Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-08
DAILY REVIEW BsBE ARoNA FRIDAY MoNe MARCH lso


 We. your committee appointed {, linvestigate the condition of the of flee of supervisor of streets and tn, action of the present incumbent, con eerning which many complaints hay, been made, beg leave to report as fol lows:
 ''First-We find that the city engi neer claims Mir. Prudhomme is either unwilling or unable to carry out hh Instructions for street work. He does not follow out his instructions fo, street work. He does not follow the instructions on grade stakes. thus causing great deal of unnecessary work
 "Second-There have been many complaints regarding the scavenger | system, as conducted. Some parts of the city are kept clean. while oth. CT parts, equally needing attention have been neglected. There seems to be no system regarding the work and no proper supervision of the men en- gagged therein. Mr. Prudhomme's at tention has frequently been called to work to be done and he has either neglected or refused to do it.
 ''Third-Careful inquiry and inves- tigation has shown that MT Prudhom- me is utterly unable to handle men. For some reason unknown to us he cannot get the full amount of work from the men under his charge. and in addition. constantly has friction with them, a situation very bad for the interests of the city. This applies to every class of men with whom he has come in contact.
 "Fourth-He has repeatedly ignored the instructions given him by the mayor and street and alley committee under whose direction he is supposed to work, and in some cases has de- liberately refused to follow orders given him by the proper authority.
 "Fifth-He has engaged in business aside from his duties as a city officer, contrary to his agreement with the city at the time his salary was fixed.
 This conduct is not new, but hes continued practically ever since he took office. He has been warned re. peatedly that the work was not satis- factory and in order to properly carry on necessary improvements the city has been forced to hire other em- ployes to do the work that should have been done by Mir. Prudhomme after he had shown his inability.
 We fee lthat the city has exercised great patience and forbearance in the the matter, but 1t is unjust to the taxpayers to pay two men to do the work of one, and since in our opin- ion, MT. Prudhomme. after full trial, has been weighed and found wanting, we recommend that the salary of the supervisor of streets be placed at S1 per month and that the office of sani- tary police be abolished. Respectful ly submitted.
 R. W. ARTHUR.
 HOMER PRICKETT,
 "W. A GREENE"
 Water Franchise Talked Of. That the city council request the Douglas Improvement company to | present proposal carrying with it a | franchise to furnish fire protection is | the recommendation made by the fire 1 committee of the city council to | whom was referred at the last meet l Ing the matter of Investigating condi- i ions with a view to better fire pro | .ection. The report of this committee | iollows in full:
 Douglas, Ariz.. Feb. 2s, 1907. TO the nayor ana City Council, | Douglas-Gentleme
 We, your, committee appointed to | ook into the question of better fire | protection for the city and to confer l with the Douglas Improvement com oany as regards rates, etc, beg leave | o report as follows:
 From the best information that we could get about s45,o 900 per annum is paid out by the property owners of he city in premiums for fire insur- lnce and that with adequate fire pro- VI ection this amount can be reduced | ,5 or 30 per cent, which would mean a | 'aving to the taxpayers of the city II 'n total amount of insurance paid out II ,f about s12,000 per annum. It would Il De necessary for the city to purchase l fire engine and at least have one nore paid fireman in addition to the II ,ne we now have. We have inter- Tiewed the Douglas Improvement company and find that they are will ng to install substantial fire sys- em, but found them unwilling to fix ,rice on fire plugs under the prevail ng conditions. but providing the city ,ouncil is willing to consider a fran 'hise the Douglas Improvement com 'any will submit one stating price, ,tc.. for our consideration and ap- ,roval.
 We. your committee, recommend hat the city council request the >ouglas Improvement company to Irepare and present to this body their opposition for consideration. Yours especially. II
 R. B. SIMS,
 "C. D. PARSONS, "W. A. GREENE,
 "Cornmittee."
 Minor Matters. A number of other matters of inn 'ortance to those directly concerned Il uch as the allowance of monthly