The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-01
PLACE SEEKERS 7. DISAPPOINTED
Supt. of Streets Bodine Won't Announce His Fore
 men Until Wednesday
Says There's a Hitch Over One Man and Slate May Be Rearranged = Cour- tade's Appointments.


 There was no little stir about the corridors and entrances of the city hall this forenoon while scouts were sent out in search of the new super intendents of streets, Albert J. Bo- dine.
 About a score of patriots. willing to devote their time to the welfare of the city's stneet department for a nominal wage, waited about the city hall from 9 o'clock until noon when the last of them went home for the holiday dinner
 Bodine was not to be seen. He was located after considerable teie- phoning, at the City Yard, and when the conditions were explained, he promised to hurry right down to the city hall. At II o'clock he arrived, but his arrival was like dash of pirants, for places in the street de- partn1ent.
 :, He told the faithful that he couldn't do a thing until Wednesday,. He was settled but one place, and that 1t might be necessary to make over the entire slate before this one place was fixed up. He didn't care to tell them what particular place that, was.
 Bodine got first an earache, then a headache listening to the pleas of those who were willing to help him partment. Then came Mayor Wil- son a few minutes before noon, and he and Bodine held forth for some time talking things over. But the sun sets without Bodine's announcing his appointments.
 "It's going to be so much easier to keen the records straight" he told thing definite. You sec the week ends, on the city's books, on Wednes- day. Then Fl make known my
 MT. Bodine would not be changed from that announcement. He would not tell who was going to fill a single place.
 FIorindo Farrace. 10th district Italian leader, who held a place un- der Director Biltz, in the Lee ad- ministration, stood guard at the State street entrance to the City Hall. wait ing until nearly o'clock for the lat est bulletins from the front He said he was confident. But he admitted cnat it was possible they wouldn,t give him just what he expected.
 City Clerk Boucher opened ssp for HaH an nour this noon, and swore n Aired H. o.y: Ierry: as z city engineer zine J. Bodine as superintendent Of streets. A little later he swore in George s. Hill and Lou P. Bristolg the new po- lice commissioners.
 Director Courtade announced the following appointments: Jacob Finkel- tone superintendent of excavations, | succeeding William Clifford 1,020 per 1.eA viewer succeeding Walter T. Buck irgham at $9S6; James F. Kiernan, superintendent of city yard, succeed ing William F. Lawrence, $18.75 per week, R. Arthur Brown. superinten- dent of Bridges, succeeding James A McGuinness, $1.02o per year. l
 Finkelstoneis appointment was fore casted in the Farmer of Saturday. sHe is a real estate dealer, living at 3S High street. Dunbar is an employe of the Singer Mfg. Go. He is a well known Republican worker In the 12th district. and is best known as the manager of the Newfield baseball
 Kiernan. who succeeds Bully" Law renee the veteran superintendent, of the City Yard. was a street foreman when Charles F. A. Biltz was director of Public Works. He lives in Madi- l son avenue. Lawrence who has been superintendent of the yard for many l years under varying administrations l is to be retained as an assistant to 1 Kiernan.
 From a source close to Supt. Bo- dine it was learned today that oppost> | tion had developed among Republican workers to the retention of Fred | Schreiher, in the street department. | Bodine succeeds Schreiber as superin> | tendent of streets The latter accord | ing to report was scheduled to be re- tained as a street foreman under Bo- | dine. Schreiber has been an efficient | public servant, but the plan to re- tain him has not been sanctioned by a number of Republican workers who | claim that Schreiber's scalp is the legitimate prey of the victors.
 Florfndo Farrace expects that the least the party will do for him will be to make him a bridge tender.
 George Grosshans, a mechanic of 9S | French street, is said to be slated for one of the jobs under Bodine- Others men toned are Albert J. Dfmond, Leonardo Russo and Joe Hackett.