Evening journal., 1914-03-13

vestigation has been made He sup
plemented this motion by requesting
Colonel Stover. chairman Of the
finance committee, to withdraw the
bill
Councilman Stover stated that he
had no objection to Withdrawing the
bill, but reminded the other members
that the three police commissioners
have approved the bill and that it
would eventually have 10 be paid. He
declared that while personally he did
not know what had been done Ia the
matter Of an investigation, yet Coun-
ell had authorized the Police Com
mission TO engage the services of the
expert and they should therefore ac-
cept the report of the Police Commits
sion In good faith
IL don't think he should get the
money until his report is made ex-
claimed Mr.. McDermott. $50 we can see
If il is worth $500 As far as the Po-
lice Commission is concerned they have
made lot of recommendations that /
don't like
~Ne should act in good faith" replied
Colonel Stover. "l have no objection to
the hin being referred to the committee
of the whole, but IL is signed by the
three members of the Police Comniiss on
and that should be sufficient We will
have the report before the next bill
comes in, and we win have chance TO
see what il is worth. We will eventually
have TO pay the hill, as we entered into
an agreement to do so.'
Mr.. McDernoit believed the taNpay-
crs money should be handled more care.
fully. and that Council should wait and
see what they are paying for.
"If don't think the report IS worth
$500 Lam not going TO vote TO pay any
srch amount for it," he exclaimed. llc
called attention TO the fact that the tine
limit for the Investigation had expired
on the last dav of February and that
the cXrert has Ind two weeks siuce tncp
20 submit his report Mr.. McGoldriek
said he d'd not like the idea Of turning
down q bill approved by the Police Conc
mission but he did object 90 paying the
hills before the work Is DONE He be-
heved time limit should be set as 20
when The report is to be submitted.
Mr.. Draper desired 70 know II un-
der the contract there was any pro-
vision for paying the bill IN part or
paying the entire bill az the end Of
the investigation. The clerk read the
bin which stated that the amount
specified on the hin was for services
rendered up to February is, as per
agreement
Colonel Slower said he was pres
ent at the time the Police Commis-
sion engaged the expert and that the
question had then come up as "a
whether Mr. Taylor would be com
pelled to wait until the work was
completed before getting his money
Mr.. Taylor had stated that II would
not be altogether agreeable for him
to wait until the work was finished
as II would take considerable length
of time. and stated that II would be
4 more agreeable to be pa d as the worh
J progressed. Colonel Stover agreed
that a good bit of time has elapsed
but the Police Commission has agreed
10 pay the money and It made no dif.
ference whether Il was paid now or al
the end OF the work. as Council wa,
bound 10 pay it whether the repor
suited them OF not.
Councilman Haney remarked thai
as no time limit had been set for sub
I mitting the report Council might
never get a report. He suegeste,
that Colonel Stover withdraw the bill
and hold it up until the chairman o.
the finance committee and the Po
lice Commissioners could confer a.
to when Mr. Taylor's report will bl
submitted.
Colonel Slower then withdrew hil
motion that the bill be paid and 1
was held IN Indefinitely.