Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1910 — WHY NOT RECOVER BACK [ARTICLE]

WHY NOT RECOVER BACK

The Amounts Jasper County Has Been Swindled On Bridge Contracts? It is said that the value.of the material called for in the 70-foot bridge over the Howe ditch on which C. L. Bader of the Winamac Bridge Co., was recently convicted for not putting in, as the specifications required, is about $440, and the investigation made of a few other bridges showed that the same system of scaling down had been applied there also. In view of this fact is it not just and proper that an effort should be made to recover back to the county the amounts it has been swindled out of by this company or any other concerns? In fact, is it not the duty of the county commissioners to investigate this matter, and of, the county attorney to institute proceedings to recover the amounts which it has already been shown the county was robbed of ? In behalf of the taxpayers of the county The Democrat respectfully suggests that the county attorney get busy and start something that will result in this money being recovered', or, at least, make an attempt to do so.