The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-28
Suffers the Loss Of One Of the Best Executives She Has Ever Had


ence thereto, who does not by his own
/ precepG-- and example observe n like
obedience unto the mandates of those
Z All ia authority above him | there
! fUre beg TO announce that with thls
session of the council | shall cease TO
! perform any Of the duties OF the may
crafty ana cease 10 bear any of its re-
spOnsIbIIities. It Is, perhaps. unnec-
eSsary for me to tender my formal res
ignatIon, but if such is deemed neces-
sary the same Will be rendered.
! In pursuing this course my chief re-
| gFet il the severance Of my Official re-
latl0ns Win this board, which have
been uniformly pleasant aud agree
able, and | can have no better wish
for my successor tnan that his rea-
tions with you will b" as pleasant aud
cordial as mine have been
! | caHnOt finally take leave of YOU
without directing your attention To
certain matters which | believe of
great interest to our city, and " hich |
would have been glad to have aided
you In determining. Denied this priv
ilege, however, feel impelIed to give
you my views and suggestions, leaving
you TO take such action as your own
good judgment and patriotism may
dictate.
| wish again to call your attention
to the fact that the Brunswick Light
and Water plant will, in all probabil-
ity, be sold at receivers sale at an
early date, and it is necessary that the
city should own 1T. | consider the
contract which saddled this imposition
upon an unsuspecting pubic one Of
! the worst that was ever eIgned by a
public official. The reasons why the
city shOuid own this plant are too nu-
merOus TO mention in detail, but it is
enough to say that our citizens, as
well as our city, should be released
from the fetters of this blood sapping
corporation, If 1t is possible to do 50
within the bounds of reason. | trust
that you will not let this matter sleep,
and that your efforts in endeavoring
to secure this plant in the name of the
city may be crowned with success.
| also beg to recall to your minds
that the CITY has come into possession
of and owns an undivided interest in
certain tract of land in the southern
part of the city thirty 500 acres IN all. .
fifteen C5) of which belongs to The
city. l would suggest that you Apply
TO the courts as early as practIca bic for
a division of this property, and that
the same be set aside for park.
am aware of the fact that the city is
not in condition a present to improve
this very extensively, but by declar-
ing it park you will not have to pay
taxes upon it, and it can he improved
from time TO time as the finances OF
The city will admit.
|. | desire to u'iOn you against the
leasing of auy more fO0ts of streets, as
the city has at the present time only
three open streets, ard they are all
narrow ones Truck farming. etc,
in the surrounding country seems
to be increasing, and the Monk
street landing is no longer suf
ficient TO accommodate this class of
trade. You will soon find it necessary
to prepare the foot of some other street
to accommodate portion nf the traffic
There are other matters of more or
less importance to which | might di-
rect your attentiOn; but l Will not take
up more of your time just now. Should
my successor desire information from
me upon any matter relative to the
city government, which has come
within my knowledge during my time
of office, it will be pleasure to me to
give it.
Thanking you all for the courtesy
which you have shown me during my
term of office and for the faithful and
valuable assistance which you have
rendered me in the administration of
the affairs of our CITY, I beg now to
remain. with best wishes for your fu-
ture Official happiness and prosperity,
EDWARD II. MASON.