Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1910 — CONSISTENCY A RARE JEWEL [ARTICLE]

CONSISTENCY A RARE JEWEL

“The commissioners did not inspect the work. They arc not obliged to do so and have been advised to accept the report of experts instead of acting on their own judgment. Mr. Waymire states that he acted on the report of the engineer and also that if the contract was violated the engineer was to blame.” —Rensselaei Republican, Oct. 21, in reference to the acceptance of the Burk bridge improvement. The county commissioners of Jasper county cannot escape censure. They should not have accepted bridges that were not right and while they may offer as an excuse that they believed from what examination they made, that they were right, they cannot satisfy taxpayers with this sort of an excuse. They are the agents of the taxpayers and have failed to perform ’their duty in protecting the interests of their clientele.” Rensselaer Republican. March 10, 1910, in speaking of the frauds practiced by the Winamac Bridge Co., as shown by the reports of the county surveyor and Devere Yeoman, who were sent out by Judge Hanley to investigate.