The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-10-06
M | COT $4,000 IN CRAFT,
] STORY Of EX-C|TY-EMP[OYE
= 4 SEVERAL REMARKABLE LETTERS IN
NE EDITORS MAIL WHICH SHOULD
EACH LESSON TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS
uTY.

usts mana former city hall employe-who had to
sp restaurant when he first to Seattle Is years
d Il now is worth $4,000, He ADMITS that ,wo-thrds
B ! noney is CITY GRAFT-admts it openly
rss man tells the story-an INSIDE STORY OF
EYT-in letter The Star. Read it. 1t is educational
4 . teach you things.
mere are other interesting things in the editors mail
liz People in Seattle getting Weakened up They
things changed in this city. The letters which pour in
knxspaper show this We print few show you
x much interested your neighbors in the welfare OF
kdu.
Seattle, Wash, Sept 80 1909
Ym arc trying expose the city employees for grating
ii as employees don't know the first thing about grating
[n,Ass Let tell YOU Ripnger the only tin
la alss when he in office.
worked for the city water department some years
IA md seemed to everybody from the mayor down
~ sweeper there with the GRAFT-the real
III d GRATING. OF course. the who had the
A. GRAFT never said a word about the who didn't
H. much for il they did, the little grafters would
SsEsh< big grafters out in public
~ will say word about anybody else but myself.
&lkd not make near as much GRAFT some others. |
- SEATTLE Is years ago January had sell our
49, goods 10 get money pay fare here and
|xHniie and got here didn't have money enough TO
IT. u eat
1ssy. would not take $4,000 for our belongings.
dlu5 uo-thirds Of this money made by graft
4 ~ worked for the city.
~ ~ might think Is fooi for telling him
fAxIsn not going 70 say any just want tell
NJ Il airrense between GRATING then and now was
pn6 the city department, and put
r. sad pipes plugs tap water mains, and ~
ppe - The property line. Well this is where used
Pc Tbs graft in
There TWO a wagon with plumbers outfit
An ws would load our wagon up. would always put
eppe than needed and when we would tap main we
~ ask the party could do the piping in through the
nd where they saased H. and said that VIC would do ii
~ shtper than thes ct another plumber Nine times
" y - &c would gr the job We would do II city time
~ Hss ts pipes and get the cash when the job done
have tapped the main piped the iato peoples
- and the city does know il. and they don't get
9rg either for rent.
npw carpenter who worked for the city Hc hired
VI nd vent 70 different parts 81 the city where the city
b baildng fire station and take lumber 10 build his
hast When the city putting those wooden side
= Green Lake he got rig and and helped him
e. lok zl0OO shingles 90 single this mans house. and
*kaatm Al from different fire stations and there
n = aoiF about t. lie said lie sorry the city didn't
rSa u IRE stations
IS 'A' "S sOt enough iuitipets sihtiBies halss
1872 ETC. 70 build house, and all IL cost
sas about $500 and that for plaster and work for
- a00s and what little hardware he needed He sold
~pase Tor $4,000 OF course he had buy the land
a'A q course, Mr. Bouillon the jump and the boys
~ graft much
= 'ais man you all call Mayor Miller When he himself
sang cr office he had on his banners Honest John
C '0F Mayor" 50 you see how honest he is when he
q '0a''on out OF his office. From what have read
II g r4psF Tor the past year so. think Mr. Bouon
~ ior Honest John f. MillcrsT job Boullon is
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