The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-07

ne tirss yesr OF the new management, snu
no bond has ever been presented since .'as
has not been promptly paid 10 fuil que.
q. We have established school sssteM
record 70 none OF ia size IN the country ~
result. aud have. S212, GOO worth OIL senoo'
property 10 explain our outlay on sna' ~
5. We contributed $500. 900 to the Chesa-
peaka and Ohio railroad, and our elt'Isns
saved during the past year on tne,r coz
sumption OF OF, coo tons OF coal not Jess wa
$4,000 as the direct result OF TINS expeou''
iture. so2 49,,
4. we saved the James River and Kama.
wba canal from ruin With loan Oh SSUU,oV0,
which, With S60, 600 Of accumulated interest,",
Ia due us--an outlay which will as certainty
come back to as With usury as the SNORT gap
from Buchanan to Clifton Forge Is hlied up.
8. We have paid eff and extinguisheo every
dollar Of floating debt.
works. and have now, with single excep"
ton. the anplest supply ia the United states
and a storage capacity sufficient for genera
= We have spent 100000 in enlarging
| and improving our gas-works and extend.
| jnp tie pipes. aud have the best-erdered aDo
most productive public gas establishments IN
the United States. 49,
4. We have contributed $4,000 to the
construction of free bridge across tue
James river. go. oo ..a
James River Improvement, to the great ao'
vantage of our commerce, as 10 ctaameo.
10. We paid our debt to the United STATES,
to owners of destroyed liquor, our munfclpa,
contest debt. md every other aseertS,neu
Obligation; and out OF annual taxation nave
snent over half million on streets, para our
interest promptly, carried on the innumera'
HE works of q large municipal government,
cared well for our poor, helped all WORTHY
charities 10 our midst, and paid every pubic
employ punc,ually his dues.
IL We have established upon secure 1901
ipg Sinking Fund which guarantees DC.
yond q peradveuture the full redemption Oh
our public debt. .u,
~. We have SO strengthened the puollc
credit, aud 80 established our reputation lot
honorable promptitude In meeting Our oon.
cations. that our six per cent. ooros' "nicu
sold With difficulty at seyenty'one 10 Tue
spring of 1870, can scarcely be- obtained az
nipety.two In the spring OF 1876; ana our
eight per cents, which at their hrst SAFE nee
ted the city ninety cents in the dollar mo
VenOeT, low, COLuuiaua oftor '<"'@~' Wv WIZ
eleven cents In the dollar to-day.
IL. And finally, we have replaced the MOB
rule of 1870 and the years Immediately pre-.
ceding it by the restoration Of that municipal
quiet and respect for law and private rights
which are aud have long been the just boast
of the true people Of Richmond.
In other times it would have excited
smile or sneer to add the. claim that these
public services have been not only efficiently
but honestly rendered; but as | am tho
roughly convinced that ] may rtghtfutiy lay
it, SO The melancholy corruption OF the tunes
sdmonisbes me that may properly say r..
These are results which may be pointed TO
with pride BIZ every one In the smallest de-
gree associated with them-results which
must he contemplated with satisfaction oy
every citizen interested 10 the welfare and
Jealous of the fair fame of Richmond.
Allow me to add my warmest aeknoWl-
edgments to the various city officials, whose
constant kindlipess 10 our public and private
intercourse has made easy and pleasant the
duties which have fallen to my share, and to
the members of the Council, Of the faithful
labors of many of whom in the city's behalf
have been for years the daily witness.
I have the honor to be, gentlemen, your
obedient servant,
= 800 A.. M. KELLEY, Mayor.