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Show ROAD WORK PLACED OF RECORD FINALLY Price Man Motors to Helper, Finds "Bill" Ham-ilton Ham-ilton and Meeting of Commissioners Is Held Tuesday Evening. K. Utln after Tho Hun. In U Issue iitat ltth hail Riven wHo puMlclty m iv f t did h" boru" of "" ZZtusi nc r make ony record of It jrt with UKKlcaton c Matthew ,Ttt .pending of tho thlrty-one Zaani dollars bonJ money on tho IZHTof Carl.on "ounty. Ui to Juno Iii two dam beforo Inst week' Hun .uWlntdl. thero wan nothing on tho Jntit nt the court houne to show nny IimMfmenl had been made with tho ftorJo contractors. Questioned Sot the Minn County Clark llorelcy, ill li also l'rk ,0 lh" ,M,nrJ of c,mn" , wmmlralonern. wild hn knew no-iStjeMt no-iStjeMt . ,. . I the meantime, however. Kgglo- t Matthew were assembling their taitock and scraper and tho llko nt M and having tho same iwnt on to iMWlun, which OemonMtraU'H bo- doubt that they knew what they undoing and had tho nuthorlty to kltawork Thin was started early v k and beforo tho general pub- k nMhcr who might liavo wanted iiUnce'o bid bad been apprised, ox-npt ox-npt through The Hun, that tho road mi to Ik Improved. Tho contrnct Ul nldent'y been given outside of a ttpUr urmlon or tho board of com-Wsioners. com-Wsioners. Utt Tuesday evening, however, fen u a meeting of the eommls-amurt eommls-amurt at the court house, after N. A maims of Trice bnd gono to Helper u4 brought Commissioner Hamilton lrf In an automobile. Tho records Aaw that the work la given to J. I). Utthw and that the greater portal por-tal of tho thlrty-ono thousand dol-an dol-an bond money la to bo apant on tho UUund trail and tho road lending to fa Uintah Haaln cuunlry. Tho Mat-U4 Mat-U4 outfit U hired by thv duy, thu tur reviving aa compensation 10 rcnl of tho money expended. On i bull tf thirty-one thousand dol-an dol-an nnl Matthew will reclvo inasd three thousand dollars for Vonlnj tho ' i Matthew Talk of Work. II J a Matthew, tho contrnutor. wua In frl-c HAturduy bint from Wulllng-Etoe. Wulllng-Etoe. In rimtrraitlon with n Hun rep-ItutnUthe rep-ItutnUthe bo atuted that tho work Iu4tiun Monday or laat week on tho Md oit uf WelllnKton and Hint It In Imv progrrmlng at tho rato of n mile fiT At thin rain It will noon bo bo-S bo-S th big Hprlnga ranch of Com-; Com-; nrr filiarp und clone lo Wood- I'p to that time ho had em-b)rd em-b)rd file Carbon county men with Xttthew aluo atated that when h t to Wellington with hit outfit to fla ox-ratlona tho people thcru nt Indignant over the manner In "'kh the contract had been nward- but nlncn avvlng how hlmaelf and ti outfit wire doing thlngn had "aoft-l" "aoft-l" down connlderably In their at-Unit at-Unit towardn him. He, or course, U that no ono hero was prepared i do the work aa ho hlmaeK la. Ia-1 "r. h eipecta tho people of Welling-'on Welling-'on to auk him to grade their strceta 'r them. Uthhew la a very pleasant gentle-". gentle-". knowa his bunlnetui and In re- iponalble rinanrlally and othern'b fO" anything he undettaken. I load work la a proramton with him. ami twbly blnniea him for taking the eonlmet when he could get It. Tho kick, which la not confined to a few ly any maatw, la that thrre are any numlttr of enm-petenl enm-petenl men In Cnrlmti euumy, taxpayers tax-payers and other, who need the work. They should hare been given a clmnee by the commissioner. The three thousand dollars which the Cotonido firm will pull down from taxpayers here will leave tho county and state. linn I'nld Tni- l4M Year. Contractor Matthew was here again Tuesday and called to see Tho Hun. He thinks this newspaper has done him an Injustice In stating that his firm pays no taxes locally. Matthew states that during I VII he deducted from the payrolls fur the men em-Ployed em-Ployed by him lt.90 poll taxes for Carbon count). The same eor. he imys. the firm or Kggleston A Mat- iimw iwiii into me county treasury 147.41 personal property taxes, and $17.10 to Kmery county. Tho Hun Is glad to Kile the matter publicity. However, this doeri not alter the fuel that the board or county commbolen-era commbolen-era gavo this work to oulsldi rs. Instead In-stead or to home taxpayers. Matthew does not deny that his contrai t with the eommhwloners was made before there was any meeting of the board on June ltth. wlnin the same Is supposed sup-posed to have been entered Into with bis firm, and which Carlxtn County's News und other npologHIa for the commkwloners are kept busy explaining. |