GRASS CHIPPING

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22465, 28 July 1938, Page 9

GRASS CHIPPING

TO THE EDITOR OT THE PRESS. Sir,—Our city fathers in their wisdom deem it wise to keep the city streets clean, and to this end engage gangs of men to chip grass oft roadways. One gang was to-day apparently instructed to clean the road in a suburban street, but who is responsible for seeing that a fair day’s work is done? Two of these men, at least, were actually leaning on their shovels and over a smoke discussing some topic of mutual interest, and the remainder of the gang quietly (I say quietly) scratching lire road. Any casual observer cf*i see similar happenings in any road gang. Where is the self-respect of a man who will accept as much as he possibly can for as little work as he can possibly get away with? It is time the works department of the council saw to it that value is being received

for wages paid, otherwise some of these employees will be claiming compensation for the great nervous strain they suffer on account of the difficult talks they perform for the city.—Yours, etc, PATIENT RATEPAYER. July 22, 1938. [The City Engineer CMr A. R. Galbraith), to whom this letter was referred, said he did not wish to comment.!