17 Feb 1937
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Newspaper
The Peoples Voice
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1937
Page
1
The Cincinnati City Council faced harsh criticism as it stalled for five weeks, violating the city charter and promises to Bigelow. The People’s Voice reports anger over delays and alleged subservience to the gas company, warning of eroding public confidence.
The Public Utilities Committee chaired by Herbert S. Bigelow has not convened since the year began. The city faces outages as electric, streetcar, phone, and water services falter amid a flood emergency, while the committee appears to take no action to address widespread utility problems.
A nine member Cincinnati council faces resignations illness and self interest as it stalls emergency action and breaches the charter. The piece condemns the body as cowardly and beholden to gas interests and progressive voters, asking how long voters will tolerate the dishonesty.
Citizens fault Cincinnati bus service as archaic and unsafe. They accuse a Utilities Committee dominated by the traction company, claiming a guaranteed profit fare policy stifles competition and yields poor, overcrowded service. The piece voices demand for reform and protest against the current council and utilities influence.
Referencing Cincinnati 1937 budget a $25000 appropriation funded a complete survey on whether the city should own and operate gas and electric plants. The Progressive group complains the gas company blocks release while council delays reporting expected by mid year.
City records show Councilman Bigelow proposed an ordinance to tax or charge for private use of public property. Banks and firms occupy sidewalks and streets, costing Cincinnati an estimated 100000 to 300000 annually. The measure remains stalled, risking higher taxes or cut public services. an energized electorate is urged to push for its passage or defeat.
Herbert S. Bigelow will speak at Emery Auditorium on Sunday afternoon February 28. The event is open to the public with no admission charge.
John Renner, chair of the Finance Committee of the Board of Education, declares that Colored people in Washburn School would be glad to stay there indefinitely and criticizes housing conditions as worse than shelter provisions seen for Cincinnati Negroes during the flood. He offers no clear plan on where they would go if removed.
A Cincinnati editorial questions Mayor Wilson’s Citizens' Coordinating Committee as unrepresentative of common residents and small business victims of flood damage. It criticizes appointees from big business and elites and asks where resident and small business voices are.
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