Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-07-18
WHERE TiiE BLAME LIES.
bowling Green. InlY 0. 1889.

Bowling Green, July 0, 1888.
Ed. JouRNAL:-Some person who, for
good reason perhaps, IA ashamed to sign
his name TO his story, zee writes yon a
pitiful tale of the injustice cone de-
faulting contractor on ditch 90, ] think he
means road 90, by surveyor Wood, at the
instigation OF Fvers & Brewer. For my
part plead guilty Mr.. Editor. I was no
doubt the sole cause OF hall mile being
resold this spring on road 90; only wish
| could have caused all the jobs, the fin.
ishing OF which have been delayed from
year TO year hy negligent contractors, to
have been sold to men who would go ahead
and complete them as was bargained with
the taxpayers. should, in that Gaze he
entitled TO vote OF thanks from the own.
ers of land in this county. l suppose il
does not matter in this case that both The
aggrieved parties, myself and the default.
ing contractor are old soldiers and have as
all soldiers ought to have, good friends. /
can not see that this has any bearing ON
the case except that II is far fetched ef-
fort of your correspondent to get I'M lii.
tie feeling between Mr.. Brewer and the old
soldiers to serve selfish purpose. But l
VIII assume your correspondent to be cor
rect and that the defaulling contractor is
- Zimmerman, though / do not know
this to he the fact. In that case your con.
tribnior might truthfully have written as
follows :--"Dear Timmons: Last summer
| took half mile of road and ditch of the
Commissioners and gave bond to have the
work completed by Nov. LIST. The road
lay along the north of my place and
thought could do it by odd times and
not miss the time. The latter part of the
fall was fine weather for work, but l was
not quite ready then I had other fishes to
fry. Well got little done and got an
estimate from the engineer and then lef,
it until spring. knew this was not rieh,
nor according TO contract but the Commits
sioners have never been in the habit of en-
forcing the completion of contracts ON time
and did not think it would make anv
difference. The early spring was favora.
BILE for work but was busy ut something
else and let my road job go. The rains
came on and the tenant on Mr.. Evers ploce
on the north side of this proposed road
was overflowed with water another trouble
in the case was that the contractors above
me had no outlet for The water on their
work until opened my road ditch, hence
could not do their work. Mr.. Evers on
learning the situation went to the commits
sioners and engineer and notified hem That
unless the work was at once pushed ahead.
he with other aggrieved axpayers ffec,ed.
would unite in enjoining the auditor from
putting the tax on the duplicate again this
year. Iherenpon the work was re-let to
parties who are hurrying il to completion
rs fast as the weather will admit; and here
am squealing about it, Now / am n
republican and don't think Eyers and
the rest OF them do right in asking me Ia
complete contract until / get good
ie,dy. l want yOu to give them fits Mr.
Editor" Thus it is seen that there are two
sides to this case, same as there is to the
Manmee River; the taxpayers have some
rights as well as the contractors. If In,
engineer has not "hustled' others up will
their work il is because no complaint ha
been fled or because he has not done hi
duty The slack slipshod manner in whicl
many OF the contractors have been and mr.
dealing with the public in ditch and bridg
operations is one of the crying evils of TIN
hour. Ii is one of the things that canno
be reformed too soon. To speak of this j
. my chiei reason for asking so much of YOU
space. Respectfully,
c. w. EvERs.