Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-06-29
asst Annual Message of Hon. Court
land Ii. smIih, Mayor.
MAYOR 8 UFFICE,
AMANDA, Va, June %, 1881. !

ALtNANDIA, Va, June IS. 1881.
IA ooly bte period remains before snsll
re.i;e from the ofc, to which | was called near
" 1870 years tgj ~ my Isilo@ clizans, and tor
Wtoh hostr tsve due apprtc citation. feel
thst It /, proper 10 review my adnllls ration
bli Il sDd hope 10 sOow that thu publ lotof"
est has DOT been begl c:ed.
Looking back over a range Of Two years. l
6ld the city of AIexandris TO be in better
coudilion to dty than it has been silc' the Gre.
alton Of the luoIlc debt.
Nly course sit 90 have b,eD your chief eX culive
officer has been regulated by single IuIp-the
pubic boucr SGD Tho pubic good. and il have
! sppcsrud urIrrssiVe, lsw was my guide ard
! iI'ice ny controlling motive.
| No executive officer can expcos 10 carry out
the views of law abiding citizsDs without posi-
| tive aud marked emphasis in dcsllag With
crime aud disorder, AID that | have stamped
my admins ration with rigid execution OF the
laws | need hardly state to az ob,erv aut and
critical public. When l assumed the duties of
the Mty5raly my niod wss fixed upon certain
oaIdnll ponts ~ essentLl TO q successful sd-
mlLisIra lon. Opposition has not swetVsd ms
from my purpose. aud am Justified in ssgiGg
that he uousua AID rigid wuY in whioh | have
treated tho pUl.c1 aid other pu0l:c Quss
il)ns has redouldcd 10 the general good.
| FINANCES
| Three " ara ego gloomy sud Gisheartening
state OF htf,lIs existed 10 cur CITY fua1ces, and
conc dared to lock beyord the Thea existing
preseor. Tno Surrey l.borer. who, y his hon
sat toll tkrd OUT bare subsistaI c., 10 working
fer our Corporatiot; Tho faithful cl6oer, ever
v9len, Of Lil daics; tho IL; rohaot. who trust.
Cd 10 Gu; public honor 10 torui,hitg what was
necessary to carry 90 our pub IL Institutions OF
charity; 10 fac. all Who had business with our
| COOPERATION were paid ID wsrrants, some OF
which did not seo tho gAt OF day Tor III ,nthe,
as they w.rs Iii Is de until our drpleiad treas
| ury should orce UoIe Cp!n It's fers tJr their
| liquidation. But IN this State of general de-
preston and gloUD, whoa advsuo, 4 and uoress-
lnH taxa lcn stared Us 10 the lace aud the value
OF prosperity Ct, AdlIy waa decreasing. scheme
was C ,uoe.ved. developed snd carried toto sue
O sslui execution. which has lifted our town
from impending iuin and pl4o,d cur fnaucss
OIL icm AID solid settlement. That the credit
OF tho orig o of this scheme is Guo to 9th
ers it Is my duty and pleasure to avow, but to
this Standardization is due tho honor that such
benlh,ent and wise measure should have boon
c,fried out. The amount of labor aud thought
involved 10 its execution, and tho great raspon-
slblliiy imposed 10 the handling OF nearly Two
millions OF bonds. was commensurate with the
desirable ,nas to be attained. The settlement
If cut debt has a wider rarg, than The mere
geographical boundaries of cur CITY; it damon.
8 RATES that debt Of much greater msguii u 10
eau bs arrange 10 the same mauuer. The
buspoe quisIiOn il one wboh rtquirts tho most
as'ate sni dIllolte handbag, and | eau SAY
that there has been tho happy blunding OF
coarago wish uodera lou snd determination With
Jas oe Ii The bsttole overcome ty tho Fosnee
| Committee.
| oorgtaru'a:o .bo oily IF Alt *, nGrla upon
hc- euauUipa loo from tue thraldcm OF
oorrodl x debt aud uust that, llks tho IT &C nix,
she mhy rlse trom her ashes and STAR upon q
career OF g:est prosperity. There seVory resson
Why our u.y shcu d b. C ,me Of decreased con-
melc 81 and u great msutiosutog importance.
| WIN Zoe harder, 90 ts noble @ river az ever
h>ated bark upnu its bosom, with fertile and
| Improving ok counuy. with railroad com.
mutioail"Os IN VERY direction, but especially.
thrvugl The rIoh uiatral regiods Of Virginia
ADD canal that lioks u, to ono Of ths rluh.st
o2sl deposits 10 tho land; with tho great iron
manufacturing 'clGrtst soon to be put in opera
'lou 10 cur mdsf. ALI x,udria must spring 70
new HE AMI b he active. lhrivir place which
our fathers e,G !orrtalLers have lsbored TO
mekn her.
! PUBIC PROPERTY.
! The ootdi,ion Of our public properly is most,
| satisfactory. The money that has Of necessity
been expended upon tho Alns House and other
lu1llo properly ba3 DOT only mot an Urgent
Deed but enhanced the properly Ia appearance
and value.
| Slaoe my last annual message to ycur honor.
able bodies. the CITY hss obtained possession of
tho Sun Eul lac House building. upon the
payment CT three hundr, dollars to said COM
psny, Which atrapgemIet considered lust and
| equitable. The corporation Whsrf, kaovn nc
tlshtoHn. has yielded two hundred dollars in
eXosss OF ihs smouDt rcslz I'd last year, which
indicates that the business c)uduc; cd 10 tina,
locality 10 on the lGOrcnse and o)nst quaa,ly tho
vaiu' OF pfoperty uuse necessarily advance,
Our marx t tu ldluc. whinh waq erected IN
| ISL has DOT osen palotrd Sincs that period,
aud WI u respe .!ully recommend that the
wood aud iron work upon the same be n.ioted
especially the former. 10 old:r to proteot and
preserao it !rom the iLfl loross of tie wea,hrr
aud the natural causes of decay. Your honor
| able bodies hhvu appropriated sum far thu
erection OF huldlog for the uso Of tho Colum.
ola Seam EaGluc Company. 40 expspditure
| emlnently htlng. not only a. an investment.
but as recognition CT tho valuable servicas
performed by this comraby. Now that we
| have possession OF the Sun Eseioe bniIdino
l
and are part owncrs 10 the old Courthouse, I
would recommend that some sdjusm to
sought with tho county of Alex.rd tla, by wbioS
the Sun Engine house can be converted into .
clerks olhoo Tor The county; our corporation
Coutthouso DO us;d for Tho HOLDINGS Of lbo
County Court. and the old Courthouse be ohanc.
cd lnto public school. | an assured thas a
part OF the money necessary for this purahaao
win -. 90 lut1sfed by the City School Board, and
as me needs OF our public schools shonId ho
carefully considered. and unoessipply sustained
know no jeot that should engage the Al.
,eotlon ct your honorable bodies, moro urrsnt
tnso The one referred to. Tho constantly in.
eseaslng applications for school permits. and
"o ooo,lao SIZES OF our public school bouses
portanoc. 'u'
STREETS.
80. as 40 ardent adv, cate of economy loot 10 its
contracted sers,. but 10 the general annie ,I;oo