Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-04
QUINCY SATISFIED.
He Means to Retire at End of Present
Term.

Boston, Jan. 3.-Before Chief Justice
Field, and in the presence of 500 citi-
zens, Hon. Josiah Quincy today took the
oath Of Office and became for the second
time mayor of the city of Boston, the
chief executive of a municipality of over
half million inhabitants.
The ceremony of Inauguration, solemn
and impressive, took place in the COM
mon council chamber
Austin Bigelow of ward IS, who was
IN the lower branch in 1SS0-S1-S2 ard is
consequently senior member, called the
assemblage to order. Beside him sat the
mayor
Chief Justice Field administered the
oath to Mayor Quincy, and the latter at
once proceeded with the delivery of his
inaugural
Mayor Quincy advocated the abolition
of the school committee and the sub
stitution of a municipal board of seven
to be appointed by the mayor. The
mayor spoke in part as follows:
at seems to be generally agreed that
under the somewhat extraordinary po-
itical conditions which have recently
existed, affecting the party to which l
belong, / could not have been reelected
without the support at the polls of a
very considerable number, probably
amounting to several thousands of the
opposite political party to say nothing
of the course followed by others of alb
staining from voting against me. must
therefore take the result as mandate
from a majority of the people of Bos-
ton to continue for two years longer in
their service in the further development
of policies with which I am already
identified. AT the expiration of my
present term of office 1 shall have been
engaged for Is years In active political
work, and | have neither the expecta-
ton nor the desire to continue longer
in any public employment. I say this
in order that it may be clearly under
stood that l shall have no other aim
during the coming two years than to
serve the interests ofthe city and to-
utilize all of my strength and all of my
powers for the advancement of Boston
and the Improvement of it's government"
Mayor Quincy then took UP the ques-
ton of finances. The debt statement is
as follows, he said:
Gross debt Dec. 81, 1896, $69, 4S0 $40. 4S.
Gross debt Dec. 81, 1897, SIC, 66S, 1854
Increase during the year, 81, ISL, 1926. 90.
Net debt: Dec. 81, 1895, $43, 727, 72147.
Net debt Dec. 81, 1897, $49,053, 446O6.
Increase during year, $5,S25, 724.59.
1.-THE borrowing capacity of the city
within the debt limit for the municipal
year 1897 was $1,S45,331. The loans
authorized by the city council or by the
Legislature during the year exhausted
the whole of this borrowing capacity BY
the sum of $61, 031
''The average valuation of property
upon which the debt and tax limits are
based for the year 1S9S-99 has increased
$23, 500, 321 over that of last year. The
borrowing capacity of the city for the
coming year, however, will only be
about $1,700,000, or about $175, 600 less
than last year, owing to the increased
amount appropriated by the legislature
for new school buildings" The most radi-
cal recommendation by Mayor Quincy
was that of a reorganization of the
sSNool committee in view OF his belief
that the responsible executive control of
the finances of the city is seriously i'm
paired by the power of the ichool COM
mi'tee to spend money beyond the ap-
propriations and it's readiness to use
such power.
Mayor Quincy advocated board of
seven members to be appointed by the
mayer. Two of the body should always
DO women, and no more than three of
the other five to be members of any one
political party Mayor Quircy would |
have the term Of office five years. He
also would have 'arge committee con- |
stitrted in some suitable manner to act I
as a visiting or advisory hoerd.
Mr.. Quincy advocated the creation of
sore regular and systematic gency for
giving full and suredy publicity to all
official action taken by the executive de-
partments instead of the present method
the proceedings of both
branches of the city council are pub
lished by contract in the daily papers