Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-02
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Chester l.. Rightor, B. A.. in coilabo-
ration with Don c. Sewers. Pm. D.. and
Walter Matsheck. NJ: ~ The Macmil-
Ian Company. New York.
Efncient municipal government is a
\ growing demand of tho times, and the
! need for it is the. more pressing be-
the part of the public that in the gen
eral progress of the age. in which new
] and improved methods are being ap,,
5phed with wonderful success TO old
problems, this .QuickeninE impulse has
7 not developed in city administration to
the extent its Importance to the pub
lie interest imperatively demands.
y vast ma jority of cities, i, does not APP.
/, with the problem OF installing a more
/: splendid results. insomuch tina, they
while competitors in all those essen
sials which are counted worth while
In the making Of m 1S,l eities Ohio
z adopted a commission manager char
! ter, and on January /, 1914. it went
into erect e The P1yton nn Of
) cation OF business principles to the
( government of municipality. Ever
. since. the adoption of the charter Day
/ limelight 1t has been the guide and
I leader to other cities seeking govern
have copied. in whole or in part the
/, ,city-manaser idea. Thousands OF peo-
. pie interested in municipal affairs have
/. visited Dayton. Magazines have printed
articles Newspapers all over the
country have printed stories. Cities
{ like Chicago and New York are Sc
Supplying the principle in their govern
ments. Managers for counties are be;
! sity-manaeer laws. and other States
are considering the subject. Usually
Dayton is turned TO for the story OF
(. her experience. until in the eyes OF
thousands
has come to mean the best governed
s city in the United States"
ton of Dayton's remarkable expert
does not concern itself with city-man-
(, with the theories OF governmen, which
may be contained in this or other
forms Of munlct2al management, It
! done-the good and the bad the ac-
accomplishments and the disappointments.
1t tells Of city-manaEer government in
feet strong defense OF the city
!, manager government, it is concretely
government in one city. written with
the corporation of thos. intimately
( value of such book as this purports
to be is conditioned almost entirely on
the disinterestedness and ability of the
authors. Hence II is that former staff
4 members OF the Dayton Bureau OF Re
search have prepared the present vol
ume, and, we take it. the public will
logical persons to write it. since there
4 can be assumed certainty of disin-
terestedness For 1t is function of
bureaus Of governmental research and
4 the profession of bureau men TO make
unbiased, scientific studies OF govern
\ mental affairs. since they are inter-
ested primarily in the advancement Of
s good government everywhere For
s purposes of comparison. data for the
years yea ls14isl7 the four years under
last four years under the old plan,
are given where available and their
n interP h.of on, is LEFT to the reader
manent form the experience of four
Years or business management Of pub
the largest to apply these principles
and. besides answering hundreds OF
s inquiries from outside. presents non
technical. human interest. practical
s readable discussion OF business gov
% eminent" to the capable citizen: that
is, the man who q interested in his
.3wishes to know definitely in order that
he may act and vote intelligently on
4 public affairs.
;i, GUN, FODDER. BY A. Hamilton
Gibbs; Major, Royal ARTILLERY, with
This is the story of the four years
OF varied service in the English Hgh;-
X Cosmo Hamilton. novelist and p!sy.
/; wright. and Philip gibbs. famous war
correspondent. Like his brothers
1aMa1or gibbs possesses the Gift OF writ
~ ing. His is. therefore. one OF the
ttWost interesting, most illuminating OF
1.-the personal narratives that have come
SEout of the war. After a hurried train
ling at the outbreak of hostilities as
trooper in the Ninth Lancers. this
ISounE oxford graduate was sent 10
StFrance, where he Eroomed horses and
8 performed scout duty until Ne was
s}ccmmissloned second lieutenant and
returned TO England 70 train with a