Evening journal., 1914-08-03
TWO claimants, BUT
Cannot Cash CHECK
No Settlement Today Of Con-
troverSy Over Atlas Bridge
Company Payment
SUGGEST A PLAN TO
HAVE WORK PROCEED

A check for $4,000 is being held at
the Office Of County Treasurer
Charles H. Lippincott, which, until
the controversy between the Atlas
Bridge Company and the officials Of
the Farmers Bank is settled, cannot
be negotiated The check is drawn
upon the Farmers Bank and is made
to the order of the Atlas Bridge
Company, and is duly signed by the
county treasurer, yet it cannot be
cashed. The bank refuses to cash it
for the bridge company until a note
II is alleged the bridge company en-
dorsed is settled, and the bridge COM
pany officials refuse to endorse the
check to allow the bank to collect the
funds.
As stated III this paper on Saturday,
the check was made out to the bridge
company to apply on the contract for
the work upon the Third street
bridge but was withheld by the Levy
Court on claim of the Farmers
Bank that il was entitled to receive
the check and apply it on note for
$4,000 Of the Horrigan Contracting
endorsed by letter by the bridge
company.
At the meeting of the finance com
nlittee of Levy Court on Friday
afternoon. Albert Bird, manager Of
the local Office of the Fidelity and
Deposit Company of Maryland, which
company bonded the Atlas Bridge
Company on the Third street bridge
contract, cautioned Commissioners
Scott, Fouracre aud Burris, and Levy
Court Attorney Julian c. Walker, to
do nothing TO invalidate the contract
between the court and the bridge
company and cancel the bond.
Nh. Bird, when interviewed by
reporter of THE EVENING JOUR
NAL this morning, spoke OF caution
ing the commissioners upon this
point, but would make no statement
upon the likelihood of the bonding
company finishing the contract should
the bridge company be permitted to
throw it up.
A suggestion has been made that
the bank allow the check to be paid
the bridge company in order that they
might pay off the men employed on
the bridge and proceed to finish the
contract, on the condition that the
bridge company assume the liability
q the $4,000 note held by the bank.
and agree to pay this not at a later
date.
ne bridge company mas stopped
on account of not having money
Get their payrolls and the bond
company believes that every eff
II should be made amlcably TO set
lc the controversy without inyalidat-
n'e the contract
v was ascertained this morning that
me finance committee of Levy Court
had practically decided to paw the
money 70 the bridge company on Fri
day night, but the check had disap-
peared. Deputy County Treasurer Ell
wood Brown was unable to find il at the
time It was TO be paid over, and by the I
time the check was found another
hitch arose which held it up.
Inc matter now practically rests be (
tween the officials of the bridge com /
pany and the officials of the bank to /
rome to an agreement, the present sta
ius beng the refusal OF the bank to /
allow the bridge company to endorse I
The check TO allow the funds to be ap-
piled to the Horrigan note
There has been some speculation as
70 whether the bonding company would.
have to finish the contract, should it be
nvalidated by the action OF Levy Court
IN holding up the money as the bridge
claims.
). E. Greiner the consulting engi-
neer has several times during the past
few months complained to the Levy