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Show HIGHWAY AFFAIR FINDS WAY TO EMPLOYES Bookkeeper Employed on Engineer's New System Is Discharged Differences In tha atata road com-mlaalon com-mlaalon which heretofore have baan between be-tween tha members of tha commlaalon only, hava brokan out In tha cum of othara ronnactad with tha commlaalon. Howard Means, atata road engineer, haa Installed a system of bookkeeping In tha commlaalon under which ha can ascertain tha eoat of avary project on tha highways at a momenl'a notice. Thla ayatam la oppoaed by P. F. Ruaa, head of tha accounting department depart-ment of tha commlaalon. Haturday laat, when tha road commlaalon held a meeting, meet-ing, thara waa an animated diacuaalon between tha contending partita over tha eyatem which Knglnecr Means had Inatltuted and which la declared to be a thorough ayatam and In vogue, throughout through-out tha country. The keeping of tha books In connection with lha "Means ayatem waa placed In the hands of C. W. Karney. At the meeting Saturday a recommendation recom-mendation waa mada by Accountant P. K. Kusaa that tha services of Mr. Karney Kar-ney ba dispensed with. Thla waa oppoaed op-poaed by Engineer Howard Means and It Waa thla that brouaht about a bit- tar diacuaalon. Finally, on the motion of Commissioner Commis-sioner Ueorge I). C'aato, which waa seconded sec-onded by Commissioner N. C. Poulson, ths entire question waa postponed until Tueedsy, ths contending factions In ths mrantlma to sea If they could not get together and castors harmony In tho two departments. Ths vote of tho commission on this motion waa unanimous unani-mous and Included tha veto of Commissioner Commis-sioner Ira K. Browning. Tueeday afternoon there ramo before tho etato board of examiners from ths stats road commission a proposed change In the payroll on which waa ths recommendstlon of Accountant P. V. Hussa that tha services of Bookkeeper Karney be dlapeneed with, and this recommendation rec-ommendation carried tho slgnaturss of Caato and Poulson, ao also tho approval ap-proval of tho Changs by ths director of finance and purchase. John H. Glenn. All this sfter the two commleeloners. Cssto snd Poulson, had voled to carry the matter over nntll Tuesday. Ths result re-sult Is thst ths board of examiners approved ap-proved the recommendation In the absence ab-sence of other Information and retired the employe of Knglneer Means. "It looks to me." ssld the hesd of ons of the state departments, "that ths governor gov-ernor should at once lake tho matter of tho road commission In hand, and that an Iron hand, and put a atop to ths boys' plsy thst has caused tho stats road commission to bo placed In disrepute dis-repute by the people of the state. Tho engineer la an appointee of the commission commis-sion at tha requeat of tha gov m or and with his consent, while ths accountant la selected aa any other employs of ths commission and subject to removal at any time." |