Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-04-27

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- GhaiEman aE sAe Eemmistaa % Streets
aad Ails5ss = asasxsnssnasns aha asAsr
aion Il Bridges % Indian Greek.
sil1 aaswsr those charges IN detail,
ana wiIl safessaE % ahsws aAAs tsSpsa@
ssspks sAds IA AldssmAa 1snan thaa
Fourth Ward and ohairmam Of shs Com.
msfsss q xasssnx1 iii psosanaaaa. waS
nus peampssa y Gny astlsissa g0s -
wsli-Eara 0f tAa city, bns ID grassEy i
passy spite n the aspense 81 honeE
sad fsukh.
The arsa large q ssEpsaaator'' Is,
thss l. II Ukalznaa II he Commissss On
ssrassa SD Ailsys, bad tho water col
lscssd From Oil the Gaiuhsa 1t sha Asad
Is Madison Street., and haze il suxnsa
ilaso the gaEsAeaak thai Street., 70 she IT.
ssT destruction Of tho same.
N0w, Is ssaaE. speoaasor's bud been ~
saaasssipsa u insoEmlng himssla With
IS plain facts sf IA sass, - BE- has
bssn Ia sabrieatiag falaehsods Tor the
saiaeaainn Of tha readers es Ne Bagle,
! shtuk be poala have bssn more proft-
Eabls amplayed.
And 10 show that he has no foundation
whatever for making this charge, | viii
skaae wishsaa AsAS Of contradiction, that
thses asrsr wa "A ogasE issued By the
0ouncGls direOasng sha Uommittss "a
Streets and Alleys to take charge Of any
Improvements on Madison. Nor did I,
diTesEly o. inairesaly give any orders or
dirsssaOn 10 Ne sapeFvis0Fs sagaxaing
the impsovaaasnss on Madisoa Ssrees a
any time.
u charge Ne. twe, s@ aeeased with
reaeiviag twenty dollaEs fos awhesing
the woEkman's aawss as hs has 1t.
Twin conssns myself with giving a
plain ssatsmens OF ths facts.
soms time last Summer, 3 severe rain
s,orm caused Indian Creek to overflow
its banks, which, In doing 30, carried
away most Of the Bridges within the
Corporation, In consequences Of this de-
ssEactioa, grsas inSonveaienes was ex-
pesisnssd by cur citizens Ia order TO
remedy this evil, the Common Council
directed the COMMITTEES on Streets and
ALIAS, 10 have the Bridges replaced ss
sosa ~ posaibie. On receiving the or
der / went 10 work 10 collect materials,
part Of which | found scattered over
the bottom, being the ruins Of the old
Bridges. After having failed to ges the
most Important Of che Bridges built by
contract, sho cause Of which, was the
high price demanded by the Carpenters
for doing the work. Aly colleagues on
the Committee advised me to hire work.
men aud sat them to work under nay ina
mediate supeFiatsndance, / did so, and
by that means, savsd for the City, from
seventy 10 one hundred dollars on one
Bridge alone.
deyosed my wholstim for two weeks
10 collecting materials and sapsrintsnd-
ing the work as it vent on. Had I been
rich snoagh to give my s4ms % che city
gratis, or had been corrupt enough 10
offer resolution in the Council giving
the contract 10 acme Of the men whom
had employed by the day, and BY that
means pO0kstsd the profits aseruiBg from
the Job, as some wot Of have done,
spectator" would had TO hatch up
something else TO parade bsfors the pub
lie. Bat as | am not rich, presented
what | Consider fare bill; and ! viii here
say that there was but one member Of
she Council who objected to its payment
He had q right TO object to il II he saw
Is. The manner in which those objee-
lions were delivered, caused me TO tars
up the paper bat shas stompsd On the
fragments, OF committed suadry othsr
foiles, il coinage On the pars Of this
would be Spectator"
The reason Of my presenting the bill
the second time was this a majority of
the members came TO me and stated that
they considered the account a just one,
and would vote for its allowance if /
would present it again. I did SO, aud it
was unanimously allowed.
Bus appEehend the foregoing charges
are not the gentlsman's real ground for
compliant.
The gensleman's course as Chairman
Of the Committee on Internal Improve
ments, troubles him a good deal; hence
his sensitiyeness on that subject.
With regard to the debate which took
place in the Council, and which the gen
tlsman so feslingly alludss to, have
few words 10 say. "spsotator' COM
plains Of nay being opposed 10 Cimmit-
tees losding il over other City Otisars.
That | most certainly acknowledge.
ana opposed to Committees inteRsFe-
ing with othsr City 0fRcaEs, In the dis
charge Of their duties, and for this rea-
son When the Coancil appoints q su-
psTyisor, or aay oshsr efieer, IL ia pre-
sumsd that they are competent 10 dis
charge the duties for which thsy wsra
elected. IL the Council find that thsy
sse not competent, ell they have 10 do i
to discharge them and appoint other
and more competent men.
II, on the other hand, the Couneil d.
reOta COMMITTEES Of three to superin-
tend work which chs Supervisor or other
ohceFs has % perfOrm, and .hara has
besn gross mistakes made a. was the
case laSs year ia the building Of sha side
walk in front Of the Pacific House. How
are the Council 10 ascertain who are &c
fault, the Chairman OF the Committee
would say that his skirts was clear Of il,
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