The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-19

he first eleven months OF the admlnlstra- q
ion of Mayor Davenport will be found in
his paper. 1t is not possible to make .
omplete report until after the lst of March
OR until the receipts and expenditures
or the month of February shall have been
passed upon by the Council. The clerk,
therefore. in accordance with the charter,
furnishes for publication, before election
the figures for the first eleven months OF
tbo voar in order that the voters can see
What has been done. And we also publish
the report made year ago, OF the hrst
eleven months of Murdock's adminlstra-
t;on in order that the people may COM
mare the work of the two administrations. |
There has been so much wind expended IN |
the Union in relation to the alleged reck-
less manner in which Mr.. Davenport was
running the city in debt that people will
probably direct their eyes first to see what
truth there is in these stories
They will find that Murdoch issued orders
to the amount OF Sll52id "
And he paid orders to amount Of ,....... 5000 As
so.121 so
10 Maid bonds .....,,......,..... $3.50 90
24,67l so
n men hand ae "e"' NV 1859 o.
1880 81
No ,a;a ootas . 1,l61 42
$3.50 IL
He bought hose; let job breaking rock,
and IF hui1dino hose houses. which
n TmU M paid ................ 400 80
80 269 AZ
otbar i+er,s left for Davenport to nav CAB IA
Murdoch added to debt 29,912 ST
In other words Murdoch doubled the
taxes and left the city thirty thousand dol
lars deeper in debt than he found it.
Now let us see what Mayor Davenport
has done:
He has issued orders to amount s1os 3 353 s.
And paid orders TO amount of.......... S6,021 40
| 16,7t5 II
He paid bonds. 64OO W
1o,315 n
When he went into Office the cash account
/ was short l'oo9 u
1856 7s
He maid note ............... so II
Added to debt S,5z6 0:
During the first eleven months of Muir
dock he received cash for taxes, Sc, SS4.06
During the first eleven months of Dav
export he received cash for taxes only So,
764O9
The city has, however, received $4,000
of taxes since the first of February, which
leaves the debt about as Mr.. Dayenpor
found it. If the taxes come in for thu
next two weeks as expected, Mr.. Daven
port will probably show small reduction o
the debt during the year,and a reduction @
about one half on taxation.
1t will be noticed that Murdoch ISSUED
about Sl3, 900 more of orders than Daven
port has done, and that he paid orders t
about thousand dollars less than Daven
port. Also that Mr.. Davenport paid NOR
!, of bonds. Also that Murdoch left tn
cash account 81 $500 short, which MI
Davenport had to pay.
We also find, by looking at the books
that on the 9th of March, 1878, Mr.. DAY
EXPORT paid 1891 90 for hose bought b
Murdoch, but which sum, though deb
did not appear in Murdock's fiscal STATE
ment, for the reason, that Murdoch bougf
it, verbally, of an agent, but the accoul
has not been acted on by the Council an
IS therefore could not appear on the books
April 7,he paid S249, 80 for breaking roo
Il which was debt contracted by MurdoC
II in the same way.
n Also April The paid 100000 for bull
II ing hose houses this does not incluC
l. groundl which were contracted for by Mu
r. dock and built but which it seems did n
- appear in his debt statement, for the san
ID reason as gwen above. These should
er added, with some other small items, to /
I'd debt statement, showing that he run t
/ city in debt about $4,000 ($29, 912.5
t more than it owed when he came into {
st fee.
III The same items in Mr.. Davenport
Y debtedness show an apparent increase
debt of $3.50. 02-but $4,000 of tax
m have been received since the first of Feb
at and there is every prospect, if people p
IN up promptly, that he will reduce the de
" somewhat, during the year, and we kn'
os he has reduced the taxes about one ha
ce TIE Union is trying to hunt up candidat
as who will 60 back to Murdock's fashion
o. double the taxes and pile $4,000 "
d. upon the city indebtedness. Let the p
% pie study the figures.
nj Anna Dickinson-Joan of Arc.
n We are glad to learn that Moline is
lie hear Anna Dickinson's lecture on Joan
Arc. They hear it,not because they vi
Dr. to but because she has no lect1
For Your Own Sake and never deliver