The Lake Charles echo., 1893-09-01
PoLIoE - EcONoHT.

aitb0ut At least ten cents worth Of good
They started in with q ven
geanee, emitting aud slsshing at every-
I hing which smanated iron the sheriffs
department, pairing items down to the
qaick, even to the detriment Of the i'm
loriani pDblic duties he is called moon
o perform, and the consequent ham
periBg Of The ends Of iasflcp.
While we do not approve OF being
with money in cases where
t8e pUblie's welfare is concerned, stilt
If the economical fit would permeate
through all their acts, the taxpayers
c0ald stand a good deal Of growing
from the Ofice-bOldsrs RifhOnf losing
much sleep in consequence; but nnfOT-
tuBstely their idsas OF frRgaIity are sIipz
shed sDd sUmea hat Eoo-e.iointsd, 60
that when tbsy hzve cut down g little
expense somewhere they become so
eIated that they have to raise some
body salary or ''b8sti'
A few cases in point, and do not
think dear reader that the catalogue IF
Exhausted by this article Tbey pre-
~snt, d Capt G1rham With SI0O fot
Aork that the people Of this parish did
not va { g'eriuEmed. Then, embold,
~Bed because $50 one cried cut stoI
thief They sBaked ont 5000. diyid.
ing one tbaasaBd bstwsen MrssEs Cor
ham and O-Bryan. After that haul
they beEd their breatbs q littIf
while. iip-tsFd to the windoE and
iiEisDed iiii satisfied that no one bad
heard THE expulsion as they opened tb.
the Treasury, when they adjusted tbeir
EpeoiacIes aud squatted around Turl
fashion. ami proceeded 10 divide the
swsg The clerk Of tho police Jury
beld ont hls bst sud they rsiSed he
Wagrs from $500 /. $500 aud as be doea
sot do more than % days work in .
year it gives him, say s25 per day f"I
doing lirtle writ ng, nDd a consider
able pmOURt Of listening 10 large chunk,
Of three eOrneEed wisdom. This gener.
ositg excited the treasurer aud ont
came his hand, 10 be taken back with d
-miie end a salary iHmped from $500 t.,
$500 aud with q further payment OF
$500 tEhich Is absolutely Illegal ioI
the making Of an abstract cash book
which the iaw SAYS be must keep with
ont compensation. The idea Of man
hiring bimsef rs a boOk-keeper, anu
sitter getting bis job to demand extrp
pay for keeping the cash book is some
what amusing; but for him to find some
one ready TO scetde to his absurd
demand NOnld make it awful funny il
that extra $500 was not taken out of our
pockets, These little items togstber
with the amounts received for dlsb0rs-
ing the different funds, school, general
poll tax aud sales Of the 18th BrctioRs,
runs mp his salary TO the respectable
figure of 81 $40. therefore when 81
apologist tells you that the treasurer
salary is only $500 per year, just ado
81, ,149 more to it, and agree with him
A practice has obtained 10 this parish
for too long period of time, among
oHr police jur3 men Of dolinR out it'll,
soft snaps to each other aud We do no
Say that Onr present step.fatbers ar
more prone to the grabbing act thai
their predecessors, bat as they are I
more prstentinus body than the ordiu
ary every day po ice jury, Ne thiul
they might set d good example and DO
f0HeR us "a read things like thes.:
Wm. Vincent extra work 8 days in July $40 O
snsprcIihg bridge ? da,s
an hJutY.. -..,.,....-......-... 100
What a bIidge it must have been 1,
r"qairsstEO days inspection The fiyl
extra days work may have been u
rravelio and from the inspection but Il
10 this ne cannot Say.
Another amusing little item reads:
serd for the poor farm. ...,...... .S26 O
NhInkeu"! Euongh to plant ,tb,
third weird ! When w. W Barnes va
IN charge OF the fnrm he used t. COM
to town every day selling vegetables
IaFm irnck and every thing be eonlc
taise which WOuld return money Anr
lIghten expense; but OHr prssen
superintendent don't do things in tha
say. go We read this item:
Biiis paid for pour farm ............. $685. o
IL must be very poor farm indeet
II saeh Expenses as that must aeenEu
late. A compile Of months Eince. ",
saw some uf the results Of that S2t
worth Of seed and the s625 for pIaniiD.
them, in the shape of four very iai
melons exhibited in the police jar,
room' BY the superintendent, and ",
trnst our legislators enjoyed them.
another item: The police jury let
road TO Mr. Isaac Vincent, father Of III,
president, Rith Mr.. John Drost q,
boBdsman. Dir. Dro.t ike the oarefn
business man be is, became alarmed Al
the drawing Of more money on tL.
road than the work justified, 10 coming
to Lake Charles he seenEed the services
Of Hon g. D. Read to appear befor.
the police iury and forbid lif we may
nse 30 harsh term 10 q body which i
beyond the peoples reach, them from
paving over any more money till such
tine as the contract was complied with.
Tue gentlemen listened to AIr. Drosts
protest, beard Judge Rrad's areumeut
snd then proeesded to pay hi. Vincent
$40 more On bis contact II iei ifrilat-
ing. is it not2
We bear of close corporations. but II
you want to thoroughly updegssabd
Ehat i means inst look Al Tbs family
eftir tbe geFeFBor has given IS Bber