The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-21

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the xhole work Il being badly man4ged.
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whole. work il q failure. poubtlsSs hsrS
and there some minor rascaiitv vii ~
but as to this. / have 10 ~
I have been unable to iind 4 sinela rsnut.
able person who had "a much NJ KeSr6
Of any serious accusations afectin9 M
honesty 9f the commission Of ~ any
letter dealing with the most serIctfs
charge that Of the ownership OF lots III
Soion; the charge was mot advanced by
~ reputable y man and 4 utterly base
whn,a |. " nor 100 much TO say that the
preathes honesty as It breathes eficiency
and energy. Above all. the work has
Deen Kept absolutely clear Of politics.
sso never heard ever a suggestion of
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! nave investigated every complaint
pfousnt 70 me for which there seemed
II pe any shadow Of foundation. IN
h = Is lnree cases. all Of which /
message, I came TO the conclusion that
r1a was Foundation for the conn
pdaan.; and that the methods Of the
Of could be bettared. es N the eo of + in
lufeIv II l Us complaints proved abso-
takes ,ah; mners they referred TO mis-
raady m,isH tne commission had al
Aouiiu y ana corrected,
ISLANDERS and Iibeiers
rer 20 mucn for honest criticism. There
rarisIasa ~ iIIiileI5e amount Aof as
IiIshad eianusr as mas ever been pub
farejrn ar;a uarg Lne wanderers are at
them. WHERE thhay a to concern With
n w rnulk,allom because. in q spirit
ffley ara tryi n l' tn ana malice,
Tia axe. 4 lneeFieTs with and
Tnrt tn 1 Nv eSsention q. the greatest
seeking ~ ni X ever altempted ana
forts IN tbasr p as " naught the ef-
the oredit .a ~ oountrymen 20 put to
al the are sica 9ne ~ lhe giant
af,aa5ati ! e. these tisa, slandersrs con-
bubble serSa NE mpe Upon 2 body 9f
Iigenea axnart ~ aur lFalnea intel
teir and dapoti ~ aplli.g, hlgh charac-
exeelled anyw n pats. Th haye never
IA thc ath15nss hoss airecting the work
p%ositinn anHans Mao. z OBTAINED his
lone AMI NJ ~ usner PASS THAN merit
position n an on Hin Wno ha used MS
4 peeuliafy advantage.
Plan ID Build Nv ror+r..+
AFTER 2 careful consideration We
by contract, If we can come to
satisfaetory terms with the contract
The whole work is of a kind
iuited TO the peculiar genius OF our
pedif Inc a type on " d peoPis hays dsysl,
2 grapple with IT. 1t is OF course
much better to do the work in large
art by contract than to do II all by
ne NJ provided It is pos
contractor a sutficient remuneration
g make it worth while for respon-
lpie contractors OF the best kind to
thu. work; and provided on
which will not give an excessive profit
Q the contractor at the expense al
ne government, After much con-
the plan already promul-
;ated by the secretary Of war was
This plan In It's essential
eatures was drafted after careful
nd thorough study and consideration.
nv MIR nnls " enganeer, UT. Stevens,
fill. the president ar the clraat North.
rn railroad. had persnnaI exnariarnc
( this very type AZ cnrtrar n MI
then submitted the plan to
honts. who went carefuIlv over III
he commission To sac that Wit Iag =
ificulties were met. He fhan s,,hns;+
ID copies OF the plan 70 both Seere-
Try Taft and rnyseIf Secretarv Tayt
admitted ii ia some of fra haat 49,
at the New York bar ana after. ,
ards ! went over II Very carefully |
Id the ban IN II it III, gs mons and We /
M Rnn+ NJ aana, 5000. ~ d
lat.jt comhines Tia ma%xim,,m ~ Y !
anAge with the minimum Of disad-
III upon the ssnaadv and aaan wiri ~ 4
,nstr,,ction ~ INA Il al Se9hoinlcal i
I'M imnnsed II da,oW 49, $3.50 ~ p,rnn- 4
a. promuirated u L asn5a Avs Lne 4
some respects before va can come d
oa q sNa~iaisfactory agreement with re- 4
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