Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1909 — CONTRACTORS TO BE PAID. [ARTICLE]

CONTRACTORS TO BE PAID.

Muncie Judge Announces Decision in Three-Mile Road Case. Muncie, Ind., Dec. I.—Contractors in Indiana who now have due them $2,000,000 for work done on roads in the state under the so-called “three-mile” road law and who have been fearing that they would not receive the money still due them because of the law having been declared unconstitutional by the Indiana supreme court several days ago, probably will heave sighs of relief as the result of the desision of Judge Joseph G. Leffler, of the Delaware county circuit court, who, last evening, ordered the treasurer of this county to pay the contractors the money due them. The decision was given in the case of George McCray, a road contractor, who petitioned the court for a writ of mandamus to force County Treasurer Ralph Clark to pay him $17,066.40 for work completed on a road in this county? The claim having been properly approved by the county commissioners, the court so ordered, and McCray was paid the money last evening. Another contracting firm, Hay & Son, whose claim for $10,400 had been approved, was also paid, and the others will be paid as rapidly as the commissioners take action on estimates filed with them by the contractors. There was a general resumption of work to-day on the “three-mile” roads that are under construction but not completed.