The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-01-12
EARLY MEETING OF
OFFICIALS At HALL
THURSDAY NIGHT
JUDGE ERWIN ADMINISTERS The
OATH TO MAYOR AND BOARD
OF ALDERMEN.
APPOINTMENTS Are CONFIRMED

APPOINTMENTS Are CONFIRMED
Police and Fire Commissioners Max
Selections of 10 From List of 81
Mayors Suggestions on Entering
office-Meet Tonight.
AS was anticipated the meeting o
the new and old board of mayor an'
aldermen was short Thursday light
Promptly at o'clock the meeting
was perfected and Judge e. E. Erwlr
began the administering OF oaths u
the different officials, taking Mayor
Dcuman first. This was followed BY
the qualification Of the aldermen
Mayor Deiman announced the ap
pointment of Raymond G. Addison
Joe Anderson and w. D. Cameron az
the board Of police and fire commits
sioners, which was Immediately rati
fed. Joseph L. Hutton, William r
Boyd and W. D. Cameron were ap
pointed to succeed themselves as
members of the board Of education
1t lad been tipped that Mr.. Forgey
would succeed Mr.. Cameron, but the
latter having expressed himself as de
circus of a continuation on the board
his wish was granted and the mayor
,e-appointed him.
Bertram Dedman was appointed
city attorney and the appointment
was promptly confirmed.
The police and fire commissioners
adjourned to Adkisson Bros. store on
the square where organization was eff.
fected by the election Of Mr.. Came
ron as chairman and Mr.. Addison as
secretary. Immediately they went
into the selection of police officers
and flremen. There we're four appli-
cations for city marshal and sixteen
for police. From these applications
we're chosen a city marshal and four
policemen. There were eleven aprli.
cants, and from these eight fremen
were selected. These selections, Row.
ever, have not been given out, and
will not be announced until the ad-
journed meeting of the city hall to-
night at O'Clock.
At present there are ten f1remen,
and the number was reduced to eight.
The firemen receive $3.50 each and
the chief S. when it becomes neces-
sary to throw water, but it is expect
ed that the beard will re-arrange this
manner of mpensatiop at an early
date. The mayor having recommend
ed a regular paid department in his
message and this will he considered
at the proper time.
Mayor Dedman offered the follow
ing message or suggestions to the
board, after the reading Of whichc,
there was an adjou1 nment until to-
right at eight o'clock
Columbia, Tenn, Jan. A., 1912.
ITO the Board of Aldermen:
Il do nor propose to tax either
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will call your attention to few mat
ters which | consider Of moment and
to which, in my opinion, early consid-
grafton should be given.
In the outset, l wish to emphasize
The fact that / want, with your CO.
operation, to make this administra-
ion a business administration. 1t
shall be my policy to make a dollar OF
he city's money go just as far as
anu DcllefS ludI tuS oduc
business rules that apply to any COM
mercial enterprise should apply to
he city's affairs, and the same atten-
ion given to detail in the different
as business man would
give to detail in the various depart
n optc of his bTginnCc
/ want to ask the chairman of each
committee to take complete inven-
DRY of all city property of whatever
lind in charge of his committee. We
want to know what we have in stock
o start out with, to know what our
stock of goods consists of, just as
my business man ascertains by in
just what he has in stock
when he takes over another's bust
less Then at the end Of the year,
We will take stock again and be bet
er prepared to give an accurate ac-
count of our stewardship.
/ want to suggest as a matter of
economy that the chairman of the
ire committee be designated as pur-
,haser of all the feed stuffs for both