American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-01-21
MAYORS COMMUNICATION.
MAYORS OFFICE,
BALTIMORE, January Goth, 1915.

BALTIMORE, January 20th, 1913.
To the members Of the
First and Second Branches of The City Council
GENTLEMEN: Having been so recently PLACED
in the Office of Chief Magistrate of my nativ,
city, by the confidng generosity of our com
mon constituents, beg leave to avail myself
of this my first communication in relation tc
such affairs as may have been ntfnsed to us
to express to them my very grateful sense O.
the high honor they have thus conferred on me
with hope that my humble abilities, my best
efforts may not disappoint their expectations, OF
be deemed altogether unworthy of the station
to which have been thus called.
Among the various concerns which come
within the ranTe of the powers with which you
have been entrusted, there are none which have
at all times, and every where been considered
more important than the education of youth
the early and proper intellectual training OF
those WHO are to become the future men of our
country. And since it is evident, that youth
full minds have not been found competent to
appreciate the value of mental discipline and
instruction, il becomes as ndispensably neces-
sary III all cases, to supply the means of gath
erng them together into public schools, as it is
to provide places in which inbecty, intirmity,
or old age, may obtain mere animal subss-
tence. Upon this ground, and with an entire
confidence that there is no kind of expense
which the people OF our city would contribute
to defray with more alacrity than that OF pub
lie schools for the instruction of youth, woul
take the liberty of asking your early attention
to our city laws in relation to this subject; and
if necessary, so to increase the public assess
ment, as that it may become entirely commen-
surate to this great and most important subject.
The able and interesting report OF the School
Commissioners of the city, herewith transmit
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prosperous condition and increasing usefulness
of these nurseries of }eurning--the public
schools.
The maxim Of common prudence, which
suggests that prevention is better than the cure
Of all maladies, prompts me to ask for al i1,-
crease Cf the Police, and especially of its night
,oaIch, in consequence of the spread and growth
of the city. The present police is entirely in
adequate to the protection of the property and
quiet of our city; while the city has been every
year most rapidly increasing, the number of
the watch is little more than when the city
contained one-half of its present number of
inhabitants. Most of the watch wards are so
large, that it is impossible for one man to do
what it would require two, and, in some instan-
ces three, to perform. 1t is not merely neces-
sary that arrest should follow close on the foot
steps of crimes much better is it, that maleiac-
tanty oe punishment. | cannot too strongly
urge this subject upon your consideration.
The City Commissioners and Port Wardens'
report, herewith transmitted, will exhibit the
manner in which their duties have been per-
formed. regret, that from causes assigned by
them, they were not able to carry out the reso g.,
luton No. 100, directing them to prepare
plan or plans for City Hall, to be erected on
the lot on Gay street. hope you will give
the matter your earliest consideration, as the
present building is totally inadequate TO the
purposes of the city. The loom for the accom-
mediation of the city officers is insufficient; the
building is, besides, exceedingly dangerous, be-
cause of its liability to fire, in which event the
loss of papers and records to the city would be
incalculable.
transmit the report of the Baltimore and
Susqnehanna Rail Road Company, by which 1t
will be seen, that during the last year there has
been an increase in the number Of passengers
transported on the road, of IA, l62; and in the
quantity of produce and merchandise of 29, 052
tons;--notwithstanding which, it does not APP
pear that the company have made money, as
their expenditures appear to have increased
with the increase of their revenue.
The report of the Counsellor of the city is
herewith submitted
Allow me to call the attention of the Coun-
CHS TO the contract made with the MesSis. Can
by, as provided in the sixth section Of ordi-
nance No. Al, passed in 1899, for the improve
ment of Franklin square. The city is called on
+ , to perform her part of the contract
: Soon after l came into office | received q
communication from the City Commissioners,
dated November Is, informing me that the ap-
preparation for the harbor was exhausted, and
in consequence they were compelled to suspend
the usual operations for want of means to pay
the hands. They say: awe are of the opinion
that an appropriation of $4,000 is required to
be made IN advance of the annual meeting of
the honorable the City Council, TO enable us to
meet the necessary expenses in feeding the
horses, and removing the sediment, now raised
and deposited on the several wharves, so as to
be ready to commence operation in the spring
advantageously to the nav CATION OF the lar-
bor." Believing it, therefore, more economical
Ito borrow the money than call the Council so
much sooner than the time fixed for the annual
session, at my request the Register obtained, in
his individual capacity, loan of two thousand
dollars. Under this arrangement orders were
drawn on him by the City Commissioners for
the sum ut thirteen hundred and one dollars
and eighty-seven cents, being all that was abb
solutely required respectfully recommend
an appropriation for the sum thus advanced.
would earnestly call the attention OF the
Councils to the present mode of paving and re-
pair,Ig the city. There is defect somewhere.
or such large sums every year would not be- ex-
nerded in repairs, Hy ref.repcn q, thu C;tv