University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-07-12
MOTION TO ENDORSE
BOND ISSUE PASSES
Continued from Page H.

and the condition OF the plant is alarm
| ing. We should take this matter up
and vote the issue. without incumber
! ing il with any side issues or plans
! for future management. The city may
! be hard pressed for money. but the
addition is needed and the only thing
we can do is 10 vote it.
The plant should be located either
where it is at present. or upon line
connecting with both the Wabash and
the Missouri Kansas and Texas rail
roads, So that the coal supply would
ALWAYS be assured. and the cost could
be kept down.
| Should Not Talk Management Now.
In regard TO the management.
which should not be debated upon UNI
Ill the money is voted. could be left
to the council and the consulting en-
/ gineer. a board OF public works is
not necessary because il would do only
what the council allowed them to do.
and the result would be that two bod
les would be doing something for
which only one body is required. All
that would be needed would be a good
council Sucn as we have now, a com
water and light committee on the
pctent and consulting engineer
5. {. Hunt. a member OF the com
mittee. stated that he was heartily in
favor of the bond issue of Sl2j.0oo.
| but that he wanted to know, and he
wanted the taxpayers to know. just
how the money was TO be spent after
| it should be voted. He said that he
WAS in favor OF the selection and ap-
Dointmcnt OF Il board of business men
who should attend 10 the spending
OF the money and direct the work OF
the consulting engineer and the di-
rect management. He said that he did
not want To leave the matter with the
council because they were not i'll the
best position TO handle it.
Might Run Two Years More.
He said that he. with several other
members OF the committee. visited the
plant the other day. and found that
with an outlay OF Il few thousand dol
lars. the plant could be put into shape
to run possibly two more years. The
present management of the plant, he
said. WAS rot efficient enough. and that
he was not in favor OF blindly voting
$l2I 600 To be used by incompetent
men in whatever way they chose.
The council. he stated. was not paid
enough to warrant the members dcvot-
! in their whole time to the matter.
and for that reason, the direction Of
the expenditure of the money voted
could be left to Il group OF business
men who We're acquainted with the
business and who should be paid suf
| ticiently for their service. This com!
mittcc could either be appointed in
Il mass meeting and confirmed by the
council and mayor. or by the vote OF
'iiN people, lIt s@t''itti ihtit tIAii'tSoi
he was in favor of the issue, he would
never vote for it until it was known
how the money was to be spent and
that ii was TO be spent by men who
knew what they We're doing. He or
iginally asked for a board of public
works. but he stated later. that it was
merely commission OF business men
to direct the work, and could be called
anything, so that they did the work.
appointment OF Board Absurd"
l.. NJ. Dcfoe, Il member OF the cOun- !
Gil. stated that he thought the queS-
ton OF the appointment OF a board was |
absurd. He said that all the respon !
sibility and all the possible blame |
would be laid TO the council. and that |
the council would be in all ways re-
sponsible Tor the work and possible |
missteps OF the commission.
W. w. Garth stated that he was in
favor OF the issue. and that he would |
leave the management of the work.
should the money be voted, to the city
council and Dean Shaw.
}. c. Scnwabe said that he was un.
decided as 10 the best plan to recon-
mend. He said that he was in favor
OF private ownership. and opposed to
Il board of public works. but that the
city was Sc in debt that he was afraid
TO suggcst anything that might be
done.
Warts Conds Voted.
+. W. Smith said that he was in
favor OF adopting the report and vot-
ing the money. He thought that the
plant should remain where it is. The
during the term of mu-
nicipal ownership was better. he said.
an during private control.
We e.. I'D not be afraid to owe
for anything tina; worth the money"
said +. W. Niedermeyo: and the rec
ommendation of Dean Shaw is the best
plan we could follow. The plant is not
A failure. but a success. as it has al ,
most paid for itself since the CITY