El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-04
QUAD ROASTS
COMMISSIONERS
cold Ring" Chairman Tells
Why New Ring" Is Ex-
posed to Defeat.
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! commissioners Orndorff and Pendeu
3 were the men who made the motions
I and put the matter through the court.
{ 7 am told that only small portion Of
the poor farm is in cultivation ana
. that a large part OF il is made up of
sand dunes II has been operating
; seven months and during that time it
Z has cost the county about S13, 900 TO
. take care OF the L inmates 1t would
: have been cheaper to have boarded
these inmates at the Sheldon OF Orn-
cOrff hotel The people OF this county
are not going TO stand for such waste
ful extravaganza and poor manage
ment on the part Of commissioners
Orndorff and PendelL
What Junketing Trip Cost.
-Four members Of the commission
ers' court made a trip 10 California to
inspect roads On that trip they spent
nearly $1,000 Many of US here took
our whole families to California and
spent two or three weeks at a total
cost Of from $500 to $3.50 When these
. commissioners are travelling on the peOt
pies money they have no thought for
economy Commissioner Orndorff and
two other members OF the court, to-
gether with an architect. made a trip
TO Dallas TO inspect the Jail there.
This trip cost the county $500.
Inspectors Cost $3.50 Month.
I There is one phase or the work OF
the commissioners court that reads
Ike a romance. This is the matter OF
inspectors. On December q. 1915, Ed
f. Bryant was appointed court mouse ana
Jail inspector, at a salary of $50 per
month. which he is still drawing An
automobile inspector was appointed.
who drew $1,000 before his job was
abolished. His job was abolished
about the time this campaign was
started. without his having made any
showing whatsoever for the $1,000 he
drew firm the county funds In March
1916. Del Richie. a candidate on Orn-
dorffs ticket, was appointed plumbing
inspector on the new court house at
q salary of $50 per month. few
weeks ago Richie resigned and J. II.
LoWrie took his place and is drawing
the $50 per month. IN the same month
a concrete inspector was put on the
court house at a salary OF 500 per
month He is still drawing his pay
as concrete inspector on the court
house, but has been transferred within
she last 10 days TO inspecting concrete /
on the upper valley road
YsletR Has Concrete Inspector.
IAN amusing thing in connection
with the inspection Of concrete on the
upper valley road is that the county
is already employing three other in
psectors on the same road at 500 each
per month, One Of these sOcalled con-
crete or rosd inspectors lives at Ysleta
and is a staunch worker in the ranks
Of the City and County Democratic
club. The county Is paying out now
for these inspectors about $3.50 per
month or over $4,000 a year. The
$4,000 a year is a drain on the funds
OF our depleted treasury ana absolute
y unnecessary.
Why Have Plumbing Inspector
why should there be a plumbing
inspector on the court house when
there is no plumbing to inspect Fur
thermore, why should there be an in
spectOr at all, in view Of the fact that
the county is paying frost & frost q
large commission to keep q represen-
tative en- the work who is acceptable /
20 the commissioners court and whose
duty is 10 see that the work is car
ried out strictly in accordance with /
the plans and specifications There is :
no necessity for an inspector on the &
county road, because the county engi- 1
ueer draws $3.50 q month to attend
to just such matters Such wild ex-
travagance is the explanation Of our
depleted treasury and the necessity at
this time Of borrowing $4,000 from a
local bank. Does this look like 'more>i
business and less politics.
Mileage for OrndOrff.
There is another small eXtrava-
gance that Is worthy Of note. not be-
cause OF the amount Of money in I
vOlved. but to show the disposition OF
the men in charge OF the county fl
nances- When Mr.. OrndOrff lived at
SOcOrrO he drew a dollar 3 meeting
for mileage, in addition TO his So day
1 am Informed Mr.. Orndorff moved TO