The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-17
THE CITY LOSES 500.
One of the Results of a Reform
Administration.
TIE MERRY WAR ON w. e. WILSON
rroubles OF superintendent OF Water
works Who Is Not Wanted-An.
other Bondsman Withdraw.

Thu reform Democratic administration IN the
vster department has, in its first mouth, cost .
dead loss % the city OF little less than 500. The
erst act Of Wilson, the new superintendent,
altar be got into Office, was to discharge the
competent cashier who had been with the
spring HI | Company, and who, although with.
an, A particle OF political influence, had been
retained by the Republican administration
so,ely on account OF his integrity and capacity.
wilson at once put his son in cashier, saying
thai AZ he was responsible he should have as
=, HER somebody he knew he could depend
unou. Nobody questions young Wilson's hon.
esty or even his capacity, but there is never
theless. a dead loss to the city for the FIRST
month OF about $7O0
An examination Of the accounts OF people
rho use water for elevators shows that they
b.vs been biunderingiy und-rcnarged. Some
few have been overchsrged, but they quickly
comn,ained--or "kicked," as the officeho,def
describes the protest of taxpayer against
wrong-while those who have been under
charged assumed that now the Democrats were
In Office water would, of course, be cheaper, and
accepted the bills rendered as correct
The following are lew OF the instances OF
blunder:
stayer & Walker paid Sill 40: should have paid
a. P Hot.llng q Co. paid $40; should have
pI Diller Hotel paid 1855; should have paid
Hinckley block should have been about $780,
anc they paid $40.
And so the list might be extended.
The biuuder is the result OF profound ignor-
ance OF the business. Consumers who use ele-
ystors have been charged by the lineai foot only
and not by the cubic loot. 1t needed no occult
power to discover this, because it is an element
sry truth, and il, moreover, supplemented by q
t,.i nd nn tho tOOE4 For
there IL an entry: "Hinckiey block; registers
Hneal feet; 264 cubic feet per lineal foot" This,
70 anybody who knew a hawk from q handsaw,
would require no more explanation than that
"briek, s. NJ did not mean each brick cost
g. Nevertheless, nobody seems to have under
stood what cubic foot meant, hence the small
bills many received.
The city council has passed an ordinance re-
curing the cashier to give 10000 bonds, the
superintendent has given $4,000 bonds, but it il
aQuestion whether the city can be reimbursed
the loss of its 500.
The board of public works is anxious to ge
Wilson out. That 10 the secret of Terence
O'Brien Withdrawing from Wilson's bond, and
1t also the secret of requiring another bond
for the cashier. Wilson feels that he has been
uniustly treated. He was put into Office, but
has not had fair trial. 1t is said on the other
hand that he has been in long enough, and it
costs too much to teach him. He aud FIFTEEN ac-
cuse Jesse Cochran of being the cause Of Fit
tens removal and the appointment OF the dis
tingushed Turkish bath-rubber, Joe Gavin, as
sub-deputy assistant superintendent of the
water-works. Cochran and Wilson seem to lie
good friends. Van Brocklin says give him u
show" and Rinehart says nothing, but some
body has let it leak out that Wilson had several
teams hauling l6-inch pipe out a mile or SO,
and then had to haul 1t back because it
would fit IN we'll with g.
inch pipe Wilson says ii he only gets half
chance he will just show that his appoint
ment is the best thing that ever happened for
the city.
1t became evident by Friday that Wilson's son
stood good chance Of being able to get bonds
men to tn. amount of $4,000 TIE faithful
accordingly pulled another string and yester-
day Captain +. A. Hill withdrew from Wilson's
bond. 1t is said that either d. b. Jackson, at
present chief OF police Chris Miller, is stated
ns Wilson's successor. But Mayor Ronald has re-
turned and he will be appealed to by Wilson
who regards the mayor now as his only hope.
Before the end of two weeks Ronald Will have
Texas OF time