Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-02-06

like copies of rules, regulations. and
ordinances that different towns have
jim regard to contracts with the con-
sumers. Also rates.
3. Direct employment. The Eontrac.i
! tors are SO close together that com
petition ceases to exist and the only
recourse is for the city to do its own
work. Information on this point would
be-, appreciated, 500. --..J.,
9. Volunteer fire departments How
are they managed sand what towns
have been. successful?
4. The law ofsnur state gives towns
and cities the power to plant shade
trees and charge the same against
the abutting property What methods
Aare used to encourage It? 500 .e'
5. What can you atelI us as to best
methods OF garbage collection and
Adisposal for small cities?
Replies:
1. You. will find tables giving cleo
ptrics Iigh biting rates, and trzfea charged
to consumers, in the Second and
Third MAMMALS Reports of the B0afds
Of Public Utilities, Los Angeles, Cal
if0tRfa. Fl Write fort these to the Board
OF Public Utilities, Los Angeles. ~
2. There is information with regard
to the question OF direct employ.
ment and how to meet the contract
prs. iHfthe. Milwaukee Municipal Cam.
naagn IfBool nor sts12 copy e0f which
can be secured at the National Office
Of the ,SQciallEt Party for. 25 cents. u
s 81 Prof E'atfliese ]. 'iMuniefpal &. .A
minfstration" contains a discussion
of volunteer fire departments. The
municipal reference librarian at Mad
ison, Wisconsin, writes me in regard
to this: l.a.ss5g xzs4- s..z ,srs-s
"Qf course practlcaily all of the
smaller cities have such volunteer de-
|paftments. This plan ias BEEN de-
veloped further in the United States
than in any other country, but as soon
as the citgf reaches ten or fifteen
thausand, At least q part Of the fife.l
men are paid and devote their entire
time to the, service. Prot, .Eairlie,s,
feeling Is that these Departments
have nowhere been as efficient, OF
course. as the regular paid firemen,
but he thinks that t6ey have worked,
les. He gives in his work the organ
izatton Of such Departments.
A See Shade Trees In Towns and
Cities. By SoiataroH, published by
Wiley and Sons New York, and0re-l
ports fptz the Shade Tree Commissions
OF East Orange and OF Newark.
=. and of the City Forester Of st.
Louis. These reports can be obtain
led bYsWTiting directly to the, commits
sions5 and officer mentioned Also, In
the files Of the American City, you
will find quite . number. Of articles
on the planting Of shade treessf r3Yi
The, municipal reference librarian
at Madison writes on this, subject.
ALSO; ss@ x ssa4se4.s,.. - Ftr,-s
j. "9The practice Of. this city has been
for the last few years to, plant shade.
trees on all new streets where they
are improved. The contractor has
been REQUIRED etos plant these trees
and replace all those that die within
one or two years. As Tar as the plant
ing Of the trees is concerned this
has proved livery 8 successful plan
and one which believe should be-
ancOuraged, bat the difficulty has
been fhakEthe city has taken no care
e4 these trees after they have been
iplanted. Where the street has been
feafly well built up and the residents
have watered the trees, they vghaye
crown nicely the percentage dying
being very small but in front OF, va
cant lots where no. one has made it
his business to water; them regular
", fnlly ninety per cent have died.
As these trees are required to be
planted by the eontractpfs the city
should mako nrnVfsi0na fhroa11h fFu