Excerpt from Annual Message of Hon. William J. Stern, Mayor. And Department Reports of the City of Erie, Pa., 1913As officers of this municipality it is our duty to conduct the affairs of our growing city in a progressive, business - like manner with a view of taking care of the needs of our people and making the city so attractive that others will come to take up their abode in the Gem City of the Lakes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.