The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-11-08
POLITICAL WAR
IN C0LUMBIANA
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wet days, and he got an estimate of
10000 cubic yards. Everybody knows
he did not remove more than half
that amount of earth apd yet he drew
the cash out of the county treasury.
Again McLane had retaining wall to
build. This wall extended over ra-
vine. II was nearly rs feet In length
in the center and tapers off to point
at each end, the wall averaging about
1914 feet high. The contract called
for solid masonry, but instead McLane
build a shell from the stone taken out
of the road and filed the back part up
with spalls. The wall was to be five
feet thick with heavy quarried stone.
The outside, course is said to look as
though 1t was solid wall but those
who helped to build 1t know that 1t is
a mere she'll. The price paid for this
retaining wall was $1,000. We had a
mason figure on this piece Of work and
allowing the wall to be built out of
quarried stone, solid masonry, the cost
would be $3.50. Will the commissioner
tell us who got the difference between
$1,000 and $3.50? While a solid wall
of the kind specified would cost $3.50,
yet the kind built by McI.ane would
not cost over $780, Somebody is get
ting rich. Smith e. McLane say they
are not. Who is it?
I'VE have found that another culvert
was built in Wayne township, near
Mrs Martins home for $500. McLane
got this contract from the commission
ers. A competent mason tells us that
the construction of that culvert ought
not to be more than $780, There is a
margin of $500 that goes into the
pockets Of somebody. Let the commits
sioners explain who gets the DOODLE"
"Mr. Mckenzie of Wellsville. in
sending out Macdonald literature does
not know all of the facts about the IL
legal business at the court house. He
says that Judge Boone got $4,000 for
indexing in his Office. The fact is
Judge Boone got $4,000 for that work
and he sublet it to Mrs. Mcmillan for
$500. She did all of the work at fair
wages, while the Judge put the balance
in his pocket, or divided with the COM
missioners. The Judge says he never
took dollar illegally. No, he took IT,
under contract with the commits
sioners, but the contract amounted to
ing in the recorders Office. Mr.. Nc
Kenzie says that Crosser, ex-recorder,
received $4,000 for indexing the rec
ords and that the work cost $1,000. In
this Mr.. Mckenzie is mistaken. Re-
.corder Crosser received nearly 10000
for the work of indexing and it cost
him nearly $4,000 to have the work
done. The net rake Off was about
$4,000, but how much. Crosser gave
to the commissioners out OF that will
never be known. This indexing busi-
ness was let by contract. The COM
missioners could have let the contract
to Mrs. Mcmillan. for the work in the
probate judges Office, at 5000 or say
$1,000 to be liberal with her. But no,
Judge Boone took the job at $4,000.
The indexing in the recorder5s office
could have been let for $4,000, but Mr..
Crosser got the contract at $4,000.
II is so nice to have pull, even
though dividend of the boddle fol-
lows The taxpayers are great fools
if they do not now call halt. Vote
to down the ring"
When thieves fall out" starts an
old adage and the day of settlement in
Columbiana county is evidently not
far off and woe betides those who are
called upon to settle
A desperate effort has also been
made to hunt scandal about the
county printing. 1t is known that
thousands Of dollars have been lille
gally spent in that way and certain
publishers and officials are shaking
in their boots over the probabilities of