The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-26
CITY OFFICIALS
ARE COMMENDED
TiIton Praises City's Gov
eminent for Harmony
and Efficiency.
RESULTS COST LESS
Tax Dollar in Kenosha Doing
100 Cents Worth of Work,
st. Louis Man Says.

| High compliment was voluntarily
paid to the Kenosha city government
today by L. D. Tilton, st. Louis, city
planner, who has been laying out the
25-year development plan for the c1ty's
recreation.
Mr.. Tilton stated that never in all
the five years he has been meeting ana
working with officials of more than gu
cities all over the United States has
he come in contact with q more eff1-
cient organization than that which now
surrounds C. M. Osborn, city manager.
Kenosha taxpayers, Mr.. Tilton de-
clared, are getting more actual results
for every dollar they pay than are the
citizens of any city in which he has
worked during the past five years.
Results for dollars expended is the
absolute ruler to be used in measuring
the efficiency of city government" he
stated. Glow taxes mean absolutely
nothing l know of cities which have
lower tax rate than you have here,
but they also have a 'do-nothing' gov
eminent These cities are not Keeping
pace with the progress Of the times.
Getting full value for the tax dollar is
in the last analysis the only standard
to Judge efficiency by.
"In all of the cities where have
worked have never observed a higher
morale, q more harmonious co-opera-
ton of the various departments or a
more genuine interest in rendering
service to the city and in putting the
town on the map.
UT0nAifinnc horn a OOnSnIPnOUElV
different from that found in most cit
les that it is difficult to refrain from
pointing it out. However, this Is the
first time that have ever INDUCED
in any personal comment on the city
government of any city. AS a rule it
would be bad business.
City officials are generally found
standing around with the open palm.
It seems that everyone is attempting
to make a little Legitimate graft or
side money. A city engineer gets a
new suit by letting Bit of pavement
which is under standard go through as
o. K or a department head is present
ed with a watch by some grateful
concern who has been awarded large
contract. But here in Kenosha the city
hall air seems clean. Whispering and
winking is conspicuous by its absence.
"My dealings here have been princi-
pally confined to three departments
the park, the inspection and the city
engineers. Each department is eff
Gent and alive / was in charge of
parks in st. Louis for several years
and this work being my speciality l
probably can see more clearly in the
corners here than in the other bran
ches of the city government.
"The head of that department, I'll
venture to say, has more than saved
the taxpayers the cost of his services
by efficiency and by taking his job
home with him at night. Men at the
head Of park departments in other cit
les are producing results which, on
the surface, may look just as big, but
it takes the trained eye to see what is
actually going on. These other inen
are producing the results by the ex-
penditure of more money and time.
Here the directors discovery OF GER
tain kind Of grass for the golf green's
has saved the city $500 in grass seed
alone, while producing better results.
That is just one Instance. Hundreds
CT such incidents are saving your tax
payers thousands of dollars, and the
taxpayers are Untitled to know it.
1T has been pleasure to break my
rule against discussing city govern
ments," Mr.. Tild3n said.