The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-15
they DON'T AGREE
City Officers McCabe and Chaney
Fail Out.
Mayor Appoints a Third Man
to Intercede.
MATTINGLY THE MAN.
viii Inspect Pavements and
Look After Plumbers.
Nobody Did the Work; Author
ity Was Divided.

49, HE city will have a new Of
ficer at work Monday
morning W. G. Mattingly, will
be appointed paving inspector
by Mayor W. H. Davis to in
- spect all of the excavations
made by the plumbers and others IN
the pavements. The decision to make
the new appointment came this morn
ing after a conference between the city
engineer, James McCabe. and Mayor
The city has taken in So from
plumbers and others for excavation
permits from January 1st to Septeu1-
Der 1st and it certainly seems as II It
could afford to hire paving inspector
to pay attention to this alone" said MI.
MeCabe.
Back Of the appointment of Mating
" as paving inspector lies a little Hitch
which exists between James McCabe,
city engineer, and f. A. Clancy.
plumbing inspector. The origin Of the
hitch is supposed to be of a political
nature. The two factions which sup
ported the two men for Office were op-
posed to each other to a degree and the
feeling has extended to the two men.
Both men are by the duties Of their
Office brought into close touch and in
connection with the agitation for re-
pairs of excavations the division of the
responsibility has led to strained rela-
tons. E. A. CLANCY, as plumbing in
spector, is charged with the duty Of
inspecting excavations when made and
when they are repaired. He nolnes
the plumbers and others when the re-
pairs are faulty.
The city engineer issues the permits
for excavations. He Is given the au-
thority to withhold issuing them upon
the proper representation. The plumb
ing inspector is to superintend and in
spect all street excavations but is un-
der the direction and control Of the
city engineer.
1.-THE trouble is that McCabe issue
these permits to those fellows VIII.
report to him about them," said
Clancy. That's all the good It does
If he wouldn't issue any permits we
could bring them to time quick enough
and these repairs in the pavements
would be made without waiting But
it doesn't do any good as long as Nc
Cabe gives them a permit to keep on
with their work. I can get after them
and talk to them and all they have to
do IS to go into the city engineers Of
flee and get a permit for some other
work The permit IS the only way by
htch we can get back at these men,
If we refuse to give them a permit for
new work until they make the repairs
on the old that they should we have
got them and they have got to come TO
time and be good. They can't move
and they are tied and they know it.
But what's the use of me talking to
them when they can go to the other
office and get a permit. The trouble
is the responsibility for this is divided.
Il it was left to one Office entirely there
VIZ uld be none of this trouble
1.-THE trouble about CLANCY is that
he is partial to these plumbers. he is
toe easy on them said McCabe. HE 5
a plumber himself and for that reason
ne is inclined to be easy on them.
Il send him out and tell him about a
place and he don't go out to it for sew
eraI days. We can't expect to get
these repairs made this way