The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-06
JACKSON MUST GO.
Warner. Asks That His Office
Be Abolished.
THE "HEELEas" MUST GO.
Although . Democrat, He VIII Employ
Only Competent Men-Wrsth
of the Kids

Finding that Andrew Jackson, sureriTa-
ssn6ent of the Lake Union sewer tunnel.
will not consent to take the responsibility
of the work If he is required to replace
competent men by untriei favorites o. the
Democratic .reckers. the threatened at
tempt IL being made TO abolish his Office.
Yesterday City Engineer Warner sent the
foiloEing communication TO toe board OF
public works:
The supervision of the Lake Union
sewer tunnel costs too much Tor the
amount Of work done. ard beg TO sug-
gest the adjustment OF the position OF
tunnel superintendent, thus saving s2eo
per month 20 the city. The successful
handling Of the work directly by the city
engineer is an easy matter for a competent
engineer. and since / cannot dele
gate my responsibility, | prefer
TO personally control the work.
Should such method fail TO
achieve the desired end of economical
handling Of important work. / would
suggest that the change be in the direction
of increased capacity in the engineer
rathe~ than appointing subordinate 10
do service which belongs 10 the city en-
gineer."
No action was taken by the board upon
the communication. bnt il was laid over
until the next meeting, which will be held
next Thursday.
As stated in the PosT-IsTELLfGEScEg on
Sunday this sudden desire To save 500 TO
the city arose because Superintendent
Jackson refused to discharge c. j. Moore.
a competent and experienced man now en-
gagged in some mining work requiring
especial care, and appoint Robert Bridges,
a professional labor politician, to the posi-
ton. and also because he presumed to lind
fault with the qualifications of some of the
men he was told TO appoint as foremen of
the bricklayers.
Ii will also be borne in mind that when
Engineer Thomson asked Mr.. Jackson to
resign the position of chief of police 10
take charge of the sewer work the Kid
committee nearly prevailed upon the
board OF works to go back upon its solemn
pledge to give him the place and that it
was only the threat of Mayor Ronald to
remove Commissioners Wolfe and Cochran
at that time il they broke faith in this
matter that kept them in line. The Kid
committee jobbed Chief Jackson ont of
Office for few hours during Mayor Rom
aid s absence IN the East, when Jack Nc
Donald was appointed, and has mad its
tomahawk out for him at all times Now
cause he Will not put heelers in responsible
positions.
superintendent Jackson, when seen by
PosT-lSrEILtGENcER reporter last even
ing, refused to talk about the question of
his removal. except to say that he was oil
ready to commence laying brick now and
wanted TO commence this morning, but
that City Engineer Warner had forbid hi,
doing so.
II Won't hire the men he told me to as
foremen of the brickiavers and he won't
let me hire the men l want to employ"
piece of work must be stopped. I
am not counting newspaper notoriety
IN this matter. and don't want
to be thought dlsrespectful to my supe-
riors. But this is business proposition.
L have got reputation 10 keep rs well as
other men. and won't he party to any
such work rs these politicians propose
l never had charge of a job yet where |
didn't control the men under me, and
when | am told to hire men for very par
ticular work who don't even have the
courtesy TO ask me for JOB. kick.
DO you suppose there could be any har-
mony in the work when there are men I'M
der me who think they have a stronger
pull than | have, and who would 60
suppose l had the best reason in the world
10 find fault with their work, IL would be
said that ! was doing it out of personal
spite. And as for economy, [ have
saved and would save nay salary
dozen times over. Does any
one suppose that so important a work as
that sewer tunnel. employing sixty to
seveniy-tve men in different gangs and of
various avocations, can De economically
conducted withou: q headf Now, / am a
Democrat. and as good one az Mr.. Wolfe
or Mr.. Cochran, but | think The tax
PAYERS should have some show in
this matter. / told them when
they kept Fostering me about discharging
men who was told were Republicans:
Just let me keep my experts who are ac-
quainted with the work the ground, and
their machines. and whom | have found
TO be thoroughly competent. and when il
comes 10 hiring diggers and brickiayers,
gangs of men. Will give the preference to
Democrats, everything else being equal.