Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-12-22

plan by which they can invariably be
protected. In a place which has peen .
Tor ages a byword for unhealthfulness. 4
and with so large q congregation OF 4
strangers suddenly put down and set 70 /
hard work sthere viii now and then De ]
outbreaks Of disease. There Will now !
and then be shortcomings In administra- /
ton; there win be unlooked-for acci- /
dents to delay the excavation OF the cut /
or the building Of the dams and locks. ]
Each such incident VIII be enurely nat
ural, and, even though serious, no one .
Of them viii mean more than Httls I
extra delay or trouble Yet each, When !
discovered by sensation mousers ana re-, |
tailed to timid folk Of little taltn, VII! /
serve as an excuse for the DeheT that /
the whole work Is being badly MANAGES, |
Experiments will continually be tTlea IN !
housing in hygiene, in street repairing, |
in dredging and in digging eartn ana |
rock. Now and then an experiment wiz 4
be a failure; and among those VINO near /.
Of It, certain proportion or douplng /
Thomases will at once believe that ths !
whole work is failure, Doubtless mere /
and there some minor rascallty VIII pe !
uncovered, but as 70 this, nave 10 say |
that after the most painstaking inquiry |
I have been unable to find single reput- |
able person who had so much as heard [
of any serious accusations aHectng the
honesty Of the commission or OF any
responsible officer under IT, | append
charge, that Of the ownership Of lots IN
Colon, the charge was not advanced by
a reputable man, and is utterly base- |
less. II is not too much to say that the
whole atmosphere Of the commission
and te,rrer4s e4bgg~(sal. the work has
been kept absolutely clear Of politics. !
have never heard even a suggestion OF
spOils politics in connection with 1t.
1 have Investigated every complaint
brought to me for which there seemed
to be any shadow of foundation. IN
two or three cases, all of which I
have indicated in the course of this
message. ! came to the conclusion that
there was foundation for the com
plant, and that the methods OF the
commission I'm the respect complained
OF could be bettered. In the other in
stances the complaints proved abso-
instances where they referred to mis-
takes which the commission had al
ready found out and corrected.
Slanders and Libelers.
So much for honest criticism There
remains an immense amount of as
reckless slander as has ever been pub
lllshed Where the slanderers are or
foreign origin I have no concern with
| them Where they are Americans, !
feel for them the heartIest contempt
and Indignation, because, in spirit
of wautOn dishonesty and malice.
they are trying to interfere with and
AahpeF lue tArcuIlon OIL, lne n yaL.Sii
work or the had ever atJeiapleql, ana Is
are seeking to bring to naught the et-
forts of their COuutrymen to put 10
! me cTtdll el america one oL we sldHt
ieats OF the ages, Inc outrageous
agtu.a o"s o. IneSs Iis san, u,
| sutVte gross noel upon a p9uE ~
/ public servants who, for trained INTEL
tEg"gg,7 5.,ati, to G,+y 80 paver
been exceIled anywhere. There IS not
a man among those directing the W9rk
| on ne ISlAIhus Wlo IdS ooIatI,eu IlII ,arj3 ~
/ position on any other hasls tAah HtIil
! alone, ana not one VINO mas ustu nus
/ position In any way lot ms own per-
/ soAaI OF pecuhaTy aINAHId7e'
pI,, .o RuiId nv cor+rae+
/ '0' ~ ~ ,,.t-.. ...
/ have decided 10 icy oul most oL we ne
/ WORK bE contract il we ydH CuIug ~
/ sal!stacJo'y terms WIN tHe Soi'I ,.t,'5
/ oTs, Inc "hoLe WoIk Is OF AlMu l,,I
| suited 10 lhe peeuuaI genius "a 49, ~
/ people ana our people LaEe usetttl5
1 oped the type ot contractor Dast Htgeu
/ 70 ErapIlF WIN ~ ~. u, " 9orl,e
] much better 70 40 lhe "oI n ~ 7 S
/ part ny ConIat' l.aL., "a ~ ~ az Sy
/ the government, proHiueu IL Is pIS
/ sible on the one hahd 10 secure 70 tIle
contractor s4thy.ehJ TsILli' .et ..-l,.., l,t.'I
4 TO make IL worth "HiLe ~ ,tGs5o,tl
/ SIDE CONT tlIo u. u ~. ia 0r-o,.iind ~
undertake ne Worh, n ai'G p[oor1te w, tarr3s Tt
which viii not give an excessive proit
/ to the contractor az the expense Oh
/ the government AFTER u4uIn I CoI'
! siderauon ihe pIdn a.Ieag' pi 0i.l I,-l ui
/ gated by the seer l4IE oi "aI W. W.
/ adopted. Ihls pan lh Us eSssnltai nlt,,i
! features was uI5lleu aI'El -. -, !. -
and thorons4 stluE anu tVtlslOsl at,u.,'
/ by the Chlet engineer, . tI. 9ls'Eis NJ
! who while in the einp yineHL q AT
Hill the presIqeht oL LAe 't1t ~ Il 1
ern railroad, had personal eApei ny W.
of this very type o. contract NJ,
( Stevens then sGbmllleu lnt VA" 10
F the chairman ot tAe tGliILllssL9n, NJ
Shonts. who Went car ill illiF 49,
! with Mr.. Rogers the Ie4tL alIii7YI l,i II,-oi oi
/ the commission 70 see I.3t an So
difficulties We're met re Inen Sepil,.s- soa,s-
ted copies OF the plS5h 70 potn ~ ~, :,
| tary Iatt ana mEsel' ~ 5. rta.I - -
/ submitted II 10 some ol we 80 C1ut.- s.a.
sci az the Ne" AoIA uaL, an ~ asSI1 as,,ri,,
/ wards went owe. IL s,EtsLs 'Li o,,5 "a 80 ~
with Mr.. Iatt ana MT. 9HoNts' nuM dnu W.
laid the plan IN IT'S genera, te1tl' fs
before Mr.. Root. MY toIiyLuSi4H
that II combines tne RaN'IIuHss Al ~ az
vantage with the In!HIIIuIu VI lii III 10
vantage. Under II q premium VIZ , " ~
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