Excerpt from Proceedings of the Conference of American Mayors on Public Policies as to Municipal Utilities, Vol. 57: The Annals; January, 1915 Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen: I don't know just exactly what I am to do, but my friend, Mayor Blankenburg, said he wanted me to come here tonight and say a word of welcome to the visiting mayors, their ladies and the guests here tonight. I think that is hardly necessary because Philadelphia always welcomes anybody that comes here for the uplift, the advancement and the improve ment of this or any other community. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.