Title

Milton Miller

Subject

mayor, city administration

Description

Milton Miller, 1959-1967 and 1971-1981 -- label on back of photograph

73/15 -- handwritten on back of photograph

"Milton R. Miller ...served more years as mayor than any person to date. As Miller served during the city's peak growth years, more imporvoemnts occurred under his leadership than in any other administration. The city grew rapidly and Miller saw the continuing need for a acity planning commission. When the legislature enacted enabling legislation, Miller appointed Murray C. Bandy as chairman of the new City Planning Committee and charged him with compiling inforamtion and regulations for an ordinacnce to be enacted by the city council" (Bandy, 72).

"During Mayor Millers' terms in office, he...curbed and guttered streets, expanded utilities to new additions, expanded aqueous bed water supply with a 16-inch water main into town, dug new wells, built a new water tower, paved streets with concrete, expanded cememtary by purchase of land, expanded fire and police departments, constructed new city building, purchased library buildings and voted levy for funding it, built new sewer plant, constructed golf course, and brought many additions to the city" (Bandy, 73).

Creator

unknown

Source

Murray Bandy Hesston Centennial 1886-1896, Hesston Public Library

Publisher

Hesston Public Library

Date

unknown

Contributor

Bandy, Murray

Rights

In Copyright

Relation

Bandy, Murray C., "Hesston Centennial 1886-1896", pg. 73

Format

image/jpeg

Language

English

Identifier

mb_ca_m_06

Coverage

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

Hesston (Kan.)

Kansas