Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
MAYOR VETOES
BILLS AS UNFAIR
OR BADLY DRAWN
Measures Include One Plac-
ing 3 City Squares and
Parkway Under Care of
Fairmount Park Commits
sion.

signed 70 pIace Washington Rittenhouse
r,.. -, 40, ,,., A..
anu Noe"" Squa'es anu '"e ~
the care Of the Paramount Park Com
mission
Il, ,tr,,,,,,nu III, ais.,rrovoi Of This
r,a,,,,re H. Mo,,or .nid ubile there
,,iaht ~ ,o,,,o n,,,,o,,,go T., s,,cb action
~ th, .,n,o tir,,a V wos MT n f.ir nnl.
loo to select from tho large number OF
cif,, sovoros oni,, four and nlace them
under Tho care of tho PARK Commission
Co.. t,,,nroyo,,a,t - a, tbo e.mo time
noo,oo, rU tI,o nthers
Five ~ tho rersininr arts vetoed by
tho N,vor nro,,ided. One for the open-
Ing of g0tb street from Dickinson
street IN Moore. tvo for having CITY en-
Move. durirg vacations and for over
time work. a fourth was a section Of an
ordinanco nrovidinp an apnroprjation to
tho bureau Of Hirhways for street
snrinklinp and another was part of n
transfer ordinance nrovidinr an appro-
nri.,t;,n NJ so5no "a nav clerks of Coun-
ci,s for "Promotinq the interests OF Phil
.d.,nbia +"
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vi
In connection with his dlsapproVai vi
the ordinance designed to place certain
,rounds under tho care of the Park Com
rnissinn Mavor Rlankenburp. in this con-
nor W
.,rbe ordinance has apparently been
so,,an,hot hastily drawn II includes
Wasbinpton Rittenhouse and Logan
so,,aros hmt omits FRANKLIN square. the
ren,,in;ng ono of the four principal
.nmaros ne,r the centre of the city.
..If ,bnse so,,ares and the Parkway
,o.a riacad under tho iurisdiction of the
EairnoInt PARK Commission. their police
nrotection would doubtless be put in the
hands of park guards. and not of city
nolicemnn This would be a most con-
fusinq EXPENSIVE and inefficient arrange
mont and could hardly fail to lead to
doubt and trouble as to the respective
authority of the two.
..Tbe transfer of the custody of these
grounds would place the appointment of
their superintendents, gardeners labtsy-
ore etc in the hands of the Fairmount
Park Commission instead of the city au-
thorities. This would remove them from
the protection of the civil service laws.
Their appointment thereafter would be
made not with reference to merit, deter
mined compettively after civil service
tests. but solely at the discretion of the
amounting officers This would be a dis
tinct backward step. Our efforts should
ha NOT IN restrict the operation of the
merit system. I'm an indirect manner such
as this hut tn extend it's scope and make
i, ,nrl;cobIe to an Easing number OF
ao,,ar,,,oon,s,
rha Mavor vetoe1 the ordinance pro-
ill.,, 60. tbo onnring or snth street
sI.lns 'o' ~ Toora hs,
Detmeeu ~, - soc,jo, of The thor
cause ne sai" W ."t 80 dad;oa+ad 70 tho
ous"iaie iuu NJ ,,,,,It, ao,t ,ha ,,,,h-
city ana I.s ope''IS pc -. ~,
tic at lens' So,Voo "a t' IT, ,ta,n- u
not Deen deulca'eu u '"e ivy ""Sol
hiahkehpurb tnou9,I ~ '"''N nv
opened at pubic eHpense'
or the two acts deainS win the pay
ment Of city employees one was an or
dinance authorizing directors of various
departments to pay regular per diem em-
ployes for one weeks vacation. for legal
holidays and for disability or sickness
contracted while in the employ of the
city
This ordinance" said the MAYOR in
letter. aside from it's mandatory nature,
contains nothing which Is not fully pro-
anmro,od aTr t"' Iny ~I 'm iE ,oI9 u 'ou''''S
while / am entirely in accord with
the principle of the eight-hour working
day, this ordinance appears to me to be
We ne'E hooSeis uInMm, "a, !" me mlSt case py
n,ooba,';os thns, ~, a., Jta,t, ~, ",u
III W " P', u'el, n', as
hasis w.o,,id ho aptitIed 70 aw,ra , S" ,,r,,t
so. a., o,,a.,ir, ~ ,,,o,.i, oi,' =. paS t '''sn.
,,rana,al ,,itt, oongi1n,otSo, A.
oot,,oI " ,art,tna "andi,ions no% nXist;no 'o ;o
thc dcnarrmnnts In number of th,
h',,on,g ~ ser,,ico =, cnmtinuo,,s
HE, T, r,o,,rd ,,anifastl,. he no ,ra+a,
bardshtr for those I'm the night shift IN
WORK ovartImo than for those in tho dav
shift hut undar This ordinance the 6rSt
might receive double nav for MI overtime
whereas the second would receive hui
time and half time Also under this ordi-
nance the work necessarily required of
some on SATURDAYS would call for the
payment of two days' wages for eight
hours work"
The Mayor vetoed n section of an ordI-
nance in approprlations to the Bureau
OF Highways tor street sprinkling be-
cause OF an error which would have du-
pIcated a payment of Sl3s2 to James Ir-
win a contractor. for work already paid
for i'm the third highway district
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'''''i' NNli iOioh'
Caustic criticism was directed against
the section OF "A transfer ordinance pro-
v,dinn ,nouev N ba maid N clarke or
Conn,,r, Co.. ..,,.,r,,,,t.'. A.. ,...-1.. -
,"u"CNS io' "o"'o''hs the interests "i
This section had the support of Common
Councilman Morris r, Conn Republic
can leader In the Eighth Ward The
Mayor said the section certainly did not
Counriis I'm urnrnotIng tho iptoraet. %