. Valedictory address of Andrew J. Peters, mayor of Boston, to the city council, delivered in the council chamber, February 1, 1922. ndicating the value of its investigations is itsachievement in devising ways and means of savingthe city annually approximately $28,000 by changingmeters and the schedules under which electricityhas been purchased by the city. It is important also to record the fact that theLaw Department collected from the surety com-panies in two instances the entire amount of citylosses. This prevented the city from losing morethan $40,000, and is an example of efficiency in t
. Valedictory address of Andrew J. Peters, mayor of Boston, to the city council, delivered in the council chamber, February 1, 1922. ndicating the value of its investigations is itsachievement in devising ways and means of savingthe city annually approximately $28,000 by changingmeters and the schedules under which electricityhas been purchased by the city. It is important also to record the fact that theLaw Department collected from the surety com-panies in two instances the entire amount of citylosses. This prevented the city from losing morethan $40,000, and is an example of efficiency in thepublic interest. To give the general public some idea of the extentof the work placed upon the shoulders of the LawDepartment, reference to the table on the followingpage is valuable. It states the disposition of claimsreferred to the Law Department by the City Council. 72 City Document No. 101. Claims against city Claims approved (not including riot) Claims disapproved (not including riot) Riot claims approved Riot claims disapproved Claims pending (including 127 riot cases) * Including 233 in which no amount was MUSIC. Provisions of music for open-air public enter-tainment is an important function to which thisadministration gave serious and, I think, profitableattention. The system of open-air concerts inBoston needed considerable improvement to makethese entertainments worthy of the city and ofvalue to the public. I therefore appointed anAdvisory Committee on Music, which after a care-ful study of the situation, developed an annualseries of open-air concerts which have reached ahigh state of excellence. The repertoire of theseconcerts was of high character and was thoroughlyappreciated by their large attendance of reasonably permanent organization wereemployed under able leadership. The results weregratifying. The general policy of the committee early adopted,consistently adhered to, favored concentration ofthe concerts at a few generally accessib
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