Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-26
SPLIT CONTINUES
ON CITY ENGINEER
Clay Hubbard Fails of Oonfir-
nation Today by the Rock
Island Commission.
SCORING FOR TREIcHLER
But He Comes Back by Holding Him
self Cheapest Skate in State
I'm Business.

DESTROYS OF securing the retirement
OF Wallace Treichler as city civil en-
gineer, Commissioner R. r. Reynolds
this morning submitted the name Of
Clay Hubbard of this city as success
sor to the present incumbent By a
vote of three to two, the nomination
was defeated, Mayor Schriver AID
Commissioners Rudgren and Bear vot
ing negatively. The action followed
the rejection by the board of another
candidate offered by Mr.. Reynolds at
the last meeting. The present can3t-
date and the other were both unkno IN
men as far as the commission was con-
cerned, and because of the fault OF the
system of the records of the ONCE, due
not to the officer but to the method,
both were rejected.
1t is necessary to appoint some one
to this office before it will be possible
to organize the board Of local improve
ments, of which the city engineer Il
an important member. The mayor is
its chairman. Much work is waiting
the action OF the board. In order TO
bring matters to a climax, Mayor
Schriver presented the name of Wal
lace Treichler. present incumbent. for
reappointment. It appeared as If the
nomination would go through with the
votes OF the commissioners reversed.
REYNOLDS STATES POSITION.
However, Commissioner Reynolds
objected and to sustain his action stat
ed, Il wish to state distinctly that 1t is
not for personal reasons that l object
TO the reappointment. AS commission.
er of strtets and public alleys, though.
l, according to the basic ordinances
adopted by this body on it's organizl-
ton, am the man who Is at the head
OF this department and therefore
should have the appointment largely
in my hands. Yet any and all candi-
dates which l might offer, you would
defeat. while / am the one in whom
the power over this ONCE has been
vested. II you refuse to act with me it
shows that the head of the department
has not the main voice in the selection
Of the workers under him. So much
for that. Now will tell what 1 think
Of the record of Mr.. Treichler. Thu
city records of his department are
such that today a citizen and taxpayer
can not find thing which he desires
because of their incompleteness. You
gave as your reason for objection to
my candidate that this is an hopper
tune time for d change because a new
man could not fathom the old records
say that the city engineer should
now be able to turn his records over &c
the city clerk and that they should be
in good shape, or else he has not dis
charged his duties properly. Therefore
/ see nothing in the mayors argument
for his retention. 1t falls fiat. The
records have not been kept.
FINANCIAL STATUS NOT KNOWN.
The financial status of the ONCE is
not known and IL would now require a
special audit of the records to ind
these matters. How much It costs to
conduct the office we do not know aad
the records do not show IL. There Is
no accuracy without the examination
OF the specific bills. There are several
items in the last year which have been
paid to the Official, but we know not
why. There has been a woeful lack Of