Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1912 — Mayor To Work In Streets [ARTICLE]

Mayor To Work In Streets

Head of Cincinnati Has Unique Plan for Knowing Hit Town and Public Servants. Cinqjnnhti, O. —Mayor Henry T. Hunt of this city proposes to familiarize himself with the various public service departments In a decidedly novel manner. The mayor will make a most sweeping investigation or Inspection, not as a mere onlooker and recipient of information such as his subordinates may be able to tell him, .but will mingle in person with the laborers of the street and the many other employes of this city. Mayor £lunt characterizes it as more of a quest for departmental experience than Inspection. Cincinnati's chief executive will don the garb of the laborer and try from a day to a week at the Job of cleaning the streets, answering the ring of the fire gong, passing a day or so at each of the police district station houses and make the rounds with the captain and corporal, as well as f, night on a “beat." Mayor Hunt will begin with the street cleaning department by passing a day or so touring the streets with Superintendent Marschbeuser. Then will follow the actual work of sitting in the midnight hours on th£ seats of the water Wagon and sweepers. Following this the mayor will don the garb of the “white wings” and assist in sweeping refuse from the thoroughfares. He will even go so far as to try his hand at drlvlngg one of the ash carts. Other departments follow, such as passing a week In the

fire engine houses, getting up with the firemen, answering all alarms, but once at the scene of the conflagration, Mr. Hunt will be a mere onlooker. Not a department will be overlooked in an effort to ascertain actual working conditions.