Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1917 — Bristol Has City Manager. [ARTICLE]

Bristol Has City Manager.

The adoption of a city manager by the towx, of Bristol, Tenn., with a population of about 10,000, may not be >f the highest importance from a political viewpoint except for one reason —it adds to the evidence that the city manager idea is spreading, leaving the Inference almost a certainty that it is a question of time only until admlnls tration by eity manager is taken up b; the biggest cities as well as the smaller towns. The choosing of a manager for Bristol for a term of three years promises that the plan is to be given a fair test -which it should have if any comparison that will be satisfying is to be made between the town’s old political system and the new. Unless a manager is allowed the necessary time to work reforms and present results, the handicap would probably be too heavy and iu case of failure would register a mark against the city manager unjustly.