Show Desire to Peruse City Records Proves Costly The desire ot of Charles Chales J. J Bengt- Bengt zen Somerby street to peruse year four city records concerning the establishment of the Upper canal canal can can- al pumping station near Sixtieth South and Highland drive will be bemore bemore more expensive than he originally estimated Thursday the city commission concurred In requests or of Recorder J Ethel thel Macdonald and Auditor Alvin that Bengtzen either furnish the city with enough money to hire extra help to do the work or 01 furnish his own corps or of steno steno- raphers and file clerks who will be given full fulI access to the records I would like copies ot of every item vouchers and warrants with dates and numbers and to whom paid In Inthe inthe the matter or of the Upper canal pumping plant during 1924 and 1925 he wrote to Auditor ton lIe tent ent 10 O to pay for the work A total or of was wis handled in inthe the tle account in 1924 said Keddington ton and 2091 in 1925 Copies of vouchers and warrants would I run Into the hundreds and cost at least to make Bengtzen's requests of Miss Macdonald Macdonald Mac Mac- donald were for copies of all proposals proposals bids and contracts for furnishing furnish furnish- in ing pipe equipment and rights or of way agreements Involving the same water transaction He also sent 10 to reimburse the recorder these records with the tle thea a added ded request that the copies be forthcoming within ten days Miss Macdonald Informed the board or of commissioners the work would be impossible to perform In ten days with the present stat staff or of in the recorders recorder's office and asked that Mr Bengtzen supply his 0 oan n stenographers and clerks |