Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-16
NEW MAYOR ID EMULATE WILSON
  City Council Must Fill All Offices But Those of
 Two Chiefs.
PROBLEM ARE SIX VACANCIES
Says councilmen Gan Be Appointing as Long aS =App0intces Ire
 Competent.

Mayor-elect Simon Bloom last nigh, expressed his endorsement of the methods of President Woodrow Will son in referring diplomatic and other appointments to the heads of different departments by saying that he had made all the appointments he was gO- ing 10 make and the city council would have to ill offices that will be made vacant when the new city ad- ministration takes charge of city aI- fairs.
 The mayor-to7be has made public his intention of naming former Con- stable Frank Stewart as chief of po- lice and retaining A. C. Breiner as chief of the fire department. The of fices of city sanitarian, street com missioner. city physician, city en- gineer, city scavenger city pound master and other minor offices will be filled by those agreed upon by the city fathers.
 The new mayors attitude in this respect is quite extraordinary. It has been the custom of other mayors. uF- on assuming the office, to recommend men for the above specified positions. 1a fact it has been considered one of the means by which successful can didates for the mayors office repaid some of those who sweated for him during his campaign. While it was necessary for the council to approve | the mayors choice it was only on rare | occasions that one of his appointees failed to receive the job he was named to fill.
 i q have named the men whom will appoint to offices in the city government. The members of the city council can we'll bear the responsibil- i ity of naming the rest. will not even recommend a man for position though have been approached by several members of the council who urged me to make recommendations Just so the men they name are com potent it is all right with me-"
 When this startling information is spread broGdmast over the city there will be one grand rush for the differ ent councilmen and it is most prob able that they will all be swamped with applications for the five or six positions that will have to be filled.
 Mayor-elect Bloom has some ideas of his own about keeping the streets of the city clean. He made trip to Dallas last week and was escorted about the city by the mayor and city engineer. The city of Dallas has four new style mechanical street sweep CTS. They have big tank attached to the front end which springles just enough water on the street to keep the sweeping apparatus from kicking up any dust. These four machines keep the streets of Dallas as clean as four hundred White Wings could They evidently made a hit with the mayor and it would not be surprising if Pine Bluff didn't have one before he is in office very long.
 Pine Bluff streets have always been a source of irritation to the
 home guard and source of ridicult
 to the visitor The streets are paved and then forgotten. The result is tha
 the mud conveyed by wagon wheel:
 from other thoroughfares becomes st deep that it is difficult at times tt } find which street is paved and whicl is not. The "is not" are greatly il the majority.
 This is going to be hobby whicl the new mayor will ride. He expressed opinion last night that he could saw the price of one of the machines il year by firing White Wings ant "get darned site more satisfaction.