Show r r K CITY ENGINEER AND ANDi un I t Y i ti i COMMISSIONER BACK BACI t i I r UP OWN CANDIDATES Cannon Wants Alexander fo lo for Duder's Duders Place and C Chief Ch hf ie ef Desires Hu Huddleson If IC the city engineer S So S. Q Q Cannon I has lias his Wn way TV W. A. A Alo Alexander now enof en en- Iner of or Inspection In the city department and an nn recommended by DY D. D H. H Blo Blossom som forme former ell city engineer will bo named as chic clile assistant city elty engineer to take tin tho plat o of ot John Dudor who has yielded ded to tho demand of oC the commis bloner of ot streets and tendered his verba erbal resignation to tho the city engineer If It tho wishes of ot tho the street commis Bloner aro observed P. P N N. N assistant office engineer and a man o ot long and wide experience will wilt bo be promoted promoted pro pro- rooted to second place In the depart ment The Tho matter of or choosing ft a manCor mar man for Cor for recommendation has leas been left len t tf to City Engineer l Cannon but tho the commis commis- commissioner stoner has tho last say In tho tiro and unless ho Is satisfied with tho the mar mall chosen the engineer cannot get hit his nominee before the commission for up- up pron l because appointments must conn conic through the tho commissioner P Mr h Cannon stat stated d yesterday that he had not decided upon Ullon an any one ono yet ct to r nominate for the chief chic assistantship and would not make mako his choice known knot I f until he submitted It td to tho commission commis commis- ion sion 51 on for tor confirmation Forced b by The resignation of or Duder came as the a demand manic made for It b by the commissioner of or streets on un the talc ground i that Under DUller was a 1 disturbing clementin clement t r In the tho cn engineering department and l tho the cause of or constant friction and strife be between he- he tween tho the engineering and street l ide- ide deJ J The demand for the resl resignation nation nallon was made lle by tho the commissioner upon tho the elt city engineer a month a ago o. o Duder DudeI was notified and pleaded for throe in which to secure some Romo other position po- po before being forced to leave tho the city's employ Thu file city engineer Interceded with the th for rOI fors commissioner and gained permission s DudeI to remain in the tho city department department depart depart- ment for rOl a while until he h could look loo about and 1111 secure nother place Duder then applied to the A. A A. A Clark company com com- company pany lan for COl u It position At that time Clark rt had nothing but some outside outRide work and find Duder DUller ob- ob Informed Duder Durler accordingly to going outside and remained with the city to look about further 3 Second elo ll I Geis A few da days 8 ago the commissioner of streets for fOI tho the second time lime informed the city engineer that Duder Dudel must go o and amI demanded that action be taken at ati i once Duder Duller was us notified and find at once took up tp 1 the matter with Clark Clarl again with the result that ho lie accepted a a. position po o- o with Clark Notice of this fact was then given gol Mr Cannon by b Duder Duller with tho the Information that his services r with the city would cease about June 15 Iii or such time between that and June 20 as would be he most mo t convenient for allf all concerned Duders Duder's written resignation resignation f 1 tion has not been submitted but probably r. r abl ably will bo ho within a few days Against Duder Is charged charge the controversy controversy contro contro- and versy between bp the engineering street t departments o over er inspection of ur public improvements This fight was kept up for more than a year under this administration with the tho result that the finally lly majority o of the commission o overrode the commissioner r of streets and transferred the Inspection from the street to the engineering en department Tho commissioner of ot streets openly charged charged Duder with being responsible and after the IF for tor or the controversy ers tI transfer had been made marle demanded that i I he be ho bo removed by b tho city engineer I Duder was wag given an opportunity to re- re I sign but held on to his position until lIntn he was wall finally compelled to resign b by bya a repeated demand on the part of oC the theCo Co commissioner |