| Show THIS iut thy the city council had bad several inter items before it as the tuesday evening session st one was waa in relation to street sprinkling there WB was the abject of how bow the ibe work was waa being done and ami it we are to co accept the dorile s of some of tho cou there is IB au an on the bartoi part oi toe contractor to neglect his hie job because of this it was suggested that a city official ough t to supervise tile sprinkling and DI bee that hat the contract is ie properly kept to a man up a tree it would appear to be ie the square thing that if the municipality has to pay an official to trail after and ally watch a contractor doing his work the cost coat should be deducted from rom the contract price the suggestion ion that the sprinkling contractor needs eeds to be under surveillance Is 8 an imputation upon the honesty 13 0 D esty and integrity af the contractor made by the councilors councillors counci lors who offer the suggestion and needs needa an ix then again there is the cost coat of treet etrest sprinkling A contract oon tract was let on n a basis of sprinkling for twelve months in the year although everybody known know there are several months when the performance is unnecessary but tor for the present it way may be regarded carded re wat the bid on the twelve months basis was lower than any other offered for or the astuti time of sprinkling now comes the addition of new streets which makes the cost eigher than any vr evious year it as an a whole tte city is getting no better botter service but pays pay moro more lor for it some places that do not neej sprinkling got get it and others which need it are winged that is IB not the contractors fault the blame lies on the officials who got bids for an unlawful sprinkling district dis district tricy instead of letting getting a contract COD tract for a given quantity with liberty to make transfers transfer and changes which would improve the service without adding a burden bunion to the contractor or abe city treasury there was also the complaint against street supervisor super cleor molloy malloy some coun oilmen climen seem to think him too lazy tu to attend to his bis duties it if be is in there ought to be a removal quick if he be to la not then there should be some apology for the insinuations against him the people will not approve the holding in ace of a discredited official Furt bera bid councilman charged the street super visor with being uncial in official communications the charts if not refuted or withdrawn is enough to cause the removal of any officer cial boorishness or tyranny to is not a qualification which the public wants to pay a salary for mr mulloy ought to be vindicated or retired then there was the representation made by mrs paddock concerning children being allowed in saloons and the dang dangers I 1 re consequent thereupon oo doubtless the lady Is firmly convinced that she can establish the truth of hot and it she can thou then the condition Is a olez larace race to vie the olty city either in the of the he regulations ions or of their enforcement all the lite ills mrs paddock recites and more too come from allowing this practice if a change I 1 in a the be ad administration of municipal affairs to in this line la is not in the immediate view of he abe official incumbents then a R change to la those officials to is next in order the trend of the whole city session shows the urgent need for a reformation in municipal administers adminis tiou it if the present city council to is equal to toe tk lask it cannot be too speedy in manifesting that fact the people are willing to give them a chance but are oot not willing to submit for too long a time to a laxity in loal matters that amounts almost to criminal neglect of the me duty of officials to the public |
