The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-16
CITY HEADS TO
EXCHANGE IDEAS
International Municipal Congress
To Open Two Weeks Ses-
sion on Monday
TO SEEK IMPROVED METHODS
Many Experts in City Government to
Present Their Views at Big
Meeting in Chicago.

Chicago, Sept. 16.-Onicial represen-
tatives OF municipalities i'm all parts of
the United States and Canada and a
few surrounding large cities I'm several
foreign countries are gathering here
to attend the International Municipal
Congress and Exposition which will
open at the Coliseum next Monday
The congress. as its name implies. of
an International character, Is planned
upon large scale and promises TO be
the largest and most instructive event
OF this kind ever held I'm this country
Experts of worldwide fame and known
ability in matters pertaining to mu-
nicipal government will be I'm attend
ance. at the congress and will deliver
addresses on many subjects of vital
interest to municipalities generally.
This congress is considered the most
comprehensive attempt ever made To
bring together the most intelligent and
capable educators in all lines of mu
nicipal endeavor.
Opportunities For Comparison.
As to the exposition of municipal
methods and systems, which will be
held at the Coliseum during the two
weeks of the congress. it is believed
that by making possible comparisons
between various communities with ref
erence to their systems of governments
their notable accomplishments in the
past and their plans for the future. il
will create a spirit of rivalry and civic
pride that will do much for the ad.
vancement of municipal reform and
betterment
Many OF the large cities of the Unit
ed States have made special efforts and
VIII be represented by special exhibit
tions, giving u complete and highly in
structive presentation of the organiZa-
tion of each municipality. its system
of administration, the scope and ar
rangement of it's working plan, the
methods employed to insure the great
est efficiency at the smallest cost and
with the minimum of friction: the
manner OF keeping books and records.
OF collecting taxes and statistics and
scores of other matters Of interest to
every large or small municipality, be
IL in the United States, I'm the Do
minion OF Canada or in some country
across the sea-
Formay Opening Monday.
The formal opening of the congress
and of the exposition will be held next
Monday noon at the Congress Hall of
the Coliseum. There will be addresses
by John NJ. Even. chairman of the
congress and of the exposition; John
MacVicar, commissioner general of
the congress; Harry A. Wheeler, pres
ident of the Chicago Association of
Commerce; Mayor Carter VI. Harrison
OF Chicago; Hon. Darius A. Brown,
president of the League of American
Municipalities and Mayor of Kansas
City, Mo-: Hon. William ]. Gaynor,
Mayor of New York City; Hon. John
T.. Hepburn, Mayor of Philadelphia
and Hon. James Fitzgerald, Mayor of
Boston.
During the session of TIE congress
there will be general meetings every
afternoon while every evening there
will be displays of moving pictures to
illustrate talks on various American
and European cities. The forenoons
will he devoted to special department
sessions which will be held in the First
Regiment Armory.
Consider Many Subjects.
In accordance with the program ar
ranged for the two weeks of the con-
let ssllhipCtS
will come up for consideration and
discussion at each of the meetings and
experts and authorities on these sub
jects will present their Views, as based
upon their observations and expcrien-
ces. Among the subjects thus to be
considered will be City Charters; Mu~
nicipal Accounting and Efficiency; The
Business END of a City Government;
City Planning; Paving; Public Utili-
tics; Taxation: The City for the Peo-
pie: Control of the Milk Supply; Ad-
vertising Value of a Healthy city;
Protection of Water and Disposal OF
Sewage; Police and Fire Service; Re
duction of Fire Waste; Parks ana
Fairgrounds; Building Codes; Public
Schools; Public Libraries; Control ot
Sanitation and school Inspection; fard
Sewage; Stables and Slaughter Hous-
es; The Law In Relation to Heaith
Work; Cost Of Health Department per
Capita Equalizing Taxation; Restruc-
tion of City's Taxing Power; Meuh-
ods of Collecting Taxes and their DIS
bursements; Franchises; Munnipal
Ownership; street Lighting; Docks ana
Water Transportation and many others
OF equal Importance