The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-25

Some Severe StFiciuFeA m 10 the hthnnel
In Whieh Taxpayers are Dealt Wish.
Ediiun lnislligSacSF.
Just while the Taxpayers were feeling
indignant over the unjust and unneces
sary increase Of appropriations for road
some Of the leading roads we're swept oul
Of. existence by the late treshet, as had
happened to snms Of the same roads lAsi
season. This ia made q pretext by The
Board OF Commissioners tor additional ap'
preparations for Improvements to be
swept away by next years dlods. The
Committee on Roads ADD Bridges can
manufacture a great deal Of business out
Of this, and draw pay for i; ont Of the
public crib.
The local taxes, which ale this yeSI
IS. 900, are LARGELY used for corrupt pur'
poses. The road surveyors who are ap'
pointed by tho Bard Of Commissioner
e. glge in all SORTS Of inbbirg and goug'
iLg with the knowledge and appreciation
OF the Committee on Roads. These places
arc sc amblsd alter audtIadgdin for these
Legitimate prchys..
A. u example Of tho way in which the
roads are managed, o certain road in TTla'
delphia district had been in the hands Of
u Iurveyor for four yeaTs, who repaired
only q short portion cf the road he himself
Used; leaving about one.hAli Of the road
unrepaired hut using all the money. He
was slso guilty Of ell sorts OF gross frauds,
This was done, it was believed, with at
least the OJuniVauCe VI the Commissioner
from that district. A petition to the Board
making the charges and asking Tor an in
ves.igAtion OF the faCls, and redress was
handed to q member Of the Committee on
Roads and Bridges, who promised to pre-
Beut il to tbs Board. But this he did not
do, 10 no mention is made Of 1t In the
presa reports Yet the minutes as read At
the next meeting Of the Board say IL was
presented, but the Clerk forgot to state its
0bj-C The miautea containing this false
hood were approved by . unanimous vote
Ol the Board. This road surveyor was TO-
appointed in the flee oil these charges,
and after thus deCidiI Z tho case the county
members OF the Committee on Roads and
b lJges went to the road on the
lslse preteuCe Of investigating the
matter and making the false statement
that they had btCn sent out by the board
to get thR facts Ia the Gaze to 10y before II
for ils action. II they had been cent out
to pettilog thH delinquent road surveyors
Cass they could not Lave been more zeal
Gus 10 tleir efforts TO defend aud excuse
his misconduct, They wind up this bust.
ness with draw Of some $40 30 under the
pTelexC VI pay Tor this pretended service,
which seemR not 10 no authorized by any
proper authority, and the real object oil
which was to whitewash q dishonest ap.
pointee and cover up their SypRmpthy
with him. An effort was made TO get the
case heiore the board when the report
was presented denying any redress or
protection to those who suffered from the
shameless dishonesty Of their RppOinlee,
but the president Of The board came 10
their fescus by ruling that the board had
nothing to do with The matter, although
the repUrt was beiOf6'them iJr adoption
ard WIS adop'ed. This Is perhaps the
moot extraordinary ruling eYUr made by u
presiding officer who was not al out and
out idiot.
II ihpes RtHtenenls do any person ron.
ceINed iUjastiCs IL viii DO easy to SET
themselves right, as tue CnrrCC.nesa or in.
correctness Of the material points will be
shown by The records We have named and
the road which furnishes them q monu.
ment In mudholea. "Here lies the repu.
tstiOn OF certain petty Office seekers"
might be appropriately inscribed as an
epitaph, on old fence rails, stuck In these
places as a warning 10 the public TO keep
out OF the mudholps and away from the
men who are responsible Tor them.
", O.s.
Ohio ConntN Jnne %. 1881.