| Show WHERE MONEY HAS GONE Crowd to Engage High High- Priced High Priced Account Account- ants COST TO REACH THOUSANDS i Petitions Con Considered for Garbage Referred to tho Mayor Major Contra Contracts ts for or the auditing of or the city's Hooks In every department were let to the Trader r compan company com corn pan pany of or St. St Louis b by the tho finance committee com corn of the city council Thursday which was given power to act Its cost coaL cannot be bo estimated but it willbe will willbe willbe be upwards of The contract reads that 20 O a day shall be paid for forthe forthe forthe the services er of an any member of the company 15 per lay for or expert accountants accountants ac ac- ae- ae and 10 per day for as assist assist- ants At this his price a new method of keeping books bool s Is to be worked out and systematized Just how long this will take is not known but the contracts contracts con con- tracts wore signed and the city will pay for tor tho the expense The accountants will be he required under the thc contract to lo submit a statement state state- ment merit of the city's assets and liabilities ties tics and work out a systematic method of ot l keeping the tho accounts Tho The council appropriated some sometime time ago to install a system of bookkeeping ing lug but under the tho present contract twice that amount will be squandered It Is declared that the city's elty's department depart depart- ment mont work is duplicated and that the expenses of or the different are arc too high With n a modern method of keeping books It is stated that the of office or- or lice fice expenses expenses- would be he cut down enough to pay lY for the tho installment of ofa ofa a a. system Bids Dills are arc Opened Several Se bl hl s were opened by the finance committee which were made madeU by U Eastern companies The mann Trader Tra cr company's bids for accountants ac aC- ac- ac and amI services of experts were vere the lowest The Tho other companies companies' com coin panics panics' bids ran ranged rangel etl from 25 to 50 I per er da day The committee had recommendations I as to the competency ncy of or I he the agency in iii handling handlin accounts The york work of the bool books s will JIl be bc commenced within two weeks s. s r TIme The san sanitary Ita 1 committee met antI and heard hearel Herman ms Bamberger's proposition tIn tion to lo handle the garbage c by l' contract which Is now don done by the thc city under the tho direction of or the health department He lie offers to furnish a 1 private ato lumping dumping ground and asks for a lea leaie e of or the I city's crematory cremator HP lie is backed by hy a n Company which will guarantee satisfactory Falls Falls- factory service and place a bond with the eit city are fire now throe three petitions peti pelt for 01 the tIme handling of or tho ho gal garbage galba c ch I h by contract before tho council The fhe matter was referred to tn the time city physician phy phy- and anti the mayor maym to hoar hear all 11 three petitions and It ft is probable that bids will be he asked for Tho The other two petitioners peti loners are Frank Raleigh and anti J. J Hart Hart- I maim inan Co Co 0 of DJ Denver 90 1 VJ AU t 1 fJ If I Tho rho municipal laws W t con o con coji- lI lh the now ic Introduced fc 1 h uy Councilman 1 In ln regard to to keeping bo boys s 's out Af Of C pool antI and billiard bUllard halls It was decided to lo place the lie age nr-c of or minors at nt 21 years of r f a ago o and prosecute pros pro the proprietors for an any violation of or the lie ordinance This f Is aimed at nt several pool 1001 halls where school boys bOs spend most of or their time lime It was decided de de- he- he that s several veral pool halls hails will wm be closed up ill In Commercial street and in Iii other parts part of the city Ninth East str street et will be macadamized macadam macadam- despite th the tho protests of every very rc resident resi l- l dent south of ot EI Eighth South street The I improvement was waR discussed d before beCore the lie streets corn committee and recommendations will be made to the thc council to advertise for tor the bids Tho The matter has been under discussion for months Petitions Petitions Pe Pe- for and against have ber been n flied filed in the thc city recorders recorder's office but accordIng according according accord accord- ing to figures of the city engineer the lost by a narrow margin of or frontage |
