Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-01-05
New City Council Organized.

4 city were sworn Ill last night, the
old council having met, accepted
the final reports of the various off
cials, closed up its business, and
turned municipal affairs over to the
new men. Besides organizing and
appointing committees, little was
done by the new councilmen, the
election of marshal being put over
till next meeting. Mayor Davis,
on taking his office, delivered the
following message or address to the
council:
10 the Honorable Boav, the Common
Council ofAe City Of Pnliman.-
1t is not, l believe, obligatory on the
part of a mayor to deliver u message on
the occasion of his assuming office, but
the time and circumstances seem to offer
an axcuse, if not indeed an actual neces-
sity for such a measure on this occasion.
The events of the 5th ult when ma
jority of your honorable body together
with the officials of the city, by your ac-
ceptance of caucus nominations, asked
for and received votes sufficient for your
election, are yet fresh in your memory.
On that date lines were drawn sharply,
much was said and done in behalf of
favorite candidates, and fear at times it
amounted almost to vindictiveness. tits
pleasant to note, however, that with the
close ofthat contest, tranquility again be-
gan. her reign, which is not the begetting
of strife, but rather the spirit of union,
good fellowship and brotherhood that
has made Pullman and her citizens pros
porous and happy, and the envy of her
neighbors. Such contests properly con-
Quoted are productive of good. They an
innate our citizens and inspire in the in
dlvidual an interest in his fellows which
is commendable. The right to work and
vote for anv candidate or t:Ut.st is AMI
should be right unquestioned, md the
results of fair election should have the
support or all the people.
NEW MEMBERS.
1t is wise provision of our city gov
ernment that a part of your honorable
body are elected for aperiod of two years.
thus retaining in its councils men whose
knowledge of and experience with its af-
fairs and business and policies, which will
enable them and you to serve the city in
the most satisfactory manner possible.
The personnel of those, whom l am
pleased to denominate as "hold-overs," ,"
should be a matter of congratulation to
you, and of them and from them you are
requested to give ear and heed OH sub
jects with which their experience have
familiarized them.
BE IN ACCORD.
1t is desired that in all your work and
deliberations, however, laborious and
taxing they may be, that the spirit ofhar-
mony may prevail throughout your Off
cial ia nily. 1t is hardly necessary to say
that in this is the beginning of your best
services to the city.
ORDINANCES.
There are times in the history of all
progressive municipalities, when their
ordinances or laws, by repeal, re-enact-
ment, amendment, ETC., become difficult
to comprehend readily. This is, in a
measure, conducive to errors which
would initiate against the individual or
the city. 1t would be poor economy to
place either in jeopardy, when a cheap
way of revising or codifying and binding
into convenient volume might be found.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Good streets within, and good roads
leading into a town, is potent factor i'll
its commercial importance. Your atten-
ton is therefore directed to the needs of
our community in this direction, and it
is desired that you use your best efforts
to serve our people i'll this, perhaps the
most important part of your duties. The
present condition of our streets is my ex-
cuse for submitting the following as a
plan for improving the streets through
our business district. 1t would call for
the removal of the earth lying above the
rock, so densely impregnated with gar
bage and filth, and the preparation of
drainage cutters, the surface then to be
treated to dressing of macadam from
six to twelve inches in depth as the case
would require, the rock used in the work
to be taken from some convenient hill, at
an elevation sufficient to allow it to be re-
moved olthe crusher. and thence to the |