, 1922-12-10

EN1@- 80 AAaA R4A&Aa9G EAAlEs
To do this with the records of the
pas. staring me in the fsee, in the
ss2pe of paid operating bills to the
Casper Motor company. whose
books show an average eost Of OPP
Grafton of over Ore Hundred Dol
lars = month. not taking into con-
lsiderasion the depreciation in value
from the original purchase price,
could hardly be expected OF me. In
plain words. l felt inst one car was
enough to donate u the County and
! told you gentlemen 80, in as many
words
The statutes provide for trans
! n~ortation of County Officers In
the performance of their work. and
at your March meeting / suggest
ed that the Health Office use hired
taxi service, when the necessity
arose. This your Board refused TO
agi &c to, claiming your past exper-
fences showed that n of
travel too expensive. Your next
query was as to what rental ] would
efz-ge the County. were / to pur-
chase the car for use in County
Health Officers work. and J told
YOU Iewould not do so for less than
500 per month, IL it would be ex-
pected of me to pay all OF the op-
Grating expenses as well as the or
iginal purchase price and stand the
consequent depreciation loss. This
amount fer rental was arrived at
oy p~reeedents already established
by your Board snd by other local
Official boards. Your Board at that
time was paying other County en-
ployes even a greater amount for
the hire Of Ford cars. In n case
you were paying at the rate Of $40
per month and besides that. / un-
derstsnd, you were buying the nee
essary gasoline and oil. TIE Cas-
per School Board were paying at
that time to the School Nurse 500
per month for the use of the car
she owned and used in her school
work. The bills I paid on the other
car satisfied me that l could not
consistently do it for any Less. As
the city and county grew in pop
ulation so did the work Of this Of
flee.
All of you generally agreed the
Health Office required transporta-
ton to function in accordance with
the statutes. The only debatable
question was the sort of transpor-
tation you gentlemen would agree
upon. : You would not for a mo-
ment consider going back to the
use of hired taxis. You would not
let me buy the car and rent it 70
the County on the basis ! outlined,
and finally you decided as a whole
that YOU preferred to purchase the
car yourselves and pay the upkeer
on the same basis that You pur'
chased the automobile for the use
of the Secretary Of the local RED
Cross society. This agreement wa'
finally consumated by your Board,
One other matter l wish to bring
out, although you already know 1t.
possibly the public does not. anG
that IS that n other work besides
Health Offers work that i do
, does not require the use of an au'
!, tomcbile. I do not do any worl
/, outside Of my office laboratory
Hence, the only use for a a in my
business would be Health Officer
, work. l do not do any private gen
eral practice which necessitatei
work away from my office and q!
!, YOU know, 1 own my own automo
bile which | use when l seek plens
urc.
This letter is written for the rea'
son that there seems TO be q LOT
of unfair criticism of this act Of
yours. by people who are not famil'
lar with the whole transaction. One
can hear almost anything on the
streets and I feel that in fairness
to myself and to YOU. the records Of
this transaction should once and fol
all be made uublic property in thei,
le~ntiretv. I have always found that
tie majority of the people are fair
minded. but can often be msled by
faIee statements Of a few unprin'
cpled persons.
On several occasions since your
Board purchased this n / have OF
fered to pay to you the full pur'
chase price YOU expended for same,
less a rental of 800 a month for
the time the car was In operation. ]
to paw n expense thst you have
al-eadv paid as cost Of operation
since date Of purchase.
So to make tho records clear
tonce and for all. I hereby renew
that offer to you at this meeting,
/ want this letter to become q par
Of your nermanent records SO that
the people forever NAV know. ]
will take over this much discussed
Essex car at your ORIGINAL purchase
price with all the costs Of operation
up to date. you TO nay me $4,000
a month from March ut to ard in
elusive Of December 81, 1929. OF
as long thereafter as your Board
sees fit.
am renewing this offer to YOU
with the full knowledge Of the fact
THAT at this time the Essex eoach
sells now for $4,000 less than
what You paid for It and that tbs
probabilities are that for political
reasons. Natrons County will have
a new Health officer.
Suit yourself. Accept or reject.
but shove ell. let's keep the record
clear that all may know.
Yours YER trulv,
J. F. O'Donne'i.
Co. Health Officer.
Natrona County.
The proposition received from