The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-03-19

lAgkctt appropriated 10 his own us
some portion Of such supplies, and fin.
the same unfOunded and slander0us Ii
, character.
We have also examined into tn
charge or rumOr that the tools used o.
/, such road were missing, the inferenc
being that they had been appropriate.
by Commissioner Daggett or by som
road oyer-seer to his own use. We fin,
this charge also totally unfounded, sal
tools or such Of them - were not w0rI
out having been left in the possession
of John WeigeI, the road over-seer o
that road district, where they now are
| We also find that the eatables which
went to the road camp were all used b,
the men, and substantially none wer
left over not used.
| We find that Commissioner Dagget
made no profit, directly or indirectly
out Of the building Of the Santa Ann;
road, save the wages allowed him TO
his services in experimenting tn,
building of the road We find that til,
Commissioners concluded that it was Il
the best interests Of the county that tn.
superintendency Of the building of THU
road should be intrusted TO Commits
sioner Daggett, and that he superin
tended such work, receiving no NOR,
than a fair compensation therefor, ant
that while he himself did no manua
labor Oh the road, yet it was not expec
ted of his employment that he should
do SO. His time properly occupied in
employing men, attending TO the sup
plying of the camp with provisions and
tools and other work which was incor.
sistent with the doing of manual labor
on the road, and which somebody had
to do.
Another matter which We have in.
ycstigated is that of the bills allowed
against the county for printing.
We find that Ernest DuerseIin. now
publisher Of the Rathdrum Times. Ell
tered into contract with the county to
do certain kinds Of printing and furn-
ish certain kinds Of printed stationery
at certain rates in the contract named
That bids were invited for such work
and that he was the lowest bidder.
There is testimony before us, given by
practical printers. that the rates a;
which Mr.. Duerslin took such contract
were lower than the work could be
done for with profit; and there is
some testimony that he WAS urged by
some Of the County Commissioners 10
put in his bid very low SO that he
might get the contract, with an assur-
ance that his loss on contract work
would he made up to him by allowing
him good prices on work which did not
fall within his contract. The bill of
the Times publishing Company for the
quarter ending October -, 1891, for
sIsio.,5 contains but three items which
We consider constitute over charge. one
OF about ten dollars in the item for As
SCISSORS statements; another is an
over-charge of about fifteen dollars in
the item for Assessors notices. The
same bill contains an item for one
hundred and ten dollars for publishing
Commissioners proceedings during the
quarter. This is claimed by Mr.. Duers-
elm to have been put in 10y mistake:
and as the least thought given TO the
matter Of this item would show that
the charge should not have exceeded
five or six dollars, it is charitable to
suppose that a man would not make
such a glazing record Of over-charge
asaist himself except by some mistake
or blunder.
There is also a mistake in addition
in this bill amounting to ten dollars,
in favor Of Duerselin.
There is evidently an over-charge in
an item in said bill of $6.5 for printing
500 pamphlets of the election laws.
From the most reliable testimony that
we could obtain, this work should have
been done in kootenai county for about
500 cash. Estimating the value of
S6,5 in county warrants at 80 cents on
the dollar, there would be an over
charge in the matter of this item of
about $40. So that the total over
charge in that bill would be in the
neighborhood of SEQ, to which should
be added the mistake of ten dollars
more in adding up the column.
Ia passing upon the bill of the Times |
Publishing Co. for the last quarter OF |
1891, amounting to s7s305, the County
commissioners took some of these
things into consideration and deducted |
from that bill the sum of saoo. allowing
i for the sum Of SoS3.nS. In the hill
by Mr.. Ducrseiin for the last
quarter Of 1891, occurs the item of $3.50
FOR printing the road laws. Reduced
% a cash basis, this woule be n charge
If $500 for what we are satisfied should
nave been done for sls5 cash, making
IN over-charge in this respect of si75
n that one item.
The over-charges and deductions
would show as follows,
)vor-charge for Assessors state
meutS. mmI
)ver-charge for Assessors
notices. Iamj
Error in adding column. 49,. IOM
pver-charge for publishing
Comm's proceedings, .. lO5np
)ver-charge for printing cleo /
ton laws, .... llnnl
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