The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-01-25

In view or the fact Tint n BIZ has
been introduced In the Legislature OF
this state permitting cities OF 10000
inhn bltants or over 20 changc their
form OF government. Il may be inter-
est.ng TO read the cxpcricn 'es of a
Kansas city man who. a few days ago.
dropped into Dayton. O.. where the
city nag plan is In effect. The
ma In question was r. r. Mcdonnell.
consulting engineer. Il was three
mlutes before . O'Clock when the KAN
sas city man dropped into the office
OF the Director OF public service and
inquired n tina: official was in.
NO" said the secretary. eiic looked
as II he had been NJ his desk an hour.
the director H. net down--yet
Mr.. Mcdonnell was nor surprised.
The Director continued the seere-
sary. spends the time from $40
O'Clock In The morning until = o'clock
IN going over the streets. WATCHING pr.-
waite ray.ng Jobs and this like
Then / stopped into the office OF
the city manager. Henry A. Waite"
said Mr.. Mcdonnell. n knew s O'Clock
was pretty early for a sis.000 man.
but Thought he might be down at that
time II he was the kind OF q manager
whose inspiration put his department
heads on the job at e:so O'Clock. Mr..
Waite was IN. his secretary said. but he
was busy on tile budget and did not
have a free moment until . o'clock.
Then n ! wanted. I could have an APP
pointment any ,ime-any time between
Q and e:fs o'clock"
Little Things Go advance In favor OF
the city manase plan?
Yes, but here IL the Impression these
incidents and others gave Mr.. McDan-
neil.
The whole atmosphere OF the Day.
ton city han reminds me q an eff
Gent manufacturing plant Every hit
OF business Is transacted in a business
like manner There's no talk about
the weather; no How are you. Tom?'
How are you. Joe!' and so on Tor half
IN hour.
The city employees realize tne men
who come 10 the hall are there to
trankac; some item Of business and not
In talk politics. Not that they are
not courteous. They are-,n the eS-
treme. But they simply handle the
clty's affairs as efficient. trained m
pioyes handle the business OF a big
corporation"
Dayton built an $4,000 garbage re-
duction plant and put q IN operation
Q year aro last November. Ths plan:
Noted the city 5000 the s,rss year
over and above a.; the cost OF opera
tion.
The collection Of garbage 10y Place
work has cut the cost OF collecting
garbage in haif.' Mr.. Waite said. I'm
der the old system garbage colIecting
was operated on the s-hour day basis,
When the city took hold. he
pat out one OF the Competent men
with a good team 10 Soc how much
work no could do In n day. Then the
city was divided into districts 30 each
man had enough work "a make a good
days Job. II one OF the men gets
through al 3 O'Clock, he can go home.
The remainder OF the day n his own.
Efficient mon get through NJ 3 Or
O'Clock. The drones have been wecded
out.
Il visited the garbage reduction
plant. II IL operated efficiently. There
is nothing 10 indicate u Is municpalts
owned" Mcdonnell said.
~ talked with at least thirty peo-
pie, none connected with tho city hala
about what they thought OF the CHS
manager plan. began wish the re'
Cap who carried my grip at the sta'
ton. the taxicab driver. the hotel olerl
the barber a 20 on. Evcsy one ~
them was satisfied.
"The entire tone and atutuda o'
the people Of barton toward thel
cify government h different than tina
I have ever seen anywhere else. !
IL very different than under the on
system ~ city rule. They Rnns
there IN no loafinr on the lob