Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-03-16

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The Postage Stamp last week, in
discussing one of our tax articles, de-
liberately lied twice in reporting our
statements. First, the league paper
charged that we had said that Mr..
Fogle took the bridge contract un-
der discussion at a loss. No we
didn't. We simply said Mr.. Fogle-
and the county engineer-claimed he
took it at loss. We never have be-
lieved such claim. What we did
believe is that Mr.. Fogle took the
bridge at loss-of some of the pro-
fit he would have received had O'Don-
aid kept out of the contest. The 9TH
er misstatement is that we said that
O'Donald figured $500 for profit on
his bid. We did not SO state. What
we said was that he allowed $500 to
cover discount on warrants, extra ex-
pense he expected the county engin-
eer to be able to make for him such
as screening sand, etc., for other I'M
expected expenses, and fer profit.
Quite difference between what we
actually said and what the Free
Press claimed we said.
Another thing. The league sheet
claims that the county engineer was
moved to inform O'Donald that he
would have to screen his Sandstone
thing not required of Fogle-because
the said engineer had watched the
work of O'Donald and Hogue on the
pillars for the new building to be
erected on main street, and that the
pillars "would not sustain their own
weight" Now, Postage Stamp, listen
to this: Certain interested gentle
men in Linton prevailed upon the city
mayor to complain about that Hogue
venture to the state fire marshal.
The city mayor showed us the fire
marshaPs. answer, which was that
their engineer had inspected that
work and that it was perfectly safe
and secure, and would properly sus-
tain the weight of the three-story
building which is to be erected there
on. Further, when the Postage Stamp
editor was still in Denmark or some
where else, Mr.. Hogue did his own
contracting on the three-story "Stone
Hotel" while many local authorities
on the subject assured the world that
the building would never stand up.
Well, it has stood some twenty years
already. =.
But that is neither here nor there.
If the county engineer expects to let
the Linton Bridge Construction Co.
build bridges without screening their
sand, and still signifies the intention
Of making competitors do SO, then
the said Mr.. County Engineer has
laid himself open to the charge that
as county engineer, he is using his
position to favor the local bridge con
Germ.
| The Postage Stamp further informs
its readers that Mr.. Fogle has agreed
to make public his estimate figures
on the bridge in question if O'Donald
and Hogue will do SO. Maybe Mr..
Fogle has said SO and maybe he
hasn't. But we wish to record this
fact: Just about . month ago the
Record man and Mr.. Fogle had a
long-winded argument about this
bridge business over the telephone,
and, 1T that time, Mr.. Fogle prom
Used us to furnish us those very fig.
urss the Free Press talks about. HI
had told us that he took this partic.
lular contract at loss, and we asked
him 70 furnish US his working fieures
to show US just what he thought the
bridge ought to be worth. We are
still waiting for the figures. II Mr..
fFogle's promise to the Free Pres,
lie conducive Of no more results thar
his promise to US. it looks like til,
public will wait quite while for IN.
formation as to just what he did thinl
that bridge ought to cost. And, .,
to letting the state engineer pass mp
on the two sets Of estimates, oh no,
Wed just as soon have Fogle do it.
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