Show SUNNING A BUSINESS In this issue is me of Tho Th Herald Horald is a re success successful ful u I experiment ut a n simplified p bust bus businesslike i form of o citY i y administration Instead of a complicated d organization 1 With a city council and various depart tn branches and a 8 divided responsibility the Texas city has Just such a aplan plan frlan Ian of o doing loIng business as 08 a could be ox from a big seeking he the best results at a 3 minimum expense nse tA t few tew men mon drawing dr salaries common with their responsibilities and Duties transact trans ct the ctt s business hen anything goes gos wrong the citi ns know exactly cx c ly who is to blame when ihen they want a thing done and done promptly they know where to go and hom to see sec secAs As might t be expected this way of handling public affairs has demon demonstrated the wisdom of or the tho plan The Ity is free of ot debt it is being improved at a tremendous trem s rate it is undertaking public works which would bankrupt cities clUes under a purely partisan po political regime and it has not had to increase Its Us tax rate rato Contrast with Salt Lake for tor in Bt n und t the plan of or ofa ora ofa a divided di responsibility and an admin n by b council committees and department heads Salt Lake spends an enormous amount of money annual annually ly y and in return r it gets what An increase in the tax levy to begin with streets that th taro aro a disgrace to a city of t f fIts Its daBs class a lot of irresponsible em loys loyes who vho ho render rendor r service or not as they please If the th health department nt or the street department or the water department fails falls of its Us duty the cit citizen I izen who has a complaint t finds it im impossible impossible possible to locate the tho responsibility for conditions and secure a n remedy He may petition n the council and If Jr he ho h IB It fortunate enough to get a hearing his petition is referred to a council com corn committee Then Thon if there is no prizefight or meet on the night appointed for Tor a hearing the committee will hear hoar him If he ho is unpopular with the coun n he ho is 15 as th as hot to be charged with bad faith If he ho has some pun pulI he may be promised a n remedy but ut the execution of Oll tho the promise Is re rc referred frred to the department head who was to blame blamo In the thO th first place Of course a good administration nd is possible pO eyen with this cumbrous system tem If it the tho right men are tro re in office offiC but butth th there thre re is too much opportunity for delay end ond pettifogging and shirking and cx ex extravagance All over the country the great eat question of municipal adminis administration is being studied In ery In Instance Instance instance stance where the facts are aro recognized the th tendency is toward a simplification of f the system stem and the centralization of authority in the tho hands of a few well raid paid ald mon men who devote their whole time timeto to 10 the affairs It would bo hO cheaper cho per and b r for forS Bait S lt Lake If It followed In the thO th direction of or modern methods and changed its form of city government so that tho the I public could know not only what party 1 but what individual was as responsible for lor derelictions der of or duty and short hort shortcomings comings In public service No business businessman businessman man m n in this city would employ some of the th councilman who are arc with the supervision of expenditures amounting to thousands of dollars an annually annually I no concern would Wild ex ox expect pe t to get competent service for ifor the nominal salaries which content some ot of the City fathers And finally no corporation except the city would re retain retain tain tam a man in Its employ who could buy houses and live royally On a few tow hundreds of dollars a ti year as salary The whole system is radically wrong and the present administration is show showIng showing showIng Ing its U defects more glaringly than any noy city administration Salt Lake Lako has ever had |