The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-22
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nb80ay'S DEMOCRAT, signed w. DelaD. i
notice in that article mistake, made
| presume, by the type-setter. 1t is this,
utterly worthless" instead Of mot ut
terly worthless" L will try and have
that mistake corrected. Now, in regard
to our conversation in the Commission
ers' room at Canton, L have this eXpla-
nation 20 make. / SELL NO STONE IN
THE ROUGH TO NO PARTIES, for the rea-
sou that | CAN GET ALL THE HELP WANT
TO CUT AND LAY UP STONE. On the other
hand it is difficult to obtain good quar-
ry man, as it takes considerable time to
understand the nature of the stone, az
1t is solid mass of rock without auy
natural openings. Now, THOSE PARTIES
THAT REFUSED TO LET HAVE STONE,
made me an offer like this: For the
consideration of Sl2 1 should let them
in the quarry, and they would do their
own quarrying for stone for that cul-
vert near Samuel Axes. This occurred
in June, 1882. and had nothing to do
with the HDutments near MapletUn
whatever; ard let me repeat, there waB
no one made application for stone for
those abutments near MapletOn.
Yours, &c,
W. DELAP.
(The small-caps in the above copy are
mine.-J. G. g.
Taxpayer" further says "any sane
man" "can see' that the Dundee stone
cost the contractors double what the
same stone would have cost from
Mark 8 quarry. Let US see if he is tell
ing the truth. Chas. Albright received
1928 per perch for the one abutment
and l.. Leufels $492 per perch for the
other, for both OF which Dundee stone
We're used, for a culYert one mile and q
half nearer the Marks quarry than Ell
ther Of the abutment9. Mr.. Delap'5 bid
W $4,95 per perch, aud he uses Marks
stone.
This communication is longer than /
intended, but l must crave your patience
until / explain the matter of letting the
boiler house for the Court House. The
Auditor made a mistake in making the
entry of Kell's bid. The entry should
be for brick aud stone work. The fol-
lowing are Mr.. Kel'5 and MIR. Mel
hOuTue's bids:
Kelps bid for mason work, including cut
For brick work including door 10 jail .... $3.50 90
Total 40
Mebournes bid for msson work. -.......... 1915 %
Brick work, including iron door TO jail .... 2,i5B %
Cut stone work J., - 80
Gaivani2ed iron ana Tin work . SGS %
Painting ana glass and glazing. ............. 20 90
By the foregoing it will be seen that
Mr.. MelbOuTne's bid on the same items
is lower than Mr.. Kell'5, and further,
by comparing ali the original bids that
are in the Auditors Office, 't will be
seen that in every single l.e-n Mr. Mel
bourne is the lowest bidder. In regard
to the charge Taxpayer" makes, that
Mr.. Melbourne has been Overpaid on his
contract, the vouchers in the Auditors
Office will show that the county has re-
N vol In ffr
out. Mr. Melbourne built boiler house
at the lnirmary at the same time he
was building the boiler house at the
Court House, and that with repairs sur
rounding both houses, but not in the
original contract, makes the difference
between the contract price for the boiler
house and the amount paid MIR. Mel
bourne, and the apparent OyeT-pay
ments on the boilers are accounted for
in exactly the same manner. l have no
desire to encrOach further upon your
space by giving details, suffice it to say,
the Commissioners are at any time ready
to account for every dollar paid out by
their order, and have the vouchers to
show that full value has been received
by the county.
Now, as | said in the beginning,
have been informed that Taxpayer" is
an attorney, who is paid for writing the
articles. Further, the party who pays
him is coal dealer who has been beaten
by Mr.. MillhOff in securing several con
tracts for the delivery of coal; and
leave it to the good sense of the readers
of the DEMOCRAT if it is envy and mai
Ice, and not public interest, which
prompts the writing of the articles above
alluded to. No doubt Taxpayer" or
others will continue to attack the Com
collectively or Individually.
but they will not be further noticed by
John q. GERMIG.