The Nevada County picayune., 1921-02-10
JUDGE FRANKS
 MAKES REPLY
\ FEW WORDS OF EXPLANATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
 STAR OF HOPE

issue of your paper, taken rom the Star of Hope. with much interest. We appreciate very much. the interest talk en in tdt citizenship of Nevada county, bv the Star and the business men of Hope. We don't criticize them for try ing to capture the trade and win the affections of our good people. because A truer more progressive. and more found anywhere But as mention was made of some things that unfortunate ly. happened in connection with the move to improve the road from Sutton To Hope that might be misleading to people that are not correctly informed. we feel it our duty to place the mat ter before the people just as it oc- cured
 The Star of Hope quotes Mr. Fuller as saving we are told that the county authorities If Nevada county will not even pay for rhe lumber that went into the culycrts nthe Sutton road that was butt ny the people of that commit nitv and the business men of Hope. With this report being circulated ill Ne vada and HempStead counties. justice calls for aa explanat ton. We wish 10 say that we intended TO help these peo- ple. and did as much and even more. than other roads of the county. We were paying these bills out of the bridge fund. a fund which for the en- tire county, does not exceed $2500.0o annually.
 In the early part of the summer, we instructed the overseer to look after and repair the bridges and culyerts. on this pa articular road, as well as otll- CT roads, and about two thousand feet of lumber was placed on this stretch of road for building and repairing cul- verts And I wish to call your atten- ton to the fact that the road from Sutton to Hope. really requires less ctl- yerts than most any road i'll the county. of the same distance. The overSeer had used part of this lumber, at tht time the move was started to improve the road from Sutton to Hope, and the balance was on the right-of-way. The lumber was the grade We were using all over the county When the Hope iverseer came down. he reported to the committee i'll charge. that he could not use the lumber. even that that had al ready been put into culverts (but mind you. later he used this two thousand feet. and we paid for two thousand feet morel He told the committee that he wanted thousand feet of certain kind of lumber, which they ordered, and We paid for Mir. Webber Skinner days. after this. he came with another bill for d thousand feet and at this time we asked him where this bill was to be used and he said they were bridging Garner creek Ca flat branch), and believing that bridge was not necessary at this place we told him that we would not pay for this bill. un- iii we went down and investigated the matter. but upon q plea from him. We paid the bill. and instructed him not to cut any more until we went down and looked UYer the road and determined where and how mach lumber should be used. to whch he agreed But after this agreement. and hefere ve had fime to go down. Mr. Skinner . rted another order and delivered on tbc road. amounting to $50oa5 He knew the in structions that We had given him. and lhe agreement that was made. therefore he first presented this bill of $50095 to the Chamber of Commerce, of Hope, and they refused to pay it. Mir Skin ner gave us this information. and also. members of the Chamber of Commerce of Hope Then he presented this Five Hundred Dollar bill of lumber to the County Court of Nevada county, and same was refused payment, because he had not followed ont our instructions. The case was appealed to the Circuit Court, and the Court after hearing the testimony in the case, sustained the lower court The Star of Hope failed to say that the business men of Hope had the first opportunity of paying this bill and refused Perhaps, Hope is not so much interested in the welfare of the citizens of Nevada county, and the betterment of her roads, as she is to enlarge the territory of Hampstead county, south of Hope-they may vote upon the County Seat question, again, some day The Star quotes MT, Fuller as saying that 1t ia great inconven-