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PAGE TWELVE THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1929 Better Men Offer Themselves For Office Under System of Smaller Council and Manager Chatham's Experience Has Been Editor of Chatham Daily News; ' Beneficial, Says the Gives Details of Sys. tem and How It is Working Out in the Maple City (8t, Thomas, Times-Journal) $t, Thomas electors will vote next Monday on a plebiscite looking to y change in the form of Clvie gov- iniment and one of these proposed (forms 1s that of a reduced city wunell of seven men and a city manager. This plan is now opera- ling in Chatham and for that reason he following letter which was received from RB, W, Angus, vice resident and editor of the Chatham ball Hen by the St, Thomas pecial committee, investigating the various systems, is very timely: With respect to your query res arding the working of the Councils fans er form of government in this city can only give you my ims pressions of the wptent after being closely in touch with it ever since it was Inagurated in Chatham, J would not wish to convey the im ression that the Council-Manager orm of government Is popular with everyone In this eity, It has its enemies, the same as all other forms of municipal control, But it has been In ph od here for seven years, ind at present date there is no-or anizged demand for returning to the ayor and Council form of control As to recommending it for / Bt Thomas, that is a matter in which only' a resident of St, Thomas, acquainted with the conditions which exist In that city, Is In a posi tlon to offer an opinion, The Council-Manager form of municipal control was inaugurated in Chatham after a very extended news paper campaign of education, In which the merits of the system were clearly outlined in an effort to cons vinee the ratepayers that it would be % desirable thing to adopt, You will readily see the value of this propa- ganda work, when you realize that the success of any system depends almost entirely upon the co-operation which is received from the rate payers at large, No system of goys ernment can be a success unless the people whom It affects are "sold" on the idea, The people of Chatham herefore were prepared to accept the Council-Manager form of con» trol, when it was Introduced, and were inclined to give it a falr trial, and to co-operate in making it » success, Mayor and Beven Aldermen ,,, The city of Chatham has what ls known as & Council-Manager form a government, The elective re- presentatives ure 8 Mayor and seven aldermen. The Mayor is elected for a term of one year, The aldermen re 'elected for two-year terms, four eing elected one year and three the next, uestion Number 7 asks "In your opinion Is mission form of gov: ernment more satisfactory than council form of government?" This question cannot be answered as | have had no opportunity to observe the working of Commisison form of government, Chatham's form of gov- ernment Is the Counell-Manager sys tem, Question Number 8: "In your opinion is eity manager plan of gov- ernment better 1" Is also difficult to answer since the system In Chatham Is a combination of counell and elty manager control, Question Number 91 "Hag the com: mission form of city manager plan reduced 'your tax rate!" The answer Is "No," but this answer requires some explanation, For Greater EMcloncy The object in instituting the Couns cil-Manager form of government was not exclusively one to reduce the tax rate, The object was to get more efficiency In municipal control; to see that full value was received for money spent; to promote more busi ness methods in the conduct of the city's affalrs; to co-ordinate the various departments of elvie admin. istration} to promote ceonomy In ex» penditures without impairing the In« terests of the citizens, or retarding the growth ef the city; and to ins troduce such activities for the d+ vandement of the community--some of these actually entalling extra ex- penditures==which could only be In. troduced through the adoption of the City Manager idea, such as industrial promotion for evample, It was felt that an experienced elvie adminis« trator glving all of hig time to munis glpal promotion and management, would give a class of service which could not be equalled by elected re- presentatives who of necessity devote Poultry Supplies 2 Cod Liver Oil ROUP REMEDY Black Leaf '"'40" A Quick Easy Way to get Rid of Lice and Mites MASH ' HOPPERS AND DRINKING FOUNTAINS, FUL' O' PEP and SUNBEAM SCRATCH GRAINS, CRACKED CORN ETC. COOPER - Phone 8 MASHES, SMITH CO. 16 Colina St, Telephone £2 62 FIVE DIRECT LINES TO CENTRAL FOR ; GENERAL MOTORS WOOD JEDDO PREMIUM COAL _ THE BEST PRODUCED IN AMERICA SOLVAY COKE WE ARE SOLE AGENTS All Orders Weighed on City Scales if Desived DIXON COAL Co. oni of thelr time to the work, » n the and Cron act ne & bord of directors of a great corporation ealing chiefly with the policies which sre to be adopted In the ement of the eity, The City Manager, acts much in the same capacity, as the + anager of a great corporation, He ly re- sponsible to the Mayor and Councll, to carry A their ollgies, It Is his duty to witer the details of man. agement, consulting the counel whe he condiders the matter of policy at stake, and of course, reporting to upon the manner In as carried out thelr in. structions In detsll, " wll of his ner tions he reports to the council and asks for approval, Delag Ww. by Committees The City ager performs the work which was formerly done by counell committees, He receives » attends to all complaints and sugges tions from ratepayers, He investi: gates thorough! and promptly all matters referred to him by either the council or the citizens at, large, with the result that many minor complaints from ratepayers which formerly were presented to an alder: man, ht up at the next meeting of the council which In some in: stances might be a couple of weeks away, referred to a council commit. tes to Investigate and reported upon at the next council meeting--an- other two weeks away--arg now pres sented direct to the City Manager, That official Investigates. immedi: ately, If it Is something that the manager can rectify at once, the thing Is done, If it Is something which should be brought before the attention of the counell, the Man: her presents it at the first meeting of the aldermen, along with the re- sults of his investigations and also his recommendations for the guidance of the council, Another advantage of this, is, that a pald oficial will usually Investigate such complaints more thoroughly than an elected re. presentitive, from the mere fact that the alderman In most instances has 8 limited amount of time to spend in the conduct of his sldermanie duties Also the Manager's recommenda: tions are apt to be more equitable and dneprejudiced, since he does not have to look at every question from the standpoint of a man who will be compelled to appeal to the ratepay- ers for political support at the end of the year, In addition to this the council Is fortified and justified in the action it may take, by the inves. tigations and recommendations of a man whe Is devoting all of his time, and his best judgment to questions which arise, and who, as a result of his experience from year to year in considering the problems peculiar to his community, stores up 8 Vast amount of a Hh which Is of especial value to the community, and particularly to men newly elected on the council board, Councils come and go from year to year---some of them competent, others of them pro bably not so competent=but the Clty Manager goea on continuously, and the aldermen learn to look to him for valuable counsel which as sists them to become better repre sentatives, Controls Many Di ents The City Manager of Chatham has direct control over the engineering fopartment, fire department, ely buildings and property, the sanitary department, parks, street cleaning, purehasin industrial promotion nd the General Works department, " addition to this he Is secretary of the po ce, commission, secretary of the board of health, and has a general supervision of all adminis: 9 ve departments, puch as the [] ketrsaniner, ax collector, ete, Quen on Fu er 10 aks | "What office staff does he re-place" He re: places as stated above the formal committees formerly appointed hy the counell, Since his appointment in Chatham the offices of Clerk and Treasurer have heen combined, © The total assessment of Chatham lo $13,534,600,00, The rate of taxation Is M4 mills on the dollar, Chatham's assessment Is made upon approximately 80 per cent of the actual value o Jyoperty, Question Number 15 asks: "If there has been a reduction in the number of aldermen in your elty, what advantage do you think that hast" The most apparent advantage is that it centralizes responsibility, on Offer . Chatham has long since discarded the Ward system of electing men to Ivie bodies, Before Counell-Manager orm of government was adopted, Lurve RAINBOW BATH SALTS This was such an sstonish- ing value that our first shipment Just Issted four hours, We have more In stook and oan All phone or enll orders once more, TWO POUND BARREL Rainbow Salts Crystal Barrel fAlled with delightfully perfumed salts of brilliant colors, A very soceptable gift for Christ mas, Good value nt §1,00, EXTRA WMPECIAL PRICK 49¢ Have Money by Shopping t THE REXALL #TORKS JURY & LOVELL King W, Wimeoe W, ' Phone 28 Phone 08 there was & general apathy displayed by good men who should have of- fered themselves for public service, With the troduction of the present system there has been an Improves ment, although conditions are not et perfect In this respect, They are in fact far from satisfactory, But enerally speaking, there seems to ' less difficulty getting good men interested In counell work when, the number of aldermen Is reduced Municipal apathy in this respect Is H A hs which exists in all parts of Ontario today and Chatham is hy no means free from it, Counell-Man ager government has not solved this problem locally but it undoubt odly has helped, I'he abolishing of counell commit tees has 'also assisted in getting more men of ability Interested In pldermanie work, Men who hesitate to seriously sacrifice thelr time In looking after the details of municipal Management are not so averse to serving on a council which virtually acts an a board of directors for the elvie corporation, With smaller coun« ells also, aldermen have wu greater realisation of thelr responsibilities, and therefore apply themselves more seriously and studiously to thelr duties Smaller councils are less cumber: some Chatham with over 16,000 population Is governed by a Mayor, seven aldermen and a City Manager Authority Is centralized, and in the ordinary working out of the, system, there Is a better chance of electing only the best of the men who offer themselves for public service, The al ternating system of electing alder men for two year terms insures each council of possessing at least some experienced representative, The fact that the Mayor is elected yearly, tends to Increase the interest of the ratepayers in the municipal elections from yean to year, Can Spend Small Accounts The City Manager has power to spend up to $200, for any purpose he feels disposed, without having first the sanction of the council, but all accounts are verified and approved at the next meeting, He attends, personally, all council meetings pre pares the agendn for each meeting and also prepares a yearly budget of expenditures fog the guidance of the eounell, The abolishing of committees, also abolishes the question of municipal {okies at the council board, 0 alderman is striving to get the great est proportion of the expenditures for his own particular committee No alderman is "bucking" another's recommendations for ecivie political Qurbosss. The aldermen are A mem ers of all committees, as it were, -------- GUARDS TRY 'TO DETECT DANGEROUS "INE SQUALL" Discovery of Squall's Ap. proach Will Protect Aviation Valentine, Neb, Dee, 31--A 2M hoursa-day guard will be mounted on blissakd-awept prairies during the winter for information on the dread: ed "Une squall" The "line squall", one of which ended the oareer of the dirigible "Shenandoah" several years ago while it was over Ohle on a westward filght, in one of the moat treacherous atmoapherio conditions for aviation, It 1a usually a squall or understorm of long front and little breadth, Through two motorised weather bureaus, set up by the Boeing Aly Transport company, origin and tern ination of squalls that are born in the tervitory will be sought, Two experienced naval radio oper ators with each bureau will take turne in keeping the stations in op eration day and night, STUDYING FOREST PROBLEMS To assist in the solution of for. eatry problems the Forest Service of the Department of the Interior is carrying on research work on the na tional forests in the western proy inces, and has established forest ox Jeriment stations at Chalk River mtario, and Lake Edward, Quebec Experimental areas have alse been established in New Brunswick, am research work is being conducted | Nova Scotia whieh is specially de signed to assist settlers fn the pro fitable management of their woodlots, NORTH BAY FACES FAMINE IN POWER Stringent Economy Ordered ~Streets Dark After Midnight w----y " North Bay, Dec, 81.~Warning | Toronto wholsssle (Sets re aifern of & serious power shoriage im- podice to serail, deniaty nf minent in the district is Issued by Lt fv exirny, eprians, 4 to ro +f hi ing 44.0 yipager oi he cody ho wil t exbii, vi bisguit ur o v J / ol Luiran, Ac; firsts, Ae) seconds, Wh Wlectrie Power commission, Low : tier=No, | Sremeryy prints, 4d; No, y creamery, prints, Ale, i aaditions hangs, Nori | oLustsesuon, luge its tim y ' triplets, j stilians, €y ly Bay will soon be without power, i ia el triplets and cuts, he sayn, stiltons, Me, Hydro here has & reserve suf " ficient to earry on, At present consumption, for a perjod of three week, To conserve power, sireset Mehta will be turned off st mids night tonight and until the situs- tion Improves, The eity will also place one of its muxiliary gas pumps in opera tion at the pumping station to cons serve a hig part of the power con sumed In that way, Applieatinn his also heen made lo the ra® ways to co-operate hy conserving all power possible and a direct appeal will be made to business houses and noussholders to gone serve power In every way possible, pp TO PRODUCE wlers wre offéring PRODUCE PRICES || + ON THE MARKETS ||| Special For To.D ay alt iters. thy 'lologn rices Wo | fe Hit, bi i oy, Wil he ima Cn a Gis 0 Il 1928 ESSEX COACH... 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