Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-21
The BOUghtOst Bridge.

EDITOR REPUBLICAN.-ln an article
written by Mr.. Seibel and published in
the Weltburger of April 10th, | notice
several misstatements or rather Gun
truths He says, in the first place, |
came to hin, with a note for $50, the
amount that I signed toward the filling at
the east end Of Boughton Bridge. That
note was payable to Mr. Richard Jones,
when said filling should be completed by
the contractor; that the note shows for
itself on the face of it. Then he says
shortly after that | again came to him
with an instrument for him to sign, thus
making him responsible for the whole
amount of money. That is again untrue.
He further says that | never offered him
the money, [ went to him with the
money in my pocket, and said |, "Mr.
Seibel | will pay you that $50, in two
minutes if you will sign hisreceipt." He
took the receipt, read it over and refused
to sign it. So, as | have said before, |
kept the money and intend to keep it.
This is the instrument he mentions in
his communication. Neither did I ever
tell Mr.. Seibel that the old fence stood on
the line of Boughton Street, as it is named
in the plat of my addition to the City of
Watertown. At the time when he built
his fence was sick and paid no atten-
ton to it. Neither has he put his new
fence ON the line of the old one; this /
can prove by the men who built it, and
| others. Neither has there been q fence
built on that side Of the street t,Uenty-
three or t,reRty-fou years The fence
that was built there has been moved twice
since it was built and both times little
| in the street, in order to kill out the brush
and now third time little farther, as it
now stands at the southeast corner of lot
| eleven 1t is nine feet three inches from
the centre of the street. Mr.. Seibel knew
when he was building the fence from
| the street, and when that is done | will
! do my thirty dollars worth In work as he
himself and Albert Arndt were figuring
to do. | am advised to do this by my
friends both German and English. There
fore | shall Go it Notwithstanding the
great talk. My motto has always been to
'be sure I'm right and then go ahead -
| shall not allow any man or men to low
er the street on my side in front of my
dwelling until it has been lowered on Mr.
| ASIbSl > SlbC vi li1C SiIGCG dlSO, anu WHICH,
that is done am willing to have it lower
ed deep enough to get the required earth
to do the filling. There has been peti-
ton to put in the Council for "Encroach-
ments on Boughton Street to be removed, -
which has been acted upon and refused
to the Second ward Board. No report has
been made, but / am in hopes that our
He,C council will not be quite so much like
a jug with the handle on one side" Mr.
Seibel has told me in presence of my fami.
ly that he would remove his fence, and
that he did not want one inch more land
than his deed called for the land being
decided, according to my plat to the cen
tire of the street. The trouble with him
Is that he is getting rich little too fast,
and consequently becoming little toe
Stitish. Boughton is a first rate fellow as
long as he will furnish land for the public
to travel over, and the city allow him tc
SOW and raise grain upon the street, as
he is certainly doing at the present time
Yours Respectfully
April Dist, 1880. l.. S. BoUGHToN.