St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-09

Immediately upon these gentlemen arriv
ing, the oath of Office was administered to
Mayor Pillsbury, when exMayor Ames de-
livered the following parting message, which
is worthy careful perusal:
Er-MdyOr 4mc's Message.
In retiring from Office Mayor Ames pre-
scented an important and valuable review
of the city's growth and progress. The
financial condition of the city is thus given:
The pressing demand for carrying forward
the needed Improvements in water works,
paving and sewers prompted the city coun-
Gil to ask the legislature for permission to
issue bonds for that purpose. 1t was given,
and $459, 900 in these bonds bearing ~ per
cent. We're sold during the fiscal year just
closed.
An additional SIS 900 for the same pur-
pose has been issued and sold since the
fiscal year closed, and brought 80 cents on
the dollar Another 100000 in bonds has
been issued by order of the council, and will
be sold in time to meet the payments on
contracts to build approaches to street eros
sings of railroad tracks
By reference to the report of the city treas
urer, / find that there was realized out of
taxes and other sources of income for the
general fund the sum of 1854, 743 04 during
the year. Against this there was a deficit of
81, 1854 from the previous year, and at
the close of the last fiscal year the account
stood overdrawn S3,373.24.
The permanent improvement fund has
contained during the year 1892, 362.23, OF
which there was realized from taxes $780,,
1892, and from bonds $454, 720. There
is now balance on hand of $3S, 927.93.
The water works fund has contained dur
ing the year 1915, 026, II, of which $16S, 1000
was from the permanent improvement fund,
and 500, 061.55 from water rents. There is
now on hand $71, 1911. In this connec-
ton is should be stated that in order to meet
deficit in the general fund, the board of
water commissioners loaned the city council
S5O.0OO The law provides that out of the
proceeds of the bonds sold, $3.50, 900 shall be
turned over to this fund, to be used for a
specified purpose. If the $4,000 paid by the
council for the East Division pumping sta
ton is to be deducted from this amount,
then there is the $50, 900 borrowed, and
$40, 900 still due on the bonds, yet to be
paid from the permanent improvement to
the water works fund.
The park fund has contained S239,000, of
which 1926, 900 was realized from the sale of
park bonds. There is remaining in the fund
$40, 420.26.
CONTROLLERS REPORT.
From the comptroller's report CLEAN these
items of interest:
Present bonded debt of the city, 50, 27S,
600; bonds paid during the year, SIS, 900:
cash in the sinking fund, S62, $500
Cash on hand March l, 1883, SIS, 152. OF; ;
received during the year, $1,916, 662. 30;
total, 1891, S14.36
In treasurer's hands, in all funds, $780,
96O.37.
Receipts of munich pal court, S22, 3S9. So;
expenses, S13, 604.19.
Licenses-Liquor licenses, SAT, 907.99; to-
tai from all licenses, S57, 605.S1.
Cost of maintaining police force, 81 G, 1856.
"a.
Cost of maintaining fire department, SO,
$50. Sc.
City officials salaries, outside of depart
ments, $2S, S62.25.
Street lighting cost, $27, 10000.
Expenses paid from general fund, which
includes everything outside of special de-
partments, for which special funds are set
aside, 1858, 3S5.S9
The retiring mayor reports that there were
twenty-one suits against the city last year, of
which five were decided in favor of the city,
one settled, two appealed, and seven still
pending.
Upon the insurance question he thus dis
courses: "Mr F. L. Stetson, the present eff
cient chief engineer, and his able officers and
men were recently pounced upon by lot of
insurance bandits and newspaper vultures,
who charged them with incfficiency, incom-
potency and general worthlessness. An in
vestigation showed that the charges were
groundless, and that they were instigated
with view to making them pretext upon
which to increase inusrance rates, and there
by plumber the people.
From the annual report of the chief en-
gineer I CLEAN these facts: The department
consists of forty permanent and forty-three
transient or call men, six fire engines, twelve
hose carts -four old ones used for reserve
reels), three hook and ladder trucks Zone
chemicaD, two supply wagons and thirty
three horses. There were eight miles of wire
added to the fire alarm telegraph (making
tnirty-fve miles now in use, eight fire alarm
boxes (malling siXty-one in ally, and fifty
hydrants (making 365 total) During the
year there were POS fire alarms-101 more
than the previous year. The loss by fire was
$500, 079, with $3.50, 905.11 insurance paid.
MI. SGeISOu Has lllSuIdnCc lOT
stating that 100000 is a fair estimate for
premiums paid on insurance during this
time. This would leave S179, 173 as profits
and to pay for doing the business. The cost
of the fire department for the fiscal year, in
Guiding new engines, engine houses, horses
and new apparatus, was SS1, S50.S6.
The police force consists of ninety-three
men, with one chief, three captains, three
lieutenants and four sergeants. During the
year there were 3,S79 arrests, an increase
of 721 over the previous year. Fines and
costs collected were S23, 1920.
The engineering department expended
$500 There are nineteen men beside
the engineer, andthe pay roll was SIS, 1896. "a
WORK FOR 1SS4-S5.
The work ordered for this summer it is es
timated, will cost $3.50, 900, as follows
Thirty one thousand three hundred
and twenty-eight feet in length, or 5.9323
miles, at an estimated cost of S136,0
Paving-Granite, 66,510 square yards;
cedar, 24,O55 square yards; total 9O,565
square yards, at an estimated cost of $685.
900.
Curb and gutter-Forty-seve thousand
seven hundred and twenty-nine feet, or q
little over nine miles, at an estimated cost of
81, 900.
sidewalks-Length of stone walk s.5s