Milford chronicle., 1918-01-18
JrsT A LITTLE LIGHT on COUNT

AAAAaH
wei Wen. We congratuizts or
, selves Our paeisc criticisms Of or
Levy Cour1 have borne fruit. a grea'
deal of fruit. IL fact just foTry-rhres
inches q solid print from tae County
Engineer. Eho has ten districts 10
.ook after. IS he has informed Us He
don't have 20 tell Us again how busy
he j.. Hes proved the fac; b. the
I length Of bis defense. We are viii
+ ing 10 lay 2 little Del. just a lirlle one.
,hat our friend valiant, after be had
read the Chronicle the Journal -
the News" and the rest Of the pa
pers 70 which the busy engineer sent
his reply pronounced this benedic-
tion. Well done. thou good and
( faithful servant AL kinds Of paper
are sky high in price. and we 90 hope
that the Engineer did not use the
County supplies. but We are afraid
that he did Just think Of II. the
yards Of paper, carbon paper, envei-
Opes and what not a. county eI-
pense. As We said. We congratulate
ourselves. We also congratulate the
public. We, some days ago. express /
Cd some surprise that no minutes o. I
the Levy Court we're kept. al least /
very meagre minutes. But 70. and .
and again. behold. Not only are min
utes being kept now. full and COM
plete. but they are actually being Of
fered to the County Press. A little
1udicious criticism has worked q con-
siderable change already. and the
next move will be the resignationtion
Of the Assistant Engineer. excuse Us.
the Surveyor"
Now in reply 70 the busy Engineer, /
and with more seriousness. the use
Of the word "hypocritical" does not
hurt our feelings. neither does IT
help matters. We are heartily in
iayor Of an open. business admins
ration We are ready to applaud.
when given a chance. and on the 9th
r hand, We are ready 70 criticise
when that course is necessary, and il I
Gems 10 have been necessary. The B
,usy engineer says that he found Z
teHogapher in bis Office when he .
ook It over. but soon discovefed that 2
e had no use for one. and that stem q
grapher was chosen clerk 10 the d
Comptroller May we ask if this q
does not do consider q
bic work for his Office? As We un- Il
erstand the law. If the Levy Court v
deems it necessary" clerical assist v
nee may be provided for the Comp y
roller. but does the engineer mean "a
D say that Mr Valiant. who is for b.
economy frst and last. deems it ne ii
essary" TO provide clerical assist n
nee for the Comptroller? Is the 81
50 busy that he is com X
elled 10 have assistance? VIII the IL
ngineer and Mr. Valiant answer q
lis question. The real reason is that "
le Engineer has the stenographer. al
ut by more 'camoufage" she is T.
yled Clerk to the Comptroller You o'
.e. the Comptroller is a Republican. is
I'd by this clever method, the En- ga
neer has the stenographer, and the c.
1mptrOller gets the criticism. if any c.
'jection is made. Very. very clever. pu
It quite easily seen through. tn
The busy Engineer says his Office ou
IS no Assistant Engineer" on the W
it has only a surveyor" gu
does not make a cents worth Of co
ference by what pleasant name this pc
.rticular job is called. It costs the Sc
'unty just one hundred and twenty ST
'e good round dollars every month. ma
lich is pretty high for a Survey an
O." And this reminds us OF another po
ing. Are there no Delaware men It's
owe the draft age who are survey ins
S? Mr.. Valiant comes from Mary
nd, and he employed the busy engin- IN;
r. The Engineer comes from Mary ba,
nd and ne comes from Maryland. En-
d he employs the Surveyor who Tn
50 comes from Maryland. Why us.
is fondness for Maryland? We nje
ow Of several deserving Demo- ch,
ats" who are pretty good surveyors the
d who will be glad to get that one sa,
enty-five a month. and they live we
int in Sussex County. Their work lit