Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-03-07
ENGINEER WHITE
ENGINEER WAGNER.
Charges and Coualerchsrges Made
By The Road Builders in Clear
Fork District.
Top Top, Va, Feb. 25, 1913

engineer In clear Fork District
and having been asked for my
resignation as such, / feel it 9
duty to the public to make the
following statement:
l requested, in writing reasons
for the request for my resigna-
ton, and these were per-
emptorily refused with a de-
mand for my resignation. The
only reason why this demand
for my resignation could have
been made in so far is my know
ledge extends, is due to the fact
that was open and above board
IN my opposition TO serving
special interests. The evidence
will he furnished to any ore de-
string same, showing the origin
and the result of the differences
between Mr.. Wagner and myself.
| am not seeking any peculiar
benefits in any wise in my op-
position to Mr.. Wagner nor to
any of his projects. l am not
opposing Mr.. Wagner personally
nor through malice, but am sim
ply performing a duty demanded
by the public, therefore the fol
lowing statement:
MR.. WAGNER'S REPORTS.
Mr.. Wagner has persistently
stated that he did not know
what kind of reports to make
for the public and therefore did
not make any report until Sep
tember 30th, at which time he
prepared and published a report
in part only, showing the ex-
penditures and certain other
data in only a few sections
where work had been done at
that time. If he could make a
report for a few sections for
September, why could he not
make reports for all the sections
and make them at any time
there was proper demand for
them?
On the 1st of December MIR.
Wagner made another report
which was published, showing
the work on only four sections
of the road and, at least two of
these not being correctly shown.
The four sections covered by Mr..
Wagner's report of December 1st
were Bluestone, Fincastle road
west of station 565, T. R.
Shoots to Tip Top and Big
Spring to Burke'S Garden.
The last report of Mr.. Wagner
shows $1344. 90 balance to be ex-
pended on the Bluestone section
after the 1st of December. My
information is that very little
work was done on this section
after that date. On the first of
January Mr.. Wagner made an
other report on this same sec
tion, which was not published,
and at that time he advised me
that this balance of $1344. 90 had
been expended and $4,000 addi-
tional.
On the section over the divides,
from station sos to the district
line Fincastle road, Mr.. Wag-
ner's report showed the same
balance and the same amount
to be expended on December 1st,
as shown on his report of Sep
tember Both, Notwithstanding
the fact that force had been
employed on this section for a
part of the month of October
and for the whole month of
November. The citizens in this
vicinity were sorely disappointed
to find that they had only about
100000 to spend OH this section
after the 1st of December in
stead of $4623. .25, which were
the figures given in Mr.. Wag.
ner's report as of December 1st
On the section from T. R
Shoots to Tip Top money was
expended between Septembel
Both and December 1st notwith
standing this fact Mr.. Wagner
figures in these two report
were the same.
Actual and approximate esti
mates on the T. r. Smoot t
Tip Top section.
Mr.. Wagner might not be hel,
responsible for any discrepanc,
between the actual cost and tn,
estimated cost of the same, if h
did not voluntarily assume tn
responsibility of the same b
his declaration that there was n
discrepancy. II justifying hi
position he, states that the yaro
age was very heavy, and that
was expensive. He states that
is estimated at 5000 cubic yard
per rnile and at an estimate
cost of 60c. per cubic yart
WhabasG.thera was only ahnl