Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1910 — INVESTIGATE ’EM ALL. [ARTICLE]

INVESTIGATE ’EM ALL.

Taxpayers Should Learn to What Extent Bridge Frauds Have Been Practiced. That The Democrat voiced the general sentiment of the taxpayers of Jasper county when it said in Saturday’s issue that an investigation of the other bridges that have been erected in Jasper county during the past half dozen years, by the taxpeyers themselves, should be made to see to what extent they have been swindled on other brides, is evidenced by the talk heard on all sides that this should be done. A competent engineer could be secured from Purdue or elsewhere, one who would have no interest in making anything but an honest report, and let him make measurements of th# bridges as constructed and compare them with the plans and specifications on file in the auditor’s office. This would not be very expensive, and it seems to us that it ought by all means be done. If the same ratio of fraud has been practiced in all the other bridges, the taxpayers of Jasper county have been swindled out of thousands of dollars in these bridge frauds,

Come on boys, young men, middle aged men, and old men, and get ready for Easter with a nice tailor-made suit, top coat or cravenette. As we will fit you out in the very latest at moderate prices, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week.

C. Earl Duvall.