, 1879-07-29
AI3CREAsS OFFICE.
pDLIuK THE TAxrAYERs.

The structures upon Mr.. County Treasurer
MeCrea't "early-closing movement - which
,taYc recently been mndc continue to bc justified
by the facts although the utter imposstbiltty Of
aifortllng tho slightest additional accommoda-
tlon to the tax-snt. salarY-pnytug citizens is
ssrcnuously insisted upon bY the gentlemen who
close At 8. One good result Of the ventilation
which th[s question haa received Is, TINT
wIthiu tho past week d good many thou-
saudi Of taxpayers have learned what
was to them before unknown: that the
Office Of the County Treasurer was inaccessible
after . r. M, ind TINT unless they could appear
h,cro In the morning they need not waate their
day trying to persuade Afr. McCreR or Ills clerks
70 receive their money. IA consequence OF
this, tho number applying at the doors after
this hour has greatly decreased.
Yesterday this was quito noticeable. Whcra
last week tho visitors continued 10 pour 10
steady stream up to penraT O'Clock, now only
a few dozan are daily disappointed, md tho tar
receipts arc much less than they might be. The
doorkcepor, who, b. the way, is an exceptionally
courteous mud oblgng person, saye, md with
truth, that 30 far a. poseiblo ha aoftens
the rtgor OF ths rule, and That when
he admits them within The sacred portals. but
this only Coca to demonstrate tho ridiculous
ness Of The system Of shutting public Office In
lhe middle OF the afternoon, and the fnct that
tho rule Is not strictly cnlorccd may be an arRu-
ti8catlon for !ts existence.
THR xMrLorEs
ofthc otllco have nothing TO saY nboutft further
than that they work nov until 5, 9, or Z o'clock
each evening, and TINT It would be impossible 10
finish 1ha work each night II tho oillcu was kept
open nfter o'clock. No attempt IL made to
combat the position that to koep open until +
o'clock would tend greatly to the
convenience ot tho public. In for
open until O'Clock, and no satisfactory reason
for tho change has been assigned Or Gnu be as
signed. Hit were possible to do tho work then,
1t should be equally possible nGw.
ANOTHER CAUSE OF oos1rLA1a1,
and ono ulat Is beeotnfug intensified daily, Is
tho most t1nconoctonahic delay 70 Which tax
paYer is subjected wlleh his ttl-fortuno eompess
him 10 visit this otI1ce. Citiznus complain that
they hnyo been compelled to wait In many In
stances from twenty minutes to An hour, ol-
though there were comparatively few persons
AN exclamation Of this Is offered, but Is scarcely
suGcont one. Thia 1t that the men
ahcal Inay oo the OWNERS OF from
ten to nifty different parcels OF land, each Of
which iB separately nssessed and las to be sepa-
rately checked of. II this BE- true, 1t only fur
1ltshcs M additional argument for tie employ
innnt OF extra clerical help. The clnim that
! tanned that such extra clerks could not be put
| to any use, is too atsurl 10 require comment.
| We're the business Of tue Bank of Montreal to
| doGblc tomorrow, that institution tcou1d find
| additional tetcss AMtl cashiers to accommodate
| its patrons, mud would find standiug-room lol
| such institutions do not come out Of thu county
1t was incorrectly stated tho other day that tic
ofllco did not open until TO- It has always
! opeped at 8.