Show GALVESTON BilLS IN HOUSE TODAY Four Members of Special Com Committee Committee Committee to Report Fa Favorably Favorably Favorably ALONE OPPOSES HOW PLAN WORKS IN TEXAS CITY The fate tate of ot th the Galveston bills blila will be known In the house today toda when the re is report report port of the committee which has been b n considering them will be submitted There will be two reports The Tho majority of ot the tho committee headed hooded by Chairman John Q Critchlow will recommend their passage while Representative McMillan of ot Salt Lake county will present a minority re is report report port advocating that the measure b be killed There does not seem to be much doubt but that the majority report will be adopted thus thug transferring the fight to the time when the bills blUs come up for third reading and final passage The Civic Improvement league and oth other other other er organizations interested in the good government of the city have been making a n strong p of ot late among the house members and claim to have con converted converted converted several of ot them who have previously expressed themselves as being op opposed posed to the proposed change in the tho lo 10 local local cal government In view of at the he Importance of the incas meas measure ure to the people of ot Salt Lake and the hope that through it an economical and businesslike administration of municipal c affairs can be secured The Herald has been to review the tho essen omen essential essential features of ot the plan and cite some of ot the arguments in support of ot it The Plan in Brief The plan of ot municipal government pro proposed posed in the Benner X Smith bills places the entire control of ot the city government in the hands of three commissioners to tobe tobe tobe be elected for tor terms from the city at large The terms of two of ot the 1 commissioners will expire every two f years Each commissioner is ls to receive a salary of ot 1000 00 a year ear and is to devote sote 4 his whole time to the duties of the office The commissioners are to hold five lve week weekly ly meetings which shall be public The only other elective officer is an auditor t who is III to b be elected for tor a term of ot two years and is to be a check cheek on the com corn commissioners commissioners missioners All other city officials will willbe willbe i ibe be appointed by the commissioners for tor terms of two years ears each The scheme echeme does away entirely with the city council mayor maor and board of ot public works How the System Works Probably the most comprehensive and logical discussion of ot the practical work workIngs workIngs Ings lags of ot this system of at conducting municipal municipal pal affairs appears iii In McClures Maga Magazine zinc zine in which George Kibbe Turner a writer on lm economic subjects tells pf of ot Galveston a Business Corpora Corporation Corporation tion K 1 He starts out by saying that the lYS s stent tent in Galy is the e Jn mott t direct and simple government in the thi I world After d describing s the vicious rule l lof of the ward aldermen and how the city I Iwas was looted by the council and anti the mayor In years gone by he tells in a direct forceful way of ot the benefits of ot the pres present present ent eat system Since it was established in Galveston in 1901 the personnel of or the commission has not changed although its members are elected every two years This Droves conclusively that the people are satisfied with the service they are securing To combat the idea iea that no better men will be secured seek these positions it itis itIs itIs is shown that in Galveston the commis commissioners commissioners are among the leading business and professional men of ot the city and are honored and respected by all Concerning this phase of ot the question the article says J Interested in the City It Is a widespread Jd ad belief and one of o othe the most hopeless beliefs In the tho current pessimism concerning city government that strong and representative men can never again be had for the service of ot cit cities cities ies iee Galveston has contradicted this skepticism successfully Her commissioners came Into service it is true under the pressure of ot a great gr t calamity but they Y still sUlI remain and from the present appear appearances appearances appearances ances they will continue some years longer Their work interests them it has become their hobby The change in the form of ot government has made this pos poe possible p a sible In Galveston where the office of alderman was a street joke the office of ot commissioner is a high honor and an absorbing personal Interest for tor its hold holder C or er orThe erThe The force torce of assistants originally chosen by the commissioners still remains intact because throughout the departments the best available men were selected with as much care as for tor a private corporation Instead of ot changing managers every two years ears Galveston has been governed by trained and experienced men This gov government 80 has ceased to be bo an nn expert experiment Mr Turner It has had bad ment says ample time t to prove itself qt Brilliant Record Made But the brilliant of the com corn commission commission e mission form torm of ot government In Galveston 1 Is la best shown by Its financial record The bankrupt and commission found the city It raised its credit above par It has 1 saved Galveston fully of ot her running expenses The annual cost f gross of ot city government nt of ot Galveston has av averaged averaged In the five years ol ot com corn commission commission 1 mission government a saving of over a been comparison with the years of ot tim the made in general aldermen following ISto 1825 t I The government for tor the four and anc a half years Tears preceding the commission Incurred OW of ot debt for running expenses while the new government has incurred 11 debt for tor this purpose It absolutely no DO j considered in this connection connect on be must t II I that the expenses after the storm which destroyed the city were much heavier at any other period in its career t than But notwithstanding notwithstanding tan this fact the amount 4 than 5 was less collected in taxes for a similar period with the old admin administration administration I In charge Continued on Page 2 i i I I GALVESTON BILLS IN INHOUSE INHOUSE INi i 4 t I HOUSE TODAY f HI 51 i J I Continued from Page 1 The results re sa says sas s Mr Ir Turner have I IF 4 leen secured by bv straight careful busi business bu l lj j Ii a i i ness methods such as any an man would ap apply apS apI S I ply to his own affairs The amount of or special taxes collected under the admin administration f 1 has baa been greatly in excess of or orny I any ny ever collected before Horo and this In iii a aI I 1 i great reat degree has done dane much toward re reducing reI I fI the regular levy Je and consequently c the burden of ot the average taxpayer i a i Special Sp attention is paid to the streets r and nd In this connection Mr Ir Turner says 5 The streets nhi the kindergarten les lesIon S Ion don in city government Anyone Anone and andI I AI 4 i everyone velone must see every ever day da whether I I the administration of ot that department is good or bad Everybody knows Known and talks talka I bout the great change in Galveston Gaheton Be Before Before 1 y fore the storm the business district was wasL L paved with wooden blocks left so dirty dirt I that It was impossible to recognize the I 11 paving with the human e eye ese e The streets ii I were almost impassable During the 44 1 storm this tuff stuff floated iway VI leaving Fl 5 i the bare sand Hand underneath The com corn comi 1 i I mission minion Immediately set sd to work ti t i lug it with brick hrick and nd the tM price paid pal for forit forIt fori i Ip it was wall JO to per cent less Ip than the worth worthless worthless S less pavement that preceded It Now he says days f 8 the streets are bright and clean and andI I well eared cared for and the expense is much j t les Jes less than formerly Lake Lilke proP will no doubt be inter interested Interested interi i i ested In tile the above aboe subject I i More and Cheaper Lights I J r Since the commission assumed control I Galveston has had a better street light lI ht t i 1 Ing In system S tho thag over ever before In its it lila his history lilaI I ii J 1 tory and at a cost cO t of ot 1000 a year ear less c T This has hM been saved saed by better man management manI I l I ia gement and nad the of or cheaper I 1 supplies Under the thc Ward lard ard aldermen each I t r alderman wanted w as many man lights as pos possible possible i U sible for tor his district and the more mOrt in influential M got them all nil leaving some ome parts I F o the city wholly without light The 1 cV Ce have hae distributed the lights lIi I Ip In ah all equitable manner 1 l t i In summing up Mr Turner Ba says sars s Galveston in short Js Is now beginning r r I to reap the results of five years of clean cleanable I P able abl city government She was desperate and bankrupt now her credit Is good goodr r L She was as unclear unclean now she Is hi l clean t i t paved streets are paved there are good sewers lewer where formerly there were none I If The Thin city Is prospering In a it business way wn 4 I I ns as It never neer did before For good govern gOern government tI r ment meat is I not merely a mechanical m routine 1 r t i negative thing it Is II i a strong positive i agent which takes hold bold of tile tue far tar future Li t In any city which Is la fortunate enough to toi I k it i j possess It |