Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-13
ANOTHER CITY OFFICIAL IN
TROUBLE.


TROUBLE.
DR.. R. H. Walker was, until re-
Gently, the Wharf and Harbor
Master Of this city. It's the duty
of this officer to make monthly re-
ports. This DR.. Walker did.
From some cause the City Coun-
Gil decided to investigate the off,
Cial acts Of this gentleman. A
competent accountant was in
structed to examine into the mat
ter. Whether he has ever made
q report or not we cannot say. ri
his report has ever been presented |
it has never been published, and
thus the result Of his labor has
been thrown away. Why this has
been we cannot say. But we now
call for it. DR.. Walker has been
removed and the people are anx-
ious to know what he did while
he filed the position from which
he has been lately removed. This
much information we will furnish,
however, ahead Of that which we
demand fro m the Board Of Mayor
and Aldermen. 1t will furnish q
basis upon which committee can
operate very prodtably. During
the period DR.. Walker was Wharf
and Harbor Master an average Of
thirty vessels a month landed at
this wharf which we're not report
ed by DR.. Walker. This at ten
dollars each make the nice little
sum Of three hundred dollars
a month clear profit for the
> Doctor and dead loss to the
steamboats, and the city
; 1t is also said that the Doctor
did not pay in any money to the
City Treasurer. He dealt solely
in City Scrip, which has been sol(
for some time at about thirty tC
. fifty cents on the dollar. Anothe
very nice little speculation for tn,
: Doctor Now as we are alread,
J interested in one little matter 0
J libel with our worthy friends, a
= the Mayors Office we shall handl
o the Doctor with exceeding grea
caution, and we shall therefor
} suggest to the Doctor, instead @
q getting angy and indulging i
T. naughty expressions the be'
=, thing which be can do is to jus
a walk quietly up to the Mayor
to office and pay over the amount du
st for every vessel which ha
g touched at the City Wharf sine
d, he has been in Office. He certain
lg ly ought to be satisfied with h
III commissions and the profit whic
as he has made in handling Gil
r. Scrip. To show the value Of th
er position, there are gentlemen
p this City, who have offered to &C
he leCt this wharfage free of cos
'er and pay to the City five per ceI
t? additional. The speculation wi
ng be in buying Scrip below p
we and turning it in again at its #
1t value.
Ow But Doctor Walker seems to |
bt- q sort Of pecuniary gormandize
BILE and is not satified with his leg
Vas fees and the perquisites, but
on forgets and neglects to report
my monthly average Of thirty boa
uld which have touched here since
not has been in Office.
Ink AS there seems to be q sort
led bond mana prevailing just no
the would it not be well for his bont
/ is men to look q little into his afaiI
uld 1t certainly must be very agre'
ank BILE diversion indeed to appe
' is ones name to the official bond
has an unknown and irresponsiI
nat. carpet.bagger. The sensation M
yor be delightful in the extreme. I
her sensation, however, may one
,ber these days be rendered yet m,
the excruciatingly delightful. The
he is such o thing as bondsmen b
ank ing to pay the cost for a defal
it is ing and absconding official
and When Carpet baggers are found
, by lost to shame as to marry neI
the women, it is somewhat difficult
the declare who of them are worthy
,ank be trusted.
II III IT is indeed q compliment
u ~ have such things as the follow
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