The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-02-14

at 10 cents. ts....,,,t,,',,,,N Nao'N
10 feet, l4.inch sewer pipe ... a'n
l2O0 feet lumber . ...",.,,... la"o
Cement. nails, hauling .,,.,,,,, 90"
Total l......,..,.,''..','' ~N''o"
As all of this work Is IN plan s'ght
and can hc verified by anyone upon
examination, with the exception that
the hulkhead as called for in the .perl'
fcations has never been built, and the
filling from the hulkhead to the drain
box has not becn completed, Goodin
promising To finish il with the dirt now
on the lots OF Jas. Taltcn, which was
placed there by Goodin from the cN'
cayation at Fifth and Exchange
streets" as soon as the weather PER
mitted, which he has not a. yet done
This work has been accepted and pald
for by the city. A. this is the extra
work ON which W A. Goodin and \, NJ,
Smith base their charge of graft !
have entered thus fully into the de-
tail. OF the transaction. An inspection
al the work will verify each and every
one of the above statements.
After Goodin quit work on the drain
at Sixth and Exchange he proceeded to
mt in the box drain on Thirty'itth
streets. from the south side of Duane
street to the river. The specifications
.tatc that this drain shall be OF IL
inches inside measurement, buils 81 J.
inch plank and fastened to th' pilns
under the roadway with four b'inch
.pike. and A 9iuch iron bolt, at each
support, Goodin refused to put III the
boIts and so reported to the city
enoineer, street superintendent ana
committee on streets, The city at
torncy drew up an ordinance paying Tor
,bi. work and Goodin received tae
nancy fnr the same before the report
of the committee on the acceptance oi
This work had been signed by either
the superintendent Of streets or inc
city surveyor. There is not ho't III
any Of the braces although the sFccih'
cations call for them.
On January II, 1906, the city sur
yeyor sent me to Thirty-thiTd and haf'
risou streets, to inspect the work there
being done by ". A. Goodin. ioln"
that the specifications called tor th'
street to be graded to width oi ~
feet through the center, and planked
with 3 by II planks, l6 feet long Ia'd
on six 4 by stringer-, from THIRTEEN
N Thi,ty.tbird streets. All cuts and
| flls TO be on one to one slope, hi''
that a box drain OF 4 by IL plank,
feet square inside, and 100 feet long. b'
t,,;lt ON the west side OF ThriIeth
street. Upon investigation, foun'
that Goodin had opened the street De
tween Thrty.third and the AdaIr 'i"e
to a width of II feet, in place oi ~
that the slopes on each side in place
Of being one to one, were nearly atraish
nm and down, and | was also informed
nv Messrs, Linstad Fredercksen, EricK
sen, and Johansen, property owners OF
Harrison avenue, that W. A. Goodin ma
asked them for $40 each to grade ~
hanks in front Of their property al
though his contract called for the re
moval of the same dirt, Of which fact
notified them and they refused 70 pa!
him; thereupon he dropped his price U
sl0 ner lot. which they also refused u
nav. az the slopes, ae set by the GU.
surveyor, we're perfectly satisfactory =
them. and assured them that Goodl
would have to put them in accord'"
to his contract. The drain at the ives
side Of Tbirticth, which, according I
the specifications, should be 100 feet
length, found had been put in be
fore / was sent to inspect the wor'
] and was 48 feet o inches in length. Thi
| reported to Mr.. Tee, the city SUI
yeyor and Mr.. Kearney, the supcrnl
tendcnt of streets. On January II
1906, Goodin commenced laying W
plank on Harrison avenue at Thirty
third street, the specifications calle1 10
l6.foot 3 by IL plank, laid on six 4 by
stringers. Goodn suggested that fon
st ingers were enough as they wou'
be laid in the mud and no one woul
ever zee them; this ! refused to agTe
to. and told him that the street mus