The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-21
SAME OLD SAFETY BOARD
MAYOR REAPPOINTs TRIO THAT LET
THE GAaIEWELL CONTRACT.
Street-Car Company Secures the Re-
tenfion of Herpick-Eight Garb-
age Inspectors Dropped.

Mayor Taggart's new cabinet is about
completed. Yesterday he notified Charles
Mcguire. Fred Mack and r. j. Morse that
their designations would not be accepted.
There was a meeting of the board in the
afternoon. when it was announced that the
superintendent and other officials would
not be appointed for some days.
The new Board of Public Health has not
yet been announced. 1t is now said that
Dr. F. A. Morrison president Of the board.
will remain. DR.. A. f. Lockridge is also
mentioned as prospective member Of the
board
1t was asserted that DR.. G. ]. Bergener
would be appointed superintendent of the
City Hospital to succeed DR.. Ferguson. DIR.
Ferguson was a radical Palmer and Buck
ner Democrat, as was DIR. E. d. Clark, the
present city sanitarian. So far there has
been nothing to indicate that DR.. Clark will
be superseded. Politicians asserted yester-
day that Dr. Bruce NJ. Wylie was booked
for police surgeon.
AS predicted, M. A. Downing was unani-
mously chosen to continue to act as chair
man of the Board of Public Works when
the first regular session of the reorganiZed
board was held yesterday morning. The
most important work of the board was TO
dismiss a number Of inspectors that are no
longer needed, now that the election is
over. The wish of the Citizens Street-rail-
way Company was regarded. and George H.
Herpick was reappointed foreman of street
repairs. Hereafter he is to be known by
the title of superintendent of streets. tom"
Lewis, road superintendent of the street.
car company, was evidently able to con-
vince the mayor that it. would be good
thing to reappoint Mr.. Herpck Mr.. Lewis
did some pretty active buttonholing around
the Grand Hotel, urging that Herpick be
reappointed or that another employee of the
company be given his place. Herpick was
preferred.
Michael ]. Burns will no longer be Mr..
Herpick's assistant. In the same mail that
informed Mr.. Herpick that his resignation
was declined and that the board would be
pleased to have him continue letter was
sent to Burns informing him that his resig-
nation had been accepted. Michael Laugh
lin, who until Saturday was an inspector
under the city engineer, was appointed as
sistant superintendent of streets to succeed
Burns, the change to take place Nov. 1.
Laughlin is to receive SIS a month. Burns
will confne himself to School Board affairs
for time.
GARBAGE INSPECTORS DROPPED.
Eight garbage inspectors who have been
drawing a salary of s.. % day for the last
three months, were dismissed yesterday
The men who will now have to hunt for
other employment are r. p. Brown, Joseph
A. Bristow, Norris Solomon, p. c.. Byrne,
Henry Langenberg. M. J. O'Brien, A. r.
Wilson and w. r. Carver. Before the cleo
ton their services were considered invalu-
able, but now they are no longer needed.
Smyth Myers, however, he who was in
spector of the inspectors still holds his
place at SIS month Ordinary inspectors
received $65.
Merritt Ross, assistant sprinkling and
sweeping inspector, was notified that his
resignation had been accepted, the order to
That plan of requiring all city employees
to send in their designations has relieved
the boards of good deal of unpleasant
ness with disappointed city employees who
are being turned down. Now they have no
opportunity to complain. If they say any
thing they are reminded that they resigned.
When the mayor desires a man to continue
in office, the department having jurisdic-
ton simply writes him a letter telling him
that his resignation cannot be accepted and
that it will be gratified If he will continue.
There is a good deal of rebellion at the
course that is being pursued by men who
do not stand in" or who have no pulls"
and they are accusing the mayor of in
gratitude. AS a matter of fact there were
but few employees of the city who did not
re-eiection-all of them expecting to be re-
warded by being retained in their positions.
Those who have been dismissed who
know that they are booked to go are in
dignant. Several chairman and inspectors
in the engineers corps were removed yes
terday, but they are subject to reinstate-
ment when they are needed. Most of them
say that they are not surprised, as it is
growing late in the year and not much
more work can be done on the streets this
year. The men retired yesterday from the
engineers force We're: H. S. Keely, Harry
Bowman, Fred McClelland, Ed Schmidt,
w. p. Smith, J. Costello, Thomas Kearney,
A. Rusie, Robert Kingsbury and William
Sandman