Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-06
DADS GOING SLOW
ON APPOINTMENT
Create Position Of Assistant
Superintendent of
= City Parks.
NAME AN INSPECTOR
Further Police Selections
Are Postponed Until
Next Week.

While several city employees patient
ly awaited any word coming from in'
commissioner chamber whoro the
city fathers met In regular session
yesterday morning TO see II the Ak
had fallen To sever them from the po-
sitions they have ncld through the
old administration. Mayor summons
and his commissioners carly In the
s~Hsion stated other and moro import
ant matters were Ia ho hfoukhl w
and all new appointments. with tnt''
exceptions were postponed unul
later date.
The police department, in which
there has been many changes ana
which is the contor of interest IN IN"
pruning. was left untouched hN tho
action Of the commissioners the thicc
new appointments being In the park,
sewerage and engineer departments
W :. O'Rricn was selected as a
sewer inspector the salary tot TINS
position hoing fixed AZ so a month
W N Morrison was Hppoln'od 'Ns'Ht
ant superintendent W parks, a newly
created position at a salary ot 80 u
month. and J. NJ Adk,usou as book
keeper IN the engineer Department. at
a salary of see u mouth The urst
duties W Mr Atkinson Will oc to
make n complete inventory ot the
stree, department and report back to
the auditor and the head ot TINS de
partmcnt,
Riiis Held Up.
Nurns the meeting several hills
were presented to the commissioners
tcr their approval but upon u motion
II Was decided that before payment
was made complete audit Of the
,itN's funds should he made, that the
exact amount IN each department
might he known before warrants wrr"
issued. These bills probably will ho
acted upon at the next rcgu'ar
meeting.
Tn, rcport ~ the health depart
ucni was accepted Ivy the commls-
sicnerS the statistics showing that
durins the month W April there were
Al deaths and 20 births. Ot this num-
her VI deaths pneumonia led with
seven and gunshot wounds were re
spous,hlc Tor five.
The stork did not even things up
very we'll II girls giving their first
lusty yell during the month Just
closed. while hut eight boys were
ushorcd into Tulsa households. OF the
twenty births reported. 10 were white
The report also shows that duriur
the month there were ll0 complaints
investigated by the department, 10 IN.
Spcctous made aud a score of houS"i
placardod, Fourteen houses were
tumigatcd hN instructions from the
department and siN were placed uudol
quarantine.
Named repositories.
The commissioner while discuss
ing the subject Of city funds. passed q
resolution making every bank Al
present doing business IN Tulsa q
CITY depository,
The bond of Commissioner walker
also was accepted hy the commission
Crs during the session.
The necessary steps were taken 10y
the city officials To permit the pre-.
scntation ot the question of nCrVaS
inr the school tax levy as asked In a
letter from the school directors
The letter stated that five mills levy
was not sufficient to provide the
funds needed and asked that three.
and seven -touths mills more he al
lowed The question viii hc voted oI
Jointly with the election OF thrC,
rChool directors ON May lG.
The question of paving scNcrn
streets and constructing "A snnttar,
scwcr In the east section OF the city
was passed over fur the approval an,
recommendation OF the engineers de
rartmcnt.
Following a conference between th'
commissioners and officials of tn
frc department, the meeting ad
tourncd to moot In regular SCssiOi
Tuesday morning.