Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . stration the city more than doubled in popu-lation and wealth, and at his instigation many im-portant public improvements were carried into effect;the city police were drilled and uniformed, waterwas introduced, an excellent system of sewerage wasadopted and put under construction, the RogerWilliams Park was given to the city and improved,many public buildings were erected, and a generalspirit of progress was infused into the city govern-me
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . stration the city more than doubled in popu-lation and wealth, and at his instigation many im-portant public improvements were carried into effect;the city police were drilled and uniformed, waterwas introduced, an excellent system of sewerage wasadopted and put under construction, the RogerWilliams Park was given to the city and improved,many public buildings were erected, and a generalspirit of progress was infused into the city govern-ment. As an intelligent and fitting tribute to hischaracter and attainments as a public man and exec-utive, this sketch may well include an extract froman article in the Boston Advertiser, printed in 1881,upon the occasion of Mayor Doyles second retire-ment from the office, which he had held with but asingle years intermission for sixteen years. MayorDoyles career, said this authority, is the more re-markable, as the second city of New England isunique in the self-asserting individuality of its citi-zens and the heat of its ever-shifting
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