Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-26
DOES THE CHARTER MEAN ANYTH1NG7

HE INVESTIGATION the matter of street improvements if the six
day goasyOupeae affair occupying gentle
whom the job wished, by dgned name
has shown according contemporary
the city has grown until it reouires II horses attend 70 i street
work where before only required four This
ion somewhat counobaaned by the news by
so that two three teams destroyed Twenty
fifth street and out Of the Turner road,
average biased it shows some things besides this It
shows that the chairman committee perhaps well as
Mr. stolz has been in the habit of deliberately ignoring
the charter in creating deficiencies 1t shows that the department has
been the habit of violating charter making
directing the kind of improvements
1t shows that the improving Mission Waller Streets
that the cost of the improvements became
oAe acts 'ho street department of which Mr. Soz is chairman 1t
shows that while Mr. stoz claims that this ignoring city
these respects ga custom that his predecessor
the street committee Mr. ay had guilty sought
obtained authority for improvements required by the charter and that
he made improvements without authority council 1t shows
that this improving of Mission Streets which no one
to bC able dollars h least and
which some estimate above $OO charged
the adjacent property made charge against city
1t shows Mr. sozs economy because this Improvement costing
$780, made the idle and ennp
rest thing that eryhng connected with the department
to need badly thinks that If piece of
street work needed that that its being DONE even
at tho cys expense and in violation city shows that
enderoa that when Of the
leading out of the city bad them instead of let
ting them have few troubles of their bled when
he thought how hard get into town. and out again
safe and how merchants suffered thereby shows that the chair
man of the street committee thought nearly everything was
think about and he did this pony entirely forgot to give any
thought to the city charter and its requirements
The morning whether authorized by the
city charter should be- authorized by sense The horses
should be long as there is work Of this kind 70 o
and there will always be plenty it,"
This ateng the the charter and not very en-
Fogg to the horses and does not the deliberate
cha@ Besides or nothing to do with Salem tv
streetw
The investigation has wandered wy or rather the
statements have wandered impossible to tell from tho re-
ports of thcm just what the wand from
North South Commercial Tweuyh back again to Mission and
Waller to what Mr. En else pile dirt and
then another custom general COrnesj untcong and
rambling statement that neither explains enn statements of
the Others are much Of tho same class In fact II possible separate
tha which rs really material from tho great Of stuff that
with the
That the improvements made Mission adjacent
without authority law and that the chairman Of the committee
ply sots the defense that was done AZ the
expense Of the city instead of being charged tho property
is attempted to be excused by calling tho That both
OF these things are in direct violation Of tho charter
the and it's material and all that kind bcuddemeut has moth