The daily gazette., 1878-08-14
TFor the Gazette.l

Mr.. EDITOR: notice from an editori al
in your paper that you are becomi< <g tired
of the extravaganza OF our County Levy
Court, which Is matter that has attract
ed my observation for some time. do
not believe that all the mon who compose
that court are men without some small
spark OF honesty In them. Some OF them
am personally acquainted with and be-
probably, in the business OF the court, take
1t for granted that all their members are
honest, straightforward men. in which
they are deceived. AS they are public
servants, a fact which some are n OF will
Ing to acknowledge, their public acts are
subject to criticism. You and all tax pay
ers no douot recollect the act OF this court
In the building of a monument OF iron and
stone, (Tweed's Bridse.) To show to tax
payers the waste and extravaganza OF this
court, have stated 1t before and am not
afraid TO reiterate 1t, that for every vehi-
Gle that crosses that bridge, the interest on
money Invested alone, without anything
for repairs, costs the tax payers one dollar
each. This is not the only extravagant
piece OF expenditure OF this court In our
hundred. We have had bridge built over
q very small stream on the road leading
from Newark to Ogletown, at the railroad
culy srt, which has no doubt cost the coun-
ty over one thousand dollars, Judging from
the number of men and the length of time
they were employed. The stream is so
small that 1t was never before considered
for foot travellers to cross IT, as 1t could be
stepped over. But then you knew when
we have Levy Court Commissioner who
cannot earn two dollars q day at his busi-
ness without hard work, and can get three
dollars q day for looking at a lot OF men
under his EMPLOY (as Levy Court Com
missioner all OF whom are his political
friends and are not giving half the value
in labor that they are getting paid for.
These kind of jobs are sure TO be hunted
up. Allow me to say that while at work
at this bridge there was many day that
persons were there whs should have been
employed and got their p ~ who only loaf
ed around except when some observing IN
dividual happened TO be travelling that
way. And allow me to say that on one oc-
casion, when there was a trot on the Will
mingron course, that our White Clay Levy
Court Commissioner came to see the ope-
rations at this bridge he stayed for q short
time and then took one OF the persons who
was there employed with team, and both
went to Wilmington to the trot. and the
person who accompanied the commission
er said he got his pay the same as II he had
stayed at work and under such circum-
stances his mind was easy and he could
Court Com mmisstoner Jared as we'll as he
did in regard to pay. This same Levy
Court Commissioner was buying cement
for this same Job OF work at s2.75 per bbl.
This he told mo when l asked him the
question, and / told him that was buy
ing 1t for 3i25. When the Tweed Bridge
was under construction he asked me to or
der him sixty barrels, which did, at q
cost OF S1.25 per barrel. They required
more. and in the time between ordering
the two lots the price had gone down to
81 .16. And this same Levy Court Com
missioner has reported In our hundred
that pocketed the 10 cents per barrel. In
this he no doubt Judged me by himself, as
he was getting the last cent OF the county |
tax payers money he could lay his hands |
upon; whether he gave value therefor the |
reader can be the judge. As to my getting |
one cent by the transaction, pronounce
IL utterly false. This same Levy Court |
Commissioner is now busily eng ged in |
canvassing the hundred for renomtna- |
tion, and says II he only gets the nemina- |
tion he is as rood as elected. To the honest |
and independent voters and tax payers OF |
New Castle county, will you give your |
support to make such man your trustee, |
who has so shamefully abused the trust |
heretcf Jre placed in him? He has his |
friends and the leaders of the political ring |
of our hu ndred working night and day, |
and would move heaven and earth for the |
purpose of foisting upon the Democratic |
party OF New Castle county this man to |
Continue his course of waste for another
four years. He has the support OF all the
leading Office hunters OF our hundred, even
to a Stats Senator, as well as all the little
fish who are ready TO eaten the crumbs
that fall from the Levy Court table. To
honest men who give their adherence TO
the Democratic party, will you still dis
grace the party by placing such man In
the Levy Court again. WIN. DEAN.