The record-union., 1892-12-06
COLEMAN WAS Hot.
A Road-Overseer Who Claims to
Have Discovered "ScuIIduggery,"
He Goes After Contractor Dean Saw
agely-New Issue of State
Bonds-Road Cases.

The Board Of Supervisors began its
December session at the Hall Of Records
yesterday morning. Chairman Greer
presided, and all the members We're pres
ent except Mr.. Bates, who was Oft testing
a steamboat, and did not put i'll an APP
pearance until adjournment time.
1t was decided to accept the PROPOSE
ton Of the State to receive the new issue
of 500, 900 worth of bonds of this county
at Il per cent. interest. This issue re-
places old bonds on which the county has
been paying S per cent, and simply
means a saving to the county of the diff
ference between the two rates Of interest.
Clerk Rhoads announced that he had
received the returns and ballots of the
recent election for Trustees, held in Re
clamation District No. 3, as required by
law. On motion Of Mr.. Black the docu-
ments We're filed.
Justice-elect tigg of Georgiana Town
ship communicated to the board the fact
+ that in order 10 run his office in style he
would like to have some new codes and
other law books. Those belonging to his
predecessor, he said, were the laws of
1866, and were hardly fashionable enough
for the modern practice. The matter was
laid over.
The hearing of the petition of J. O..
Frazier and others for new county road
IN Alabama Township was postponed
until Friday. Later in the afternoon,
however, all parties concerned in the case
put in an appearance before the board
and the matter was taken up. Statements
were made by petitioners and non-cOn-
senters, after which the board took the
matter under advisement.
t. Id IL.
attention to the fact that some time ago a
bill of $3.50 was charged against Road Dis
trlct Il when it should have been charged
to District t, and on his motion it was re-
solved 10 take the money from No as
funds next month and place the money
back IN 2Ps Golfers.
Road Overseer Coleman, whose dis
trict ends in the middle of the Folsom
bridge, that used to be, then made Il
speech to the board. Coleman is quite q
character and created considerable mer-
rlment during his talk. He had Just
found out, he said, that some ''sculldug-
gery"' had been committed early last
year i'll which his district was The suf-
terer. 1t appeared from his statement
that George B. Dean had been directed to
replank the north half of the old suspen-
sion bridge, and it was strictly set
forth by the board that the work
should be done under the oVerseer's S
supervision. But, declared Mr.. Coleman,
and he grew quite wrathy as he pro-
gressed with his tale of woe, Dean had
given him the Slip" and, while Cole
man was attending the Gardner trial in
this city as witness, the contractor put
down the planks and put in u bill for Sl5l.
II don't care VINO knows it now" con-
tinued the irate overseer, "but Dean
robbed my district out Of $50 at least He
put down just seventy-two planks. An
other man and put down that many for
$50 not long ago."
Nv eli, l guess Dean was not working
for his healthy" suggested Supervisor
Jenkins jokingly.
We'll, Pm glad Im healthy said
Coleman. And that amt all, either.
Wait till l tell you some more. pve been
tracing this thing up for some time, and
have only just got onto it. | intended to
come in here and protest against Deans
bill, but l guess Dean found il out, be-
cause | was never notified that the bill
was coming up and the clerk promised
me faithfully that he would notify me-"
Clerk Rhoads said he did notify Cole
man, but the latter would not admit that
he received the letter.
Coleman broke loose on Dean again
then and declared that he had been try
ing to get before the board when Dean
was present. ''It's no 90. though" he
said. Dean sits around here ali the
time, but just as sure as / come in he gets
up and scoots.'
The board decided to investigate the
matter, and adjourned until to-day,