The herald., 1898-11-27

ties. He stands before the people of the
| city again solely on his merits for compe-
tency and duty faithfully performed.
During his incumbsncy of the office, from
1891 to 1894. he prepared the first reports,
! plans and estimates for the proposed city
water works. He also prepared the plans,
| estimates and constructed the famous out
| fall sewer, a splendid piece of engineering
and perfect success.
The Endorsement OF his office by the
grand jury of 1894 was highly compliment
tary. The report of that body. submitted
in May of that year, referring to Mr.. Dock
weiler's work, said:
THE city engineers office under the
| present administration is run in a thor
oughly businessllle and systematic man
ner. The books and records show the cost
| to the city of each piece of work, and the
time books show where each man in the
employ OF the department was at work
and how much of the expense is returnable
| to the city as incidentals for work done
under the Vrooman Act.
Taking the books of this depart ment
as a basis, all excuses for failure to keep
complete records coming from any other
office on the ground of lack of sufficient
help would be excluded.
| THE work on the outfall sewer was
handled in a commendable manner, and in
the same way as is the other work of the
office. 1t is possible by the engineers sys-
tenn to trace each item of expense. ard
show the cost of each section and the
amount of material furnished by the city.
Among other things. and to illustrate the
city engineers method of superintendence
he has a system of receipts and reports
whereby is shown the disposal of every
one of the several Thousand barrels of ce-
ment used in the construction of the out
fall sewer. Each barrel can be traced
from the warehouse to the teamster. to the
inspector, to the contractor. and to the par
ticular section. where. and the date upon
which it was used This is in such con-
trast to the administration of some other
offices in the matter of records. the keep
ing of which is not compelled by constant
public reference. that we consider it wor-
thy of special mention and approval
There is a present in the city treasury
a credit to the outfall sewer fund, free of
debt or liability. of S2l.s25. The unusual
experience of having a great public work
constructed at less than the estima ted cost
is a gratifying one to which all our cit-
zens may well feel pride in calling atten-
ton
The grand jury was composed of the fol-
lowing citizens, who rendered the above
report:
Charles f. Day, foreman; W. C. Patter-
son. o. r. Barker, Albert Brigdon, George
Ferguson j. c. Haskell, f. w. Jones, W.
I. Martin c. II. Rhodes, F.. W. Stein, I.
\. Van Nuys, f. =. Bosbyshell, Alonzo b.
Cass, Abbot Kinney, Earl b. Millar. James
NJ. Mitchell. J. W. Venable, H. j. Woolla-
colt, George X. Weeks.
The petition asking that the name of j.
H. Dockweiler be placed upon the postal
primary ballot of the League for Better
City Government for the office of city en-
gineer was signed by the following citi-
Zens:
Ioh J,rot t,aic ,,1a
Forman, II. Jevne, T. d. Stimson, II. j.
I'leishman w. H. Workman, Fl. W. Frank,
w. c. Bluett j. V. Wachtel H. J. Wool
lacott, d. NJ. McGarry. b. Chandler, L. A.
Grant. A. II. Braly. H. Hawgood ]. f.
Qu!nton, c. w. Sanders Wesley Clark r.
l.. Gunner James C. Kays, George II.
Bonebrake, a. NJ. Austin, William lie
Moyne Wills, William S. Lyon, s. A. But
Ter, Hugh w. Vail, ]. w. A. Off, j. w. Hin
ton.