Bridge Builders' Pool Probed in Lorain Viaduct Case
Columbus reports detail a Lorain Ohio bridge inquiry revealing a wide overcharge scheme by the Highway Bridge Builders association. Witness John J. Dun describes rigged bids, pools, and profits totaling thousands, with concrete examples from the 1895 Lorain swing bridge contract and related payoffs. The testimony implicates multiple firms including King Bridge of Cleveland and Wagner Bridge of Milwaukee, as the state pursues action in Sandusky county.
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Columbus
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Sandusky County
State of
Wagner Bridge Company
Milwaukee
Peter Schwab
Hamilton
Schwab
Ife
King Bridge Company of
Cleveland
Elyria
Lorain
Dun
Cawing
King Brideo Company
Wagner
Dunt
Afrore Ward Reumcel
Dim
Luan
King Company
Public service board considers street extension costs and repairs
The board met briefly as J C Smith was absent. A payment of 151.20 to Barber Asphalt for sewer pipe used on Middle Avenue extension was noted but action deferred. The solicitor was asked to verify legal rights to enter Jomas Crus Sr property. Insurance on town hall furniture and building set at 1000 and 9 dollars respectively. Woodford avenue repairs planned amid displeasure over a $250 damages claim by James Faucer. Shade trees to be planted citywide and new waterworks rules to be drafted for next meeting.
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Board of Public Service
J. C. Smith
Barber Asphalt Company
Middie
Board of Police Service
Jomas Crus, Sr
Roe
Wheelly
Town ‘Hall
Charles Lord
Woodford Avenue
James Faucer
Haat Road
Leonard Paroled From Vaninadse Incarceration
One of seventy two prisoners paroled from the Vaninadse reformatory on Thursday is Aruine Leonard a young Clceland man from this county. He was sent for three years for larceny after entering Thiehford's jewelry store in the absence of a clerk and stealing a diamond ring and other items. He was convicted after a lengthy trial with Judge Webb presiding and received a term of ten years. The parole takes effect December.
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Vaninadseformatory
Aruine Leonard
Thig County
Thiehford
Tee
den Celbe
Jindge Webb
Inn
Perorhetorus
Gaur Wiis
Forgery case linked to debts in Lorain
L M Barlow, a well dressed Lorain youth with Michigan roots, says mounting debts drove him to forge a check for 755 to cash 67.55 and repay them. He pleaded guilty after indictment, while Imma Fuller accused of keeping a house of ill fame posted a heavy sentence after bail was demanded.
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L. M. Barlow
Lorain
Michigan
Imma Fuller
Mead heirs eye relic of Lorain county gun duel
Lorain County may receive relic of Jarvis Meach and his brother’s gun named Old Pants after the Mead heirs weigh turning over the weapon used to defend their Rochester home. Five attackers bound John Meach. Jarvis freed himself and killed two of the desperados while wounding others. The famed gun’s fate hinges on heirs and county decision.
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Bunty
Jarvis Meach
Rochester
Meach
Meadh
Mead Brothers
Lorain
John Meach
Jarvis Merch
Atso
Lorn
Jarvis
Wild
Menach
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Bridge Combine
King Bridge Company
Lorain County
Ersg Avenue
City of Lorain
Bracket Bridge Company
Cincinnnati
Barber Company
Middle Avenue
Coun
Bic
Leonard
Mansfield
Poregery
Brie UG
Meagh
Leessfil Liminess Ventures
ioNay
Hoystan Bros
Rolling Stone
South Loraen
Sheffield Land & Improvement Co
Bank Blds
Tenth & Pearl ST
Broad Street
Davenport
Toledo
Cheapside
New Fall Line
Harry H. Smith & CO
Cheapside and
East Broad St
Elyria, Ohio
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