Evening journal., 1894-03-02
Departments AT ODDS
Street and Sewer Directors
Censure Other Officers.
CITY ENGINEERS AVOID WORK


President Gawthrop and Colonel Enoch
Moore Have Asked for a Conference
with the City Council Committee on
Engineers to Talk over the Matter.
The Directors Of the Street aud Sewer
Department and the City Engineering
and Surveying Department have not
been working In harmony for some time
The former department directors think
that work is not expedited with the
rapidity 1t should be and, as a result
have asked for conference with the
special committee Of City Council on
engineers in regard TO the matter.
J. Newlin Gawthrop and Colonel
Enoch Moore, Of the Street and Sewer
Department were seen this morning.
Their conversation was to the effect that
engineers are not doing their work In a
proper manner, or rather that they are
lot doing as much work as they should
do, for the salaries which
they are receiving. Work on the Price
property In the Ninth ward, which was
directed TO be done by the Street and
Sewer Department In order that portions
Of the city there could be improved, has
not been done, although the additional
help which the Department Of Engineer.
ing and Surveying had asked for was
continued for a period Of six months.
Some time ago the owners Of the
Price property laid IL out In building
lots and offered 10 deed the streets 10
the city. The Street and Sewer De.
partment would not accept the streets
as laid out and decided TO change the
beds.
The Engineering and Surveying De-
partment was requested TO give the
necessary directions and other data
necessary TO lay out the streets
properly. They claimed that the de-
partment was busy making out the
annual report Of the department, and
that they could not do the great amount
Of work put upon them by the Street
and Sewer Department unless the ad
ditlonal engineer and rodman, hired by
the city some time before TO aid In the
work OF the department, was continued.
i These additional men we're continued,
aud the work should have been done, II
Is claimed, some time ago.
Mr. Gawthrop inquired on Wednesday
n the work had been completed. He
was told that nothing had been done iu
that liue, but that the work would be
completed within two weeks.
The members then thought that II was
time for the special committee Of City
Council to take the matter In hand and
asked for a conference at a time TO suit
City Councils committee.
The Engineering Department Of ths
/ city at tho present time consists Of
/ chief engineer at an annual salary Of
/ So 600, an asaistaDt engineer at a salarl
Of 81 ,000a year. a second assistant en-
gineer at a salary Of $500 a year, al
extra engineer at a salary Of $75 a montl
and two rodmen at a salary Of $45
month each.
This force, the members Of the Stree
and Sewer Department claim, iF ample
i to do all the city work. When the mem
bers Of the Engineering Department wer'
asked by the members Of the Street and
Sewer Department why the work hat
not been completed they said that thu
weather had not been &c for that kline
Of work. The engineers Of the STREE
and Sewer Department, the members say
60 out in all kinds Of weather and d.
much work; they are never idle. TIT
three engineers Of the later department
do more work, they further say. than al
the men in the City Engineering Depart
meht. The work on the plot was ordere'
December 2S.
The city engineers since that time
II is claimed, have had nothing to do bu
mark curb lines, give building lines an
set curbs. In the same time the Stree
and Sewer Department engineers hav
made all the plans for the work on whic
the men sent them by the Associate
Charities and the City Council hav
been put, and have also prepared all th
plans for the sewer work now going o
In the city.
The directors claim that the city eI
gineers came TO work In the mornings 9
o'clock. read papers, smoked pipes an
received visitors until 10 o'clock, whe
they went to work. COLONEL Moore ais
added that he had no fault TO find wit
Registry. Clerk Belts or Second Assistar
Price.
When seen this morning, Acting Chic
, Engineer Samuel Keemle said thu
jealousy had existed between the Stre'
, aud Sewer directors and the Engineer
. ing and Surveying Department since u
latter department has been out OF q
control Of the former department. Son
time ago six months work was hand'
. into the Surveying Department All Il
men have been at work on the job 4
two months, and because II was n
! ready on Tuesday when Mr. GAwtnrc
came down this matter has been pu
(; lished. As far as the small talk abo
= reading newspapers and smoking is co
J. cerned you can judge from the visits y,
make to this office about that.