, 1869-07-01
THE CITY AS 4 PuRCHAEER OF
CLOTHING.

|
The Common Council has undertaken IL
do two things without authority Of law. It
has undertaken, in an appropriation bill. to
increase the police force, and it has undes.
taken to appropriate money for one object
with the Understanding that it il to he
| f. ~ o-.--:-... uoancu mas gone into the
business Of clothing two branches OF the
public service, We do not see why it should
| stop there 4 contract for $4,000 worth
Of clothing can unquestionably be made at
prices far below the retail cost of the eaile
articles. Why select the police and the Ere
pose that; by purchasing SIC, 900 worth OF
clothing at one time, there will be saving
! Of at least 80 per cent Of what the same
| goods would cost the men If bought sep
arately. There is q large force Of men in
the various city Offices The acting Mayor
and Aldermen, the City Clerk, Comptroller,
Board Of Public Works, the Tax Commis-
sioner, City Engineer, the Bride#el- keeper,
| and all their subordinates, including the
| budge-tenders and the men who clean and
repair the streets; the Hoalth Department
and its inspectors Ind employees, oil mako n
| respectable numerical aggregate. amount
ing, together with the fremen and
tbs police, to perhaps thou
! sand persons In addition to these,
there are five hundred teachcrs in the pub
lie schouls, all Of whom are, for the most
part, dependent upon their weekly pay fo-
their living. To properly aud decentlJ
dreas al these fifteen hundred pcrBons, IN
manner appropriate to their duty, costs
urge amount Of money, nndr when de-
ducted from ench Pezoonts weakly or mcoth-
! " pay, is fearful hnbtracEon. Nov, why
not give al these M equal chance m GET
ting clothed by the contsnet system nua ut
the public e1pense7 II the city can, By 60
! ing i1ter~fhe business wholesale, purchase
aase5 clothing at oae-haH what it would
cost its servants, is It not cruel to zc~
fuse them tho great advantage? And as
it will cost the city only o1e-haH what it
I will cost these persons, # compelled to
bug separately, il follows that to pay that
| haH ont Of the CITY Treasury Will be oa1v-
bali as great a robbery Of the :prhSc ss it
would be to vote tbs fuiii coat to each indi-
yidual
Il Tue ei'y 70 s. 'n'o 1f'7s osaaa'esas sa'tas
properly lnefe Hnono os new aep0f'Hen
etaabhahed, at tae mead Of wmca should ne
P'tseed an o'ncef' TO DC et01eo tea eonins-
/ sary-General Of Clothing; and for that Of
! ace we nominate as tse anthos q she eye
TEN, Alderman JOIN Co1nhkey. LEI he oe
noade GomsnlAsaiy T. Sanora tor me purchase
o1 closn1ng tos ~ @He e1pp3les m u 'ao go'-
| e1nmeae o. tne c'lg ~ ea.e7'eo' ~ VAL oe
good lob,- md, Us the Alderman VIII psoo-
| anls 60 oos OF nus p.eaeus on7ce u Ho'ein-
beF' be an devote his ~no!e time 10 this
new 1,s one.. ne WI ~Aoe Va aA,.ss,',
e"peeAn5 ~ pu1 s4aS' I''e , s''ns - ios eno
1us ,eeeNAAS' 'sna 1'l en4S oalGe 90 laele
saoola oe = n.an .. 'Aste' que ia1e'a10s WILL
.ae essees saa oei'es-os OF rue ienin'he
o0s'' feis'i'u ana cua''saleo' ann- oa
goa oiSean1nAt'oo' 's''' espeels1s In co'otS,
eof en'14 o-1eo aA' So 1Aseo, 1alo'Aay Asao
~ ac4a1ienea'' M H1uei 1ifa1 nAl'n' also
V!eoiooa say otIe1 III LIE LEW sNla" eA-
'e sss'ASsa ,
- LIS e1s W. i.atsu e,aat, eAoln1ns ~, ,eaca
VI ~ eniAoSe" iof siVe 'n7s " oola sosl a4ta
<-oo' ~ en. e,-eosaa ~ s.a'e W nv psi''n'
an'ouh' 10 aloo.oeV: Ain. WI oo& eoe 81
! i'eool'oie ps Ino o's ~ @4oo toi eaen pe1-
- f'1 s" ~
there any successful dis2uting Of tlht logic
Can ary taxpayer question tie e1pendi-
ture u $i5U, 600, whsE, by 80 doing, Like