The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 3, 1901, Page 19

THE 8 DAY CAwLlL, T ES S o, Coylz— PN " Esse!fi’:ia! Eo?n’csf Made by Mayor Snyder. BELIEVES THAT A MUNiCIPALITY SHOULD BE RUN WITH THE SAME CARE AS A PRIVATE BUSINESS ES- TABLISHMENT. FIRST SECURE GOOD MEN FOR THE CHIEF POSITIONS IN THE PUB- IC SERVICE. CITIZENS SHOULD HAVE PATRIOTISM FOR THEIR CITIES. ADVISES SYSTEM OF CIVIL SER- VICE TO OBTAIN THE MOST COMPE- TENT EMPLOYES. L MORE. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF GENERAL UTILITIES IS A GOOD THING. KEEP THE STREETS CLEAN A PROTECT HEALTH. D Al G | ] 4 hi workers is all important. It is impossible for the chief executive of a city or the heads of departiments to know T st fir: re »iection ut eners rouble: in all the for positions and lhey cannot act s ecti : bi;‘;fli]\‘i} Q‘Uite”“‘u““\éc + apon personal knowledge in making appointments. As s s of departments eclecte atural résult ill-fitted men are found in all depart- 1 ing capable 1 the public undertakings suffer immeasur- 2 ] s required in oper- - g 3 ;. . The man who does- busi on ’ _ Thec equence of incompetence in certain branches 2 eets with this same trouble. e can attention was not demanded for hundreds of miles of Cf the public service is irightful. Appoint a “"‘“Cl" g choose his sub- gers and foremen, but public streets. There were eat parks to be main- © inspector of plumbing for a city, and what chance sy s bothered to secure cfficient under work- tained. Each citizen provided for the sanitation of his 1¢ve the .inhabitants of securing reliable plumbing for T own home in his own way, and the ex ith de- their homes? = Yet just h ill-judged appointments y days our cities needed but few em- partment of the modern city wa It was ¢ ar¢ made with a terrible frequency in what are supposed : officials of the cities and towns: then knew cemparatively easy for the head « the olden- to be the best-governed cities of the land. - € time city to select the few public employes required An efficient system of civil service is the only means © pacity for certain work The public business ,jin the city of 1001 has increas vet found of solving this difficult problem. Such a sys- g ng and fire departments. Daily to such an extent that the problem of securing tem should cover every department of the public ser- 2 - — - -— - e - E3 \\-\\\\ W \Y \ SRR \\“\ ! ok | P ] p\m(‘t.‘\\.« i ¢ tent Jove re be | PHoro By THoRS . cousin, d upon ars and 19 vice with ironclad rules. The public employes shorld get their places solely by reason of fitness; they snowd keep their positions and secure adva only on account of mieritorious performance oi I have been asked this question you like to see American cities governe By the best men within the confines of the : with every branch of the government operated r the strictest rules of civil service.” But I will be more eff to outline plans for the betterment of American >vernment. Every city should have an adequate constitu- tion or written organic law. Such a basic law is in ac- cord with the American theory g mment, and is the best safeguard that citizensfcan e against ar The excesses of their public Servants of Los Angeles is a new charter adapted t ments of our rapidly-dev ng Th charter was adopted in 1888, when Los pcpulation of less than 40,000. sufficient for the present city of 1 ple. We are greatly handicapped by charter. 1 find that many other cities same difficulty. Public ownership of general ut be a good thing. No large manu would purchase a necessary commodity from outside parties if it could produce the = ticle cheaper and meore satisfactoril business principles demand that the p in municipalities, should provide for that are necessary for all the individua grea city Good incorporated those things elf Experience has demonstrated that satisfactory to the people I thoroughly believe in a city Chicago furnishes a good example for tho: palities not yet equipped with a publicly owned supply system. When Chicago acquired the properties of the pri- vate water company in 1852 her population was a trifle over 50,000. From the initial expense of $340.000 for the first plant operated, the « th estment in s branch of the municipal service d the sum of $34,000,0c0, all of which has b supplied by the revenues of the department. At time the annual revenue of the Chicago water s 1 is $3.400,000, or 10 per cent on the total investment Happily for Los Angeles full ownership and control of her w our voters having recently author 1 the issuan of $2,000,000 in bonds to secure the red result. The large majority of our citizens are convinced that our water supply will be more abundant and of a better quality under munmicipal control, and that water rates will be more satisfactory " In an expans out to come into er supply system, » to lighting plants, street railways, telephone | . we should move slowly and conservatively. It is sonable to suppose that municipalities Il gradual take unto themselves the ownership and operatidn of all plants supplying public necessities. I believe that our cities will meet with success in assuming these great burder For the practical city official no problem met in the conduct of a municipality is more perplexing than the difficulty encountered in k g the p streets clean. The system of hand sweeping seems to be the most efficient for paved streets The nd sweepers should be kept on the paved streets at all hours of the day in order to keep the business thoroughf: the best possible ¢ ition. The hand sw cit; streets, in my opinion, can I efficiently if under the direct manager city departm an if intrusted to pr One of t ost important and most partments in our system of city gover branch of the government providing for t | of the health of our citizens. In order greatest prosperity in a city we st hay sanitary conditions. The Health Board o ty should { be unhampered ™ its administration of particular | department and should have the sole nower of apnoint- ing and removng tke employes engaged in this im- portant part of the municipal government In many cities the legislative branch of the city has the power to appoint and remove emploves in the Health Department and in other departments as ‘well In mv opinion the powers of the legislative branch of the city <honld be limited to law making. All ta*wer- ing by officials who have secured their places in political battles with the various departments not directlv under their jurisdiction shon'd be prevented. Especially does this anply to the Health Department protection to have the first-class e | H 1 Strict rules of civil service should be applied to i everv department of the munmicipalitv. Let us restrict the efforts of the s and we may ‘devoutly wished fe % it @ ‘ SUGGests T Her Some Delicate Shade cof Color. After a prelude she said, “This is a poor little butterfly among the flowers. He sees a boy with a net coming after him, but thinks he can get a Then follow a bit of harmony which one’s imagination might easi turn into a butterfly struggling to get away. A few plaintive chords—"the boy caught him”"—and so on, the pusic telling the story until a dainty, rippling melody with a brilliant climax denoted the joy of the butterfly, who had at last escaped. This is one of Enid’s favorite recreations, composing music “Do you see the butterfl E “No, but when I strike a chorc cclors. Now, with this there are two most beautiful shades of violet. This one, I see green and red.” “When quite a little tot,” says Mrs used to prattle about colors, but we thought it all non~ sense, until now she clings so persistently to the sub- ject that we are obliged to accept it as a psychological peculiarity. Later she played the most ambitious selection ever at- tempted in public by a child. the Concert Stuck, opus 79. Webet, thirty pages of difficult music, memorized, and rendered by this little maid. “she