El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

that Mr.. Kelly stands for efficiency,
economy or safety first"
What Kelly Said Thursday.
In his advertisement in The Herald of
February 4 (day before yesterday Mr..
Kelly said LAS to the disposal plant,
I have answered fully. Your petty fac
ton made this an issue in the campaign
two years ago. The people defeated you
and elected the present city officials by
a majority Of 3O00 Comment is super
fluous. The people have spoken"
What Voters VIII Say Feb. 10.
Be that as il may, the people, in the
spring of 1913. did n t know nearly so
much about Mr.. Kelly, or about the dis
pOsal plant, s they know now. The
people will speak again in a few days
and it will be in a tone that viii give
Mr.. Kelly the greatest surprise Of his
life in spite of his boast, in his adVer-
Using space on page y of The Herald
of Friday, Feb that he is Better
fitted for the responsible position Of
mayor than any other man in FL Paso.'
why, Mr.. Kelly! Why?
The tax payers Of El Paso would like
to know why, if Mr.. Kelly is efficient
principle of safety first he was induced
to take up the untried NDlans presented
by Mr.. Smith of the Public Engineering
Corporation, Of Portland, Ore. without
having given consideration to the plans
of Herring x Fuller acknowledged eX-
peFts in the line of municipal santa
ton, and why, having accepted Mr..
Kelly's plans, did he not protect the city
with a bond to be forfeited when the
hitherto untried plan had been found
failure?
where Is the Bond?
If he did protect himself and the city,
why did he not, when he found the
plant to be q failure cause the bond to
be fOrfeited2
why Continue To Waste Money!
The tax payers of FL PasO would like
to know, too, why mayor Kelly, after
having found the garbage disposal
plant to be such a failure that he was
compelled to dump the garbage on va
cant land south of Washington park,
where the stenches which arise from
it are menace to the health of the
residents Of all of East El PasO, be
keeps up the bluff of keeping the
garbage plant going at an annual ex-
pense of $4,000, or thereabouts?
why Not Cut Expenses.
If he must dump the garbage on the
vacant lots south of Washington Park. |
why not admit the failure of the gar
bage disposal plant, close it down and
save the city the $1,000 spent each
year for salaries and wages?
The $500 asked for repairs and re-
the $500 asked for fuel, the
$3.50 asked for supplies. the $500 asked
for miscellaneous expense, the $500 /
asked for water and the $3.50 asked for /
power may, probably, all be necessary I
for the operation Of the pumps en- /
Iloyed in lifting sewage from the deep !
sewer to the highline sewer, which, in /
turn, carries the sewage, unfiltered /
and uncleaned, into the Rio Grande at !
a point well below the city limits, but
surely a large part OF the $4,000 1
for salaries and wages. (
if not all Of II, might be saved Ii the !
plant were closed down.
Is He Efficient or EeOnOmicalf
AS said at the opening of this article, /
there are a number of blots UPON
mayor Kelly's official escutcheon but !
the fOulest and blacklist of them all is I
his management or mismanage of
the garbage disposal and sewage dis
posal of the city.
If Mayor Kelly is efficient or eco
lomical he betrayed no trace of either |
RAFT in his management of those insti- [
tutions.
Arrogant Assumption AEEravntes.
His arrogant assumption Of superior
ty over his fellow men, taken in con-
lectiOn with his mistakes in the J
handling Of those two departments of 3
he city government ought to cause his .
RELOCATION to private life. even If his
lther shortcomings. as an admins j
traitor Of public AFFAIRS, did not brand
lin as a man unfit to hold the high /
)ffice to which he aspires.
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