The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-02

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Rely 10 WIN. L Wel)erd
EDEN TowNsHrP, July 18th, III.
~ my Friends and Fellow Cisissns
AZ Of Lake ceunty: i. ...... IS
There appears in the LAKE Co..
SrAR of July 1sth, an article signed
y wn. 4. Weber, Land Com'r +.
&PaM. Ry Co., the intent Of which
seems TO be an assault upon the
characters Of L. M. Little and my
Self. ] never have had the pleasure
,ssf meeting Mr.. Weber, but have
always heard him spoken, Of as .
gentleman, and have ever locked
upon and treated him as such; but
viewing this matter from the stand
peint I occupy, Mr.. Weber, to use
the mildest term known to me, is
sadly in error. He proceeds as
be says, to state facts, it seams to
me no more than Justice to myself
and the public that some Of these
and other full As important facts
should Be stated. This is . business.
repugnant to my nature and one !
had far rather not be compelled to
perform. My aim shall be to re-
Asct as little upon the characters of
others as possible and serve to clear
myself in your eyes. y
% Mr.. Weber says that . notice
was posted, that upon the 10th day
of January, 1876, there would be
sfsred At public auction, &C.. He
does not say that this auction was
publicly known in four different
townships Of Lake county. Ifthere
was any technical error in the no.
tice (ef which no man reading it
lcsmplsined; all seeming to get all
the information needed) it was the
fault of the clerk unbeknown to me
or any other man. Nor does he
claim that the road was not nee
essity, the need Of which is known
to many Of you. / attended this
sale and I believe yet I had a right
70; Imsde bids upon this road job.
The auction, was held open until late
in the afternoon, my bid being the
I levyst It was struck off to me and
YtkS oontfsct completed, and good
bonds given for the performance of
the samc. ] was ct this time Su-
psrviser of Eden township but did
not suppose that debarred me from
honest labor. "a -g'rs,s'ss
Mr.. Weber objects to my taking
. certain job for $3.50 and after.
wards sub-letting it for $3.50. !
I once knows man to buy horse for
500 and afterwards to sell him for
$500, and no enc termed him thief
NJ Webbsr says that Mr. Smith
, 1knswn to some sf you) the man
with whom the subscontract was
made, stated that this $3.50 was
anpls compensation for said job.
Now, this transaction has not been
given in its proper light, nor have
oil the statements Of u. G. Smith
been given. Mr.. Smith came to me
representing that his family was
!. starving and if I would give him
work it would keep him of from
the town. / preferred to give him
ajsb BY himself rather than have
hin in camp. He could net take
the.job and wait one, two and three
years as / had to. He offered to do
thejsb for $3.50 if / would advance
hin $50-Sorth Of supplies and, Of
fred y sso,lrt me- tithAa chattel
Mortgage On al his goods and chat
tells. ! let him the job and advanced
him the $50 cut Of pure philanthro-
10y and did nstF,skelspy security, in
fact the security he offered l did net
consider sufiicientfor onc-half the
$50. Mr.. Smith wenton and worked
: upon his Job, and asked the Com'r
to acceptit, which tho Com'r refused
TO do, upon the grounds that the re-
quircments Of the contract had not
been complied with. Mr.. Smith
went to Baldwin to see the Prose-
cutting Attorney, to sec if he could
not compel the Com'r to accept the
4 loh came back 6yeFlhSs new road but
failed to follow the linz, got lost and
stayed out overnight; aitsrwards going
on and finishing or doing the work over
again, and stating in Substance, that
he eUuld NOT afford to cut the road out
>, twice for $50, and II there was q Law
I'm the State Of Michigan that ,weuld
give IL to him, Baker would have ia
pay him over again.
The clause wherein the township AZ
sumes the nsspOnsibility Of trSspass,
nseds but little comment. IL you were
to take q lob to build ! barn, what
would be the ,dif5ereuos n the party
With whom you ,contnscted furnished
III The stock, or paid enough . that
could not u iscertaIned hsW much tim
z Der would b necessary until the Job
should be completed, slsd any man exr
r. peetlng to pay for 10, certainly would
place his bid high enough to be SURE
and cover this, and the township prob
ably pay for more timber than they re-
rceived. According to tie terms Of tals
slnt1De the township pays for precisely
wh.t they receive and no more or less.
II this unjust? 4s4,EA
III regard 10 Mr.. Lattle belng part
ner In this Job, this = TIVE. Mr.. LITTLE
|, ~ ynah Vie has - weEk 1hrh his living.
: a. telisSSs 10 hsn>st - work for his
hgsed; y ysntsd az ns:4sd work #
becoming 3 partner ppon the ground
that intsresf c$phlcts With duty, that