Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-27

This service however is bad and All put
Useless alike to the Company and the
public. The service is reluctantly fur
nshed and must prove as poor N IN
vestment as it is unpopular with the
tracks on State street, but until some
thing better is provided these tracks
should remain. The rails are ed ana
light and the roadbed neglected. \ loop
from Water street through Bond street,
into State street and up Winthrop e
Chestnut and thence connecting with
Western avenue would relieve the rest
of State street and allow these tracks to
be taken up ard the street improved
This loop, with good service, would ac-
commodate the public and believe
would return a profit to the company.
Such a service would accommodate a
very large residential section Of the city
re - ore ia W cemeteries ana the
| p 2h'e ohare thn city. Besides, i Is
| we'll vn th4t, transportati2n taeil liIo,5
create taft. This matter VIII be taken
49, + t. management of the Lewis
Augusta ard Watervile Street Rail
way, with the hope of practical results
THIS great public service corporation
am sure is not unmindful Of its valuable
franchise In this city. Indeed. it is no
small thing that this franchise * perpe-
tuai and was given without charge by
Thoughtful more of Immediate results
than OF future conditions. J seek no issue
with this corporation. 1t is necessary 70
Augustus larger development, just as In
some measure this city is necessary 10
this corporation I would meet the com
pany rather in 4 spirit of frlendilnes55
and cooperation with the view of mutual
betterment.
New Industries.
Augusta awaits new industries and
should invite them. We can offer the To-
water and the power. Other cities and
towns are meeting with success in indus
trial ADVANCEMENT nor should we fail If
sufficient effort is put forth For these
m.
of other small State capitals ard quiet
county seats. Such cities become known
as residential cities. the presence of pub
commercial and industrial actiNities All
gusta, however. has made a beginning
rs a manufacturing city. Our cotton
mills. our pulp and paper mills, our lum-
Der industry our shoe shop and other
lessor industries are the backbone of the
smaller ones would give Augusta a new
start. add materially to the wealth OF
all our people, stimulate building, pro-
mote the owning of homes. add to our
ing prosperity. | recommend that the
City Council cooperate with the Board
ing this generally desired end What
Augusta needs is industrial growth and
commercial activity can only be gained
by strong pull and a pull together.
A Business Administration.
Let THIS be Known from the start d. Il
business administration, nor can We wish
for higher need of praise. Our duties
quickly resolve Themselves into PLAIN
business proposition. Elected in the heat
Of political division, we come here as the
peoples representatives to do business for
Augusta II there be other duty. indivi-
dual right or party policy, 1t does not
now nor will it appear. You will agree
with me that a business man who, sit
ding here, makes politics his business,
has no business to be in politics.
a as directors business
corporation requiring wisdom and iudg-
ment in the administration Of its AFFAIRS
having valuation of $S,o0o,0o0 and ex-
pending annually for municipal purposes
It least S20o,f00. 1t IS for US to know now
to take, not most, but least from the
it for the common good 1t is for us to
police the city. to maintain order, 10
build streets and sidewalks, TO construct
sewers, TO care for the poor, to light the
aity, to keep it clean and safe, to guard
its good name, to maintain its credit,
perfect plans for the public good, and TO
hand on to our successors the city 5 al
airs with a record of increased efficiency
n the public service. Beyond this there
ed. and in the spirit Of this practical
1drpose we have subscribed to the oath
of office.
Mayors Cabinet.
In line with the foregoing suggestions
relative to a business administra ton, |
have given some thought TO the 1oflnd-
ton of Mayors Cabinet Such an i'll
noVation may be neither advisable nor
desirable. 1t is, however, in my mind and
some practical plan may be possible
Such a purpose contemplates an invita-
ton to certain representative citizens IN
terested in the growth and progress OF
the city to stand with the Mayor in the
execution of plans for the pdbllc good
My thought goes out to certain men IN
the professions and trades, men IN hual-
ness, mechanics, physicians, lawyers
6narS
gardless of party or creed. would be Will
ing to give some OF their time TO the
earnest consideration of civic matters;
Such a cabinet would exist for counsel
rather than for action, and would tos-
ter a spirit of cooperation along nn@,-
political lines resulting only in good
substitute for the City Council; II would
have no power TO determine any lSaHr
| am willing to leave this as a sugges-
ton which may come to naught unless
it meet with approval from those who
may see merit in it. My only reason Of
liking of the matter here and now i
because Augusta needs a getting together
for the doing of larger things. We need
to forget the things that are dead, the
issues that bear no fruit and froWn down
the criticism that seeks to destroy more
than to construct
Conclusion.
That public Office is a public trust Is
a statement not so well known but that
it will bear frequent repetition Follow
ing the political excitement to an cleo
ton, comes the sober thought and tn
sense of official responsibility. Partisan
politics now gives way TO the duty Of
citizenship. Chosen Mayor of the city of
Augusta. | would not fail in appreciation
Of the honor conferred, and am not I'M
mindful of the meaning of the endorse
ment of thirteen hundred of my fellow
citizens Sensible of the obligation laid
upon me. | have but one ambition. Hav-
ing neither personal ends to gain nor other
ambitions to serve, it Will be my con-
slant aim to administer the office of chief
magistrate of this city In the interest of
all the people. | have no enemies t.
punish. no favorites to reward. I shall
hold every man my friend and shall be
the friend of every man. | ask no con-
sheraton not accorded every other pub
lie servant. But in the working out Of
plans and purposes for the city's good,
make bold to ask the cordial support o.
the press and the public.
The city of Augusta and its present
needs. The city of Augusta and its fll-