Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-09
SIDEWALKS.

dition, and I will simply ark that you
assist and cooperate in every way pos
sible with the Street Commissioners to
have, as far as possible, all worn out and
unslghtly walks replaced during tho
coming season with walks Of perma
nent nature. such as are now being built
In this and oil cities at the present time.
COMM1sSIC~ FORM OF GOVERN
| MENT.
| OF the many recommendations / have
made for the betterment of our city, to
my mind. the one which is the most vital
and important and of a fundamental ma
ture, is the urgent need of a change from
our present and antiquated style of gov
eminent to the present and up to date
style, known as a Commission Form or
Government which has already been
adopted by over three hundred Of the
most progressive cities all over the
country.
without going into details as to its
form and results accomplished, 7 will
simply say that the city of Galveston and
many others / might mention are stand
ing monuments OF the results Of a change
to this form of government. and should
act as a beacon light to encourage other
municipalities to follow their example.
From the knowledge l have gained as
to the results obtained In other places,
l am convinced that here in the city of
Burlington, many of the things we need
and are restrained from having, we
could have without increasing our tax
levy, provided our city was managed on
up to date business principles.
/
ing a single feature of all commission
forms Of governments. purchasing agent
for all departments. would save at least
twenty thousand dollars each year
Rutland and st Adams operating under
a charter tn same age as our own, are
now seriously considering a change then
why should the largest and most pro-
gressive city in the State struggle along
and further continue to squander the
peoples moley without obtaining ade-
quate results.
Gentlemen I feel that you must agree
with me that the consideration Of this
question is Of vital Importance and de-
mands ON our Ta-t careful and serious
attention. and ! sincerely hope and would
earnestly recommend that a committee
may be appointed to assist and cooperate
with any movement for a change from
our present charter to one moro modern
and wholly in keeping With the best that
can be found
VISITING NJ RISE ASSOCIATION.
After looking over the report of the
above association for the year 1913 and
also having an interview with Miss Cur
tbs. the head nurse of the association. I
am thoroughly convinced that the three
hundred dollars given last year to this
association was money we'll expended and
I cannot too strongly recommend that
the same assistance be again given this
year.
As a charitable organization it is n CO.
worker of the department of charities
in rendering assistance to the poor and
needy of our city, as | find that of the
three thousand calls made in behalf of
the needy, two thousand of these calls
were made and medicine furnished free
to those In destitute circumstances
For the above reasons / bespeak for
this worthy organization continuance
of the general publics generous support
In the future, as has already been given
in the past.
MILITARY CAMP
In the selection of Burlington by the
War Department as one of the four
places where Military Camp for stu
dents of the colleges of New England
should be 'ocated during the coming
Summer, special honors have been be-
slowed on our CITY which should be high
ly approached ! our citizens and to
my mind calls for special efforts on our
part to make the locating of this camp
In our city an unqualified success.
For tn locating of this camp in our
city special thanks should he given to
President Benton and Captain Reeves of
the University of Vermont for their ef
forts in having Burlington 50 specially
favored
GentlenleAjt earnestly ask your hearty
comparatively the matter OF rendering
such assistance as will he found neces-
sary, in order to insure the success of
what l believe will be of great benefit
TO our city.
TAX RATE
There is probably not a matter that so
generally interests the largest number of
our people as our tax rate and while |
heileVe this question is of vital impor-
lance we should not forget that we are
living IN a progressive age. and in order
that our beautiful city may retain the
hlsh prestige it now holds our citizens
should be imbued with an amount Of civic
pride, and should not forget that our city
can only be what they desire and are
willing to help make it
They also should not forget that in the
activities of every day life, the city or in
dividual that adopts a stand-pat attitude
is sure to lag behind.
1mbued with the above spirit, I stand
for such tax rate consistent with our
city's welfare in making it what nature
designed it should be, the most beautiful
city in the land.
MEDICAL COLLEGE.
1 would again recommend that the city
physician, who will probably be selected
by the board of charities from some men,
her of the faculty of the college, he paid
the usual salary, in order that our metr-
cal college may receive assistance It so
badly needs.
nope this recommendation will receive
favorable consideration at your hands.
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
Matters pertaining to the various de-
partments / propose to treat with special
messages, as occasion requires
This l believe to be the most satisfac-
tory way.
In conclusion gentlemen / have called
your attention to only n few of the inn
portant matters that might be taken up