The daily sentinel., 1913-02-03

of miscellaneous" (about which the
editor of The Sentinel has evidently
worried greatly and no doubt caused
him many sleepless night, weeping
for the dear taxpayers who must
foot the bills) an examination of de-
tails would have shown him that Z
warrants were drawn and charged to
this account, amounting to 1861 .6S.
Then the vouchers for same would
have revealed the following foeful
and wasteful expenditures of the peo-
ple's money for printing Jim
Bucklin's speech" First, that
S162.5O of the above amount was
paid for the expenses of Mayor
Todd and Secretary Shaffer to good
roads meetings and convention at
Denver, Colorado Springs. Pueblo
and Salt Lake City; $3O.05 for re-
pair of flags, decorations and fire
works for Fourth of July celebra-
tion Sl0.l5 for stenographic work
| for Secretary Shaffer-letters to
commercial clubs, etc; $50 to Grand
Junction band for three concerts Civ
en- on Main street during fair week
(ordered by council at the request
of the fair association and others)
$25 to w. l.. Jones for work on state
highway; $3.50 for transportation
to Cisco, Utah, for Interstate high
way commission, and gasoline for
auto; $50 for rent of storage room
for chamber of commerce parapher-
MALTA, books, etc; $3.50 for eX-
penses of Mayor Todd and auto driy-
er to Salt Lake City, on Midland
Trail trip; $79.95 for repairs on city
auto after return from Salt Lake
trip, and $35.05 for freight charges
for city auto from Salt Lake.
Now. if the above details would
not have been comprehensive
enough for the editor-in-chief. the
reporter might have found that
among the expenses of the Salt Lake
trip were items of Z &c for kilograms,
$3.50 for gasoline, etc. But | trust
the above detail will satisfy the ed /
itor for the present and permit him !
to sleep more peacefully hereafter I
Should he insist on further Details -
The miscellaneous" as well as all |
other departments are open every
day in the week Except Sunday .
during office hours for his personal
inspection.
In conclusion permit me to say
that every book, record, voucher, pa
per, or anything pertaining 10 the
city government or the city's busi-
ness expenditures or receipts) is
always open to every citizen of Grand T
Junction. For every warrant issued
there will be found an itemized
voucher, and any one interested in
city expenditures under any fund can .
easily inform himself in the matter /
of detail as to every dollar expended. II
Every bill allowed appears in detail. n
first on the record of the proceed II
ings of the council, then on the
voucher on file, on the warrant stub,
on the warrant registers of both the /
clerk and the treasurer. and again on I
the ledger of the clerk-surely. de- L
tail enough to satisfy the most ex-
acting stockholder in the municipal
corporation, and record that ought
to be sufficient check on every item
of expense.
Under the commission form of gov
ernment there have been no secret or
star chamber" sessions of the coun-
ell; no bills have been allowed or
paid before the services We're rem
dered or goods delivered (as was
done under a former city adminis-
tration); all business is transacted
in broad daylight. and every eXpendi-
ture of the peoples money is open
to the closest scrutiny and investiga-
ton. | am sure that every commits
sioner with myself invites inspection
of his work and investigation of ev-
cry expenditure approved him him
before allowed by the council
Come and see."
CHARLES X. HOLMBURG.
City Clerk and Auditor