Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1900 — The Extras Were Contracted For.. [ARTICLE]

The Extras Were Contracted For..

Jordan E. Gibson, who sued the commissioners of Fulton county for a bill of extras on the new court house, was awarded a verdict against the county, in the Kosciusko circuit court, of $11,595.81. The contract for Fulton county’s new court house was let in the spring of 1895 for $76,073. When completed the cost had passed the $150,000 mark. The changes began before the foundation was completed, and each change was a costly one. Severed of these changes were strenously opposed by the taxpayers, but without svail. When the work began two members of the board were democrats and one a republican. That there were a few dishonest officials * located somewhere about the commissioners’ office is shown by the fact that when Gibson’s case against the county came to trial at Warsaw the attorneys for the county were surprised to meet for the first time a written contract for the extras claimed. It was signed by the commissioners, but had never been placed on record. The validity of the document was attacked on this account, but the judge before whom the case was tried, decided that this was not Necessary to make it binding.— Winamac Democrat-. Journal. —,, 11, iii \■■ waiiaw^aswagMMiahitoiWW? J