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Communication from the Mayor
December 15th 1890
To the Board of Aldermen
and House
of Delegates
Gentlemen.
I desire to concur in the recommendation
of the Board of Public Works as to the grading of streets
petitioned for by property owners but furnish labor
and employment for the large number of men during
a season of the year when it is most needed.
I desire further to recommend that plans for a
sewer system be secured at once, and that work
upon the construction of a sewer system be at once
commenced and prosecuted to completion.
I wish further to recommend the immediate crea-
tion by ordinance of the Office of Purchasing Agent
either thatthe same be ex-official to some other
office, or that that office by directly created.
The plan now in use is leading to confusion
and chaos, and some way must by devised and
system adopted by reference to which the City's
purchases can be ascertained.
I wish further to recommend the dis-
continuance of the Office of Building Inspector
and that the duties pertaining to that office
devolve upon the Superintendent of Buildings
Bridges and Wharves, and that his salary be
made to conform to the services rendered, and
that proper and sufficient assistants be allowed
said superintendent.
Respectfully Submitted
(signed) Harry White mayor