The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-06-24
SPECIAL MEETING
Of The COUNTY COMMISSION
Frs MONDAY.
j. T.. McFlll Resigns aS I'm
ginecr of the cambridge
Township Rock
Roads.
Henry Berger Appointed to
Fill Vacancy.

Fill Vacancy.
On Wednesday evening Joseph
Schroeder Sr, superintendent OF
the rock roads reported to County
Auditor Sweeney that on Friday
the Ireland road would be finished
grading with the exception OF a
small amount Of leveling up. That
the big grader would then be started
and rock would be put on the road.
Auditor Sweeney was not satisfied,
a. he has not been during the entire
lob, as no grade stakes bad been SCI
and Supt. Schroeder said he had
asked repeatedly for them, but En-
pineer McFall said none were need
ed. The Supt was then instructed
TO again ask for stakes and II they
were not furDished to report to the
Auditor and he would call the 60.
Commissioners together and insist
on the work being done az Il should
be. On Thursday evening the Aud
itor drove over the road, and he be-
ing an old rock road and railroad
builder. saw at a glance that not
foot OF the road was according TO
contract. so he drove over 10 see
County Commis >ioner LandgEeoe al
Huntineburg and talked the matter
over with him. Ii was then ar
ranged that the County C3mmi--
sioners. Auditor and Henry Berger
would drive out over the road next
dav aud each see for hiuselt the
conditions Just a. they existed
Ten good citizens We're asked 70 ac-
company the party and uid -1 Az
the top Of the Krempp bill. the party
met Mr.. Reavis, the contractor, ga.
said 70 the party be was glad Mr.
Landgrebe vas gong over the roai
as he had Just finished the cuts an'
fills and would soon be ready to IN
on the rocks. The party went OF
and found at the footoi the Kemp
hill a five foot liil had been ma 4
when it should nave been nine is-i
IN And the grade II the Steritenagl
bill wa found % be unsatistacintS
a-at the top Of the hill where theE
should have been cut OF Elk az
half feet Ysry little was done, az
all along the route where where cu
and fills a. much a. five fee -huu
have been made, they were aclrcf
touched.
The County Commissioner, !.
son who l. Civil engineering ~
dent at Purdue University, Hem
Berger. the engineer al the Patoa
township rock roads, and the enu
party. long before they got T. Z!
end Of the road became dissus''
with the work and returned 90 tow
firmly convinced that an ouua
was attempting to be perpe1ra'ed
the taxpayers Of the towns ~
bui Auditor SNeenep l. deteTmin'
and declares that the tax payers
be protected to the last cent and 4
penny will be paid out Of the 4
treasury until every condition IN
contract l. complied with
On Saturday, Engineer Mct
fled HE resignation with Tie Uuu
ty Auditor, and the AudltOr l-su
call for tie CommissiJLtrs
meet Monday AT biz oilire.
Or Monday al the meeting In'
were many Taxpayers present
si-ting on iair play and hone-t re
ing by all parties. Tie Comm
sioners accepted the resignation
Mr.. McFall a. engineer ami
p5inted Henry Berger in Ms -
a sharp lookout Viii be kept ga
persons concerned a. the people
aroused and trouble viii result
gouging Is attempted.
Contractor Reavis says be inter
To complete the contract Just
cording to specifications but Z
he was Deepen ing on The eugln
for acceptance. n.
Mr. McFall says the spfciii
lions are faulty and that if he
been given an opportunity q
plain the matter, 81 would ~
seen that they were in reallt.
ting a better road than the -let
cations called ior,-that q
stenitenagIe Hill he had chan
the grade from > per cent. 70
which would make it better
that he had made several other
nor improvements. But now he