St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-08-18

While an association like the ST.
Johns Progressive association which
was recently organized, could be of
incalculablc good TO any city, yet
IL requires very careful handling
To prevent matters creeping IN that
would prove more harmful than
otherwise Some men can see only
one side OF any question, and can
not look AT matters other than from
their own standpoint. On account
OF being conceived without due
iorcthought aud Investigations ,dras.
tic steps are sometimes taken on
the spur OF the moment that are re-
GREETED after calmcr consideration.
Such, we believe was the case at
last weeks meeting Resolutions
were adopted that would not have
been adopted had a weeks time
been given To consider them before
adoption. Some OF them are SO
drastic ani disastrous to the city's
reputation, that while we publish
them as q matter oi news, believe
they will augur more III than good.
hut when il is realized that they
were adopted by not more than Is
of our citizens, their effect will not
he as widely effective as It more
people favored their adoption Here
are few of the measures. First
condemnation OF the action OF the
city engineer IN accepting sewer
work when he evidently did not
know OF his own knowledge the
faulty manner in which the work
was done" II he did not know the
work was faulty, as the resolution
AYERS, why should he not accept
Second, condemnation ot the ma
jorily OF council Ia accepting sewer
when thad been repeatedly shown
that the sewer could not possibly
answer the purpose for which II
was intended. This has never
been proven, although Il has been
intimatcd that the sewer would not
do the work for which Il was in
tended. II has been charged aud
upheld that the specifications have
not been followed To the letter, and
this, we believe has never been dc
MED While the meaning IN these
two paragraphs may be above re-
proaoh, the wording Is not, and In
public documents the phrasing
mnst ever be taken at It's face value
Third, condemnation OF the "has
ty action OF the city mayor and rc
cordeT in issuing and delivering
some S2S,o 900 worth oi warrants.
Why discriminate IN this matter ?
The city attorney informs rs that
every mayor and recorder that St
Johns ever had has used the same
haste, " Why not condemn them
all, IT any II is only lately that
the assessment ordinance has been
recognized; previously It was Is
nored altogether, Besides prece-
dence, the present mayor and re-
corder were further fortified by a
resolution OF council authorizing
them to sign warrants 1t the pres
ent mayor and recorder are to be
censured for their action, former
mayors and recorders are to be
blamed even more for establishing
the precedent
Fourth, I'VE demand that the
mayor and recorder Immediately re-
call said illegal and worthless war
rants and destroy them. Of" II seems
To us that if we held any OF the SO.
called worthless warrants we would |
hang on to them until better ones |
were supplied. As it is impossible |
to supply genuine warrants until |
the assessment ordinance is passed |
il is apparent that this demand is
most unreasonable
Sixth. That the water works
ARE deemed wholly inadequate to
supply a sufficient amount OF water
for domestic use and fire protection;
hat much of the equipment is
worthless and would have to be re-
placed almost at once. a more
injust statement could not be made /