The Washington herald., 1912-10-17
REDF|ELD WOULD
STOP MANY LEAKS
Congressman 70 Make Suggestions
co4eeraing Supplies for
District.
REco,nnHDs A sToREHousE

my OuS OQ1CABAs UVS y C8ISIU1s -
part analysis of the conditions which. IN
his opinion. ars causing . needless
waste Of thousands Of dollars annually
to the District Representative william
C. Redheld, Of New York, will present
tribution Of District supplies soon after
the convening Of the next session Of
Congress.
Mr.. Redneld has been In washington
devoting his time largely to knotting Up
. few loose ends Of the protracted In
vestigation upon which he win base his
report.
Loose business methods, lack Of suit
able accommodations and convenlences
and . division OF respondbility which
makes for extravagance will Be ascribed
a. the conditions to be remediod. A
Capitalization Of the work, largely
through the use Of Q commodious munic-
ipal storehouse' for All district supplies.
viii BE- advanced - the arst step to-
work Of the District purchasing of3cer
and his star
In addition to ths uss Of . Arsproof.
damp proof and nat proof storehouse.
Mr.. Redneld's report viii point out the
necessity for moro careful checking syS-
TENS by those who handle District sup
plies: will recommend certain admins
trative changes In the organization Of
the public schools system. and will At
tempt to permanently close the breach
between the board Of education and the
municipal architects ONCE.
A great part Of Mr.. Redheld's work
will not appear In the report. a. many
Of his suggestions have been adopted by
the District officials and by onncers un-
dor Purchasing Agent Hargrove. For
instance. the District estimates for this
-xANn &c. ~lvHAI
maker. whose work will be largely con-
fined to utilizing school furniture which
for various reasons has been condemned
In its existing state. and which ordi-
narily would be sold by the city at Q
tremendous reduction under its original
cost. Much Of this furniture can be
made over by q cabinetmaker and used
again. in the opinion Of Mr.. Redfeld.
District Restricted.
That competition for the furnishing Of
supplies to the District government Is
very materially restricted because Of the
inability of the government to handle
supplies in large lots ID. perhaps. the
most important finding in Mr.. Redneld's
report. Because Of the absence Of suit.
able storage accommodations, the Dis
trict government IL forced to buy in
small lots and from manufacturers who.
because of the close proximity OF their
plants to the city. are able to sell in
such lots. This condition prevents larger
manufacturers who have not the facili-
ties for distributing their output In small
quantities from competing for the busi-
ness. and induces those who do compete
to charge the District government for
the added accommodations required by
distributing stations here or near by.
Mr.. Redfield paid a visit to the Board
of Education storehouse at 60 L Street.
a brick building with wooden floors and
partitions, where thousands Of dollars
worth OF school supplies are stored un-
der the guardianship Of one man and .
totally Inadequate checking system.
That" said Mr.. Redheld. following
his inspection. 'is an excellent example
Of everything . storehouse should not
be-"
With the next session Of Congress, Mr..
Redfeld's work for the District will
cease. He IL not q candidate for renomi-
nation. having been tricked out Of his
district and placed in q district with
a normal Republican majority of 1000.
Mr.. Redheld declined to accept . NOM
ination. and at the conclusion Of his
present term will devote himself to his
large manufacturing interests IN Brook
l7n.