The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-23

noon, Mayor Scott delivered his inau-
| gural address, which is a very plain,
straightforward and business like
document, by far the best and ablest
document of the kind ever gwen to
our city council and people at large
The document is quite lengthy and we
can only give it in part, but below will
be found very complete synopsis Of
the address:
| GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL: Upon
| looking over the list of the members
composing the council for the ensuing
year, l hnd the names of those who
are thoroughly versed in municipal
! matters and have a full knowledge of
the details relative to the administra-
ton of the affairs of our city. To such
especially, and to all the members com
posing this council in general, l
desire to state that | shall, during the
coming year, rely upon your advice
and hearty cooperation, as l am salts
! fled that only in harmony between the
| executive and the common council can
| the best results be obtained and the
welfare and interests of the city pro-
NOTED and protected.
AS citizhns of Superior, we can look
back with pride on the political cam
paign Just closed, and view with salts
/ faction the we'll behaved and orderly
manner in which it was conducted
and terminated. AS a result the man
agement oil this city has been entruSt-
ed to our JOINT care and protection
during the coming year. The people
have in no uncertain tone declared
our policy. Let us see to it that this
policy is carried out. Let us guard
well the sacred trust imposed upon us,
and allow neither private interests
nor personal friendship to swerve us
from the strict line of duty. The peo-
pie demand at our hands an admin
Stration at once liberal and aggressive,
We. conservative and economical; they
demand retrenchment in the eXpendl-
ture of the public funds; they demand
that the city receive an equivalent for
every dollar of money spent for public
uses; fully aware Of our future and
the advantages vOuchSafed to us by
the hand of destiny, they have pro-
not the handmaiden of prosperity and
success, and they demand at our
hands protection from its contamina-
ton, which is all too prevalent.
Let us enter upon our duties with
the determination to keep fasth with
the people and feel assured that if we
do, they on their part Will Vindicate
and support us IN our efforts. The
past year has been phenomenal with
respect to growth and increase in pOpu-
lation. 1t was found necessary to
create two new wards and the council
now consists of eighteen aldermen, re-
presenting nine wards. 1t is with
pleasure that | welcome into the deli
beratiOES Of the common council, the
representatives of those new wards,
and l have no doubt that they will
do honor to their constituents and
properly protect their interests. And
here allow me to say that you do not
represent your respective wards, but
the entire city. Let us know no East
West or South Superior, for we have
outgrown this local feeling, but let us
act as a unit for the advancement and
prosperity of Superior, as it is unqueS-
tionably true that much of the pros
peTity of a city is due to the unSeliiSh
and straightforward administration of
its affairs. Therefore do not allow
yourselves III your zeal to forget that
you are responsible as myself am to
future be divided household, for it
will inevitably lead to disaster.
Here follows a review of the financi-
al condition of the city, which shows a
net city indebtedness of *454, 1854.
and net special Indebtedness of SSH
565.2l, a grand total indebtedness Of
of 81 sos, $500.
THE PARK SYSTEM.
The question of the adoption or re-
lection of the park system. This, if
carried out as originally proposed,
would be burdens0me to the people,
and in my Judgment is not demanded
at this time. | believe it is not in ac-
cordancc with the wishes of Il large
ajority of the voters Of the city, and
that it viii be many years before such
a system will be practicable or even
useful. Whenever, if ever the time is
ripe for such a project, | believe sdit
able grounds can be had more adapta-
bic for the purpose than those in con-
temptation and at no increased cost to
the city l would favor the adoption
of what is known as The Boulevard
System provided all the donations of
land made or proposed 10 be made to
the city, can by such adoption be re-
tanned as acquired. think the major
portion of the lands in process of con
domination for park purposes on the
bay front should be dropped. If The
Boulevard system" can be carried out
on the lines above proposed at mod
crate cost, it should III my Judgment
be done. Otherwise the entire system
should be abandoned for the present.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
BY the creation of two new wards
it becomes my duty to appoint, in the
proper time. four school commission
erS, being one from each of the follow
ing wards: The Second, Fourth,
Eighth and Ninth wards: More
schools and better ones is the crying
need OF the people. This is not strange
when we reflect that in the winter
term of 1880 and 1891 there We're 1901
children of all ages enrolled in our
public schools, and in the winter term
of lS9l and 1899 the total enrolment
was 3, l.9; and the report of the pre-
sent month will show 4 much larger
increase. and no doubt will reach $500.
| am informed by members Of the
school board, that we are paying more
for the rent Of unsuitable school rooms
selected wherever they can be obtain
ed. than would pay the interest OF
bonds issued for the purchase of suita-
bic sites and the erection of modern
school buildings. The board has now
in use forty-four rented rooms, with a
rental of nine hundred and eighty
three dollars per month, and are not
able to furnish rooms for all who
would attend These rooms selected
at random, poorly ventilated, are the
breeding places of disease. and it
would be a disgrace on our modern CIV
illzation and a stain on our escutcheon
as city, to allow Suc! state of af-
fairs to long continue. We owe il to
the rising generation to remedy this
matter without delay.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IIARBOR.
1t is conceded by every stranger