The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-15

raid out In labor on the roads. Still that
is no uncomfortable sum.
Under, the law as 1t Is now interpreted
by the supervisors each supervisor has
exclusive charge Of the road work In his
district, and is known xs the road COM
m missioner for it.
The supervisor goes ahead and orders
all of the work done In his district. lie
IL the sole boss. He tells when and where
all work shall be- done. He names the
persons who shall do 1t and how much
they shall receive. There is no compe-
tition. Bids are not asked. The super
visor can in the matter of giviag en-
desires. Then he puts in the bill. it is
audited and paid. In this manner IN
nine months last past $55, 100 has been
drawn from the county treasury.
THE BUGOLOGIsTS.
In August the horticultural comm
sioners, and they have been almost as
numerous as tho leaves of the forest, laid
away $l336.7O OF the oounty's money.
AS near IS can be remem bered the bug.
were not abroad in the land at that tim Q,
but still theTa were th ose In the cou ntrv
districts, and few In the city as we'll,
who had done some lively work for the
ticket last fall and they had to "catch
on somewhere. 30 they were named as
deputies under the horticultural COM
missioners.
The assessor only drew down $500 DUR
ing August. During March, April, May
and June be had q corps of about fifty
deputies drawing down $50 or more a
month per head. But he was making the
assessment then and needed them. For
four months previous the county asses
sor's office cost close on to $4,000 per
month to run it.
The coroner, that is himself and his
clerk, took out $464. AS. The coroner is
paid by fees, ana his clerk ie a stenogra-
pher and takes the testimony in every
money TRANSPORTING the testimony, and
it's transcribed in nearly every case.
whether necessary or not; the coroneI's
stenographer has q fat thing.
The tax collectors office in August cost
1885,. 46. This was tidy sum to spend.
Republican ward worker.
In the recorders onnisce $1S57.91 was
spent for clerk hire. A large corps of
young. middle aged and old ladies is EN-.
pIoyed in this office. The places are at
the disposal of the Republican machine.
the stenographers' com mbine that does the
county court work. They only got
s1774.40. There were few criminal cases
tried in August. and IL seems that some
OF the charges of the stenographsrs were
based on perjury, as was evidenced by
aictments against Frank Cherry.
But the county surveyor has got his
finger iu the pie In good shape. In his
office there was regiment OF deputies in
August: There were four Wrights on the
pay roll. They may be sll right, hut il
Wrights there were others in ths survey.
or's office, and all told they raked off
$1442.90.
The janitors at the courthouse DO not
get much per capita, but they are az
thick rs bees in hive. When they are
all at the courthouse at one time they
crowd the corridors. They draw down
$3.50 q month.
POOREST PAID OF ALL.
The poorest paid man of all Is the old
veteran who runs the elevator. He gets
sos . month, puts In more hours at hard
work and does more of it than any one
In the courthouse.
Ms. Newlin, the present county clerk,
10 very careful in the management OF his
Office. He is not popular with ''ths
gang" and then he has constantly before
him the records of his predecessors in the
Office he holds. Mr.. Newin is very inds-
pendent. He is man of fortune and
does not have to be county clerk to get a
living. 1t is not ESSENTIAL to him to obey
the demands OF the heelers; and so far he
has kept his Office down to hard-pan
basis.
The treasurer's Office seems to be run
on . very moderate outlay, considering
the Importance and the responsibility of
the trust.
The county hospital and the county
poor farm furnish good places for num-
Der Of lesser leaders OF Republican faith,
who crop oil $1,000 month OF the money
that people are now standing in line at
the tax collectors office waiting for
chance to pay in.
The public administrator only gets $3.50
and his fees. amounting, all told, to
about $600D to SIC. 900 a year. He don't
need any deputies to help him draw it,
and don't have any that are paid by the
county.
The board Of supervisors themselves
did very nicely in August. Tney got
5000 directly.
And so it goes. You can read this. and
then when you read the grand jury's re-
port you will have some Of the facts to
which they will in all proba bility direct
your attention in your mind.
1t costs more to run the government of
Los Angeles county than it does to con-
duct the affairs Of the great state of Min
nesota.