City planned improvements and two year achievements
A 1916 city review highlights completed surveys and a new reform program. It notes added police and fire personnel, higher salaries, street and sewer projects, and efforts to curb tax rates while improving efficiency. The report promotes standard practices, reduced red tape, and closer city department coordination for future budgeting.
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Mayor Leighton Calkins 1917 Message to Common Council
The mayor urges modernizing city accounting and police and fire department practices. He repeats Park Avenue widening for traffic relief and discusses a referendum approach to licensing, proposing a Research and Advisory Commission to guide parks flood control and municipal projects. He outlines a joint sewage project with Plainfield and others, detailing the Darling farm disposal plant and sewer trunk line progress.
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Leighton Calkins
the Common Council
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Research and Advisory Commission
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Common Council
East End
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Corporated Couneil
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State Board of Health
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North Plainfield
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Rock Avenue
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Watchung Water Company
Plainfield City Plans and Traffic Regulation Reforms
City officials discuss municipal building plans by Teck and Bottomley New York, traffic regulation to curb modern street use, and widening needs. Mayor Leighton Calkins notes retirements and welcomes new appointees while pledging careful, equitable policy changes.
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Plainfield Architects
Teck & Bottomley
New York City
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