Milford chronicle., 1963-01-25
Mayor A. {. Humes Annual Report

for their cooperation and friendly
spirit. Oh yes there are times
when they do not all agree; times
when the formal MISTER is used
instead of a friendly nick name.
Out of such discussion usually
come the right answer othe
problem, and the end is achieved.
The City Manager S Annual Re-
port will give details of many Of
the City's activities and improve
ments. 1t will give you some idea
of the continuing work and labor
involved in just keeping up with
the day to day requirements.
Equipment, pumps, motors, ma
chimes wear out and have to be
replaced and repaired. Parts in
stalled in expensive machines and
the pumps which bring up and dis
tribute under pressure to you al
most million gallons Of water
a day, must be kept in good con-
dition. Similar pumps must keep
nearly an equal amount of sew
age following to the sewage treat
ment plant. And don't think for a
minute that that plant can run
all by itself without regu-
lar cleaning and attention. This
year the treatment plant was
completely rebuilt and cleaned
by City employees and many new
parts installed.
In the year ahead of us, it is
my hope that we will continue
to install modern street lights
in more of the residential dis
tricts and to greatly upgrade the
lighting in the business districts.
With the cooperation of the
state Highway Department, hope
that traffic control lights can be
installed on the Rehoboth Boule-
ward, both at the intersections of
North Walnut and at N. E. Front
Streets, both of these places be-
ing very busy intersections.
1 hope that a plan can be a.
greed upon to either get rid OF
the old City hall or modernize
it. Personally / hope that it can
be razed and the site improved.
l feel that the City has been
lax in Identification, parks and
recreational facilities. Acorn
mittee has already been asked to
prepare plans for the practical
use Of the Evans Playground. Last
year your Council spent 6/100 of
1% of its income on beautifica-
tion. believe that much greater
amount would be fitting and prop
er for this purpose.
The primary concern for the
next Council is to provide
more adequate water supply. The
1862 Council and previous Coun-
ellis have spent much time and
study on this matter.
Additional sources should be
in operation before Summer. Test
wells were driven in December
which may be used, after the
quality of the water is determined
in labratories. A real deep we'll
and all castings and screens
and pumps that go with it is very
expensive. Last year we had es-
Inmates for such a we'll at $780,
600. Even such a well is not a
sure thing ahead of time. So we
are still exploring water veins
in the upper sand strata.
The 1853 Zoning Law which
Milford adopted was a fine ru-
ment for orderly growth and
segregation of certain enter
prises. It has been found however
that certain changes are needed
and a committee is working on
this. 1t is my hope that this law
can be brought up to date in
1868.
Let US pray that 1868 will be
a good year for Milford, that we
may continue to have a coopera-
tion spirit as we work together
for the good of our City. 1t is my
fondest hope that the activity
which has been started by the
Greater Milford Development
Corporation will be fruitful and
productive. Let us each one re-
that we are ambassadors
of the City in all that we do and
say and it should be the aim of
each one of us to be loyal and
faithful.