Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-04-09
THE CITY.

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INEUoURATIoY or THE Ngw CITY GOVERN
NExT.-At o'clock yerteaday afternoon the
ceremonies attending the going out Of the
old and the coming in Of the aew city au-
thorities took rlaee, the chamber being
crowded to overAowing. On motion, the
ordinance fixing the salaries Of officers was
passed, under a suspension of the rules
The fOlloVing address was then delivered by
Aiayor septer.
Gentlemen of tie CITY cO1neR Of tie city O
CIeuslG,ta:
Another year has closed, and the duty
again, and for the last time, devolves upon
me Of submitting to you my annual mes
sage. The past year has been one Of intense
political excitement throughout the country,
and one ia which have eliminated treasona-
bic designs Of fearful significance to every
lover OF ths Union; yet il is gratifying
to know that peace and quiet have
reigned, without interruption, within our
municipal limits, and the daily avOcatiOns
of our citizens, though, perhaps, not unaf-
fected BY the financial agitation &C the great
commercial centres, have been Lursued with
profit and safety; and that our city has in
creased in substantial wealth, aud advanced
herself in permanent general i'm prOvements.
pr5d7enents, all Of which, Tiisssad issadI many i'm
been made, or successfully begun. ne l 9
streets around the Public Park have been
paved; also Superior street west Of the Park,
aud considerable other paving done.
A substantial and commodIous addition TO
tke Industrial School building has been
erected a system aof- sewer &c has been
adopted, and under it many sewers have
been made, and others are in progress a
bridge IL being built over the Old River Bed;
tiis ,IyTuJilsg, " Wafer street, north OF 81
Clair street, has been determined, and
the work Of grading and paving has
been begun, and is being pushed forward
with all possible dispatch; Board of Fire
Commissioners has been created, whose du-
ties believe 70 have been well performed,
and with the sslutary effect anticipated;
several Of our more important streets have
been materially improved as to drainage and
roadway, ana everywhere may be no.
tioed divers and sundry minor changes
and repairs effected, the greater portion un-
der the special direction Of the acting City
Commissioners and City Council. Il will be
seen, therefore, that the progress of i'm
provenents has been steadily onward, and
lully as rapid as q proper regard for limited
resources and moderate business activity
would permit.
IBE CITY PRISON.
The necessity for the erection Of commo-
diOus, strong, snd well ventilated City Pris-
On, which adverted 70 in my last message,
u in no wise lesssned, but rather increased.
This necessity has been so often stated 10
you. and in fact, 80 apparent, even TO casual
observation, that need not enter upon de-
tails, though cannot, in justice, pass the
matter by without sgain urging upon you the
earnest Consideration Of measures whereby
The desired object may be accomplished.
THE CHAIN GAKo AND HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
The plan adopted during my term Of
Office, Of Obliging certain class of city
Offenders 20 labor upon the streets, has had
q most beneficial effect. Scores, or rather l
may say hundreds Of the miserable drones
who had prviously thronged our prison as a
welcome place Of refuge, aud 10 whom labor
is the seFerest Of punishments, have found
50 active life unpleasant, and have retired,
with their crimes and their loathsomeness,
to other localities. The labor done By The
"chain gang" has saved 10 the treasury no
iuconsiderabie amount. and the benefits, as
all must see, are manifold, and without di-
rect or consequential evils.
A House OF Correction has been estab-
lished for female offenders in connection
with the lndrmarY, and as il was designed
To accom- plish the same end as the estab-
lishment Of the chain gang, il has in like
manner been successful.
=" 4HE PUBLIC PAEE.
During the year our city and our citizens
com pleted the erection Of the Perry Statue
and Monument, honoring the event by q
civic and military celebration worthy Of the |
great Orcasion, impressive IN lis character,
and honorable alike 10 our liberality, good |
taste, aud patriotic spirit. The monument, I
stsnding as il does in The center OF the Pub
Tic Park, ana being az object Of national /
making the further improvement |
and adornment, and unrsmitting care Of the /
Park, q matter Of more than mere propr- /
ety. and IN fact almost a necessity. The 4
Ihifiless and neglected appearance OF this {
publfr ground, would suggest 10 the stranger |
he idss that. with the placing Of the statue /
snd with the imposing inaugural eeremo- |
1ies, had ceased our regard for II as work |
II beauty, and for the refined taste that dc I
.aGed It's erection, and that heneelorth it is 4
" be permitted 10 exist merely as memo
.iaI of the past, and not as an object Of con-
inued cherished and admiring regard. Il 4
ihould not be permitted 70 stasld, like an
Egyptian Pyramid, amid a waste Of water
ind mud Ia winter, and in the midst Of a
tesert Of sand aud gravel IN summor. Inc /
ielails Of the Improvements Of this Park II
s not Necessary foT me 70 suggest, but trust
ne su beet VIII receive your early attention,
Iof believe II is the earnest wish Of our cit
seqs, and demnnded also by due regard to
-he true interests Of cur city.
= Law SUITS AGAINST EHE eIrH.
It hiss been noticed with sincere regret,
hat suits ct law against the city by citizens
lave been unusually frequent Of late. These
nfs hREe been hroughis Somstimes for real
for frivolous. ones--and at
ili times, as ! an taiu 70 believe, without
pressing necessity for them; not with a will
'ui desire 10 cause the city annoyance and
szpense, perhaps, but f7Om the belief too
5ten encoprsged By those in whoss power It :
b p do much mischief, thas q corporation 81 q
,lways oppressive and regardless Of priva,,
rights. =
L seems 70 Be- ioreott0n bY thssa iidg
hat y Q eity IKE thIl, RhorS there Is %