The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-27

Why Dodson's trucks were
permitted to dump loads OF
sand at one place, powders at
another, without protest by the
inspector appointed by the
commissioners.
Why county commissioners, de-
spite the evident inferiority of the
gravel and Wretched condition OF
the road, approved and accepted"
it last July as completed, accord
ing to the contract and plans and
SpecificationsySs
Large BOulders Used
How six and eight-inch boulderS
by the truck load can pass through
twoand one-half inch hole, meet
ing" the requirement in speciflca-
tions that no stones over that di-
ameter should be acceptable.
Why the auditors Office some
times gave chacks in part payment
for the Job to Mahoney and some
times to Cyrus M. O'Hair, 6ll2 Col
lege avenue, who came to be recog-
nized as Mahoney's partner, al
though his name was not on the
contract with the county, nor on
the $4,000 bond Mahoney provided.
Why McGhee Brothers, who took
the gl aiding subcontract from Ma
honey, had continual trouble with
the commissions appointed inspector
and "oolted" the job.
Patterson road, in its present
state, makes an admirable place,
"where not to drive next Sunday"
unless verification of the roads con-
dition pictured in the photographs
in this edition is the motive.
Extends rs Miles
The improvement" starts at
Eagle Creek bridge on w. Minnesta
street and extends westward Two
and six-tenths miles, passing just
north of the indianapolis airport
an don to Lynhurst drive.
Specifications called for an eight
een-foot gravel roadway, the gravel
to be eight inches deep at the
edges, tapering to ten inches In the
center. Where the road Is biSected
by the West Indianapolis car line
a nine-foot gravel roadway was
called for on each side of the track,
with the gravel to be laid a uniform
thickness of nine inches.
Not overlooking the time the road
has been in use, there are stretches
where the gravel evidently was not
laid to the required depth; others
where truckload upon truckload OF
boulders were dumped, and others
where screenings and sand were
dumped in equally large amounts.
Property owners along the road
are incensed with the type OF road
given them. In places coarse graVei
without enough sand to bind 1t was
laid to such depth that drivers can
not venture out of the deep ruts,
and turning is out of the question.
Specifies Gravel Size
Specifications provided that "the
gravel shah be graded in size from
the largest size to fine and when
tested by means of laboratory sieves
shall comply with the following re-
uuirements: Passing two and one
half inch screen, 100 per cent; pass
ing one inch schreen, not more than
rs per cent; passing one-quarter
inch screen, not more than 40 per
cent"
After viewers, in 1926, had recon-
mended construction of the road on
petition of Wayne township resi-
dents, the state tax board approved
the project and the contract was
awarded Mahoney on low bid of
$27.35O. He began construction in
September, 1927. The road was to
be finished by Dec. l. 1927.
Difficulties arising between Ma
honey the McGhee Brothers, the
grading sub-contractorS, and M. L.
Jameson, the inspector named by
the commissioners, delayed progress
SO that the commissioners, on Coun-
ty Surveyor Henry R. Campbell'S
recommendation, Dec. l, 1927,
granted an extension of time to
April /, 1928.
The project was financed by a
$28, 500 bond issue, approved by the
state tax board.
JameSon's commission required
CHARLEY'S RESTAURANT open