People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1895 — A Pertinent Query [ARTICLE]

A Pertinent Query

To the Editor of the People’s Pilot. The Republican of the 10th inst, says there were three iron bridge contracts let at the following prices: $619.50, $768.75 and $851.60, but did not state that a responsible firm had in bids on the same bridges for $467.50, $682, and $7lB, or $372.30 less than the successful bidders. The parties making these bids were not only responsible financially but were backed by one of the best banks in the county. Now the tax payers would like to know where that extra $372.35 goes to? Does any county officer get any of it, or was it a clear donation to the La Fayette Bridge Co? One Of The Tax Payers.