Show There Is no accounting required as suggested by a contemporary of the I citys finances Tile laws have been made so complicated that every move by the city authorities can only be accomplished ac-complished by unrolling whole coils of red lapp No work cnn bo done except by 1 advcrtslnS When the Council decides de-cides upon anything then the feasibility feasibili-ty of it and the estimates for it have to be referred to the City Engineer lie has to have time to work out the problem Then the matter Is referred to the Board of Public Works where It has to be considered Then the contracts con-tracts have to be advertised Then the contractors report back to Hie Board of Public Works that much money cqn be saved by changing the terms Then the terms are sometimes changed Then when he work is finished ished the Engineer will not accept ll Hence the long delays The lust Council Coun-cil left over a vast amount of unpaid Indebtedness which originated this way Then tills year a large amount i of pipe required for mains was purchased pur-chased of a firm in Alabama and some I of that pile has been on the road now forty days The railroads are overworked i over-worked the malls are late malt nearly I every day and there Is congestion and i clogginG up all the way across the coil 1 tlnenl I will nI be straightened out I pretty soon The work Is all Well In I hand The authorities know what they I are doing Every contract Is going to I be carried out and If some are de J lay dl beyond the emulation i time ll Is due to the causes above enumerated By the way the reservoir on the bench has IonS been completed except the attachment of the pipe which only began be-gan to arrive yesterday |