The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-07-08
Highway Contracts Are Let.


Tuesday by Highway Superintendent
Clinton Cowan. All were let at figures
we'll below the estimated cost. Nearly
all of the work is to be completed this
year. The contracts let, the nature of
paving, successful bidder and price
follow:
Licking-Summit extension, IS Of mile.
IL feet wide, waterbound macadam, to ].
c. Imboden, Logan, o., 1875.
Muskingum - GAINESVILLE -McConnellsville
road, s. of a mile, including bridges and
culverts, 16 feet wide, brick paving, to
Ward. Patrick &, Co., Wheeling, w Va,
for $9,927.62.
MISUNDERSTANDING Clyde road, 16 feet
wide, 1.24 miles, concrete, to Earl Walt
ers, Sandusky, SIS, ,49O.
Franklin-Repairing Columbus Newark
road with bituminous macadam, sections
being 16, 20 and 26 feet wide, S.55 miles,
to Graham & Kinnear, Columbus, $780,
1886. Alternate bid for bituminous mac
adam. waterproof macadam treated,
was to the same company for $63,341.44.
Franklin - Repairing Columbus Marys-
Vile road, reshaping and resurfacing with
bituminous macadam, 16 feet wide, 3.34
miles. to Graham & Kinnear, Columbus,
$26, ,3722O.
Lake-Painesville- Warren road, reshap-
ing and resurfacing with bituminous mac~
adam, 1888 miles, IA feet wide, to Public
Contracting Co.. Elyria, $14802.
Licking-Columbus-N Newark road, re-
shaping and resurfacing with water
bound macadam, 16 feet wide 1.O9 miles,
to E. c. Radebaugh, Logan, $6,566.14.
Lucas-Toledo- Wauseon road reseAp-
ing and resurfacing with bituminous mac
adam, 16 feet wide, 4.72 miles, to Public
Contracting Co., Elyria, $17,37465.
Medina-Cleveland-W Wooster road, re-
shaping and resurfacing, IA feet wide, 1.8e
miles, with waterbound macadam, to Hart
& Kempf, Elyria, $12,1S7.95.
Union-Marysville- Marion road, reshap-
ing and surfacing with bituminous mac
adam. 16 feet wide, 1876 miles, to Syl-
vester Baughman, Marysville, $1O,642.
Seeks Higher Honors.
Lieut. Gov. Jack" Arnold has let it
become known informally that he is
candidate for the Republican nomina.
ton for vice president of the United
States. He has permitted his friends
to say that he had practically entered
the race and to aver that he had had
promises of support in various parts
of the country. Speaking at the an
nual outing during the afternoon Of
the Junior Order United American
Mechanics at Olentangy park, Mr.. Ar
mold publicly pronounced the platform
of principles of that order and pri-
vately declared that these principles
were adequate for his vice presiden-
tial aspirations. By his friends the
lieutenant governor was touted as a
candidate for governor in the event
that Gov Willis should seek higher
honors next fall. In such an event
the race for the vice presidency
would be forsaken for the leadership
in Ohio, it was said. The Arnold ad-
dress at the Olentagy outing consti-
tuted an iteration of the various
things for which the Junior Order U.
A. M stand. They included, the speak
er said, restriction of undesirable i'm
migration, the continued separation of
church and state the teaching of the
Bible in the schools and the establish
ment of the schoolhouse with it's flag
and Bible as the standard of liberty
and progress.
Has New lnternecine Troubles.
When it comes to internecine trou-
bles few cities in Ohio have anything
on Hamilton. The latest investigation,
demanded by certain officials of Ham
ilton, involves the civil service COM
mission of that city, as well as the
mayor. The Socialist regime in Ham.
ilton is the object of attack. The state
civil service commission, which next
Tuesday will send deputy to Hamil-
ton to do some probing, has been told
in formal charges that the civil service
commission has been trying to oust
its secretary for political reasons, and
that the mayor did oust the police in
spector for similar reasons. Observers
here do not recall anything in the
state to compare with the present sit.
uation in Butler county's seat The
other parties here blame the Socialists
and the Socialists blame the other par.
ties, saying they are envious of third
party getting full control of large
| town.
Does Some More Slashlng.
State Auditor Vic Donahey is on the
warpath again with an extra big stick,
and this time the object of his official
wrath are the five members Of the
state dental board. The board had
meeting in Columbus a few days ago
and later presented claims for ex.
penses. Among the expense items
the auditor espied some So and $3.50
meals. He got busy at once with
pairing knife and slashed about $22
off the total, which had aggregated
about 5000. Then he issued general
ultimatum to the effect that the state
will not hereafter pay for "eatings"
which total more than $1.50 at one
sitting. "The man or woman in the
state employ who can eat more than
$1.5O worth at one and the same time
can pay for it," says the dictum, and
Donahey says it's the last word on the
subject
Won't Commit Himself.
United States Senator Warren G.
Harding has failed to commit himself
on the question of woman suffrage.
The Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage, venturing for the first time
in Ohio, has formally and officially
put the suffrage question before him
It might not be wholly fair to say
that the senator failed to say what he
thought about suffrage, for he did ex.
press some views about it, but he did
not indicate how he would vote when
the senate should consider next win.
ter the question of submitting ma.
tion-wide suffrage amendment.
Willis Cancels Western Trip.
Gov Willis Monday night cancelled
all arrangements for the trip to Cali.
fornia he and his party had planned to
start on Tuesday. In explanation Of
the change he said investigations in
state institutions required his atten'
tion and made mandatory HIS presence
/ In fhn atnfa He dnolsnod "a ooNy an