The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-13
BOARD OF WORKS TO
Be ASKED TO RESIGN
A Petition Now Being Circulat-
ed in Paducah.
City officials Say They Know Who is
Doing it-Petition Will
Be Ignored.
MUCH GOSSIP ABOUT 1T.

Trouble Is brewing between some Of
the local boards. II reports are true.
IL is understood on good authority
that petition is being circulated
asking the board of public works,
Messrs. Nd p. Noble, s. A. Fowler
and John G.. Rinckleff, 10 resign, aud
will be presented Monday night TO the
council. II is said that the petition
will recite the allegation that Paducsh
does not need board of public works, :
and could get along better by having
simply superintendent" whose
place the Board of Public Works took. /
An effort was made by . reporter TO
locate the petition, and ascertain Its
contents and who lie back Of IL, but IL
could not be done, ~ those alleged TO
be connected with it seemed TO wish
to avoid publicity. Ii was admitted
by the members of the board Of public
works, however, that such IA petition
is in circu lation. according to infor-
nation they have received, and other
city officials have also heard OF it.
They claim they can name the insii-
gator of il, also, and that he 10 city
official.
Il is likely that no attention will be
paid TO the petition. IL is said TO be
spite work, ana will be accorded no
more consideration than such pro-
ceeoing merits.
There has been some little fric.
tion for sometime between the board
and members of the council and
board OF aldermen, it Is said, partly
because n few members are jealous
Of the power OF the board of works,
which now has charge Of and does
many of the things that until the
hoard was appointed made the Job Of
! councilman thing of beauty and
I JOY forever"
J Some OF the counoilmen are also
said to be "sore" at the boatd for its
E attitude on the improvement Of
3 South Third street, the board not
deeming IL advisable TO start the
, work this year.
Another thing IL, that the board
of works claims 10 has to recommend
every street, sidewalk and alley i'm
; provement before the general council
3 can provide for it by ordinance,
while others claim that there is no
law for It. The city solicitor has
5 given 1t as his opinion that the
board must recommend all such i'm.
provements. but other attorneys do
not hesitate to say that there is no
, law for It. and that the board is
exceeding Its authority in the mat
ter.
At any rate lively time IL prom.
ised when the petition is presented.
Il is understood 1t will be ignored en-
tirely. or possibly referred" to the
Board of Public Works itself, as tho
other boards have an especial weak
ness for referring things.
II seems there will yet be serious
rupture between the boards, however,
even IL the petition is ignored, IS
some of the members Of the two legis-
lstive boards would much prefer 30
look after public work than have
I frank outsiders" do it. II deprives
them Of much OF their pull, aud leaves
the most important OF the municipal
work TO be done by others.
Another thing that has caused dis
, content Is the boards failure to reject
the recently paved streets. A lot of
people think the job is such ootoh
that the city should refuse TO take il.
While the work may be all right, and
the inspector, and city officials say 1t
is . satisfactory job. there are never
theless good many people who dis
agree. and are not willing to accept it
as such, and seem to blame the board
for not rejecting it.