City Of Somerville Massachusetts Annual Reports 1902 PDF Download

Excerpt from City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Annual Reports, 1901: With Mayor's Inaugural Address Delivered Jan. 6, 1902 Acquaintance nowhere signifies more than in the manage ment of the business of a city which expends over one million dollars a year under a charter that places large responsibilities upon the Mayor. Fortunately, the experience of the past year has made familiarity with all departments of the city not only possible, but inevitable. Upon us, gentlemen of the Board of Aldermen, must largely rest the good name and enhanced prosperity of the city; upon our faithfulness and goo-d judgment, upon our disinterested service to the public, must depend in a large measure the advancement of the city which it is our privilege and honor to serve. Thirty administrations have already served our city. The first began in 1872, when there was a population of only and to-day we enter upon these responsibilities when more than people dwell within our borders. Then the streets, public buildings, schools, water works and sanitary conditions corresponded to the light population. Now we are equal to nearly Six municipalities - as large, in fact, as several other Massachusetts cities combined. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.