The Detroit times., 1913-05-08
CAN'T FIND man
10 HEAD D.P.W.,
MAYOR CLAIMS
Saws He's Anxious to Displace
Haarer If He Can Get Eff
ficient Substitute
TWO MEN OFFERED
PLACE TURNED 1T DOWN
"Jake's" Employees Will Present
Monster Petition Asking
Chief Be Retained
Mayor Marx is in a quandary.

Mayor Marx is In quandary
He said Wednesday morning that
he would like to live up to his cam
paign promises and let on. Jake
Haarer, commissioner OF public works.
July /, but he confessed that he has
not been able TO ind another com
petent man to take the $4,000 job.
AT the present time the mayor is
worrying more over Haarers Joo
than he did over the police commits
Sioneryhip, which goes 10 John Giles
pie.
In answer to the pOint-blank ques-
ton: "Wil Jake Haarer be resppoint-
ed?" Mayor Marx hesitatingly and nm
ally said:
~ don't know" Then the mayor
went on to say he would like 10
lift" the commissioner OF public
works. II he could do so without in
Turing the efficiency of the depart
ment.
Il have nobody In view for Haarers
Job" continued the mayoi-
Several men have been mentioned,
but none of these men are under con-
alteration at the present time. The
trouble is that the salary connected
with the Office Is too small ! would
like to see q new commissioner ol
bubble works and new city engineer
lake ONCE July 1. but the problem IL
Ia get competent men who are Will
|s#R. to accept the Jobs at the salary
& .SX city pays. The council ought 10
24 We the authority to regulate the sal
ties OF these offices so that the city
Gould do AS any private corporation
ydoes---pay q man what he 10 worth.
I think the commissioners OF puDiic
works and the city engineer ought 10
each get $4,000 or $4,000 year
Then he would have no trouble In get
ting good men to Hi the offices.
II had two men in mind for Haar-
ers Job, but both turned it down. Now
I am up against IL and | admit Ii.
What 1 want is some public-spirited
business man who will volunteer 10
sacrifice his personal interests TO take
the Job and make a success OF the ae-
partn,ent. There Ia not time enough
to break new man into the WORK. -
am not so sure that civil engineer
II needed at the head OF the depart
mept, but he must have thorough
understanding OF the work. 80.
II was suggested that Frank n
Croul, police commissioner. would DC
an ideil man to have at the head OF
the del artment of public works. the
may admitted that he would NIL the
bill all right.
But he won't take IL, said the
mayor He made statement some
time ago in which he intimated that
the once OF police commissioner was
the only one no would accept.
The names OF several other promin-
emit men were mentioned, but the may
or continued. to shake his head and
complain that they would not do. the
mayors political friends openly ssate
that Haarer must go. II is up to the
mayor to get busy and pick Haarers
successor, unless he intends TO let
Jake" stay on the job.
Meanwhile, Hearers friends are
pulling every wire to have him re-
appointed. The employees In the de-
partment of public works are now
preparing q petition In Haarer's be- I
halt and they hope to get the sigma
lures Of 10000 citizens. The petition
will be presented to Marx next Mon
day. A number Of the department EN-
ployes came to Marx and asked him II
he objected to their circulating petit
tons.
II told them they could do as they
liked" said the mayor. Il will not
hold anything like that against the .
boys and told them SO"
Two petitions have already been I
presented to the mayor, one bearing
the signatures Of every member OF the ,
common COunctl and the other the /
names OF 5000 citizens.
Mayor Marx realizes that he can
not put on his decisions on appoint.
ments much longer and he is plainly |
worried.