Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-13
]. c. M|NKERT FOR
COUNTY JUDGE
Announces az Candidate and Issues
Statement TO Voters.

statement 10 NotcTb.
Hon. j. G. Mnikert has authorized
the Eagle to announce him as candi-
date for County Judge OF Brazos |,
County, subject to the action OF the
July primary. In connection with his
announcement, Mr.. Minkert has issued
the following statement to the voters:
My candidacy for the office OF
County Judge has been prompted sole
ly by a desire to serve my county and
to prevent the increase OF the county's !.
Indebtedness.
During the last two years debt or |
$26,520 has been created for the pur-
pose of building new jail. Book 4,
page 3l7, minutes Commissioners |
Court, and a debt OF $4,000 as princi- |
pal, bearing interest at s IL per cent.
has been created by virtue OF bridge
contract entered into with A. b. Car
son, Book 4 page 1892, ct seq, minutes
of Commissioners Court, and TO pro-
vide for the payment Of this $4,000
debt liz cents out OF the 10 cents
assessed for road and bridge purposes.
is set aside, thus reducing the money
available for the maintaintance OF the
roads and bridges OF the county to
9 IL cents on the 800 valuation.
During the next ten years the
county will pay $3.50 per annum as
interest on said debt or total of $27.-
500. Two more such contracts viii
consume all of the money available
for the maintenance Of the roads.
This contract provides for the build
ing of the following bridges at the fol-
lowing prices to-wit:
Big Creek bridge, Allen farm road,
replacing Sc feet. $420; Big Creek
bridge, Allen farm road, 100 Feet
$l4OO. Millican White Switch. 100 feet,
1882: Navasota river, Ferguson cross
ing. 1903 feet, s1463; Bird Pond. Rock
Prairie. $50 feet. S72S; Carter Creek.
rs feet. $3.50: Hopes Creek, Hoppe
bridge road 40 feet, $3.50; Brazos
River. Hoppe bridge, renewals and re-
pairs, $2973; Jones bridge, renewals
and repairs, $3.50: Navasota river,
Madisonviile road, replacing 81 feet
span, 1882; Navasota river. Madison
vile road, s2344; Mathis branch, 90
feet, $500; Bee creek, Madisonville
road. rs fet, $500; Elliott tap. As feet.
$3.50. Little Cedar creek. Bryan and
Macy road, 100 feet. $l400; Birch
branch, 100 feet, $500; Wixon's creek,
. CLANCY bridge road. rs feet 5000;
, Cedar creek. Kurten tap road, 14O feet,
$4,000; Cedar creek, Bryan and Macy
road approach. $3.50; Bee creek. Bryan
and Macy road approach, $3.50; Brazos
river Pitts bridge. renewals and re-
pairs. $4,000; San Antonio road. Ko-
: pecky bridge, sc feet. $247; little
Brazos river. Sandy Point road. 200
feet, $500; Slough, Sandy Point road,
: 100 feet, $500; Slough. Sandy Point
: road. 70 feet, $3.50: Slough. Sandy
Point road, IS feet, $3.50; Mudville end
Mumford road, so feet, $175. Webb
I branch, Cahill road, so feet 5000;
Thompsoi's creek. Silver Hill and
Smetana road. SIS feet, $3.50; Spring
! branch, Mumford road, 30 feet. 800:
: Branch. Rye and Benchley road. 20
! feet, S65: Branch, Bryan and Benchley
road, 80 feet, $500; Thompsons
creek. Bryan and Benchley road. 150
feet. $2750: Branch, Frank Clark road
30 feet, 500: Branch. Bryan and Ia
Dor road, so feet, $175; Branch, Bryan
4 and Tabor road, so feet. 5000; W.
e on's creek, Bryan and Tabor road. 70
feet; $1,000; Wixon's creek, Dillishaw
tap road, so feet, 1920, 1.-the Wix
:. on's. Dillishaw tap road, 100 feet, $555
Branch, McRea bridge road, "a feet
n SIS. Branch. McRea bridge road. Al
e feet. $3.50; Thompson's creek, Skull
prairie. 70 feet. $780, Still creek Mum
ford road, 60 feet, $195; Little Brazoi
4 bridge, 900 feet, $4,000.
= I'm minute book 4, page 355, there II
u recorded q contract for the bridge
It across Little Brazos river. for which
the county agreed to pay $6SS1.S4 ant
IA. B. Carson collected from thu
county $361.17 as engineers fees TO
e superintending the building of same
d. This bridge was completed by TIL
bridge company some time before thi
contract was let to A. B. Carson.)
The creation OF these enormou
ii debts, without first submitting tn
same to vote of the taypaying cit
zens. is undemocratic and without
precedent. and the prices contracte
to be paid for the building of tn
bridges in many instances is doubl
what the work is actually worth.
Leon county has all of her brid re
" built for two dollars Der foot. the col
ot tractor furnishing all material an
al guaranteeing that the lumber use
rs shall be 90 per cent heart. Brazo
E. county is to pay $3.50 and $500 pc
IS. foot for the wooden bridges abov
to named ,and in addition to this. niue
er of the work contracted for above
IL wholly unnecessary, as there are no
n. good, substantial bridges at MANY
d. the points where It is proposed
Is build new ones.
II am elected to the office