Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-20
SUIT on BRIDGE CONTRACT
4 Tood Reveals that Specifications
Were Eot Complied With.
Ex-coUErY CLERKS ON CARPET
Assertisn MADE They Have Pocketea
MoRev A-PPropr4stea for Clerk
Hire-Crop 81 Becal Can
uaates ts Coed.
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LINCOLN. Aug. TA.-Cspscisl) -Suit 10
shortly 10 be started ~ County Attorney
. Tyrrel against the bondsmsn Of c. @.
Shelley, L bridge contractor who did work
IN Lancaster county some years sgo. Dur
ing the recent high water IN Lincoln q
bridge went out over the Antslops creek
on North Tusnty-ssvsnth street An in
vestiEstion o. its construction showed the
specified tons An the contract had not been
compiled with. The contract called for
iron tubing 70 be set on three pilinEs driven
deep into the bed Of the creek. The tub
! e was to be filled with concrete. The
Y .uvestiEstion Of the destroyed bridge
y showed the tubing had been set on two Pill
ing ana had been filled with logs 70 within
eight inches Of the top and then concrete
put into I'm %.
The bridge was constructed some six
years ago and had the contract been com
piled with the statute Of limitation would
have run against the county. but as fraud
is charged the county attorney holds the
bond stiu holds good and he will al once
bring suit. To-Day he asked for an opinion
in the case ny Commissioner Bennett
Sufts Against County Clerks.
Either with or without instructions from
the county board. Frank TyreIl, county
attorney. VIII shortly begin suits gains
. number Of former county clerks 10 Sc
cure money appropriated for the employ
meui OF help during the busy seasons. 1t
has been the practice OF the county board
10 make q blanket appropriation for the use
OF the county clerks An Investigation Of
The records showed this money was only
partially used in paying help and the re-
malnder has never been accounted for.
Several Of the former clerks admitted hHv-
ms used a portion Of the funds for the
naN-uaamf NJ rrwuTrr-uc and the wrnrfnHpw
they kept. in every case the entire Rp-
preparation was used up and none Of il
Eot back to the county treasury.
Candidates Are Plentiful.
Lancaster county is happy nov its
fayorite game. politics, 10 on and there is
no limit TO the play. The county has nine
teen candidates for rep sentative, eleven
candidates for state senator and nine cRndi-
oates trying TO get Robert Pickels job as
county commissioner. Today every one Of
the candidates went out to a picnic at
Hickman, and each mounted the platform
and told he was a Roosevelt republican
and all about the great prosperity that
would come with his election. These can
dldRtez. Of course. are an after . place
on the republican ticket The democrats
GRATED d few candidates. but they have
not been heard from since the serving Of
tho wit Of draft, This means that the
democrats IN this rock-ribbed republican
county VIII make no effort to get votes ex-
Cel.- Co. Mr.. Bryan.
( A I-l.t is being made on Robert Pickel
prtacnt couutv commissioner. because ne
\ WAS g member Of the board which revoked
p bridge contract and then turned around
and lei the contract 10 another party for
a higher price. Al the time. this raised
= row. hui in the end II resulted in a good
E-ln .r r,,H - The uau~cbHrHf ms rrrvuad
- on. and row Inc bridge contract has been
bet for a lower price and the bids We're
oy-encd in public.
ScnataTaL G. F, MgKessun, candidate Tor
t1e republican nomination. for state audi
tor, has opened headquarters al the Cap
i.cl hptsl Strange as 81 may seem, Il is
? nevertheless q fact Senator McKesson s..
receiving much encouragement from what
lies s.ylcd itself the progressive elemen;
in t-,s community, as eXemplified by tins
J1uinal-NVws
TIE insurance men Of Lincoln are taking
a usud IN state politics and recently they
hrlz a Well-attended meeting to discuss
Candidates. These insurance agents ar,
lt,tty v.n satisfied with the way the in
go rany, department has been handled evi
&C Us. They sent for II. l.. Cook. CHndi
ca.r Cor stste auditor, and insisted on hin
sat NJ who would ne the head Of the In
, tUsante department should he he elected
NJ Gouk ts reported TO have refused Z,
I maxi any promises. He said he himsel
W. ud be the insurance commissioner
TrIn tho best information obtsinEble tht
Insurance agents were trying 10 make
6sal whereby John L. Pierce should re
m n al t1e head a. the insurance depart
mont Should ne fail TO land the nomination
In tae rae for local nominations candi
oates or iAc legislature are rapidly get
tIuE on utcrrd IN The newspapers. Tn
paramount ISSUE in this county is not tn
regulation Of corporations. economical ad
ILLUSTRATIONS, hig appropriations for IN
university and other things IN that line
hut u is county option. The two OF thre
candidates who have broken into prin
are advocating county option, whether sin
cerely or for eXPediency, depunent sRyet
no
Prisoner out Gold Teeth.
Ia J. Reed, 4 new prisoner IN the count
ial, rs out u bunch Of gold teeth becaus
he wrote D bogus check 10 pay Tor then
nr Truett is the hero Of the inCiden
Reed Wa arrested for passing the hs
paper and while he was In jail Dr.. Truet
came down 10 either get his teeth back &