Show corruption nov 21 special after au ida ot a week the committee appointed by the state sen-ate to investigate the municipal affaire of philadelphia reassembled today the dilatory tactics pursued by the investi-gating body haye in no vise tended to alter the general opinion that the com-mittee was appointed for political and having outlived ita useful-ness in that capacity will bring its session to a close washing any more linen in public than is ab-solutely necessary its labors thus hr have been directed to the investigation of contracts relative to paving street cleaanniinnKg and garbage collection in the matter of paving it was bbown that without exception ovary contract exam ined had been violated by the use of rough belgian blocks in place ot fitted blocks aa called for the same state of was found to exist in the street cleaning department where bat half ahe number of labor erera called lor by ue contracts kere actually employed A artill worse condition 0o1l affairs prevail-ed in the the collection of garbage abich instead of being cremated ac to the provisions of the con act was dumped in he lower part of he city tebesa start lag revelations however little ence ia felt that any radical reform ill e accomplished by the committee economy is that |