Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1915-07-29

.elash motis "a ssceptive methods.
Why has J~ sehsnwecker turned
down the glistkesnes bridgei Thi.
question can pos BE- answered BY any
better authority thsn Judge Q. himself
a. he himself, frt In favor Of this
bridge (according % his own statement)
ans IL ruInator sud became originator
Of the Holtsrmsn's bridge. wby--w we
now give our opinion because this
dear enterprise--ieaf 10 him IN cne
sense Of the word. Dear to the public In
another-awarded 70 him the realization
Of selash fad. q fad no justice to the
great majority of the people but which
fad by bis omnipotent % power as
Judge Of the County Court he could
to himself grant despite the wish and
the will Of the people Of his district and
which he by misrepresenting the true
facts, about location, site and purpose
| the Klietherme bridge would serve
could've do not claim that he did
make plausible % the other member> Of
the Court that fbe Holterm n's site was
the ideal spot on which TO erect bridge
and the spot wDsfe h was actually nee
ded. 80 much teens certain he did no.
try TO convince BIZ honorable associates
that for good reasbns bridge at Klieth-
hertnes was fsspred BY the citizens Of
Ltnn. Loose tr,ek, westphalia: that -
bridge there, ~ The people Of Linn and
Loose Greek viewed IL and viewed IL
correctly, would serve a. medium Tor
letter road 70 the river enronte TO Jc'-
fersoa City IA bysIt the bluff north Of
the Marles could DC eyaded. Did Judgr
;. imprcss upoh his associates The
fact tina, Wrstphalia as also did Liam
and Loose Crves lasor the klietherm"s
bridge site becansci a bsing eonsider-
ate factor towards bridge across tie
Usage River al Lisletown and that a.
| such factor Il would not only serve the
towns centrally located but also Others
In the county freeburg included.
Certain seems also that Judge S. did
not lead his associates to the OBJ
servaiion Of tbs fact that the klielher-
mes bridge eosld have been build at
much less expsnse TO the county a the
county would but had TO dig up the u
p, sual one-haf and not the unusual two
! thirds plus then some. Neither did the
Judge, we presume, draw the attention
| Of his colleages on the bench 10 the 20
important fact that by eliminating the
bluff north Of the Asries Thousand, II
dollars were saved TO the county; and
not likely did he mention the gratitude
they would reap from the people " ho
this road do travel and that even the
dunn animal which then no more would
have to pull this bluff, would TO them
be grateful,
! Why We did not oppose the Hotter
man bridge at the time the petition .or
sauc was circulated. This j. another
question which best Judge SchauvecAr.
can answer. We were not called upon
10 sign this petition, In fact there were
bat 4 few Of our citizens asked this Ia
/ vor and fewer yet that did respond. II
oar friend will remember, a remou>-
trance was died by our citizens again.t
this bridge and also by rcmonstrauvc
did the people Of Loose Crcsk protest
against this bridge. To late, The very
morning these remonsirances wers pre-.
scnied the required subscription Of g.
90 had been, 50 It was claimed, de-
, posted IN tbs County Treasury anl TIE
hol,erman bridge despite Of these re-
uonstrances safely secured. What could
it have Availed to explain why bridge
! at kiethcrmes would have pruveu a
! public utility, why the site was muIe
desirable and why I, would have hrca
3 saving to the county Of thousand, @,
dvlias, We believe thx, We did preset,