The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-23

this city. This amount Of money. II
economically extended In our judg-
mcnt would have kent the streets
In the business section Of our city
thoroughly repAired Wo condemn
the diversion Of this fund hs wholly
unwnrrunted, and recommend that
the proper parties be called upon 10
secure It's restitution TO the city
treasury
Tue balance Of the fund. It seems,
has been expended In patching
cracks In curbs md minor defects
IN paving on residence and lightly
travelled streets. which did not re-
qulre attention nearly aH much as
our downtown sectionA
City Plant Should BE Run.
According to figures submitted uH
BY Mr., Walton, there was n balance
I'm the budget on Asrll Of IS, i27 90,
which shows that i2t, ,6Ss % had been
paid out up 10 that time. lie fur
ther advises that Il will require tho
balance OF the budget 10 take carr
Of payroll up to July I. out Of
this expenditure OF money. accord
Ing 70 MIR Waltons statement. only
fb,0lASO OF this amount has been
expended for materials, According
90 the figures submitted At the end
of the fiscal year. July /, this year.
out Of this budget, approximately
sixteen thousand dollars win have
been expended for salarles. notwith-
standing that the plant owned and
operated by the city and which OF
neseHsity requires some considerable
labor TO operate has never been
operated during the year. II ls, there
fore. apparent that Jobs have been
created at sacrifice Of proper
street maintenance, We find on In
Vestigatlou that during the year, hp-
proElmately twenty blocks Of paving
have been laid and about fifteen
blocks Of side walk. which certainly
would not require the services OF any
considerable force Of inspectors.
II Is the Judgment OF your com
mittec that II was step backward
to abandon the use Of the municipal
paving plant, allowing II 10 remain
Idle while tho work ls more ak
pensively and no better done by prl-
vate concerns. Previous admins
trations, we feel, have demonstrated
10 the citizens and the taxpayers
that our municipal paving plant,
economically operated was valuable
asset TO the tNNnavers of this city.
Much has been said In the past year
about municipality owned plants In
this city, and II occurs to your com
mittee that II some other plants In
the city should I've operated cconoml-
cally by the city that tho municipal
paving plant. with the overhead CH-
pense already provided for should be
an economical proposition
Downtown Streets Filthy
The downtown streets Of our city
have never been so filthy and insRn-
itary since the days when we had no
paving IN that section. The health OF
the city is being daily subjected to
this condition, and we condemn the
manner In which II Is taken Cnre or
What has become OF our white Wings
that in days gone by were 80 much In
evidence with container and broom,
who we're daily engaged IN taking
from our streets the accumulatlons7
We find, In referring to the records
Of the city hall that the department
of public works has employed at this
time, and has had for some time,
eleven inspectors AT salary of 500
per month each As referred 10 In "A
former paragraph, only twenty blocks
OF paving and approximately fifteen