Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-04
A Statement.

To the City Council of the City oil
Marietta, Gentlemen:
We submit the following statement as
to work on the sewer in the Fifth
Sewer district, nov finished. We think
you ought to know all the facts and
the steps we took to hasten its compile
ton during good weather. We sim
ply ask that this be placed on file for
che information of any who may be in,
terested
1t should not be inferred that because
we befriended the Messrs. Darrow
that we thereby in any way became re-
sponsible for .-eir bills for we are not
liable for their debts for either labor
Or material contracted in and about
the construction of the sewer When
the Council informed us that the
Messrs. Darrow were having trouble
with their workmen, We inquired and
found that lack of money to pay the
men caused all the trouble mH'order
to facilitate matters we borrowed $3.50
and applied it on the wages due the
men, an itemized statement of which
Is hereto attached and filed, marked
Statement A. the Messrs. DarrOw
giving lis an order IN the City Clerk
empowering MS to draw all estimates
and apply to payment of bills. The
work then proceeded until within
$1,374,22, which was paid to us and all
paid to the laborers except $l0S.S7 paid
to Thomas Cisler & Son, for brick
1880 to j, T. Hart for stone, $3.50
for tools, and small amount applied
on money advanced to pay laborers
An itemized statement of the disburse-
ments under this estimate is hereto at
tached and filed marked Statement
B."
There not being enough money in
this estimate to pay the laborers in full
they refused to go to work. At this
juncture, John Wilking came forward
and volunteered to complete the work
and make no charge or mis- services.
Lnder his direction the sewer Gas been
finished. The labor bill under Mr.
Viking amounts to S4O2.U1, an item
lied account of which is filled herewith
marked Statement c." %
In conclusion we wish to say we be-
lieve that the sewer has been con
structed in a good and workman-like
manner and as far asSwe can tell it
has been done in an economical man
ner, and all thathas gone into it, both
labor and material is good value. We
are not here 10 defend the Darrows,
but at the same time we believe in
fair play. Mr.. 2. T. Darrow ought to
realize something out of his Winters
work on this Improvement, thus far,
so far as we know, he has not received
a dollar for this work. .At4
There is no question but what Mr.
Darrow is a good sewer builder. He
has constructed nearly all the sewers
that Marietta now has and it has all
been good work.
The deep work on this sewer some
OF it twenty-five feet deep, the many
perplexing accidents including the cave
that caught some of the men and the
rise of the river which flooded the
deep work and the falling in of the
pipes all helped to delay the work
without any fault OF his.
We hope that there VIII be enough
coming to Mr.. Darrow TO pay all
claims and leave balance for Mr..
Darrow, 8ff#fF n
It rs not good policy or good morally
that a city should get something for
nothing or that a man should put in
an extensive Improvement like this
and go away without adequate re-
sompense for the same
The following is q statement of