Reports of the Departments of the Government of the City of Cleveland for the Year Ending December 31, 1879

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reports of the Departments of the Government of the City of Cleveland for the Year Ending December 31, 1879: Together With the Annual Message of Hon. R. R. Herrick, Mayor One year ago the people of Cleveland placed in our hands the government of this municipality. Today they require of us an account of our stewardship. With the statement we are able to present, as well as with the present character and condition of that government. We may feel a reasonable satisfaction. While our management of municipal affairs during the past year may be in some respects open to criticism, 1 am convinced that it has as a whole, been successful. Aside from the information which it conveys to our constituents, I regard it as eminently proper that at the close of each year there should be an accounting of all munici pal matters in order that we may know exactly how they stand, and a review of the administration of the past year - ao that profiting by experience, we may be able to regulate better the conduct of affairs in the future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.