. Pacific municipalities and counties . aboutas the result of a great public the year 1900 the city of Galveston,Texas, was visited by a huge ti The citj was practically K-stroyed, and with it went not only thephysical part of the city, but also itsgovernment. It had been governed omthe Federal plan and was characteri»-itic of that type. When the first er-:citemeut passed, the leading men ofthe community got together to discuaipplans for the reconstruction of the citIn view of the demoralized conditioof the city and its government, the goT-iernor of the State was appealed
. Pacific municipalities and counties . aboutas the result of a great public the year 1900 the city of Galveston,Texas, was visited by a huge ti The citj was practically K-stroyed, and with it went not only thephysical part of the city, but also itsgovernment. It had been governed omthe Federal plan and was characteri»-itic of that type. When the first er-:citemeut passed, the leading men ofthe community got together to discuaipplans for the reconstruction of the citIn view of the demoralized conditioof the city and its government, the goT-iernor of the State was appealed to aiimportiuied to appoint a special cotmission to have full charge of the cityjaffairs until things were restoredtheir normal condition. Accordingthe governor appointed such a coBmission, which consisted first of thrmen but was afterwards increasedfive. These commissioners were clothtwith extraordinary powers. One w|given charge of all matters relating 1 PACIFIC MUNICIPALITIES 159 Waste and Extravagance Are Germanys Silent Allies I. finance and revenur, another over fireand police, another over streets anapublic property, aaotlier over water-works and sewage, wliile the fiftii wasmade president of the commission andacted as general overseer. The jirac-j tJee of the commission was to sit downtogether and talk ovei plans in a gen-, oral way, after wiiich they would sep-? arate and proceed to carry them out,L each commissioner looking after hisown department. The result was marvelous. (Jalves-ton was restored as if by a only that, but things were donewhich before weie never dreamed pos-sible. Without any noise, fuss or scan-dal the commissioners succeeded indoing for (Jalveston what it nevercould have done for itself under its oldform of goveriitntHt in a thousand years. The coiuiuissioiiers had beenappointed in the first [ilace for a tem-porary measure only, but had ac-complished such wonderful results thatthe people would not hear of return-ing to the old Fe
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