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Tiis onsGori eunday jput.::al rc....: i vr MvVf 1 r .;.WEMir Bit LA He's ClcrK o! the Council, Keeper Holder of the Gity's Pvrse-Strings lion Bureau at Large on Every thing In, -About, Above and Below the City, H H THOMAS C DEVLIN. ortland's city auditor, receives salary , of tl.000 year and ta earns the noiur. A man ' must be peculiarly adapted for the' po eltlon. Ha nuit bava a large capacity for -work and an Inclination to give at , tantlon to datalla and lastly ha muit been a cniallfled to tar of tha city for flva yaara preceding his' election. Tha eitv auditor la tha aeeountlna and clerical offlcar of tha city and kaapa tha raeorda of avary board and comrala alon in tha elty government excepting tha civil aarvtoa commission. To assist him In his duties tha auditor may ap point a enter aeputy ana suen assistants as tha olty council may deem necessary. At praaant there are nine deputies and clerks employed in Sa several depart menis ox uie oinoo, Tha auditor la required by the char- tar to be In his office dally during; of- floe hours. 3a la tha custodian of all ' accounts, books, vouchers, documents ana papers , relating to tne accounts ana contracts of ths city. Its debts, revenues ... 1. aI tl. na Si ahle on short emtio td rive the axaot eondltlon nf tha ftlt v traaaurv and of every appropriation and fund thereof on demand of the mayor, tha council or any committee, the executive board or any board or oommlsston la tha city : government. In order to do this he must keep an accurate- account of all money . paid , Into and out, of tha city treasury. . . - Tha auditor must approve no demand unless It baa been allowed by tha of ficer, board, department or committee authorised to act on it.' If ha finds ' that a demand for money from tha city im nn in ar it la tile mitv in rtwi ma ' claim and report the matter to whatever - department issued the claim. . ' Treasury Watchdog. ' - -' . Tha auditor kaapa a register of war- Mfita. ahntrlnv. tha' funds nnnn whfnh they are drawn, the number, whose favor, for what service, and tha appro priation applicable to their -paymerC . He cannot .allow tha payment of any demand out cf its order, nor give pri ority to one demand over another drawn on the same fund, except that when lia bility for any claim presented la not sufficiently apparent to him, he may delay the payment until tha liability la determined. When any demand has been approved and audited the auditor must fill out a warrant and sign it and send '. It to tha mayor for his approval. No warrant is permitted drawn by tha mayor and auditor until there are suf ficient funds In the . city treasury to meet tha payment. : Over the drawing of salary warrants , tne civil service commission noiaa a check- Kvarv navroll muat be nreaentel . to tne secretary ox tne commission or President Ramsey' a. Foe of .in From tha New Tork World. PERHAPS at no point ta there more real Interest being taken In the nreeent ficht between President . . Joseph Ramsey of tba Wabash and George Gould than In Pittsburg. Aslds from Pltsburg being practically the storm canter of trouble between the millionaire owner and hla hustling em ploye, Pittsburg waa ths chlldbool home of Ramsey. It was here h had his first troublss; here he made his first successes. In the spring of IMS there walked Into the office of Chief Engineer Baker callow-looking youth who might lust have escsped from a country school room. Baker was busy and at tha Urns curt, but hs gavs tha visitor a minute. "Ramsey is my name Jo Ramsey. I live over here In Birmingham. I want a job," hs said. Birmingham la now South Pittsburg. "What can you dor' asksd Bsker, shortly. I can draw things. Tv been three months to mechanical school, but didn't learn much, and I want to get right Into the real work." "Do you Uk to arawr asaea Baiter, while several well-dressed elerka turned away to. grin. ' "Uke it? Ton bet I do." said young - Ramsey, ' with a feeling that won the heart of Baker. ' "Report tc ma tomorrow morning." And so It was 11 yaara ago that Jo soph Ramsey first entered a railroad of floe. The Panhandle waa then worry, ing about a new bridge to b built over the Muskingum river at Zaneavllle, Ohio, n.t ha n.kAT "who 11 kiwi ta draw" was put to work on tba plana. It was before tha days of blue prints and most of ths work was inligures, and Ramsey turnsd out a really creditable bit of work. So good waa it that when tha rnaui was raadv ta commence to erect the bridge Baker called tha young man in and said: "Ramsey, can "you build that bridge for msT "Yes. sir." . "Take charge tomorrow morning." The bridge was built by young Ram sey, and la today as strong apparently aa when completed mora than a third of a xenturjr sgo. It was Ramsey's first big work and ha la vsry proud of It It was but a short tlms aftsr this that General Negley, having a world of money behind him, sent to Baker for a first class engjineer to build tha Ralls Gap road In the mountains of central Pennsylvania- ftamaav waa ' sent, end Negley simply went Into spssms when ha saw ths youthful engineer. He sent a hot message to. Balfer saying he had sfked for an experienced engineer, not for a boy. . .. ' "You're got tha best engineer X know. v .. hhiiu . ruatu vim uw . . iiriih Ton let him alone," wss tha slssling message sent bsck to Negley, who re luctantly turned tha work over to Ram aey. So well was ths work dons that the Engineering and Mining Journal of Now York sent experts to sxsmlna ths It miles of road after completion, and the result waa a three-pace article on It filled wltti praise for tba young en gineer. J . . Father Henrlcl: of tha famous Eeono mite society got his eye on Ramsey about this time and set him to work mapping out a Una of road for that: & & tha auditor who approves It before war rants are drawn. If a man la found on the payroll who has pot been ap pointed according to. civil service rules, tha commission withholds tka "certifi cation of his 'salary- warrant. In this manner tha civil service commission keeps a check on every department to prevent violation of . tha rules of .the commission. '. Tha city auditor la at tha head of the license department - of the city, He muat lasua all licenses authorised by ordinance upon tha delivery to him of tha receipt of tha city treasurer for ths money required for tha license. Two deputy auditors, known generally as city license Inspectors, keep a thorough check on all buslnsss In tha elty; and when any firm or Individual who, so cording to tha city ordinance abould secure a license, fella to do so, the In enactors notify them and If they then fall to take out a lioenss they arc prose cuted. He's Council Clerk, Too. . ' Aa clerk of tba elty council tha audi tor keepa a record of all tba proceed ings of tba body and of all tha commit teea thereof. Either be or tne of his deputies attends each meeting. He Is also tha clerk of tha elty executive board and of tha commltteea thereof, tha municipal water board, tha city park boartL and tha city board of health, and all books, records " and papers of ths same ara kept on flls in. his office. On demand of tha council, executive board or committee or board in the elty government tha auditor furnishes cer tified copies, mapa or transcripts of records, and to outslds parties on pay ment of a fee, which goes Into tha gen eral fund. . - A record of all the real property In ths city la kspt by ths auditor who, to do this, must keep abreast of -the rec ords of ths county clerk. This Is neo eesary for tha aasessment of tha cost of street Improvements and for other municipal Improvements. On or before January 1 of each year. the officers, boards and commissions file with tha city auditor an estimate of tha expenses and disbursements of their departmenta for tha ensuing year in order that tha mayor may prepare his budget and tha council fix tha tax rats tor the year. " - ' . June 10 and January I tha auditor prepares a semi-annual report showing tha recelpta and disbursements and the state of each particular fund In the city treasury. He also reports to the city council the financial transactions and financial condition of ths city for each year , ending December tl. As a part of each annual statement tha city auditor includes an Inventory of all property of tha elty, togethsr with its condition and approximate value. This Inventory be can demand of tha officers In charge of tha departmenta of the municipal government. ' ' . Many of tha details of tha office are attended by tha deputlea and the clerks. Tha chief deputy keepa tha raeorda or society, which had decided to Invest soma of Its millions In tapping a rich coal field. This waa abandoned after tha plans were drawn, but in the mean time James H. Hopkins, now a million aire of Washington. District of Colum bia, then head of tba Pittsburg Southern railroad, offered Ramsey a good position ss superintendent of the line. For more than two years Rsmsey handled this road, a miserable little narrow-gangs affair, running from Pittsburg south to Washington, Pennsylvania, It miles. It wss while on this road that Ramsey got bis first real taste of train running and dstall of railroad life. There were but two engines on this little line, neither of them weighing over 10 tons. Ths line wss a succession of short curves and high Broaden trestlea About the eecond week after Ramsey took charge both the little locomotives Jumped the track at different points on the Una Ramsey, who at the time was at Washington, Pennsylvania, walked into the yards of tha Wsynesburg Washington road, with which tba Pitta burg Southern had connections, and finding ono of that road's two locomo tives with stssm up hs climbed on board and took It out onto hie own line, leav ing word for tha W. W. people that no bad "borrowed" one of their engines. Tie nervy young superintendent re turned tha borrowed locomotive the next day In person, and swora right back at tha enraged and profane W. St W. peo ple, who had been left high and dry for 14 houra by Ramsey's "borrowing" a lo comotive. "I had 10 have an engine, and I saw youra on tha track and I took it Hera It la. Much obliged. Send ma the bill for one day's rent cf a locomotive," said Ramsay, and hs stalked away. It waa shortly aftsr this that Ramssy Installed- telephones as. a medium of train dispatching, and ha was undoubt edly the first to put this Idea Into prac tical use. sjso the first to throw It out and announce that train running by phona would never do. His words of If ysara ago have proven true. Train run ning has nsvsr been a sucoess by 'phona. Tha line erected by Ramsey was a won der In its way. There were five sta tions of Importance between Pittsburg and Washington.. Telephone stations were established at each. True, Ram ssy didn't have a lot of trains to handle, only two, but h managed to do a lot of work and carry a lot of freight. After three montha of worry and hard work with tha telephone, be had tha Una torn down and established tha tale graph. " 'Phones are always getting out of order -and always wDL You can't do pend on them in railroading," said Ramsey as he gave orders to uproot the system for road Improvements. -Ths road would not give Ramsey any money and matters were so bad that the superintendent wss compelled to travel on the line moat of his time In order to be on bend when anything hap pened. His quick grasp on a situation was shown In tha summer of S1, when tha only available locomotive,, the other had been sent to- tha shop, plunged over a hill midway between Pittsburg and Washington, Ramsey heard about It six mllea away, and, borrowing a farmer's horse, rode to tha wreck. H ws a bad wreck, but inside of 10 minutes Ramsey had figured out Just how that locomotive must be rolled up the hill by hsnd. ss he had no other en gine to aaelst In tba work. He pulled a telegraph, a relay Instrument, and a of the Records and Informa- the fl nan os of tha eity, entering each separata item beneath tha respective fund In which it belongs. In this man ner an exact record of tha flnanoes may be kept and the amount of money re maining , In any fund may be deter mined on. short notice. Tha chief dep. uty also assists in recording uta pro ceedings of tha city council and elty executive board and often takes the place of the auditor at such meetings. He also acta frequently as secretary of tha boards and commltteea There la a warrant clerk whose duty It is to make out all tha warranta Issued by tha elty and to lasua requlaitlona for supplies la tha several departmenta Another deputy acta as desk clerk and takes complalnta, files papers, takes the receipts for warranta Issued, and ad ministers oaths . ta oincera Two deputies era kept busy In tha record rooms who sntsr all proceedings regarding street and sewer Improve ments. Issue notices to property-owners of ths aasessmsnts of costs of improve ments and keep tha record of all realty In tba olty. Two additional deputies ara engaged In tha aasessment department, figuring out tha asseasmnts of costs of Improvements. This is perhaps tha m6at difficult poattlon to fill la the elty au ditor's department for the reason that a person must be peculiarly adapted to the work. - Tbeae clerks must be ax pert accountants. Watching the Licenses. , ' " Two atsnographors ara ' kept busy writing up tha raeorda Three deputies are required In the license department. One acta as a elsrk and keepa a record of ali-ltcejuae issued while two act as license inspectors and spend much of their time looking up Individuals who are delinquent with their licenses, and prosecuting such Individuals ,as refuse to comply with the ordinances. Another deputy acts as secretary of ths fire department He keepa tha rec ords of tha meetings of tha polios and fir committees of the executive board ' and . the statistical record of fires, Issuss permits for bonfires la the city and attends to other details of the office. Tha city auditor usually reports at ths offloa by i:J0 o'clock and vlalte tha va rious departments and assigns tha depu-J tlss to work. His mall is often quite heavy, many- letters of . Inquiry being received from persons In and out of the city concerning Improvements or assess monta agalnat thair property. Ha files such matters as nsed the attention of the council or the executive board or other boards or commissions and dlo tatss repllss to such inquiries as need his personal attention. Complalnta of various nature reach tha auditor by hnndreda . Ha has to bear tha brunt of the criticism for many things for whlcji hs 1s not responsible. Many complain to him that tha assessment of cost of soma Improvement is excessive or that tha aaseeement haa not been made on aa equitable basis. People who desire spe cial permits harass him.. Watches the Payrolls. As auditor ha Inspects all tha payrolls of ths. several departments and all the slalms filed against the city to make sura they ara correct. If JusvAnda any George Gould pair of pole climbers out of his over coat pocketa, and, climbing a pole, cut the solitary strand of telegraph wire, and completing a circuit by attaching It to a rail, rigged up hla own little tele graph office in the woods and called his office In Csstle Shannon, 10 miles distant Hs ordersd out a handcar with the necessary tackle and in three hours more waa at work hoisting ths to-ton engine from tha creek by hand. It took two days, but he did it About this time Joseph Walton, than tha eoal king In western Pennsylvania, was attracted to Ramsey. Walton, taking a ride over the little narrow gauge line, noticed a man running ahead of tha engine oil 4 steep grade scatter ing aand on the rails. Another day he saw the sams man doctoring up a crlp- ftjed locomotive which had broken down n tha road. Again he saw him turning switches for his train, and finally hs spoke, having learned that It waa Ram sey, the young superintendent "Young man." said tha old million aire, "I've been watching you soma time. I'm Walton, the coal man. I'd like to stake you In some buslnsss, for you're a wonder. Better come and aee me tomorrow and we'll talk things over. I've something better than this Jerk water road." . "Is It a railroad proposition r aald Ramsey. - "Railroad hell," said Walton, whose plain talk waa one of his strong polnta "No. It's eoal." "Much obliged, but Z guess III stick at railroading," aald Ramaey. "An" by , i n bet you own your own Una some day!" shouted Walton, aa ha grasped Ramsey's hsnd. "Always remember that old Joe Walton has a million or two, and If you want to buy a road Just come and see ma" Walton Is long since dead. While ha lived he never lost sight of Ramsey, and were he living today his millions would no doubt bs at tha disposal of Ramaey In his fight sgalnst Gould. . On two occasions did Ramsey by his own Hereon al efforts end at great dan ger to himself ssvs the lives of train loads of psssengera The first wss In the winter of lltl, when the night train on hla little narrow-gauge stuck In what Is known as the Mount Lebanon cut It la a cut on the slds of the hlgheot hill In Allegheny county, and Is todsy the coldest portion of western Pennsylvania. The snow was vsry deep and the ther mometer below sero. ' There waa no house nearer than a mile from the place where the train stuck, and ths drifting snow would soon cover the train. There wss but little coal On tha small train and no hope of eontlnulng lira through the night There were 10 passengers on the train. Includ ing seven women. Rsmsey, anticipating trouble, had come on the train himself and was riding in ths cab with "Jim" Schooley, his engineer. He saw that It waa almoat suicide for the passengers Ho - start out Into the blinding snow. while it was surs death from cold to re main there all night. He. told the pas sengers to cheer up, and Jumping from the train disappeared In the blinding snow. Two hours Ister Farmer Gutbub, a mile from the cuj, beard a nolss on hla back porch, and discovered Ramsey, well nigh frosen. The superintendent gsspsd that his train wss stuck and the ptssengers would frees. , An hour later a double yoke ef oxen had broken Its wsy to the train., and tba psssen gera almoat frosen, were tsken by sled-, loads to tha house of the farmer for the nle-nt. , . . L ..J Mm - ft- X WW U--p'.,- : - lip i .'-s5!r ' Ci ... j,-i' ."lv? ' St f , feW; .... V 4 " 'iif I WM " y v ' V 1 JK yy . yy t ry 'y-y' : y :;. i EEVh :- ' ' But there was no rest or meal for Ramsey. Three miles away ha knsw of a telephone, and through the drirte ne floundered that night to eall up every one In that part Of tha country to Be rye notic that all tha pssssngera from the now-stalled train were aafa. Then It wss that Ramsey got time to look him self over, and he. spent the next month attending a pair of badly frosen feet Tha next llfesavlng stunt waa on ths Cincinnati Hamilton St Dayton road, to which be went. after finishing with the Pittsburg Southern. He went as chief engineer of the Cincinnati division. There had 'always been great loss sach spring on this division because ' the spring floods washed away tha little station-houses along ths river end Milk creek line. Rameey took charge about the time the flood waa due, end ho did some quick work. He doubled up wrecking crews, and 14 hours before the flood arrived he anchored down the threatened stations with ties and old rails, miking them too heavy for. the water. He saved the stations and slso saved the road many thousands of dol lars his nrst week. On tha night tha heavy water struck tha Cincinnati division Ramsey went to tha front In earnest for his people. It waa certain that tha train due In Cincinnati about ten that night would be tha last over the line for days If It avsr could get In. There waa some fear expressed about tha safety of this train. Twenty mtnutea out of Cincinnati that night tha engineer of the flyer was stopped by a red block. A man In oil skins wittTa, lantern and a chart climbed Into the cab. "Go on, Joe; go like hell, too. I'm Ramsey. We've got to got this train through." "Joe" Bristol, the engineer, still tells about that ride. The water became deeper and deeper over the tracks hid on that dark night by the swollen river. At one point Ramsey ordered "Joe" to stop. "Bad bit ef road here. I'm afraid. Joe, Follow me. . but don't run me down," aald Ramsey, as hs slid out of the cab Into Icy water half way up to his knees. He walked tha whole' way Into Cincinnati, three miles, ahsad ot that train, wading in water often over his knees, but sounding with a stick every yard of the track before he would allow the train to corns on: "At midnight the train reached Cincinnati with all aafa The next morning Ramsey reached the office late. The superintendent not knowing that he had been wut brlnirtng in the train fumed and fussed. When Ramsey finally arrived the boss Jumped on him for not attending to business and being on hand promptly, Ramssy ssld he waa sorry not to be on time, taking his scolding meekly. An hour later the superintendent heard of Ram ssy'a work tha night before; also heard something else. He called for him. "Ramsey, Is It true you went out and brought that train , In at midnight T" "Yes, X brought It In." - "And Is It also true that you left your wife sick ta go to the hslp of those psssengera r' "Yea She was pretty sick last night," said the" engineer. "It's a boy.. Ho waS born while I waa out In the watar there. We are going to call him Jack.'1' - Tha head of the road gulped down a lump and said: - "Your salary Is In creased 1100 per year, Mr. Ramsey, be ginning laet night" "No. . You are not supposed to pay a man extra for doing what he's paid for doing," said Ramsey. . "Well, well make the Increase for Jack's sake, then. Ramssy," . said ths head of the road. And Ramsey did not fuss furthest i THOMAS C. DEVLINCITY AUDITOR. Do A LITTLE black and white long haired eur, rejoicing In the name of Jim, has avsnged his ' owner's death by revealing the murderer. He was the only witness of the murder of hia maatar, W. P. Burns, a wealthy farmer of Pocahontaa, Arkansaa. "Ed" Hubbard, a woodsman, is ths convicted principal In the deed, and -"Willie" Roberts, who was Burns housekeeper, Is chargsd with being ac cessory to the crime. ' The motive was the desire of Hubbard and "Willie" Roberta to come Into pos session of the property of Burns through a will mads at the Instance of the woman. But Xor Jim the crime would possibly have gone undiscovered, for It waa his love for his master that sent him to the house of a neighbor, where his whlnss and actlona suggested to ' the neighbors that something unusual had happened. The neighbor made a search, which resulted In finding ths body at the bottom of the river and the ulti mate unraveling of the plot that ended In murder. Jim did not stop with notifying ths neighbors of the crime, but appeared In court, and when Hubbard was arraigned gave testimony of his hatred .by show ing his teeth and growling when the accused man was brought ln-tsstlmony barred by the law, but effective In the eyes of ths Jury. It waa auggested to "Willie" Roberts last year that Burns, who had been separated from hla second wlfs for soms time, wanted a housekeeper, and that a schsma might be carried out whereby she might come Into possession of Burns' farm and the money he was sup posed to have. Burns and the Roberta woman were brought together by acquaintances and she waa angaged as housekeeper, sn oral arrangement being made that If she took good care of him during - his lifetime she was to receive his property at his death. Soon afterward It waa suggestsd to "Willie" Roberts that she would do well to have tba agreement put Into writing. With some reluctance on the part of Burns this was done and a will was regularly drawn In favor of "Willie" Roberta. It waa than, according to the evidence produced at the trial of Hubbard, that the plot against Burns began. Accord ing to a confession made by Hubbard, Which he later retracted, It seemed too long to wait for the old man to die, and plans were made to end his Ufa Various means wsre suggested, ac cordingly, and put aalda as too risky. It came out In tha evidence that Burns was In the habit of going In hla boat In ths morning to set his fishing II nee. On the evening of 'June 10 Hubbard went to the Burns house, In response to a letter' from "WOlle Roberts, he as serted. After the old man waa aslsep the woman went to the "ehake down." where he was sleeping, and told him to wake Burns early, saying that he wanted to croea the river to catch a train for Hoxie, so that he eould get some whiskey. . At daybreak Hubbard aroused the old man and the two went to the river bank, unlocked the ferryboat and started to embark. As the two were getting Into the beat Jim spied them from under the stern, where he slept He ran to the rlvr bank and started to Jump for the be v "Don't let us take the dog," s . 9 That Avenged a Murder S. K S I Hubbard, aa ha gave Jim a kick which sent him back to the bank. "He might follow me after we get across and get lost" So Jim did not take the trip, but stood on ths bank, whining. Twice he started to swim across only to be driven back by Hubbard. Near lng the middle of the river. Burns was pulling ths boat by the ferry Una His back was turnsd to his side of the river and Hubbard was behind him. As ths old -man reached forward to take a fresh pull on the rope, Hubbard sprang upon him and gave him a push forward. Burns fell forward and partly Into the water. Realising then the plot against his life, the old men struggled to regain his foothold, but Hubbard took him by the heels and threw him overboard. Twice the old man's face appeared at ths surface, only to sink. When Hubbard saw that Burns was at ths bottom of the river ha paddled back to shore, went to the house and told 'Willie" Roberta that he had "fixed the old man." Tne re he changed hla under shirt, aa the one he wore In the boat had become wet during the souffle, and made his way back to the Black river Bot toms after having turned the boat-edrtft-t to give the Impression that the eld man had fallen overboard. But all this time little "Jim" was busy. Aa be saw the murderer throw bis master Into the water he plunged In to aid his drowning maatar. Hubbard waa too much occupied to notice the dog and "Jim" was not molested. ' Straight to where be had seen Bums sink went "Jim." But he-waa too late and, after swimming around the spot some time, be turned back and regained the bank. Poeslbly It was Instinct which kept him from going to Willie" Roberts for assistance, but at any rata he ran to the house of a neighbor, A. B. Grace, announcing by barks shrill and loud that something out of the ordinary had occurred. As Grace went to the door "Jim" grasped him by the trousers Isg and pulled him In the direction of the river. Thinking that Burns wlshsd his as sistance in running the ferry, a matter of common "occurrence, Grace followed the dog to the house. Receiving no an swer to his knock, Grace spoke to the dog. " 'Jim,' 'where ta Uncle Plesr he asked. . - Straight to the river ran "Jim." Grace followed and, finding tha boat gone, sur mised that Burna bad met with an acci dent ' "Jim" entered the water and swam' around dlreotly over where Burna had disappeared. Nelghbora were summoned and a search. began. Tha men found the body or Burns where Jim had told them in his dog language. At the coroner's Inquest some suspi cion waa aroused that the drowning of Burns waa not aa accident Answers to questions put t "Wlllte" Roberts strengthened the suspicion and resulted In the arrest of Hubbard by Hherllt Jackson and his Indictment trial and conviction of murder In the nrat degree, witu a hanging aentene. ., mirk.. A' -em on Ton 'mast not think, dear ?t t at because you are rich end I am r r I am trying to marry you on ao t t of your money. , ' v . . , lev s -W he's are re after .'i t errors In any payroll or claim he at : . to audit It and refers the dlacrepancy t the proper department for correc He refuses to audit any claim in i the -city unlesa It has been tncnrrt througlvauthorisatloa ot soma of flolt 4 by means Of requisition. Hs frequent; t has trouble with officials whe aeglect to secure the proper requisitions for supplies. In ease he refuses to audit any such claim a special ordinance ot the oounoll appropriating funds t meet the demand haa to be passed, otherwise tha claim la rejected. . He makea up the reports of the dif ferent committees and la frequently aaked to prepare ordinances or reool ra tions to be presented to the council. la the meetlnga of ths boarda or commis sions his advice regarding transactions la frequently aollctted. aa ha Is sup posed to be familiar with every data LI of the city's work. Auditor Devlin. ' " City Auditor Devlin haa been I the office several yaara. He first entered . an avnart ramnnt.ii(i and waa ad vanced to tha position ef chief deputy. He has alternately bald the positions of ehlef deputy, or auditor for eight yeara When the new charter went Into eneci in IVUS ne was iiwin aiiiuwi, . and he waa re-elected last June. He baa systsmatlsed the work of the de partment in such a manner that tha work haa bean greatly simplified Bad within a moment's notice be ta able to give a Statement ox ine iinume the eity or of any proceeding of the council ur executive board or any ether department of the city government. Each clerk and deputy la akllled in hie particular work and the auditor keeps a watchful eye over every detail. , Where Govern ment Helps Nicholas . Murray Butler in the wswj York Herald. HH GERMAN boy equipped by " the Is welt schooling which Is given to him by the state. Just now there Is an agi tation on In favor of making some re duction in the number ef hours -which pupils are required to attend their lee- sons in France and in Germany. 1 ao not doubt but that 'some, change will be made. That would follow out the Amer ican Idea that by having fewer Hours is fc. Kna.lkl. WM MIIMIltMHll tHaV .umu u. iawiwi w.. MM B) attention, to acaomnllsh aa much. Tha. larann aii.hAAllviv basins ' YliS day at T or I In the morning and I through at o'clock. His instruoaoa embraces from IS to to houra a week. The pupil leaves his common school at the age ot 11 to 14. He enters the army at about IS yeara and gives three years of service to nia country. It is the German Idea that it la neo- cessary to maintain a large sianaing army and that evsry man should have three years of military training. Per sonally, f do not think that the with drawal of ao large a proportion of the population from production la desirable. Not only la the country deprived of the results of thslr labor but tha population not In military service Is obliged to sup port them. -Jn the army, however, the German youth racelvea training, al though I do not think it does much good In most eases, because such service is disliked and most of the young men would avoid it ' - However, the young German goes te his work equipped, and Immediately he cornea under the supervision of well trained and educated men. Every fac tory In Germany haa Ita chemist Ne great manufacturing enterprise would be undertaken over Cher without the advice of scientists. There 1 the de mand everywhere for the r man . wb know a . The German work In (man In Intel! I gent hlmaelf. and he la intelligently di rected. Back of him he haa a tradition to uphold, for the Germans have for eenturlea been artlaana and artificers. They give character to what they do. We find an old pot a hundred or so years after it haa been made and put it in a museum. Why Because the Ger man and French artisan who made It dUt his work well. . Another reason which accounts for the great commercial and Industrial success of the Germans Is their willing assa to learn from others. You ee them peering into the shop windows of Paria, They have come there to study, and thsy return ta their native land and produoe the same things, only they are able to aell them more cheaply, becaoa they have, with tba aid ot their c ham lets and scientists, dsvlssd some method by which they lower the coot of manu facture. The influence of Franc upon the arta of Germany la marked. Tha French are artistic in everything they do. That Is why tha world gosa t Paris to buy gowns and bonnota and Jewelry. Franc has the sens cf th beautiful whsa she manufacture even common things. It is this artistle bent fostered by the schools of Franc and of Germany which ia responsible for the art nouveau. Technical education in Germany never comes to aa end. One of the moat useful Institutions In the empire Js the Techni cal High school at Cbarlottenberg. It maintalne a corps of speclallete to every branch of tnduatry. If a dyer flnda that his product Is not satisfactory, he take samplea of the water from hla vat.-, specimens of his dyss and bolts ot th cloth which hs haa colored and goes ttf Charlottenbarg. He tells his trouble to the professor who haa charge or the department They talk the matter over with him thoroughly. The professor ex amines ths samples and tha dyer eamis for a week at Chart ottenberg. The professor will tell after he has finds such and such a fault In the pro oeaa, and aay that If certain change ara made everything wilt be all right The dyer goes horn happy. It a menu-. facturer of rolled beams experiences dif ficulties which ho cannot overcome he alao goes to Cbarlottenberg. In suca casss ths manufacturers do not have to pay a cent It la regarded as one of the dutlee ot the government In Germany to aee that Its people gt opportunltlea . The con suls are In reality so many commercial agents In foreign Isnda If a consul bears of a contract anywhere In tb neighborhood of the place la which he Is stationed be at osoe sends word t thS Omrmtn manufacturers that he baa aeen the chance for which thsy were looking. '. - fot a (feed Skew. From -the flomervllle Joumst. nicks That la the su' r ef f piece sittlne- In tiie fc"x t Wicks 1 "01 Y ' " sued for cs .-l 1 V ily - ' s.
