The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-09-15

typewrifine connected with the Iay.
ing Of sidewalks in this city.
The facts are as follows: The
work on the sidewalks began in July,
1905; the stenographer's first bill was
not presenk to the City Council
until Febr 1906, meeting of said
Council; Il i'll amounted to $68.o5,
and coveredD seven months work
done on the sidewalks, as well as all
of the preliminary writing leading
to the concrete work, including that
on the test suit tried in the Chancery
and Supreme courts, contracts, etc,
which made the laying of the side
walks possible.
THE work on the concrete side
walks covered a period of eleven
months, beginning with July, 1905,
and ending with June, 1906. Mr..
Griffin's stenographer received from
the City Council for the entire eleven
months work, including the prelimin-
airy work leading up to the first side
walk laid, the sum of $3.50, an aver
age of about $1,000 per month.
"The work was paid for by the
page, at the regulation price adopted
by the majority of the typewriters
of the city. The stenographer sent
the bill to the City Council with each
batch of work, stated the number of
pages in each, asked the regulation
price per page, as stated above, and
this the Council eheerfully paid.
"The above figures are from the
records at the City Hall as can be
proven to any one who cares to ex-
anime the records there"
The Times is glad to make a cor
rection and amends for any error it
makes in its news or editorial col
'ums, when the error of its way Is
pointed out.
Knowingly we would do no person
an injustice, especially a friend, as
we consider both Mr.. Griffin and his
sister But on the other hand,
newspaper man, to be true to the in
terest of the people and the commun-
ity in which his paper circulates, must
speak out aginst what he thinks is
wrong and fearlessly defend the right
In our opposing the payment of the
$500 to Mr.. Griffin as the City Ate
torney. it was not the opposing of
Mr. Griffin as a man, for personally
we would like to see him make all
the money he can, but as the officer
of the city, who, like the other Off
Gals, was employed by the year to
attend the city's legal business and
to receive for same certain fees,
whether large or small, we did not
think he should have asked at this
late day for the extra allowance, and
if he did, the Council should have op-
posed it, if for no other reason than
the present financial condition of the
city.
AS to the pay of the stenographer,
there was no contention on the JUS
tice of that by single member of the
Council. All agreed that his steno-
grapher received not one cent more
than entitled to and the reference
made to the fees at the Council meet
ing that night by Mr.. Wilczinski,
and not Mr.. Robertshaw, as we had
it, and which was an error on our
part. was done to show that the work
done by Mr.. Griffin, except his own,
was paid for by the city. It is true,
this statement was a little misleading
to the reader for one would have
thought that some several hundred
dollars was received by Mr.. Griffin's
stenographer when it is shown by
the above statement that for no one
month did she receive 500 and for
the entire eleven months work was
paid by the city the sum of $500
which amount was at the regulation
price and met the approval of every
councilman.
The Times is glad to give the read
ers the true facts in the case.
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