| Show COMMISSION C I lliN II IIA A contributor lo to 0 idys Maga sine alne shows ebow th tIM the results ulta obtained In Is a number of American cities under th the the commission form torm of t and h hi he comes com 10 I the tIM conclusion e that It tt Is I far tr superior to the old method Ameri American inert rl can cities generally h he claimS claim Ial are badly bel paved badly lighted badly sew w wd ered d they tha have an n expensive water supply euI and a II police force to that thrives often ott n upon sn an n alliance with vice rift souls some sometime time times upon an alliance with both vice and nd crime but there ther th are about boUt W 10 cities that form a notable exception and nd In M 10 of these the tIM new Idea ide has been tested sufficiently to furnish a heels basis for estimating lImU what modern and nd SUM sane methods are worth when to a modern municipality The writer In Everybody has select selected ed Houston Ds Dee 0 Moines Sioux Fall Palls and lid Cedar Rapid for a special 1 examination and he rinds finds 4 that under an honest business buln reduced MuNd It ita annual ex cx expenses ponies nearly 1 saved and nd became In every er way w a better city ty to 0 live In la Houston In lit th the first Ant year a of ot the new plan paid off otc of it II its debt and nd reduced the tax rate rale while making record breakIng Improvements Des Do became the moat t economic economically economically ally and most moat honestly managed city of or Its It sis else In the Middle West Wt In Ia Cedar Rapids Rapid In the Ih first lIt year yer the th city It re retired r retired tired MOMO of 01 bonds bond enlarged and Im lm Improved Improved proved the park perk system Im Increased the police force torce repaired red or rebuilt th the urn Iro apparatus enlarged the Hr lire service built a new na station and fitted out the policemen and lIeI freh en In lit new uniforms uniform It cleaned th the streets lItla tor for th the tirE tint timer time In the city history repaired more old uld pavement and nd constructed mars mor mo new ones on end and with them built more mor w water mains main sidewalks curb and roadways than Iid ever ner bun Oft eon constructed In any n previous year ea r In Cedar Cr rapids It began a new bridge e across th the Cedar Cr River UVIl and nd bought an n Inland laland on 00 which the Ih city Is I to lo erect handsome municipal buildings out of ot th the savings vl effected led by the new system em and nd with without without without out the Issue laau of ot a dollars dollar worth of or bonds lion Such luck results should hould claim th tb the alien atten attention tion Uon of everywhere As Ae Is I welt well known th the commission form torm of government was w first adopted In Tex In 1 lOOt W as a an emergency measure mu alter after the city was Wall destroyed by a hurricane five corn com commissioners missioners missioner were put pul In absolute charge chari of or th lb city elt The Th plait plan worked so 10 well wellIn wellIn 11 In Galveston that tbt Houston Texas Tex which waa ws w then adopted It IL Itin ItIn ILIn I in liot 1106 Houston Improved upon the th Galveston play pia by b providing In the Ih charter charier for tor a referendum vote vo on all liU franchises l lAter the plan pIn was waa w adopted In iii Odar HIdI and ad Dw Du Moines low Iowa lowTh The Th plan In Its It must most perfect form orm has hu been bee i adopted In III Des Dee Moines Th The writer In Everybody claims th t the following results of ot th the commission plan as fairly well It II abolishes abolish bol party part politics polItIc frost from local locel affairs affair Ire It U eliminate th the Loss boss too the tile grafter gratter and aR th the te political machine It H views a municipality a as a griat grat business enterprise and provide so cc c y for Its It effective management It lt recognises definitely the th failure of representative government and find sub substitute therefore a system tem of ot dmM democracy racy rac It recognize recognises copl the fart ta t that thai there therea la I a no wisdom but bul collective wisdom It lt establishes direct responsibility for tor every evry public act ct It seems me to 10 b be swift witt efficient e en W al and nd adapted to a rational COin com community In th the Twentieth century It lt abolishes a raft ran of af useless offices office Jobs Jo and nd political warda and nd substitutes organisation method and work |
