The Lambertville record., 1926-10-28
BLAME ROBINSON FOR
DILLY-DALLYING WITH JAIL
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Freeholder Robinson is rapidly los
ing ground in his campaign for re-
election. That fact is becoming more
apparent as this falls important battle
proceeds.
The Jail scandal presents more ugly
angles every day. At the meeting of
the Board of Freeholders last week the
Chairman of the Building Committee
again temporized and dilly-dallied by
engineering for the fourth or fifth
time truce between the architect and
the contractor. The architect should
have been deposed. That is the opin-
ion of every business man who is even
slightly familiar with the facts. Free
holder Robinson, as Chairman of the
Building Committee should have the
authority to fire the architect and it is
his duty to do so. Moreover he should
give notice to the contractor to put
sufficient force to work on the job to
prevent further ruin to the half-tin-
ished wood. and steel work of the in
terror.
An exceptionally rainy summer has
already soaked and warped the uncov-
cred walls and wooden joists, beams
nd floors until it is doubtful if they
again.
Imagine a business man permitting
! this sort of nonsense in the building of
| a 100000 plant. Imagine Mr.. Robin
son permitting this delay and damage
to structure that was being built for
| himself. Why does he not handle the
public's business carefully and firmly
as he would handle his own private
business?
The contract for the new jail called
for its completion last April. 1t is
now only three-fourths finished and at
the present rate of progress it is not
| likely to be completed before this
time next year.
AS we charged in these columns
last week, Chairman Robinson is at
tempting to smooth over his Jail fail
ure He is doing so by intimating that
the other members of the Board are
as much at fault as he. The taxpay-
ers, however, know well that he as
| Chairman of the Building Committee
is in actual control of the whole situa-
ton.
The Hunterdon County Democrat
last week warned its readers that the
Republicans were liable to blame
Chairman Robinson for the Jail mud
die. The Democrat sought cover by
assuring its readers that the lone mi
nority Republican member had voted
for resolutions in connection with the
Jail, but its attitude is a clear admis-
sion of the guilt of Mr.. Robinson.
Last week Mr.. Robinson assured the
voters that the surety on the bond
would save the taxpayers all loss. Any
business man knows better. The sure
ty company will not pay for damage
to work by two winters deterioration
and to the material that is laying
around gathering rust and decay, nor
for the building of the third story
which was done without written con-
tract.
Everybody who has taken the pains
to find out, knows that Freeholder Ro-
binson has been the main hacker Of
the present clerk of the Board.
While the Republicans controlled
the Board the Clerk was ON duty ev-
cry week day. 1t is the policy of the
Republican Office holders to give all
their time to the duties of the Office as
in the instance of County Clerk G.
Lloyd Fell.
Fred w. Massey, the Republican
candidate, is well fitted by education
and experience to take Mr.. Robinson S
place. Mr.. Massey is a graduate en-
gineer and was for years superinten-
dent of the lambertville Iron & Steel
Company. He has also had consider
able financial experience thru his con-
nection with Graham Parsons Comra-
ny of Trenton, who have purchas ID
many of the School, Municipal and
County Bonds in Hunterdon for sever
al years past.
Mr.. Massey is pledged to clear up
the present deplorable conditions.
Vote for him and give notice that pub
lie servants must give their time to
She duties of the office.
Ordered and paid for by the Reprb-
lican County Committee.-Adv.