The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-24
Would Put Engineer Zollinger
in His Place.
THE STRUGGLE BEGINS
People Will Find Out About
Political Influence.
Mr.. Green Says Such Action
Would Be Great Mistake.

The ordinance providing for the man
agement of the waterworls department
and the appointment of board of three
trustees will come up for consideration
this evening at meeting of the coun-
ell. It is said that an attempt is going
to be made to GUST Superintendent
Shaw.
There is a movement on foot to GUST
every one of those employees of the wa
ter department and put in new ones,''
said Councilman Hughes this noon. He
continued: II have been informed that
Chas. MoeSer is against Superintendent
Shaw and would be against his reap
po1ntment if the mayor decides to place
MOeser on the board. NJ ], ZoIlinger,
chief engineer out at the plant wants
the job and has been for it for some
time past. l am reliably informed that
Moeser is for Zollinger as against Shaw.
If the mayor attempts to make his APP
pointments tonight I shall move that
the council go into executive session to
consider the appointment of the board.
/ don't propose to let the appointments
be made rough shod. 1 suppose the
newspapers will attack me for making
the suggestion of an executive session
but I want to have an Opportunity to
talk right straight out. I think that it
would be a poor time now to swap
horses"
Councilman William Green, chairman
of the waterworks committee of the
city COUNSEL said: Il understand that
there is an attempt to replace Shaw
with some one else. l have been in
formed that if certain appointments are
made by the mayor for membership on
the board of commissioners that it
means that Jesse Shaw will be displaced
and that some one else will be given
Shaw deacon that he isn't the type
of man that they like because he doesn't
do just exactly as they do. Chas. Moeser
wants different kind of man in there
so l have been informed. I think it
would be the biggest mistake that the
city could make to replace Shaw by
some one else at the present time. IL
there ever was time when it needed a
man with experience and acquaintance
to be in charge of that plant it is now.
Superintendent Shaw has been with the
company for years. He knows all the
ms and outs of the business. To take
him out now and put in new man,
good as he might be- with a new board
of commissioners managing would be a
great mistake. This IS the critical time.
If they want to make a change later on
| wouldn't say anything. That's to be
met when it comes. But at this time
there certainly shouldn't be any change
in the office of the superintendent
Chas. Moeser is oat 7of the city and
will not return until Tuesday.
Mayor w. H. Davis said: Il will not
| make any appointments of the board OF
commissioners tonight even if the or
| dinance passes. I have not made my
| mind up fully with regard to whom
shall appoint"
The interest in the appointments OF
the board has gotten to the stage where
| interested friends call on the mayor
| and push forward the claims of their
! favored candidates. A number of them
called on the mayor yesterday. c. E
| Jewell and w. E. Sterne are two new
names which have been mentioned. j
| w Morgan, eX-councilman, addressed a
| communication to the mayor this morn
| ing, stating that he had noticed that
the place paid only $50 a year and that
| because of the fact that he had filed ar
application for a position on the board
with the mayor previously he wished
! it now understood that he would with
draw He claimed that the returns were
not on par with the services required.