Show i I I JUGGLER OF SCRIP COVER BLUNDER Will Wi Issue New Warrants for toi fol folI I Mess of Old Ones Bungled by Attorney y WINS IN STRETCH Caucus Called to Satisfy Contractors Contractor's Con Con- COI- COI tractors tractor's Demands Demands Corn Demands COn Com Complications Increase In Iii o of f the spoiled Special 11 im improvement p provement pro prepared by the el city administration to ta take up UI time the outstanding out out- standing snip scrip und and I Issue is U t. t to 10 contractors against various vallous pieces of or property now warrants will viiI wi be bo 1 Issued This was decided de tie- nt ot a caucus of tIme llio council councI Mayor lar Thompson Auditor Alit Alff AJr Deputy Auditor Stevens Assistant Cl City A Attorney I 0 Il C DIninny an and Contractor S. S Birch lucid hold yesterday afternoon in the tIme cl city attorneys attorney's y oc While Mr 11 mIi Birch's n name attune mc Is mentioned mentone men men- tone honed last lat In Iii the thc list he hue was really tho the most Important nt man mat at al time tho tlC meetIng meet meet- iii Ing- Ing InS for it IL was through him that thal tIme the Ja Haw In the warrants wan was found round rind and him that time tho meeting was wa called calle to lo straighten out the tho ghastly bungle In tho time warrants which the city tried to lea force upon upun Mr h Birch In iii lieu leu of tho the 2 worth of scrip he lie holds s. hol ls au and for rOI the of or the abutters abutters' portion on new work there was a n s serious ser ser- r- r lotus ious IUli discrepancy which made tho the papel paper pa pa- per pel worthless On Oti the face ace of tho warrant It l. l st stated that no nu Interest would be paid on the first Installment or coupon On Oui tho the coupon the dante clause was Included as well wel as on th tIme the rc rest l' l showing showing- that thai time the coupon cou ecu lion pon and the face tace of or the were not Hul reconciled This Pius error mado matJo the tIme whole warrant valueless Change in iii II Warrant The Tile new warrant which hichi hue tho tl finance committee will wi recommend to tl the thc council and which was acceptable to lo Contractor Birch will remove on the therace race of ur the tIme wart arrant th the tho exception to the fil t Installment coupon The pay payment Ia- Ia uncut ment of C G per cent will wi apply on un all of or the Installments before berolo dc- dc Contractor Dir this cl cl ange in iii inthe inthe the lie would be ho acceptable to him As ts he lie Is the Is-the tho chief kicker against t time the rotten S system stein of or handling the tho spa spa- cial accounts account the other actors conn-actors will wil IHu probably ral raise c no oh- oh The rhe old wal warrants which have been found full of ot Haws will wil be Lie thrown out and the tho cit ct city will spend some sonic more mOIe lun Immune noney making making- ime new ts ones owing to 10 the blunder in lii II the thc el city cHy attorneys attorney's Time The I c city el n attorneys attorney's office ha has lias been en trying l tl li shoulder the time for CO or the on Oil the time auditors auditor's The Jc form of tC warrant and und of or coupon was wal scuLl en to tu time the auditor and amid Auditor AliT Aid Alt says Kays a s 's since Ince they bore boro time the tl approval al of time lie council and tho mayor after time the city attorney hail had found thorn theme thol correct lie le ic hall had m mum 11 limit but hit to CO coy copy timo el city nUo and ho thy the au- au tho 11 t I ca m I II Inc v ir Ui l fur fui 1 thc tue blunder In in- inthe the warrants wil have hayo to 11 wait wui line timmie they set get gel action Following thu the thi tl that thal led ledu ll u tIme tho lio hurried call crill fur for a a. a cluel caucus to lo A out time HIP the arant lan tangle lf 11 1 I I con OI inn Limo li news fleS' that limo lie I It Ally Is pro lure j to tl I II new JW w vt-ri vt for fop lh ilu- ilu i I issued illegally antl without J last Y year lr Tho 11 el city nt at that i line sime Ir lied had a u contract with wih Birch DIch and in Jim thin tho contract M ii I stipulated thAt HuH Him eli r j h should uld be hi paid In wan rIme Jh cil city elY J started t to JU pay litY him him In scrip until lie he refused to accept nn army any more macro There Therewa wa ivas yet lt a balance balance- owing him n anti and 11 time ther auditors auditor's wu advise l by hy tIme the elt city attorney to to Issue l I. I J Till 11 out emit time the deficiency The ht warrants were ere wen not hot ot authorized and nummi were illegal I l Now IW the time city cily will wi t take le tip lip those thie war war war- I amounting amounting- to o holl yr a and f replace place them with the time doctored war war- H- H HW 5 W rants which will wi go 11 to the time council counci fj next Monday for Cor or confirmation I Another c evidence of of- the th thi l condition In iii which tile the tle city finds itself In is n i h by Iho tho fact that hut scrip Va Issued for the tho hulk of or m estimates I in including In- In eluding tw tac cl city's M portion porton cu of or the time cost of improvements The rhe money as It I was vas paid 1111 in Iii on different extensions extension was Ug paid to the contractor It I waN was the property owners n money The pity gity l did lIll not muot pay cat cash h hut but 1 issued the aJI against Its own portion Of r the cost cust and fluId forced this upon the con comm I tractor C CA A J persistent habit of or doing this I brought ht about tangle In iii the u a l II accounts t which may never he r sti d omit mil i Illustrative of tr this Uli fact Ts is th the hut statement state simiLe al- al fluent ment of a a contractor that he lie lui hIL been heer paid in scrip anti and for fot nearly till all J of ur tin hue e estimate on a n certain exten sion floI but he lie Ims ha not received time the crish for the time city's portion The hc I Iner owner ner haiti had to pa pay cash cath for 01 time Iho ci cl city's t's e portion of time the expense I To ro Straighten Out Jul II Tangle that thal the tw city cily engineer Is 18 sending send send- 1 jl big ing to 0 time the auditor all al estimates with j t ho hu accounts segregated Mho showing t tae l-ic IC I cl city's ciLy portion separate from the property prop uLtI- lt erty cl portion time the warrants will willbe be e issued against t the t it por- por Uon tion and the city will wi pa pay cash This I is Js one unc of ur the tho i nS that thai the ell city haHto has haH hasto hasto to take faire out cut of or tIme the street fund enough mone money to meet Its obligations on pub- pub Improvements The flue graft glaC has been stopped slopped because because- c It I led Into a ri labyrinth ah of figures that no ammi II one flue could I figure out Incidentally Ily it I is called it-called that tat time the t city cily Is paying Carnegie wn wages C for tur a force of accountants to see o what some J other administration spent ni and to pro pro- i pare e a new of or accounting fur for j I the administration The 1 Indefinitely pay goes Ol on oum 01 i |