Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-01-31

duty. I believe. however. that Chief
O'Neill is a fair man and would not
knowingly do any man an injustice. I
would take the liberty, therefore. of
respectfully asking him. through your
columns. to look over the list certified
to him by the commission and see II
there are not some Of those who are
left behind better entitled to he certi.
fled than some Of those whose names
have been supplied to him.
Yours truly,
AN ELIGIBLE.
Chicago. Jan. 10. 1903.
TO the Editor of The Eagle:
Denr Sir-rhe taxpayers Of Chicago
should rise up In body In protest
against the employment Of any more
experts by the city administration.
| If the men who are regularly ap.
pointed ana paid by the city OF Chi.
cngo are unwilling or Incapable of 90.
Ing their work ana attending to.thcir
business properly they should be made
to get out ana then competent men
could be employed In their stead. My
reason for writing this letter to the
Eagle and hoping 1t nny find II place
In your correspondence columns II that
one Of the city fathers has introduced
IN order In the City Council providing
for the appointment OF subway Oh
gineer" or expert to devote his entire
time to the city's interests.
TO be sure. the Alderman In discuss
Ing the subject with his colleagues
and through the press says:
''The question Of subways II one Oi
the most important before the Council
There are various schemes under dis
cussiOn, each OF which involves the OK.
penditure Of millions OF dollars. All
will be acted upon sooner or later and
the Mayor and Aldermen should be IN
possession Of the best expert engineer
Ing advice on the subject. We should
not take up these great subway prob
lens unprepared."
1t may he that II IN necessary>tO EN-
plOy some first.class practical engineer
to look after such undertakings, hut Il
1t IL, what In the name Of common
sense are we paying high-priced com
missioner Of public works ana high
priced city engineer with IN expensive
staff for? IL II possible that Whenever
anything outside the cOmmOnest kind
of humdrum routine work comes up II
the city administration the taxpayers
are to be saddled with the cost Of out
side expert talent!
This seems to be the case all tht
way through In the city Hall ut pres
ent. IL City Comptroller wants to sci
the city's account books right he ha'
to have Il $4,000 firm of experts to dt
It. IL u plan IL to he drawn up for tht
settlement OF subway or system OF
sewers some ten thousand dollar beau
ty expert has to he employed; II there
Is to be any litigation of any impOr
tance expert" legal talent has to bt
called In. Now, II this IL the true con
ditiOn of affairs. Is II not about timt
the people turned the lazy drOnes ou
of the City Hall and put competent
men In their places? Respectfull!
yours, CITIZEN.
As II the Ingrates' Union, the Pay
roll Brigade. the Flunkeys' Own, ant
all the other kindred organization
which have grown mp and fOurisllet
under Harrisonism Were doomed to re
ceive In one grand installment during
the past week the full benefit Of thu
laundering. befuddled humbuggery
which constitutes the alleged presen
day leadership OF the jOb-hOiders O
the City Hall, two more misfortunel
befell the Payroll Brigade within til,
last few days.
One was In reference to the ''ge
busy" postal cards. This scheme, i
will be remembered, was one by whlcl
Harrison was to be urged" to make
the race through invitations sent on
from his own office. 1t was one o.
those political ostrich schemes through
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