The Cordova daily times., 1915-03-26

c. Hazelt trustee .........1, 10000 Shiels and Simpson ....... 600.O0 F. Cannon ................ 3OO.OO A. J. Meals ................. 6OO.OO H. A. Slater ............... 10000 E. L. Whittemore ........... 15OOO A. J. Adams ................ 10000 E. A. Hegg ................ 10000 Cordova Commercial Go. .... 10000 Leach and Johnston ........ 10000
 By the foregoing petition it can be seen that the building of Front street was endorsed by the above business houses and property owners, and that that the building of the street was for their benefit and not for the benefit of MT. Hazelet or the Townsite Co. And it can also be seen that MT. Hazelet was specifically chosen by the above signers to act as their trustee in the matter.
 The whole proposition was in the nature of a public improvement de- signed to benefit the town as a whole as we'll as the property owners on the proposed street, as it can be seen that Messrs. Slater, Adams, Hegg and Whittemore gave money although they had and have no property along Front street
 Furthermore, it may well be noted that other persons besides the Town of Cordova, which later gave $600.00 to this project, subscribed their mon- ey, although they did not sign the original petition and did not agree to pay anything at that time. John Meyer, whose name does not appear contributed $30O0O and Geo. Reed, whose name does not appear above contributed $600.00 Daniel Hedicon contributed $300OO and the Olympia Brewing Co. contributed $6OO.0O al though neither signed the original subscription list Now, it was no more wrongful for the latter gentle men to pay their proportion of the cost of the street than it was for the Town of Cordova to do so. Fifty feet of Front street was built on what is now town property. and the town in pay ing $6O0OO toward the cost of the improvement only paid it's proportion ate share as the others did.
 The Townsite Company, which Mir Will A. Steel would have the voters believe was guilty of some trickery and graft through their trustee MT. Hazelet, instead of getting any money out of the building of Front street put in $1,000. in cash and freely dedicated 16 feet along the alley to the public and dedicated B street from First to Front.
 MT. Hazelet in accepting $60000 from the city to help pay for the street was acting as the agent of the above signers, and not for the Townsite Co., or for himself, and therefore the above signers got the benefit of the city's money and if anyone is to be blamed they are all in the same boat. That is, Messrs. Boyle, Currier, and Nickel son who are actively interested in condemning MT. Hazelet for this trans action are among the chief benefici- aries of it, and it acting as he did, he was acting as their agent, and his act is therefore their act. Mayor Boyle is among the benficiaries as the Cor dova Drug Co is his store.
 As a matter of fact there is nothing wrongful about the whole transaction, with the exception that certain of the signers, being those who are violent in their attacks on MT. Hazelet, have not fully paid up their subscriptions. The proposition was explained to ali the signers at the time the petition | was circulated and how can Messrs. l Boyle, Currier and Mickelson affirm at this time that it was not the in tention to have the city pay s60000. | All the other signers knew that it was understood, and if there were no pol l tics in the matter, they would also admit that the payment by the city of