Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-03
BUSINESS INTEREST
OF COUNCILMEN NOT
FOR GOOD HOUSING
-Four Members of Committee
Are Engaged in Building.
Contracting and Real Es-
tale.

ements will have more light more al
snd better living conditions. four Council
men are engaged in the building, con
tract and real estate business
These Councilmen are.
Select Councilman John ]. Mckinley
Jr., Of the 3sd Ward lie is a contractor
Select Councilman Albert d. Prcfon-
tsine Of the 3sth Ward. He is a real
estate broker
Select Councilman william j. Crawford.
OF the soth Ward He is contractor.
Common Councilman Peter f. Costello.
Of the list Ward. He is builder
DUAL OFFICE HOLDERS. TOO
-Four other members of the Committee
on Finance are dual office holders one
OF them is DR. Thomas Morton. who has
expressed himself as being against the
new Division of Housing and Sanitation
Dr Morton is a Coruncr's physician AMI
Common Councilman In the Goth Ward
Two members of the Finance Commit
tee who are dual Office holders, and from
whom men, women and children in the
congested sections can expect no relief.
Select Councilman Edward Buchholz of
the 18th Ward. Mr.. Buchholz. besides be-
ing Select Councilman, is a real estate
assessor. He is the father Of Arthur H.
Buchholz, who holds a S26OO-a-year lob
as head OF the present tenement house
inspection bureau. II the law creating
the new Division of Housing and Santa
tion-lt was passed by the Legislature and
signed by Governor Tener-were TO be
enforced by Councils appropriating the
necessary funds. the younger Buchholz
would lose his job.
select Councilman John f. Flaherty, of
tne lSth ward. He is clerk in the Court
OF oyer and Termlner and Quarter Ses-
sions' Another dual Office holder is Select
councilman William e. Finley of the
6sth Ward. who is a real estate assessor
Both Buchholz and Flaherty Yesterday
announced that they were opposed to the !
act as drawn. They contended that Il was |
700 700 ofasuc' hlaherty stated that he be- |
neVed in sanitary conditions. but that he |
wouldn't vote for an appropriation for the |
new department. He said he would gladly |
vote In favor of an appropriation If the
present act were modified by the next
Legislature.
WHY BUCHHOLz OBJECTS.
Select Councilman Buchholz was asked
yesterday whether he would vote in
favor of granting the appropriations.
which Common Councilman John p. Con-
nelly intimated last Tuesday would be
refused. Mr.. Connolly is chairman of the
Committee on Finance, and in such mat
ters the mouthpiece for the Republican
Organization.
Mr.. Buchholz said:
The present act is too severe on prop
erty owners Certain discretion should
have been used by those who helped to
frame the act Some OF the present tene- |
ments are not constructed in such man
ner that certain improvements called for
In the act can be installed. A commission !
ought to be appointed to visit the con- |
gested section and report just what is
required.
"rhen a new act should he framed
There should be an educational campaign I
in behalf of the foreigners who live in ,
the congested sections. You can't teach /
some of the foreign population the sub /
5ect of cleanliness merely by installing I
bath tubs. II is possible that If bath tubs \
were installed they would be used as coal I
bins. Some latitude should be given to q
the property owner. If a more reasonable I
iaw is passed viii vote Tor an appropria t
tion." p
'wil you vote in favor of an appropria- /
tion for the Division of Housing and I
Sanitation" a
81 will not"
FLAHERTY TAKES SAME STAND. S
Select Councilman Flaherty also took v
the same stand BuchhOlz relating to !
his vote on the appropriations. Mr.. I
Flaherty is clerk In court in which, !
according to noted soclologists. many D
persons are brought to trial for crimes II
directly caused by bad environments
OF the Court of Common Pleas many II
crimes are committed chiefly through a
present living conditions i'm the siberian g
cells" "living graves" death vaults" II
chambers Of horrors" and cellar =
rooms" o.
Mr.. F1aherty requested that it be made o.
known that he was in favor of sanitary ls
If--E,k |
'or the people Of the tenements. But he t-s
said he would vote against the new Divi- n
ZION Of Housing and Sanitation.
'fWhy?"
'r5perty owner. It virtually gives au-
hofity for the city to condemn certain | /
property" he replied.
COSTELLO AND GLEASON SILENT.
Common Councilman Peter E. Costello 10
4 the northeast section who was elect u
d last month as Congressman on the 4,
Republican ticket. refused to commit =
linnself or say what his attitude was !,
n the measure which would have 4helped
Q clean up the tenements He states
hat he hadn't taken any sort OF attitude Je
"a the subject. He wouldn't say whether ru
e would vote against or in favor of the an
appropriations. 81
Common Councilman Dr. E. B. Gleason 81
Z the sth Ward, Is a member OF the So
finance Committee.
"A Councilman Is like a juror" said Nj
1ocfor Gleason. lie mustn't speak OF | ap
= discuss his probable verdict until he mi
through with his deliberations Gl
The new Division Of Housing and M
anitation, which has had its troubles ee
5 The courts since Councils began TO / co
sht il, may have another hearing IN
bout 10 days. ju
% February 4 man named Thlel. pa
lho has an Office IN Attorney General | ru
ahn C Bells once Ia the Land Title re-
Iaildins. instituted q taxpayers suit 10
uIeIn the payment 81 salaries under the =
- housing law for the reason that -
5 Appropriations had been made hy III
euneils
cT CONSTITUTIONAL. COURT SAYS. Fl
1aass Raiston aE that time ruled that II
= aef sas constitutional Then John
aaa1sn Nhe had been appoiated head
1Hs new Division 81 foasins brought
= 81 n1naamas Councils 70 pnovtde Tor f
S zalaFs The Supreme Court ruled
- I7s ael ea4lant Be ent1Feed uulll (
sazdHelzalans haa hzau aE4ntaa So
as resigned. Later Bernard 3. News