Show TO was mayor holbrooks first advice HIS me urged proper carat ef the econome i ul the democratic candidate for mayor baa been assailing tho progressive republican candidate for reflection to the may charging him with ex trava gant tendencies be flays that mayor holbrooks first was that be made with the electric light company to relight the streets the farat made by mayor holbrook contained in his inaugural address which we dished from the daily of jan 1 1894 it egowa bow guarded tho mayor was from the beginning for economy the inaugural address reads GENTLEMEN you have ben elected to and are now fully installed us the custodians and ea of the destinies of our fair city for the ensuing two years in your honored position you are to be congratulated the people of ibis municipality expressed their confidence in beur ability and integrity to fill the important offices you now occupy Genth men the position to which you have been elected is not one of emolument but to the contrary one of sacrifice and consequently one of honor I 1 ay one of honor for he who accepts a position of such a character for tha money in it in my judgment would not be a worthy officer the position is a gift a trust and should be valued higher guarded more cara fully and zealously than if a purchase in a our obligation to the party from whom purchased ceasear upon receipt of the article and payment ef tha purchase money with a gift or trust the condition s are entirely different our obligation care and responsibility can in justice never cease first during the continuance of the arnst for the responsibility it bears if the consideration of the trust second never during our natural lives for the honor conferred is measured only by the frugality persever fl botn in assuming gentlemen I 1 take it far granted you have considered carefully the magnitude and the vital importance of the labors before you in all of its varied forma and conditions or at least as much so as i possible until you have reached farther into your fields of labor new conditions will continuously arise and it must necessarily be so in a progressive corn m 0 n wealth like provo city changes will of necessity hava to be made to meet th growing demands of the people we are now on the verge of the most important epoch of history a time when her fair name is heard for goad from new york in the east to the golden gate of the west from canada on the north to mexico on the south in fact our great nation is aroused to aba interest of utah and her people statehood is in sight in the nar future she will be crowned as a full fledged state when this happy day is the wealth not only from the united states but also from the old world will seek investment here the power of attraction ie centered in butali juat now her hidden treasures such as gold ailder lead copper ci iron etc in fact nearly all minerals known to geology are found in abundance here such being true the prejudices so long existing removed how long will it take the population of our territory to double and treble A far ls time than many of us can imagine will be required can you imagine what such a change would mean to provo a city with more of natures re than any other city in the territory in fact even a casual observer in looking over our natural resources could not but conclude that nature in bestowing her gifts had given to provo more than her share they are ours placed here for our use the question ia shall we be found tsa worthy stewards the question gentlemen is for you and the whole to answer it i true we are in alie midst ofa universal financial crisis such as conr country has never before witnessed that our city has partaker partaken par taken somewhat of the depression is also true in this connection allow me to call your attention to the old but nevertheless true adage it is the darkest just before day the day dawn is breaking the glorious future ia rapidly approaching time waits for no one we must at once buckle on our armor and meet the conditions strict economy should te our watchword watch word for of the peoples money placed in ofir hands a dividend should be returned in accomplishing this object yau can all see the absolute necessity of considering carefully the expenditure of every dollar even greater caution should be exercised than if the consideration involved was our own with the application of such tactics I 1 cannet but fesl assured that satisfactory results will be realized in every instance I 1 desire to call your attention briefly to a few of the conditions fifth which we are confronted birst thai of waterworks water works is without a question of the most vital importance first in consequence of the money invested in its construction amounting to to lecure the payment of which the city is banded or in other words as I 1 understand it every dollar corporate property of this city is mortgaged for the payment of second the annual interest on the bonds amounts to about to bo paid I 1 think amian dually there is also under the ordinance an annual expense for a superintendent in of besides other incidental expenses and in addition as I 1 understand during the life or ex of tha bonds a sinking fund of about per annum is required to meet the obligations at these obligations being true you will readily see that in this one matter a very great is us meet the conditions we knust si th annual report ot superintendent selby jones the following important information nineteen services laid to new takers with four closed out leaving on the works takers there has been received from water borka in cash in labor credits making the total receipts according to the report the total amount expended for various causes as per report is about for the year exclusive of sinking faunl which I 1 presume has not been provided for from chii showing that tha water works is not a very good investment as a moneymaking money making scheme while that is true there ie still another side to the picture that should act as ft great stimulant to all and that is th decrease of the mortality rate bince our water system has been in operation and that with only takers what would be the result if the water entered every homo in the city as it should do it would bo a question as to whether we could in a very short time find doctors enough to fill the office of quarantine physician I 1 consider the matter a grave one and recommend ita careful consideration by every member of the council and would further aak that each member consider himself a committee of one 10 take up an individual labor with the citizens to geff them to take the water I 1 heartily anderse the acts of council in reducing the rates for culinary and lawn purposed sei aa I 1 understand the case the rates and the putting of the water into the houses should both be 0 o reasonable that every head of a family in this city will feel that ho is sacrificing something by not taking the water I 1 would recommend that arrangements be made by which the superintendent can put the water from the mains into the house thereby reducing the expanses to the taker and stopping a current objection to water taking in short I 1 recommend that you do everything in your power and under your jurisdiction to the people in this matter of cheap water and constantly appeal to them to apply alie advantages offered in this direction ask them to plant lawns and their homes all can do when they take the water the balance of the lawn growing can be dene by labor that might be otherwise wasted on the streets I 1 take it for granted that you are all water takers now but if perchance there be any who are not you aurely will not deprive yourselves of the privilege longer than is actually necessary to get it into your homes in taking water you ara simply patronizing ron izing yourselves the water is yours you asked for it everybody every body aked for it tha cry was heard the water came it i here and yours the people and they hay got it to pay for there ie no dodging it the amount of property that is saved through our water works annuala frona the ravages of that demon fire cannot be estimated so after all provo ought to be proud of her water works before leaving the question of waterworks water works and what it has done by way of saving property from fire and also of reducing the rate of insurance I 1 desire to say that much credit is due the chief and volunteer fire company of provo city for the valiant services rendered your careful and early consideration of the lighting of alie city is solicited I 1 observe from the report for the year ending noy 1893 that there was expended for electric lighta in the city a portion of which time we have had no lights just how long I 1 do not re mamber I 1 believe conditions have so changed than we can get the light cheaper now from the same company and would recommend if satisfactory can be made that a few ligett at least be placed on the main streets I 1 would further recommend that you investigate the feasibility of establishing an electric light plant for and to be owned by the city I 1 have long been of the opinion that such a plant could be established with the abundance of water pow erat and at least be porting if sot source of revenue to the city such I 1 am informed is the case with other cities of much less population pu lation than provo special attention is called to the or denance relative to the cleaning of sidewalks and ditches by all owners of property abutting on streets in nay judgment a more thorough observance of the ordinance should be enforced the running at large of stock on the streets in violation of ordinance iw strictly prohibited the condition of the city cemetery should be carefully considered and if consistent with our financial condition the water mains should be extended to the grounds that that sacred place of our honored and beloved dead may be more fittingly beautified much can be accomplished if we but banish from our thoughts that ever ready word cant in conclusion I 1 my humble in assisting you in any manner possible for the happiness and prosperity of our beloved city |