The Inaugural Addresses of the Mayors of BostonCity Registrar, 1918 - Mayors |
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00 Rapid transit administration amount available artificial ice ASHES AND GARBAGE assistance battle for democracy borrowing capacity Budget Commission burdens called citizens City Council City debt city government City of Boston city's CIVIC BODIES commerce commercial bodies competition coöperation and helpfulness coöperation and support County Debt debt January 31 delivery of coal dollar economy election employees estimates FANEUIL HALL Federal Government fight for democracy funded debt January furnish give Gross funded debt highways Hyde Park improvement and repair increased taxes labor Mayor of Boston member nominated ment MUNICIPAL EFFICIENCY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT national government NONPARTISAN GOVERNMENT organization partisan and personal patriotic PORT OF BOSTON possible present problem proper purchasing railroad Rapid transit debt Real Estate Exchange responsibilities sacrifice SCARCITY OF ICE segregated budget Sinking Funds spirit of coöperation Supply Department supply of coal taxes and revenue tion treasury unappropriated cash vided Water Debt
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Page 29 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Page 25 - To the glory of this civilization we consider more and more the welfare of the child. No taxes are levied, no public money is spent with greater public approval than the contributions to that end. In most sections of Boston the only safe places where a child may play are those furnished directly by the municipality.
Page 32 - ... City Debt. County Debt. Water Debt. Rapid Transit Debt. Total. January 31...
Page 31 - Includes $120,000 issued by the Commonwealth under chapter 534 of the Acts of 1906 . t Includes $326,666.67 issued by the Commonwealth under chapter 534 of the Acts of 1906.
Page 6 - Peters actively aided in the passage by the legislature of a charter amendment, which made the mayor of Boston ineligible for a second term immediately after the expiration of the four-year period for which he was elected.
Page 5 - Peters for the four-year term from 1918 to 1922, was a protest against the results of the personal and political influences which had too long been dominant at City Hall, and which tended to build up a personal and political machine. The mayoralty of Boston offers great opportunities for service, and carries with it responsibilities too great for thought of personal or political advancement.
Page 6 - Boston offers great opportunities for service, and carries with it responsibilities too great for thought of personal or political advancement. Both the letter and the spirit of the Charter of 1909 contemplated the choice of a municipal administrator rather than a political leader to preside over the work of this great city.
Page 31 - CITY AND COUNTY FUNDED DEBT. City debt County debt . Water debt . Rapid transit debt Gross Debt. Sinking Funds, etc. Net Debt.
Page 31 - Sinking funds in charge of the Board of Commissioners of Sinking Funds, $42,369,342 56 Betterments, etc., payment on which are made to the Board of Commissioners of Sinking Funds, 1,657,826 25 Premiums on loans, 1,018 50 Total redemption means, January 31, 1918, Net funded debt, January 31, 1918, 44,028,187 31 $84,570,177 04 CITY AND COUNTY FUNDED DEBT. Gross Debt. Sinking Funds, etc. Net Debt. City debt $87,820,581 00 $35,622,155 55 $52,198,425 45 County debt »3,684,333 35 2,061,109 58 1,623,223...
Page 7 - ... agencies should be restricted as far as possible. The Federal Government is entitled to the first call upon every dollar available for investment, just as much as it is entitled to the first call upon every man available for military service. Local bonds must necessarily compete in the market with our national securities, and their issue, therefore, should be restricted to the lowest possible amount.