Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
'NICCESS TO MOORE
| IS WISH OF SMITH.
1. ..,.eiect and c a b n 1t
Praised by Outgoing Heads
of Departments
srcENT REGIME CoSTLlEST

,,.ishos for the success of the
pes ,r administration were expressed
reN r'bI Nsyor Smith and most Of his
To-Day y, who turn over their powers
drsc'o,s o.,ossnonsiblities on Monday at
tpv ',9 ~ Mayor elect Moore and his
cabinet. A. .ou. Movor everv suc.
lie dficult office. = asserted Mr..
reS .m u "How difficult il is and how
smlI";' Is 10 please everybody only q
slu us ,Y rbo has filed it can know fully.
nSp nan. WV wilmer Krusen, director of
IN IN and charities, in praising the
heal'II I;rCctors of health and of welfare,
n' new r ~ Lincoln Furbush and Ernest l..
Tustin, said
Directors Are Praised
Az. hotter choice could have been
r.de than those for the departments
y health and of welfare. Il believe
thsr will have the CO operation OF me
u uu"Sical profession. of all civic bodies
.nS of every class of citizen who wants
PHILADELPHIA made a happier, 'homler
rtr % I pledge my support so far, as
4 Il worth. to the new directors ana TO
,bs new administration.
| George S. Webster. retiring director
Il i wbarves. docks and ferries, referring
" his successor, George f. Sproule,
said; ,, ,. A.. .,.
"A mort developments that are. now
"u "udor way, No man in Philadelphia is
morc CAPABLE of doing that than Mr..
sD,oulp ,, No one has a better or n
soSJer J knowledge of the needs of the
r' Success Hoped For
"1 fool certain his administration will
i, , successful one. I hope for the sue
csss Of the entire incoming municipal
! administration.
George F. Datesman. retiring direc-
,or of public works, had equal praise
and GOOD wishes for John c.. Winston.
Who assumes the dictatorship on Mon
II have no doubt from the interest
already shown by the new director he
stated, "that the many and differing
activities of the Department of Public
L Works will be conducted to the satisfac-
! finn of all. | wish my successor and
III who come with him into Office every
srCcpss in their efforts to serve the
city,"
As the Smith administration is about
to become but memory-a c9stly mem
cry-many taxpayers contend a retro
speCt Of Mayor Smlth tour years IN
Office sho" the completion oi TWO con-
structve achievements.
Parkway CompJeted
A. :. ~. pon,,nov hroad ,hor
Gne ;n InG a'nm"S NV S;tr oontar ,,;tt
ousnlsre, itnM,ts I.,n tnu NY nro,,n5 Ea;r go
lne city E'e'' p''"'u'' e'o"nu' "''
n1Tn' T .h dLn' :, .ho s,;.h;, ofth, s,.
Inc Other ,S % 5ne t.gtSniIs @gt Is u 'nu isht sh
way Sa.ion uau,r Ivy e,r i, 80 anisnsS
,sA ;asA ut,s .nut and cost GO soO 0on
WI, d.. 'th,u tLo Stot;nn ;s ,seloss j., tbo rrss
put t, tnu 'of', of w., oitr,s TronoSoc .,,I,
guy. gu. sSavuS srston, T. nrohohly vii be years
49, sto o'it';s II is tbo nervc center of nm IN.
9slore II is NV n'i'' '''''' VI dh un
Potb ocb;evements incidenta1lv vare
h,n~osts from nrcvions odministrot;ons
,Se Sntwav stat;nn roinr hal, inro Tho
/ p,antenbmrg regime the Parkway bcin1
thS roalizat;on of moro than twentvs
,i,bt years of effort
's'' '''''
Tax Rate Jumped
When Mr., Smith became Mayor in
Jsruary 1915. The city tax rate was S1
Il had been iumped three times sipcc
/ then and is now $2.15 on every 500 of
assessed realty.
The Smith administration, without
doubt was the costliest ever in power
IN Philadelphia. The retiring Mayor is
/ the last to serve under the Bullitf biIl,
SEdwin H. Filter was the first.
;, COMPARISON OF tne expenditures OF
shows that the citys annual expendi-
@ suIgS lnuer mayor smith were quad
'uP.s P nose O,5 under Mayor titler;
,oa' ,D I'm tme does not soften the compari-
penoltlres leaped far above those of his
immediate IN predecessor, the late Rudolph
Blankenburg. -,
In the first year of the Smith admin
llraton the excess of per capita ex-
penses over receipts leaped to S4.75, n
result which led to the floating of enor-
nous bond issues, giving the expiring
also In 1917 the excess was al %
A wbo,aso,"
further expenses On the " civ {pOS sSaulsu In .sa
ace Of mounting costs for personal
srvices to the city an effort was made
,oon.EIai explain that war conditions were re :
,gpDes v, vera but ntoo costs 9; of materials and
The ernenSitrn0a 1,rauiIy increasing, though
such percentage Of iIr incrsnsn enem showed no
First Years Record
/, An M epitome of Mayor Smiths record
ls,R i t1e tl hrst year of his administration !,
''TS, F,,l!o follows
5S 006 00Pal projects amounting to $114, =
Fo Forcsa ,
After ''1m months 4 to o. $h;2S; as;sn r..,s,
Taylor transit plan that was DaH ennrovad ent,rf
ordprpe%dO S p%O,lc ra,; during 1915.
At Broad street aUd NJ osI Auchventlon convention nan
Although an aden"ata nuu taiiegheny avenue;
form the hall is Tis vst pre- pr he election E plat
\ Planned 60 SvI 40 70 pc QUILT.