| Show President Buckle Denounces the thel fRotten Gity Administration This is the rottenest administration mI this Is c ty has ever had So spoke President Buckle of the city council last evening to some som of his col g eS as the councilmen were leaving the C i chamber hamber at the close of f the meeting meet gP P ident Buckle addressed his remarks r ks particularly to Councilman Thpmas and nd Councilman n Robertson But two gentlemen did not at attempt tempt tomp to defend def nd the good name of the I present Republican administration tion Tho shrugged his shoulders sig I f and looked very sad while Robertson Rob evidently y fearing something doming oming fell tell back to walk up with congenial company President Pr Buckle had special refer refe reference I ence Eln et the attempt to railroad through ana fathered by Chairman Dooly of the board of public works wor and cham championed championed I by Councilman Robertson I Chairman Ch Davis of the waterworks and some some others whereby a new form of specifications and con contract contract contract tract for public 1 work was vas proposed to tobe tobe tobe be adopter Clerk Whitaker announced that the only change chan made in the new form was to I increase to 1 I per cent the maximum variations in thickness of ot in individual Individual I divic ua 1 lengths of or iron pipe when in fact it was known by Councilman Buckle and others oth rs that the changes I proposed were wem many and I One of ot the most important changes was wag I Ito Ito to deprive the engineer of all authority in supervising the execution of ot con contracts contracts contracts tracts President nt Buckle at the coun council cil elI meeting a u week ago managed to I postpone precipitate action in the I of ot the new form by demanding that no action be taken until copies of ot the draft could be furnished each mem member member ber bee of the council cou Not until late yes yesterday afternoon on did Clerk Whitaker get out the copies and then it was seen s en just what changes were ere to be made President Buckle took the trouble to post himself on the scheme overcoming numerous obstacles cles and ana last night he was loaded for bear But the th scrap was Vas not off of Rob Robertson Robertson ertson attempted to hypnotize the mem members members bers hers nto Into agreeing to a ratification of ot the new nev form of specifications and amid con contract contract tract by pleading that the th city had some contracts to let the end of this I week and any delay would be trous trona However Buckle was planning i ia a little coup of his own and put through I In a n motion to adjourn when the question i i of approval of the new form came up and on Us motion ita agreed I Ito to hold a special meeting for Thursday y J evening to consider the matter The president declared his intention of go going goIng ing after the scheme with a club lub at to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow morrow nights meeting A letter from Chairman Dooly in informed informed Informed formed the council that he had in instructed instructed I the city Ity attorney to draw the new form of specifications ns and contract and that thit th t the only changes chan es were tomake to tomake tomake make it necessary to have the councils consent before contractors are per permitted permitted permitted to todo do extra work and that the technical part of ot the execution of con contracts contracts contracts tracts shull b be in charge of the city en engineer engin enginger ginger gin er the physical portion devolving upon the board City Attorney Stephens wrote a let letter letter leter ter er to the council saying that he ha hi drawn the new formon ormon form on request tf Chairman Dooly and he deemed it proper to call attention atten Uon to the import important I ant changes proposed to 10 be made so that the council wo J l De e fully advised In passing upon the new form formBy formBy formBy I By substitutions ns and eliminations no noless noless noless less than twelve changes anges o in the form of specifications and in the form of contract are made from the tha forms heretofore In use Jn In n the specifications sped the term standard is to designate what materials shay shag be used In city work without stating starting st tIng I what standard is and in both the sped specifications and contract the board of pub p public b lIc lie works is made the party to supervise and accept contract work the only duty of the city engineer being to et the grade and line Une stakes stake for pipe to be laid fad Attorney j Stephens added in his letter Jetter that Engineer Kelsey Keisey had advised him that he had only yesterday been able aole to secure a copy of the new form of sped specifications and contract and as the adoption of ot this contract is a matter of great importance I suggest and re request request request quest that on it be deferred un until until til he has had an opportunity to ex cx examine eXamine amine both contract and specifications carefully and present pI his objections If any he may have and I shall be glad to give the same careful consideration tan tion |
