The Cordele dispatch and daily sentinel. [volume], July 05, 1925, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

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HIGHWAY REFORMS ARE
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"“URGED OF HIGHWAY DEPT.
AUDITC/R SLATE CRITICIZES
~. OVERLAPPING, AND URGES
-+ THAT ONE OFFICIAL BE MADE
-+ RESPONSIBLE FOR WORK. |
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ATLANTA, July 4—Drastic reorms
in organization of state higway de
partment are urgdd by Sam J. Slate,
5 'it'file‘audito[‘. in his comment attach- |
éd’ to the officlal audit of the dv-'
chaptment; presented Friday to (:m'.,
x &mor, (lifford Walker. . !
35}.&1"&&4 wabte and extravagance is |
Cfondgmned by the auditor, and two |
it had of flre departmient, W. R.|
N_gq!_é;x,ate highway eneincer, and |
H.: Gt 'Bhblir, secretary and treasurer.
-ere called on to pefund to the state’
“pixed expense allowances of s2u{m§
“and $126 per month, resnectively,
Whivvh. were granted them during
1923 and 1924. The staie auditor
characterizes these fixed allowance:
a 8 illegal, !
Expense accounts of © odticials ol !
:!'he’:lépfirt‘m}.-m on l(mgy trips mnsi(ivl
h}o&'g»lle?.,s’(g!,q‘nrv «-rifi('i'm-d, two in-|
flWfi:fien’zL‘ used as, iliustr:fl!un::.!
“.M.eq:g‘('j&.';sio%,,ofl‘i«_.iuls' convention |
__ef a highway in Chicago, und one :l'
<Aighway, commissioners’ convention, |
“WESEh “Frincises. On each of tliese
o¢casions, the awditor poinis oul,
giy individuals went from the Geor.
gia derartment, with all «x;u-nsv..!
paid, whereas he helieves one, and
not more than two persons, would
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have been “ample vepresentation for
Georgia.
““Bad Precedent’’ [Riapp®d
The practice of paying for bhoard
and lodging of the chairman of the
state highway board, John N. Holder,
while he is in Atlanta, criticised,
though it is thought that this s
prrobably legal as it was approved by
'ihe board. The habit sets a ‘‘had pre
'(-mlent," it is stated, and the ilems
‘should be covered hy a salary in
crease, - |
iteccmmendation in the repert in
clude many econcmies and chanzes
in the present srstem, including a
suggestion ’t\hat he legislature con
sider the plan of plaieng read main
tenance in the hands of the caunties,
that the equipment depot at Fast
Point be ahandoncd; that the quar
iy at Oglesty, in Elbert county, he
disposed of as scon 25 possibie and
that the cafeteria sopervated f{or em
nloyes at East Point be either placed
on a costpaving basis or discon
tinued.
The fact that the department has
received millions of doilars worih of
equipment {rom Washington, {
which there ihere is no record or in
ventory or method of auditing valucs
and losses, is algo the subject of
criticism and it is suggested that it
migiht be adivsable for the lezgisla
ture toy provide necesgsary funds for
an auditor to go to Washington and
check up the amoant of equipment
«ont here,
The alleged habit of lcaving equin
ment exyosed to the weather and
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E.“’ithu‘.ltw]n'oivclidn T against petly
;‘thievexy is the subject of adverse
‘,s-mnmom and it is recommended that
lnu new equipment he purchased, or
as little as possible, until some
!nwans cf protection against the
jravn_fms of the elements and thicevps‘
iz:m he devised. i
;' Sincle Official Urged |
[ Over-lapping of authority '.wlweo:ni
fthn chairman of the board and U;e’
E:«‘i'n'e highway engineer is ¢ rn:]enmrrll
and the legislature is urged to nwkef
one official responsible for the en
{ire department. It also Is pointed
out that in the divisicns, of which
there are nine, there is considerable
cveridapping of atthority between the
¢ivisisn engineers in charge of spe
cial projects. Positicns of division
cishiers are unnecessary, it is stated
and should be abslished and 21 s;:f-;
aries and expenses paid by '~.'n'.:":\..f=z':~'l‘
from the East Point office. }
Designation of cne official ar “(.7\"‘j
rensas supervisor’’ is n:"t;:mnrz:u’.t:d4
to check all perscnai expensc ;;\-1‘
counts which, it is ztated, should :,(;f
on a reasonaile hasis for travel, Guse
fenance, upkeep, ete,
There are ton many actomobiles
maintsined for use of o¥icials and
employees, says Mr. Slate, and he
recommends that cars only be pro
vided for those individuals who avc
iravelling practically all of the time.
He also criticises the practice of
buying expensive cars and recom
mends that only two mokes ef cara
be' used, the ones costing aboatl §l,-
000 and the other absut §5OO, in cr
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
'TIIRED s 21 CG3ENT
LUMBERBAN SHOT
f IN STREET FKiGHT
{ ALLENHURST, July 4—As a re.
if,'!l! of an altercation at Allenhurst at
midnpight Wednesday, A. A, Martin,
aged 45, head millwright {for the
Durnlevie Lumber Company, is dead,
¢nd W, A. Rivenbark, his confessed
siayer is in jail here where he will
probably remain until the September
term of court.
According to Martin's statement to
['zz‘fi(crs, he was acosted on the main
'E street of Allenhurst and invited for
B ride with Rivenbark, the latter al
so asking what he (Martin) was
dcing that time of night This is said
(o have frritated Martin who is said
to have repled that it was none. of]
Rivenhark’s businecss, |
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One word hrought on ancther .'mt!;
soon the men were fighting, dwing
vhich Rivenbark drew his piste! and !
cnd fired, snocing Mariin teneath |
the heart, the bhall juassing tlu'nughf
and out of the latter’s hedy. i
Martin .ig survived by a v.‘!.'!(r.';}
and six children, who reside at Keiler l
in Bryan county, where his body was |
sent or interment. He was Lorn In‘l
Marion ccunty, S. €., but had resided
in Georpia scmething like "25 years
‘l]h- w2B highly regarvded by all whe
knew him and wag reputed to have
l‘-.:'f.-n a man of high character.
ldu' to make ecenomies in baving
i Lires cte,, at whelessle may be nrac
! ticed.’
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CHAPHMAN TRIAL
By The Associnteq ress,
NEW YORK, July 3.—Judge New
¢ll Jennings, who presided at the
trial at Hartf>rd, Conn., of Geralld
Chapman, befcre sziling today on a
vacation in Europe, said:
‘‘Chapman had a lot of nerve and
friends. He wonld have made a
great publicity man. It is a. shame
that he did not tnrn. kis great anility
into prorer chanuels. e is a most
likable fellow.’’
Chapman is now in the Connecticut
state pricen at Wethersfield awaiting
the resuit of an arnczi from his
death sentence,
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