The Forrest City times., 1912-10-25

ha ci'fi to pIoSS tIlp COuft WIfH the equity and fairness of Contractor Nelson's claim, the court and County Judge Rolfe were memoriaized by the leyee commissioners and the following documents To the Quorum Court of St Francis
 county. State Of Arkansas, Coun-
 ty Of St. Francis.
 We, the undersigned, state on oath that we were the Commissioners duly appointed and qualified to construct the levee across L'Anguille bottom west of Colt, Arkansas, and after looking over the route as originally surveyed, and which followed the old road, we discovered that it contained so many bends and crooks that it was not to the best interest of the coun- Iy to place the levee on the lines of the old public highway, and we there lore changed the route so that the levee would be perfectly straight. By making thls change, we feel that the interest of the county was greatly enhanced, and that public conye- nience was thereby subserved. This change involved some considerable extra expense on the original con struction, 1t became necessary 10 build the levee much higher than originally contemplated, and it was also necessary to clear the right of way Tor the new route. The new route was filled with trees. This change, while it involved an ad- dItlonal expense on the original plan or construction, will in the end prove much less expensive to the county Tor the reason that il will be much cheaper to maintain the leyee as now constructed along straight lines than It would have been had it followed the old road bed
 Mir. \. E. Nelson, whe was the original contractor for the tie oripi- nal work, constructed the levee as finally laid out by us, and we are ao- vised that he has filed an account for a sum greater that the original con tract We are convinced from our experience in such matters. and from our knowledge or the work which MT. Nelson contracted 10 do. and of our Knowledge of the work that he did, that he is entitled to compen- Sation In sum in excess of the or iglnal contract price.
 We have not made calculations to determine the exact sum that should be paid MT. Nelson, but the engineer has done so and, in our opinion. an additional sum of Sl953 g7 should by paid him. This in our judgment. is just and right.
 Respectfully submitted
 !, W. TAYLOR,
 ]. C REYNOLDS M D. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day Of October, 1912.
 \ II. MANN. Notary Public. 
 WILKINSON AFFIDAVIT. State of Arkansas. County of St.
 Francis
 C. NJ. Wilkinson states on oath that he was one of the bidders for the construction 0f the levee across l. Anguiile bottom at the offering of such work, and at which time N. R. Nelson was declared to be the sue cessful bidder
 l have had more or less experience in the construction of levee work of the character that was done in this instance, and know that the leyee. as actually constructed by Mr Nelson was much more expensive work than tbe proposed levee on which ali of us bid. have not made actual calcula- tioHs to determine how much more expensive the work would be. but am satisfied that it would be more ex- pensive.
 C. N. WILKINSON
 Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this 22nd day Of October, 1912.
 <. II. MANN,
 Notary Public To Hon. l.. A. Rolfe, Judge in and for
 St. Francis county, Ark.
 We, the undersigned. commission CTS appointed to view and locate route for building leree across L'Angullle river bottom, in said county, beg leave to report that we, with C W. Chris tian, as engineer. proceeded to locate said levee on the most direct route and highest ground through said bot tom, and that ill order to make said levee of the greatest durability and service, we had the grade thereof raised two feet higher than the grade of the preliminary survey heretofore reported, and that We have caused blae print of the profile ol said route to be made, showing the points for bridges, cross section. height of grade, number of stations loo feet apart, and the cubic yards for each station, with height thereof, which we submit as a part of this report and as specified tions. in part, for tine construction of said leyee. and that our proceedings herein Supercede all previous reports. Respectfully submitted Oct. 23, 1911
 J. C. REYNOLDS,
 ]. W. TAYLOR,
 Commissioners. The sheriff repo ted fines collected, i33t 10.