The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-23

before you, all OF which will Yesd ly be eubstan.
taed both by my pr decessors az city surveyor
forinany years past and By memb rs of the
former city government submit hat have
neither intended nor done anything In nv pre.
sentati n of bills for city work that deserved
the censure which you have 80 hastily visited
upon my action. for have already shown you
satisfactorily, think that in point of substance
my bills were entirely correct and Unsuitable.
will say in addition that the exactness and
minuteness with which the board OF public
works seems TO think that the accounts for street
work should be turned il has hitherto been en-.
trels impractieable. The bills had to be sent
in by tne first Friday in each IN outn nominaIiy
but practically they had to be sent in within
the first one or two days Of Zach month for they
had 10 BE- seot in at the same time vita tue cou-
tractors estimates and the cont ract lrs were al.
ways ciamorlng for the turning In OF their esti-
M ties Immediately upon the conclusion of each
month An on full of bookkeepers could not
have made the distribution of tima of Aup nm
tendeuce OF the street work generally and of in.
dental expenses, requisite 70 the preparation
OF these bills with the minnteness that Won 10
pear 10 think would have been proper, and
within the time in which the urgency OF con.
tractors obliged US 10 send them in In the
month OF 0cto Der the difficulty of making the
bills precise was especially great, for naI esti.
mates had to be pr, pared on large number OF
the streets. entailing an unsusl amount OF work
at one time.
! shall De entirely ready TO make TO your board
any further explanation Of the matters or de-
tails in this connection that may NOT be under
stood By ysu whenever IL is your pie sure to
Call upon me 10 do 30. i desire In closing this
Communication to point ont 10 you. first, that
have made no profit Whatever by var alton of
the statement Of the time or rate of wages in
any OF the bulls III Gus stion. but so reduced the
increase IN those res poets customary with my
covered my incidental excuses and losses on
scrip Issued 10 me en- account of the wages
was obliged u pay ou.; secondly, tlat have
orig no system or method in the city sur.
yeyos's Office that you may deem obj scto able,
but have SIMPLY followed that of my preieces-
sors under directions so to do from the mem oers
OF The city government concerned with
my bills, who were fully aware of the
practice and sanctioned it. member of
your board has stated to me in private
since you called my bills in question, that ne
had no couo was honest in this matter
ask him row TO say Pablo y hat he was viii.
Ing 10 assure me OF in private. Aad ask all of
you. gent men, carefully 70 consider this n.
ter In It's bearings not only npon the city treas.
ury and the special funds, which have shown
you have suffered no injustice At my hands. but
IN lie bearings upon my own good repute: and
IL you shall become satisfied before your own
eonscienee that am right and you W re hastv
aud IN the wroeg. 10 afford me the vindlcation
that stiu lies In your power. Respectfully sub
mitsed. n srtxern
Al the close of the reading Mr.. Heilhron