The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
STILL ANOTHER INSPECTOR
Sullivan administrator Squandering
the Peoples Money for Support.
Dugan Gets His Job and the Cleveland Club
Is Snubbed-Board Gives Ia on the
Talbott-Avenue Question.
ANOTHER INSPECTOR.

Administration Purchases Dugan's "Fioo-
ence" for 81 200 Per Year.
Mayor Sullivan and his Board OF Public
Works have appointed another inspector.
whose name will be added on the oity pay
rolls to the already long list of hirelings
who do little but draw their pay. This
new one will receive the munifcent salary
of 81 200 per year. and for it he will prob
ably do few hours of walking around
each day. As election approaches it seems
TO be the policy of the administration to
fill every place that osn possibly be made,
whether the public need demands 1t or not,
with some person who. it Is thought, will be
apt to do the administration some good
when it comes to the battle of ballots.
The Board of Public Works will announce
Wednesday that it has appointed Nicholas
Dugan inspector of the brick work on the
city sewers now building. Nicholas Dugan
is O prominent Democrat. representing q
large portion of the labor element in the
city, and was the custodian of the court
house for several years He has been after
the present situation for some time. and Ii
was only yesterday that the board decided
that it should be given him. The need of
the place was fret called to the attention
OF the board BY tho Builders Exchange.
the members of 1t saying that there ought
to be some one to watch the work done, as
In many cases 1T was not what 1t ought TO
be. The position pays 500 per month. and
the money comes out of the city treasury.
There is considerable politics in the aD-
pointment of Dugan. He Is known to have
considerable influence with the labor ele-
he was kicking over the traces. There was
very vigorous kick put in by the Brick
layers Union at the first of the season at
the contracts which were being let by she
the promise of the Mayor that these con-
tracts would only be let to home
contractors, and when the out
side. ones began getting. all the big
work there was big protest.
the board and set this state OF affairs be-
fore it. The board ut the time said that it
was powerless to do anything In the mat
ter. as 1t was compelled to let the con-
tracts to the lowest bidder. but at the same
time said that it would do all that it could
to remedy the matter. Dugan has been
given this position as q sort of o peace offer
ing. and it is expected that he will throw
all of his influence to the denomination of
Sullivan.
In appointing Dugan the Mayor admins.
tered direct slap to the Cleveland Club.
That club had q candidate for the position
in the person of Charles A. Jetfries, and
committee headed by Fred Hyer and Lon
Mcclellan called on the Mayor some time
ago to push him for the place. The Mayor
practically promised the place to them for
this man, aud they went away feeling
well satisfied at the result of their visit. In
the meantime, however. the Mayor had also
promised the place to Nick Dugan, and be
wavered between the two for some time.
In appointing Dugsn yesterday he was
told that it was TO date from the let OF
June. and that his pay would begin at that
time. The reason of this was that Dugan
had been doing some very hard prodding
because he was left In uncertainty for SO
long. and the effort was made to square
things with him. He has done no work for
this back pay. The Cleveland Club has
been anti-Sullivan for some time in q quiet
sort of way, but this will be the straw
that breaks the camel's back, and May or
Sullivan may look for it's open hostility
from now on.