The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-16

tam Of information connected
-. road and bridge fund fnysstiga-
- In orogr@ss az the county court
80 rafehea for with interest by q
.s-ras az readers The Pozt-Inteili-
~ ~ssea first announced the work
fs...ssraslon undertaken by Expert
- Young. long before the time Of
sesrsavu,ert By the present board Of
commissioners has kept its read
- as 70 the various phases Of the
SE1.swsssor from that time TO the pres
-. uezS has been secured without
-.s.,n.sry assistance from the audi
80 on the one hand. and on the
xtthoat any betrayal OF confidence
- the rnen who are conducting the
- a .nvestigs ton. Above all. no In
80 has been given out through
=. sslurnns which could not be .ouched
= q good authority.
a. the latest suspicious items 20
-. an6er the notice Of the Investigators
80 up Of the warrants and vouchers
= <s.k done or the East Seattle dock
=. sears ago There f. no authority 10
= eat the work was ever undertaken
: s~ssr OF the county. though IL Is posi-
= ssst a. further search may disclose
- ar order. No contract whatever for
I. -svk has bean found Nevertheless,
!. yasehers and blIis I'm the share of
- for labor performed and material
<-ez>s during a period Of about three
~.ssss In the spring Of 1895 show that
.s-sefs 70 the amount Of szis were issued
80 county on account OF the dock at
u SEATTLE On n par with many Of the
- bills 90 which Douglas Young has d.
- the attention Of the commissioners.
- al
ssssag Simply. King county DIR. TO John
= fer work done on the East Seattle
- 81" without further specifying
49, sipd % work was done or how much
O. The bills for material supplied are
ssslly defective. the bill for lumber con-
sstas simply Of an enumeration OF the
ssres and sizes Of lumber furnished.
Ganting that the county authorized the
eussfrarifon OF a dock at East Seattle,
.ssral persons have expressed themselves
a uteriy Increduious that any such
srosni as that called for In the bills
,ssss mentioned was ever done on the
ca within that space % tine.
snswhat on the other side OF the uues-
ux APPEARS J. u. McDermott. Of MeDer-
nat. 4 Jacobson. who said yesterday TO
importer:
4 know very little directly about the
ssrk Oh the dock at East Seattle. my
kssxissge being based mainly on hear
81 Yes my homestead is not very far
ifan there perhaps mile and half I
sasw tbs much. however, that We had a
saa eonstrnctea opposite my place good
ssal smaller than the one Mt East Seat
d Il cost about s3is. and n the total
~ 4 the East Seattle dock was SIS. then
sss built at very reasonable figure"
80 another sensation was struck a
e. asys ago by the investigators. They
hsss ben making an effort IN every
eessssM case 10 see or hear personally
err nan who has been certified "a
sassas done the work or furnished the
ralsrssl or the questionable claim. The
sasr day the investigators ran across
% allowing bill:
Kent. November -. 1894.
aad District No. -. King County. TO A.
Van De Fan;er. DIR.
, grading q rods In length - % ~
= asins OF low places In rods -. %
siaa o
Eaal'nr plank from Meeker and lay-
ag them again on Taylor road. 50 90
slSs IS
Tas latter charge. that of xn for haul
X seemed 20 be In a dIYsren, hand
FFtng frofn the rest Of the BILL and that
~ reused the lnvestigators' suspicious
saang was easier than 20 ask ex~sherifr
"a Dc Vanter whether the bin was In
e shape he had made IL out In. He II
% ~ the hast known men about the city,
- easily accessible Approached on the
Ns'ect he stated Il a. his positive recol-
@fen that tire bin In question should
AVE hsen for siQ2-9s. lie said that the
Fask In question was hauled by himself
- c. l.. Taylor absolutely free OF cost
re county. and no charge whatever
ss made for the hauling.
= tbs way Mr.. Young and Mr.. Wilson
~ checking up the irregular vouchers
&c By enc. going, wherever possible. 20
= nan certified rs having done the work
FINISHED the material and getting a
sfsSs PERSONAL statement from him as
whether the claim has been correctly
isesssssd- The question as TO who got
- extra money paid out on these
asset claims Is another matter and will
seternined later on. IN many in
ftnces the handwriting by which tho
an has been raised has been posi-
ssg Identified