Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-10-29
CROSS VILLAGE STATE ROAD.
Contractor Sweet CONDEMNED by All
Lack of Energy and Unwillingness
to Abide by cOntract-Great lncOn-
venience caused Thereby.

to Abide by cOntract-Great IncOn-
venience caused Thereby.
Mr.. Myers, of Monroe township, called
at Oursofiice this week and was loud in
complaint of the contractor and all con-
nected with the construction and man
agement of the Cross Village state road.
Certainly he has just cause for COM
plant at the dilatory manner of its con-
struction, as he lives only nine miles
from town but, for want of the road, is
compelled to travel about sixteen to get
here; besides his case there are fifteen
families living in that neighbOrhoOd
equally incOnvenienced, and they have
come to the conclusion that the time has
arrived when patience ceases to be a
virtue" and if contractor Sweet is gran
ted any further extension of time for
the completion of the work, after his
present one expires, which will be this
fall, they propose to have the matter
fully investigated and brought to the at
tention of the highest state officials.
Before Sweet was granted the last ex-
tension of time for the completion of
his contract, by the State Board of Con-
troll, Mr.. Meyers presented to them Pc
tition bearing the signitures of 1874, in
cluding all the business men of Che
bOygan, with two exceptions, asking
that body to grant no further extension
of time, as the contractor had displayed
no energy in pushing the work toward
completion and had given no proof of a
willingness to try and complete the road
according to contract; nevertheless he
was granted the extension of time asked
and now after nearly another years
time has elapsed the same proofs of mis-
management and lack Of energy are
more strikingly apparent. than ever, and
all this Is made more aggravating to
those interested by the taunting boasts
of Mr.. Sweets son, who has charge Of
the small force Of men employed, that
they will take their own time to finish
the job as they will be granted all the
time asked, If its ten years, and at the
present rate of progress it will be fully
that long before they can finish it. At
present the end Of the road is but six
miles from town, and that done in such
manner that the state road commits
siOner, Mr.. Haviland, will not accept it
and the force now at work are engaged
in patching up that portion already
gone over, and, in the opinion of those
who have seen the job 1t will take them
the rest Of this fall to make it accepta-
BILE, and will have to make an extraor-
binary effort to even do that.
Aside from the inconvenience the peO-
pie living along the line Of the road are
subjected too, it does our town a great
injustice, as many people are thus COM
PEELED to do without great many nec-
essaries that they would otherwise have
and are prevented from having an out
let for their produce, and thus great
losses are annually suffered by both the
town and country and when, as in this
case, there are no palliating ciIcum-
stances to modify the Offense, too much
censure cannot be passed upon those
who are most to blame for this state of
affairs. The past summer was in every
way propitiOus for pushing this work by
Mr.. Sweet and yet during the long, dry
spell, we understand, he did not do any
thing toward constructing his road over
the wet portions and now when the sea-
son for wet weather has arrived it is i'm
possible for him to do so.
Mr.. RObt. Robinson. who has the con-
tract for constructing the road through
Emmett county, from Cross Village, has
his work done so far as is necessary un-
til Sweet completes his sand so does not
come in for any share of the blame.