The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1894-02-08
Reply to Deputy Survsy'r Epl
Shaw.

The following communication
rom one of our reliable citizens.
was offered lhe Journal FIR pub
Icntior. The .Jnnrnal refused t.
publish. 1t was handed the SEN
TINEL, aud we publish, for the
reason that il Deputy Shaw's boss
will give only his hired man a
chance TO abuse he ex- ,urveynr,
the SENTINEL wsll give space tor
4 fair dIsruSsI0n.
To TIE EDITOR . F THE JOURNAL
In your issue of
Jan. IS, "a, is an article headed GAS To The
County Surveyor" purporting to be the
production OF one Eph Shaw ard assailing
one james Davis, eX-surveyor of Hooking Co
because lie did not give up certain field
notes which Shaw says are public property.
Again in The issue OF January 30tli. is an
other article, entitled. "The Surveyorship"
in which ale some more OF Shaw's bombast
about field notes, but admits that Davis
has turned over To his successor field notes
for about ten years past Now If Mr. Shaw
will turn to Sec. ll7i, Revised Statues. ne VIII
See that it has not been but little over 8 yrs
since the surveyor has had To make the field
hoies IA part OF public record, as that act was
passed on May 9Th 1855.
In the first article MIR Shaw intimates
that Davis over charged the eople foI ser
vice renderd, but does not cite anv Instance.
Now We have known Davis fer he last 81
years and have never heard a man he has
work ed for saw he over charged him. In this
a M n RTE a Sna W pi yes f.iy
10 acre tract, TO illustrate. Taking his figures
1t toots up si.45. Now we give him another
one, taking his example for the ground work
We have an 50 acre tract to be surveyed,
and divided into five equal tracts of l6 acres
each and five deeds made and acknowledge
ed. According to his way of figuring il
would cost $3.50 to run the out side lines and
plating and calculating, beside running
the cross lines and plating AMI calculating
them. Now according to his way of a CUR
ing it wonld cost another $3.50 for the work
besides making the deeds viii ch would cost
about Sl.00 apice for III liking, 500 more
making grand total of Sl2 so.
Now this is only one of many examples
that could be given. Mr. d wis did just such
Il job as have described and his charge WAS
$1,000. Now, Mr. Shaw seems to think be
cause he Is Deputy, every body should make
to him and that his command
should be implicitly Obeyed. 1t would seem
that history is about to repent itself in Heck
ing Co. Once before. in early days, in old
Hooking, man of about the same caiiber
as the present Deputy Surveyor, was elected
20 fll the Off ce ofSu,yeyor, and he was a sad
failure; and from the way the present
Deputy is how!in2. he i in the same box.
But we do not wish 10 enter INTO any con-
frOversy with any one, and only write this
Ia lei the people of II ocking Co know what
good Democrat Mr. Shaw Is. He seems TO
think that he is the ouy. and supreme one
he serving of recognition from the DemOc-
ra C OF Hooking He is like Ephr,am of old
therefore lac shall fall IN lis iniqulty. The
Democracy Kr"w Ephriam for he CON mils
ErhrIam shall he desoaie on
|. ia d:ty o. election. among DemOcrats have
nude known TN It which viii surely be.
is oprraS ed ani broken. because
he Willingly walks after the com uian imtntS
% the republic ms. When Eolir am saw
his sickness. then went Ephrinm 10 the
x epn hlic3tIs, yet coud they not he nor
cure him ~ hIs wouu l. Ephriain is Joined
70 his lido" ,cL him ''ne.
3 80 tHtLANpER nOEsrIcRS'