, O. P. Tinker, 2 days work on road, $3.00
  • Nov. 3, M. O. Dennis, 1 day team on road, $1.50
  • Nov. 3, E. C. Ford, 4 days breaking stone, $3.00
  • Nov. 3, Ira Davis, other work, $1.00
  • Nov. 5, Henderson Works, team work, $7.00
  • Nov. 12, D. N. Haydon, cash paid for breaking stoen, $9.37
  • Dec. 20, E. C. Ford, breaking stoen, $15.00
  • Dec. 24, Henderson Works, 2 days scraping, $3.00
  • Dec. 24, Tom Works, 2 days breaking stone, $1.50
  • Dec. 25, O. A. Potter, team on road, $2.75

1898.

  • Feb. 11, J. C. Hizer, acc’t Jno. Warner, $16.77
  • March 7, Harry Faudre, stone, $3.61

 

Township Fund.

EXPENDITURES.

1897.

  • March 3, A. J. Works, service as Trustee, $300.00
  • March 4, Baker & Thornton, books, stationery and office supplies, $18.75
  • March 30, Albert W. Brown, service as Supervisor, $6.00
  • April 10, Alvin Works, service as Supervisor 3 days, $4.50
  • April 29, Elwood Houze, 6 days as Sup, $9.00
  • June 19, Elwood Houze, 19 days as Sup, $28.50
  • June 23, Alfred Shaw, expressage, $0.70
  • June 21, A. W. Brown, 24 days as Sup, $83.00
  • July 23, W. J. Baird, publishing office day notice, $5.00
  • July 23, Albert F. Hyde, 18 days as Sup, $27.00
  • July 24, B. & Blair Co., acc’t and receipt books, $11.00
  • July 26, Alvin Works, 12 days as Sup, $18.00
  • July 26, B. W. Clark, 19 days as Sup, $28.50
  • July 28, Newel H. Morrison, 18 days Sup, $27.00
  • July 27, Baker & Thornton, Enum. blanks and stationery, $3.27
  • Aug. 10, A. W. Brown, Judge of election, $4.00
  • Aug. 10, Edwin Sanders, Judge of election, $4.00
  • Aug. 10, Wm. Madison, Clerk of election, $4.00
  • Aug. 10, O. A. Potter, Clerk of election, $4.00
  • Aug. 12, Henderson Works, putting up and returning booths, $3.00
  • Aug. 14, Lora Hooton, Clerk of election, $4.00
  • Aug. 14, C. C. Morrison, Inspector of election and mileage, $10.00
  • Aug. 26, W. J. Baird, pub annual report, $42.00
  • Aug. 27, Will Long, Clerk of election, $4.00
  • Aug. 27, A. B. Vannatter, Judge of election, $4.00
  • Sept. 2, Peter Houze, Judge of election, $4.00
  • Nov. 1, Albert F. Hyde, 12 days reg and 10 ex serv Sup, $28.00
  • Nov. 1, Alvin Works, 15 days as Sup, $22.50
  • Nov. 3, A. W. Brown, 7 1/2 days as Sup, $11.23
  • Nov. 5, Newell H. Morrison, 16 days Sup, $24.00
  • Nov. 8, W. C. Rickett, 5 days Sup, $7.50
  • Nov. 23, B. W. Clark, 11 days reg and 10 ex serv Sup, $26.50
  • Dec. 10, A. W. Brown, serv as Sup, $12.75

1898.

  • Jan. 28, J. E. Hart, making road tax list, $10.00
  • Jan. 7, Baker & Thornton, township records, books and stationery, $18.50
  • Feb. 14, J. R. Houze, order wood, $10.25
  • Feb. 19, Alfred Shaw, express charges, $0.50
  • Feb. 21, Charlotte Works, keeping Tp. library, $10.00

 

Dog Tax Fund.

EXPENDITURES.

1898.

  • March 4, Jno. Elfers, 4 head sheep killed, $12.00
  • March 7, Jos. E. Hart, surplus, $27.81

 

Special School Fund.

EXPENDITURES.

  • Aug. 4, S. R. Heath, paints, oils, putty and glass, $18.22
  • Aug. 4, Jeffery Miles, chairs, stove and other fixtures, $12.00
  • Aug. 11, T. W. Holmes, grubbing school house yard, $2.00
  • Aug. 26, James K. Pleasants, lumber and shingles, $11.30
  • Sept. 2, William Dickason, hauling material and other work, $6.00
  • Sept. 3, Straight Wood Co., school supplies, $7.50
  • Sept. 7, Manuel Byram, lumber, carpenter work and painting, $57.00
  • Sept. 9, J. L. Sedam, flue iron no. 4, $1.00
  • Sept. 20, Eugene W. Heath, paints, $11.70
  • Sept. 22, Chas. Pavy, rep house 7, $7.50
  • Oct. 2, D. P. Oak, hauling and rep 1, $9.40
  • Oct. 8, James M. Tinker, 4 days rep 2, $4.00
  • Oct. 9, Geo. Rochat, hauling coal, $6.00
  • Oct. 11, Schrumpf & Told, ten large school desks, $25.00
  • Oct. 12, Wm. Dickason, hauling coal, $6.00
  • Oct. 15, Wm. Armstrong, painting and rep houses, $14.50
  • Oct. 15, Ohio Farmer’s Insurance Co., ins premium, $7.50
  • Oct. 16, Eliza Driver, cleaning house, $1.50
  • Oct. 26, Tom Works, rep and painting 3, 6 and 9, $8.50
  • Oct. 27, Geo. W. Potter, 6 loads kindling, $6.00
  • Nov. 2, Henderson Works, haul coal, $5.00
  • Nov. 2, Chas. Jarvis, freight, supplies house and other work, $5.25
  • Nov. 3, M. O. Dennis, freight, supplies and hauling, $13.85
  • Nov. 5, Prior M. Pavy, building coal and hauling, $6.70
  • Nov. 5, Chas. Jarvis, hauling coal, $6.00
  • Nov. 6, Mort Downey, work on school house, $1.00
  • Nov. 6, C. Thatcher, building flue, $4.00
  • Nov. 10, James M. Scott, bricks, $4.00
  • Nov. 12, S. R. Heath, supplies 5 dist, $11.95
  • Nov. 23, A. Johnson, roofing school house, $33.00
  • Nov. 23, Chas. Jarvis, building and rep flues, $3.50
  • Nov. 29, W. H. Lee, lumber, $7.37
  • Dec. 4, C. J. Tyler, clean and rep house, $3.00
  • Dec. 11, P. M. Pavy, hauling coal and work, $5.25
  • Dec. 24, Henderson Works, hauling, $6.50
  • Dec. 28, W. E. Driver, work and hauling, $3.10
  • Dec. 31, W. W. Armstrong, rep and cleaning house 3, $5.75

1898.

  • Jan. 4, Chas. Pavy, building fires 7, $1.50
  • Jan. 4, Eugene Heath, school supplies, $4.85
  • Jan. 28, D. M. Haskell, stoves and reps, $22.80
  • Jan. 7, Baker & Thornton, slate board and other supplies, $68.37
  • Feb. 4, Schrumpf & Told, ten desks, $20.00
  • Feb. 11, Charles Pavy, serv as Janitor, $1.00
  • Feb. 14, J. R. Houze, paints, oils, and supplies, $16.29
  • Feb. 19, J. E. Williams, coal six schools, $49.90
  • March 9, J. K. Pleasants, school supplies, $6.10
  • March 14, Wm. Dickason, building fires, $3.25
  • March 14, Mabel Pavy, Inst and janitor fees, $8.75
  • March 14, M. O. Dennis, serv as janitor and director, $.05
  • March 14, Edgar Hizer, serv as janitor, $5.50
  • March 15, Elmer Seymour, Inst fees, $6.00
  • March 15, W. D. Tyler, Inst fees, $6.00
  • March 16, Stella Miles, Inst fees, $6.00
  • March 16, Ira Davis, building fires, $3.00
  • March 16, Alfred Driver, serv director and janitor, $12.00
  • March 17, Lora Jarvis, serv jan and rep, $8.25
  • March 18, G. L. Humphrey, Inst fees, $6.40
  • March 19, Emma Gary, 4 days Inst, $6.00
  • March 19, D. P. Oak, jan and director, $13.00
  • March 19, Myrta Oxley, Inst and examination, $8.00
  • March 19, Arda Humphrey, Inst, $6.00
  • March 28, B. A. North, 177 3/4 bu coal, $15.10
  • March 28, Lulu Vandever, Inst and janitor fees, $8.00
  • March 29, Lulu Williamson, Inst fees, $6.00
  • March 31, Daniel Oak, rep and janitor fees, $10.50
  • March 31, James H. Gibbs, janitor fees, $2.00
  • April 1, D. N. Haydon, order S. Johnson, $1.25
  • April 1, W. H. Lee, rent of school room, $14.00
  • April 2, John Althof, hauling coal, $11.50
  • April 11, S. O. Murphy, school supplies, $7.91
  • April 16, Walter Potter, janitor fees, $5.00
  • April 25, Wm. Dickason, serv director, $1.50
  • May 9, Tom Works, taking enumeration, $25.00
  • July 18, Frank Davis, supplies, $4.05

 

Tuition Fees.

EXPENDITURES.

1898.

  • March 14, Mabel Pavey, teaching dist 7, $150.00
  • March 14, Chas. Pavy, teaching dist 8, $150.00
  • March 15, Elmer Seymour, teaching 1, $150.00
  • March 15, W. D. Tyler, teaching 3, $150.00
  • March 16, Stella Miles, teaching 6, $150.00
  • March 18, G. L. Humphrey, teaching 10, $150.00
  • March 19, Emma Gary, teaching 4, $150.00
  • March 19, Myrta Oxley, teaching 6, 150.00
  • March 18, Arda Humphrey, teaching 9, $150.00
  • March 28, Lulu Vandever, teaching 5, $150.00
  • March 29, Lulu Williamson, teaching 2, $150.00