Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-14
ALLEGHENY'S DEBT.

The City Now Owes S1.5OS,9 55-An.
nual Reports of the Depnrtmenrs-The
Health Generally Good-An Array oi
Sewers and Graded Streets.
The annual report of the various depart
ments of Allegheny City were presented to
Councils last night and approved. The re.
port of the Assessor of Water Rents for the
fiscal year ending February % showed re.
ceipts aggregating S22S,277 Oh. The mum.
ber of new buildings erected during the
year was 67s The Assessor reported that
the statement showed gratifying increase in
the revenue from this department.
The total expenditures in the Water De.
partment were S223,081 81. The value Of
the assets are placed at 81, ,799,642. The
amount of pipe replaced and used in extern
sions was over 20 miles in length.
The report of the Committee on Surveys
showed the receipts to have been-appropri-
alton and contingent fund. 81. .60C; expendi.
lures, S4, ,27O 08; balance, 1929 90. The OPEN
ing and widening OF California avenue was
designated as the most important improve
ment of the year.
The Committee on Public Parks reported
Appropriation, Sl7,5Oo; expenditures,
ST., ,499 62.
According to the Controllers report the
revenues OF the city for the year were S94S,
III 80. The expenditures were 81. .059, SIT 80,
leaving deficiency of Sill, ,759 AZ. The
cash balance March 1, 1889, was $1S9, ,957 IL.
This. less the amount of the expenditures
over the receipts, leaves a cash balance
March l, 1890, of S7S, 1877 Ga.
city March 1. 1885,, was. ST.
T0S nm An,ount iSsua1 durinp ha
year, $4,000; total, 81, ,93O.OOO The
means on hand for paying this, being the
resources of the various sinking funds, is
$3.50, 513 45. The decrease in the bonded
debt during the year was SIS, 500. This,
with the amount in the sinking funds, leaves
the net debt of the city February %, 1890,
81. sos, 1856 55.
The Mayors report was published in TIL E
DISPATCH March Z. City Engineer Ehlers
reported that 5, 100 feet of sewer were built
at cost of S1s,616 SO; 4,O27 feet of new
streets were graded and paved at a cost of
So, ,037 03. Mr.. EhIers warmly advocates
the proposition to raise the grade of the
Butchers run flood district.
Chief Robert Jones, of the Fire Depart
ment, reported, 136 fire alarms sounded and
79 still alarms. Twenty-six of the fires were
serious and 162 slight. The total loss was
S64. .636, in which insurance of $55, ,176 was
paid.
The Directors of the Poor reported that
they had spent SAT, los 04, of which
S10,47 "a was for outdoor relief. They COL
lected during the year Sc, O23 O3. The Board
of Health, with an appropriation of S5.5 500,
spent Sc, 132 05. Health Officer James Brad
ley reported that he had abated 2,461 nuis-
ances. City Physician S. S. Woodburn re-
ported ], ,S45 deaths, as compared to 2,129 in
1889. The greatest mortality was in the
hill wards. The death rate was 1S.45 per
thousand. DR.. Woodburn calls attention
to the neglect of many physicians to report
infectious diseases.
The Market Committee reported receipts
for the year to be S15, ,920 81.
The Gas Committees report included
detailed account of the electric plant now in
course of erection. The plant will cost
S141, 1853; and the power house site, SIS 900,
a total of $156, ,15S; it will cost S21, 5S5 per
year to operate. The Wards and Landings
Com mittee reported having spent s., $40 76.
The receipts were 81, 1888 26.