Proceedings of the ... Conference for Good City Government and the ... Annual Meeting of the National Municipal LeagueClinton Rogers Woodruff 1908 |
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... railroad center , a place in which to eat and to meet , to which the perfunctory key of the city so cheerfully discarded by your mayor is usually extended . This is not a perfunctory welcome , but I think a recognition of the fact that ...
... railroad center , a place in which to eat and to meet , to which the perfunctory key of the city so cheerfully discarded by your mayor is usually extended . This is not a perfunctory welcome , but I think a recognition of the fact that ...
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... Railroad . THE CHAIRMAN : It becomes my pleasant duty to open this meeting very briefly . MR . DEFOREST : When I was a boy there was a game of questions , called " How do you like it ? where do you like it ? and when do you like it ...
... Railroad . THE CHAIRMAN : It becomes my pleasant duty to open this meeting very briefly . MR . DEFOREST : When I was a boy there was a game of questions , called " How do you like it ? where do you like it ? and when do you like it ...
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... railroad leading from the south and west into the City of New York , with the exception of the New York Central , passes through the state . At practically one end of the state is the city of Philadelphia , and at the other end the ...
... railroad leading from the south and west into the City of New York , with the exception of the New York Central , passes through the state . At practically one end of the state is the city of Philadelphia , and at the other end the ...
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... Hudson River just opposite New York has a large cosmopolitan population . It is the terminal of all the great railroads Law Enforce- ment Varies and many of the large ocean steamboat lines . In FOR GOOD CITY GOVERNMENT 61.
... Hudson River just opposite New York has a large cosmopolitan population . It is the terminal of all the great railroads Law Enforce- ment Varies and many of the large ocean steamboat lines . In FOR GOOD CITY GOVERNMENT 61.
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... rail- road company and the Denver Gas and Electric Company to the people . " We will furnish you gas and light for so much . We will furnish you street lamps for so much . " We will pay you so much for the use of your streets . " That ...
... rail- road company and the Denver Gas and Electric Company to the people . " We will furnish you gas and light for so much . We will furnish you street lamps for so much . " We will pay you so much for the use of your streets . " That ...
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Página 4 - Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, but now I know it, with what more you may think proper.
Página 44 - THE CHAIRMAN: You have heard the report of the nominating committee. What is your pleasure as to the acceptance of the report and the election of the officers named?
Página 212 - ... through its regularly constituted authority, to pass all laws and ordinances relating to its municipal concerns, subject to the constitution and general laws of this state.
Página 146 - That no law shall be passed impairing the freedom of speech; that every person shall be free to speak, write, or publish whatever he will on any subject, being responsible for all abuse of that liberty...
Página 317 - Town meetings are to liberty what primary schools are to science — they bring it within the people's reach ; they teach men how to use and enjoy it. A nation may establish a system of free government ; but without the spirit of municipal institutions, it cannot have the spirit of liberty.
Página 305 - The law which established the railroad commission provides that its annual report shall "include such statements, facts and explanations as will disclose the actual working of the system of railroad and railway transportation in its bearing upon the business and prosperity of the Commonwealth," and "such suggestions as to its general railroad and railway policy, or any part thereof, or the condition, affairs or conduct of any corporation or company, as may seem to it appropriate." The laws in regard...
Página 447 - Aid the dawning tongue and pen; Aid it, hopes of honest men; Aid it, paper — aid it type, — Aid it, for the hour is ripe, And our earnest must not slacken Into play; Men of thought and men of action, Clear the way!
Página 49 - CHAIRMAN : You have heard the report of the executive committee by its chairman. If there is no objection the report will be received and printed in the proceedings of the convention. We will go on to the discussion of the next paper "Municipal Affairs and the Liquor Problem, "and I have great pleasure in introducing Prof. Augustus Raymond Hatton, Western Reserve University of Cleveland, who will present the subject. Dr. Hatton then read his paper which is printed in full in the Appendix.
Página 446 - CLEAR THE WAY. MEN of thought ! be up, and stirring Night and day : Sow the seed — withdraw the curtain — CLEAR THE WAY! Men of action, aid and cheer them, As ye may ! There's a fount about to stream, There's a light about to beam, There's a warmth about to glow, There's a flower about to blow ; There's a midnight blackness changing Into gray; Men of thought and men of action, CLEAR THE WAY...
Página 233 - ... exercising said powers shall be prescribed by general laws, except that cities and towns may provide for the manner of exercising the initiative and referendum powers as to their municipal legislation. Not more than ten per cent of the legal voters may be required to order the referendum nor more than fifteen per cent to propose any measure, by the initiative, in any city or town.