The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-10-13

estimate ~ place lLr sun ~ -. lA- pu
reT nile Tor bed ~ shell tsslye feel
4 de and OAe fu1t thicE- a. g. 70 per
cubic yaTis lnis price being the aver
age price the ouuHtg paid AyFicH
hI1-. Tor said she'll Then you have
| So 1t7sl uEaccnuHi-f for
The Commissioners Court caEH1,
answer rtf-- facts Dr. stating hat the
I she'll vas placed upon the roads ~ lhl'
county rau feet ia lhirEl- which
s1uld ys' leave tolc.r that would
b. glar.us and startling ~ contemplate
for suoh would be- an apsuriiiy upon
.Js faoe. ana contrary no al theory n
.DDi Tlal building The government
.U building experiments! country roads
seldom places over eight inches Of
read bli ding material IN 'Ee prepared
GRADED surface, aud In no case over
twelve IHChr- lu, ~ examination NJ
the engineer report shows that slN
aud nine inches represents more than
the average depth Of lhel. nH Jefferson
county roads,
Th. Camml- slonsr,' CCUrI canHDy
take advantage 81 the tart hat my
estimates do not represent he prices
psld MyTick Bros for shell, have
lsed the same prices per yard for the
-i,u Tor each rad a. el forth the
contract price shown !n The minutes
m. 'le Comm 'ssiOners Court.
what are the duties Gi the COmmls'
s.0ncrs Court relative 10 the building
~ county roads In JET rspn county,
and Wha' system have they adopted
that over $50 10000 shpuld be lost 10
jefferson county In the purchase Of
she'll for eleven and Ouc-hali miles ~
read?
4 their system al business j. so lax
mat rhc Commissioners Court has lost
Oh, the county over eos 10000 Tor shell
for eleven and half miles Of road,
how much has Jefferson county lost u
tic Sl7O.OOUOD that has been expended
II, The last TWO years In the grading
and building Oi It's roads?
From The records % the COmmls siOn-
cis' Court no man can determine what
IL has cost Jefferson county 10 grade
and build any particular mile Of ROAD,
LOr do said records show what roads
have been improved and the amount Of
improvements placed thereon; nor can
b. be ascertained from the records
what II cost 10 shell any particular sec
lion Of road in Jefferson county, II IL
cost over 81 600 to dump the shell on
he roads. what did il cost 10 grade,
ditch, level the shcI roll the sane
ihell, etc? / viii challenge any man
10 produce figures from the records Of
the Commissioners Court that will
how the cost Of grading, d!tching and
preparing for public use any particu.
lar road in Jefferson county.
By special act of the Twenty-scyenth
legislature, chapter 1873, passed in the
year 1901. there is provided a local
read law for Calhoun, Victoria Jcffer.
son and Bee counties The law states
that each member Of the Commission
cis Court shall be the road commits
siOncr in his respective precinct, that
the commissioners court shall have
full power and authority therein, and
il shall be the duty of said court to
aGOpt such system for WORKING, laying
out draining and repairing the public
roads Of the county as may be deemed
be st. and from time to time such court
may change its plan or system Of
Working.
The Commissioners Court Is com
posed OF four commissioners and a
county judge It is left to these five
men TO devise "A system of constructor
and maintenance for the county roads
# the system is bad the fault lies with
the Commissioners Court.
An examination of the records will
ieyelOp the fact that the Commission
els Court Of this county has no system
% method to ascertain what is paid for
material supplied and labor performed
under any one commissioner in his
precinct, except that of his own state
ments and bills that he may present to
Tie COmmiSs iOncrs' Court for payment.
The Commissioners Court had no en-
ginccr or any one in its employ, not
lrcCtly under each commissioner, 10
Keep CHECK on the labor performed, the |
amount of shell delivered or the ma
crial furnished Al bills were pre- |
,cntcd TO the Commissioners Court by |
I respective commissioner, approved |
md ordered paid without the court |
iavinS any further evidence OF the
ustncss of the claim.
Such a system Of business would |
bankrupt the richest institution in the
'Duntry. and -cmOraiZc in time the
majority of men.
The records for the past two years
all to show where any of the county
cad work was advertised and sub
nittcd for competitive bids. Many
Ills were submitted, approved and or
crcd paid, the face Of the bin falling
70 disclose sufficient information to
scortain why the bill should be paid.
have examined these bills on file al
ne court house. and know whereof |
rite.
Many of my statements in this letter
re- Of negative character, for the l.
casOn that certain facts that should
Upoar upon the records are not spread
lproon. and If any statement | have
ladc herein is doubted, I am ready To
ubmit tho evidence to any court of
.quiry the result 81 which will be e
, conclusive and 20 convincing a cor
.Lpratiun of th" above statements that
' taxpayers or good citizen of Joifer- +
ln county hut would be astOunded at
bee sariul masniiuu" and startling ma
lrn e. these cpndDmning facts. Very i
Hpucifully submitted.
NIB. BETTY
Sick Salvationists. a
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