, 1880-03-30

Including repairs of ducks, $40, ,05b." There
nru hit two drellge-0wners lii tic city, and
for cisy work they net Us one. Their terms
Nre therefore not governed by colni'etit!an.
cl,9se ct Il ttrcdge nlld scoss, ns rccnulinelitl-
ed by the Commissioner Ut Public Works, !
believe tho cost would hive bee!. sArel IN
two,Gr three years. The Plea TINT tho clty
good one. II we owned tl,esc l,,uc'ltt!rs VIZ
could llNye advertised for bids, tlle bidder to
furnish the urc!ger ETC., nr to work those be-
loiiEinH to the city; believe we could lays
el,ove ,!a1acI, eyen though tley shoaiti never
Lu llA.lulcu. They would llave relieved tho
city from the txactL0.ls Of n monopoly. i
earnestly rcconipetl.l that yn,, adept the rce-
I'object to tllo following items tn tho appro~
priatloM tor tho School Department. to-"it:
New sesoo! sites 10000
New school buildings ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. se0,0Oo
TotA.. .$sE0 GOO
Incidental expenses connected with tic
erection. of ycliuul.huuses now ,llitter coil
tract 70 bu erected In The Year 1851 etc,s etc..
S75,0TG.
Furnishing new buildings In course Of
sFsstl9 an, to ss oe a greeted during tho year
will laere say TINT the appropriation for
School Doard III tic ieast. It is 50 presented
II their estimates simply 10 explain to you
t!lo !starI can usl tho money rs best picasssa
It. The whole appropriation gDes on tic
C0ntroIlers bdnks uy School Fund.
! consider the wl,Ule appropriation for
ysas @ @eSyss szs S4 s 1arpsss III sss
were M tollhws:
1878, s566 ,Ss0. u; III isS0, s2J, ,s:N.4I.
F5om tl'sae appropriations there waS to The lS
Deduct fro,a this liabilities for lori the year ls7s,
ETY.. u78.y0 and there was remaining avail
able eash for 1870, s?5l ,2s3>o n; atltl 10 this
revenues from rents. Interest, ami Stnts Aiyl-
Ind, for. 1870, $4N,, ihs.s0. Yet, will, NIL .of
III easl'. i ft,!f It s ,ass ust ilad INV IS Sheiesoms
dread :, OF the losses ,enluilcd by
t pa!d tor coal Es cents per tot. niore tiia'i
the city pait! when It could agrco, to pay i'll
cash. It evidently kept cash iu the 1rrns-
ury rs q pleasant thing t0 have; for they
enee, There MS eas!' In tic Treasury M to tic
credit Of the Scloul Fund OIL Jan, /, 1870
S:85, 40: :o5. I fear the Boartl Is too much iu-
cltnet! to register tho will Ut extrayngant
Houses. Ii is7o trsu ,oase.%sr s * G; furnise,
OMo corner Of Morgan and si"nroo' Streets;
another corner I, Of Oakley an!I Ohio; THIRD
f"anSf f"a4sh 9, on k Trteent s Aass stFse a Tese
slli.so5.s0, nll pail except $s5, ,7iis.&. Four
Iaa naw houses arg sontraetcd for at 4 coSt Of
for other Incidental expenscs, about $40, ,000.'
On JIM. /, 1880, the Controllers books
showed ,Inexpcalc4 appropriations for
school purposes levied prf9r to tho. year
fsi S ssfesa'essc teta sco ospesSS5''iS ] 81.
duct from the unc0llcctctl taxes for 1878 and
prior years sol, l,s4z14, A part Of this last
item wifi ho yGt collected. Enough probably
5a j. 1t dsSs s t1s b Dsauss asv' trom na'aHSs fi
nil thnt has been paid, since january, nj
w!Iicl, Is yet. dnu fur houses ,ncarly COM
az m t p: ts w p'ce # r oa EYE r
fuel nnd othot incidcrtais; ali .whfci, Ia due
fur sites purchased. allt VIII find the Depart
mint VIII liurD ~ available assets for tll{H
year u follows:
H.s aS6 g
Aaa % ]er cont liscroaso Of rents from =, - ~.
Judsn.sat d pal ana to be patd by ''
Tho1nns Mnckin. kin...................,.... etMo
Eoyy EeS ~ sii Sy Iii ,aaoss
Total. ..............."...Sl,orl ,orl sa
have al,lel 80 per cent 10 tls rents, be-
cal,su nearly NIL the school leases expire Alny
| the valuation will be increased, II honestly
handled, nt least from 90 to It prr cent:
Three building sltes laye. bcoM purchased
n,id pal fHr' or H. vouchers are 't "''tf ! r.
! intention Ut thu Dnnrl IL TO ertet this year
| sIx nov houses. These will cost from s175,.
000 II 93l0, ,0oo; cstinlatel costs of sirs, Sa4,:
e. ses M as soss VI tsss sss st tssa g. Is S5s* @ NaM n
! !!nd tho estimates sent Iii from thu llnArtl
only allow for estimated income s2o0, ,000, al
though It WnX lust year S:ssl ,of4.W. They
is,1,ure entirSly ths oTpested. IT., Increase end
but estimate nll delnnula tH the utter'nos
ret!uee fliG levy to sHn,p1G4I, ns Eecetnnentl
thu Finnnce Committee llntl malls tlits retlUc
tion, and they expressed themselves rs heint
satisfied, fn,i lAys appropriated for str.
ana ,e new sst tnualalngS 9 and loE oxpsnsrs i!cle
ut least $50 0U. alsd tha board Will still llayt
more than tlloy can economically ust,. Thu>
expected you to Hut them largely, and, thestt
dSre, 9skea a!1 tac snpsrtlltcndcnt desired.
one. The peoplH and Taxpayers look To yol
fur protection. II you Aro extsaynguilt, OH
you Will fall tho Responsibility,
| CAlsTEH II. HARRISON, Mayor,
| DISCUSSION.
axe Aqr ,eoxASf III EeedHf f5 pta 5 sxs Sss9%sGh a., r.
vote BY which Tie appropriation bill hut
been passed ba tN0,.siilercd, that the yetoct
lteMla might be stricken out.
TnS n.otion prevailed BY % unanimous yets
the first baing thu o,iG ,Gqu4i[ztnE tlIe lay o
the three Assistant FlEu NarA!iais, making
their pay $4,000 per yenr each. Thu veto wa'
| TII.s mn~t jfatr ,uae tt,a otrIlI,r mt ~ &bs