Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-02-28
SECTION 8 BRIDGE AGAIN.

Mn. BULLETIN Our friend Regulus as
sumes to know something about bridge mat
ters, but must say that be must be misin
formed or tells williu falsehood, l cannot
tell which. He says he has received more
full and complete information than he had
previously. First, as for the failure of SIC.
s bridge, it has been laid to other causes
| than the real one. The facts are these:
made contract to build bridge a, Sec. 8,
above Littleton, for $4,000, and through ad-
vice from W. G.. Donnan, Of Independence,
Iapplied to Mr. Warren to become my bonds.
man. He simply did not do it, which he
had perfect right to refuse me, if he had a
mind to, and further, l went to Warren to
learn where to get logs to build the abut>
ments. He showed me the logs that were
drawn to Melrose Ford and marked certain
ones and told me to take them, and it would
be all right. took them and advertised
that | would pay for them if the owners
would call on Mr.. Dickey with whom had
deposited money 10 pay. Some called and
got tie pay, aud one was mad and took his
logs away. So much for the logs. About
the subscription, never saw it as is atfirm>
ed, i never was shown me By Warren or any
one else. asked Mr.. Warren if he could
raise me the money on the subscription pro.
vided could give him county warrants that
would fall due in the fall, he gave me no en-.
enlargement. So inferred be did not
choose to assist me in any way as to funds !;
consequently cid not urge the matter.
proceeded 10 purchase the timber and, paid
for all the iron the 81 of April, made pay
ment towards the bill Of tinber-all the tim.
Der, about one hundred thousand feet for
several jobs, was in one bill. All the iron
for six jobs Was in one bill. A large amount
Of that purchased Cor Sec. is ON hand now,
dead weight. At the June session Of the
Board they made appropriations to extend
Farbank bridge, to build bridge at Otter
Greek, and to extend Quasqueton bridge.
The committee came to me and asked me
to give up the Sec. s job. said could
no, do it, for had all the material contract.
ed and mostly paid for. They said you have
not given bonds. Well, said |, l can build
it without bonds. One of them insisted that
i should give bouds, when found bonds>
men that would have been ample, but they
said We have not the funds for all this work
and Sec. s mus. wait; what is the damage
il you give it up? estimated as we'll as
could and asked them 5000, which they
agreed to give, and which have ever been
sorry that did, for the reason tina, lost in
the change. Now as to there being any ins
luence in Little.on or Independence against
Sec. bridge, its all jealousy and bosh or
buncomb--no truth in it. The truth Is, the
county treasury was empty and the com,
mittee were no. willing to run il. debt, that's
ALL lcontend land think any legal man
would concur with me) that the contract
was as virtually contract without the bond
as with il that was to build bridge, &C.,
and il | would give good security, approved
by the Clerk Of the Board, that he was or
dered to draw warrants on the Treasurer for
the full amount Of the contract. The bonds
were simply to secure the county for the
money paid. ! could have gone on as did
in other cases and built the bridge us per
contract, and the county would have been
bound to pay for it. should have done it
but for the committee wishing to drop it.
Yours respectfully,
A. ii. HYDE.