The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-06

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urer and collector might be combined,
1t did not mean that councils should
do the combining, but that IL the re-
making his appointee u separate ofli =
cial and make the city treasurer the
appointed.
Here is the clause of the act dealing
| with the matter:
| No department shall bc created other than
| those herein enumerated. but councils may by
| ordinance provide that one person may he al,.
| pointed director of public safety and the dc.
partincnt OF charities and corrections and that
| the city treasurer may be appointed collector
OF delinquent taxes.
The reorganization ordinance pro-
| vides that the treasurer shall collect
| the delinquent taxes and receive n
commission therefore. The recorder
has told Mr.. Jenkins to proceed with
the collection of these taxes under the
salary provided in the act or the de-
creased salary fixed by the chaser if
1t should pass. If the treasurer and
Mr.. Jenkins both obey orders as they
are sworn and bonded to do. the dclin-
1uent taxes ought to be pretty well1cOl-
lected.
Director Roche will urge upon coun-
ellis the necessity of putting in an ele-
vator. now that so many offices in
which the public have business have
been cqngregated on the third floor.
The sinking fund commissioners will
meet at 3 o'clock this afternoon to or
ganize and divide themselves, by lot.
into classes. SO that the term of one
member shall expire each year. Va
cancies are to be filled by appointment
for term of five years.
Director Hitchcock will make u tour
of the fire companies quarters in COM
pany with Chief Zizelmann next Mon
day.
Reynolds Bros. have received the Or
der for supplying the city with II new
seal. The design suggested by the re-
corder is to be followed.
CHANGE or QUARTERS.
The city hall quarters have under
gone another change about. Director
Roche has given up to the delinquent
tax collector the quarters he first Sc
lected in the file room of the control
lcr's suite and hied himself to the for
mer board of health room with the
assessors. a solid partition along the
middle of the big apartment separat-
health has been domiciled in the re-
ception room at the head of the second
floor corridor instead of in the isolated
common council committee room.
The estimates committee of the new
councils will get to work next Monday.
Chairman Chittenden has appointed
Selectmen Wagner. Oliver, Merriman,
Vaughan and shea. Chairman Calpin
nan cd ISL
Phillips. Keller and Partridge This
makes five Democrats and five Repub-
licans on the joint committee.
As might be supposed by those who
know the sterling qualities of the new
director of public safety, Colonel
Hitchcock is not a little piqued by the
intimations t "t he accepted the Of
flee under co, tons to which his pre-
decessor woul lot subscribe.
When. on Monday last. the recorder
informed him that he was being con-
sidered for the department of safety
portfolio. he declared then and there
that il he was appointed the appoint
ment must carry with it the under
standing that he was to have Agent
Robert Wilson. of the Municipal
league, as his chief of police In the
interim between this declaration and
the day of his appointment. he learned
from consultation with Mr.. Sturges
that the league could not spare Agent
Wilson from his present position.
HAD NO ONE IN MIND.
Thus Colonel Hitchcock Went into
the dictatorship with no one in mind
for the subordinate offices. He was
not even asked, he says. to retain
Chiefs Iizlemann and Robling. The
recorder expressed himself as feeling
that he was being given personal
affront by the contemplated action of
Mr.. Clemons in declaring he would,
without as much as meeting the man,
at once depose Chief Zizlemann, who
had been placed at the head of the de-
rartment by him when he was mayor.
This alleged direct ard summary
stab at his judgment as a chief eXecu-
tive was not relished by the recorder,
and when the director-to-be would not
consent to even give Mr. Zizlemann
an opportunity of proving that the re-
corder's judgment was not SO widely
misplaced as the director-to-be would
try to make it appear. new incum-
bent for the dictatorship was the only
recourse. This. at least, is the version
put forth by the recorders friends.
All that Colonel Hitchcock did in the
way of allowing conditions to be at
tached to his appointment--if it can be
so Observation-Disclosures to declare II
policy to the effect that he would not
remove a man who was competent and |
honest. The recorder expressed HIM
self as perfectly satisfied with this |
policy and invited Colonel Hitchcock |
into his cabinet. |
THEY ARE GRATIFIED
individually. the members of the
Municipal league are gratifled at Colo |
mel Hitchcock's appointment" said Mr.. |
Sturges, yesterday. mot that, we were |
not gratified that a man like Mr. |
Clemons should have been chosen. but |
that as Mr.. Cemons is out of it,
man like Colonel Hitchcock succeed |
him. Colonel Hitchcock tells me he re-
ceived the appointment Internationally; |
that he is free and untrammeled to act |
as he sees fit in the matter of selecting |
his Subordinates and conducting the |
work of his department. trust this is
so.
do not for moment think | doubt
Colonel Hitchcock's word. ! know him. |
He is no liar. II did not know him I |
would still be satisfied he Is telling the
truth, for another man, whose relia-
hility, To me. Is unquestioned was pres
ent at the conference from which the
resulted, and his story CO.
incides exactly with that of Colonel |