Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-28
NO MONEY FOR WAGES.
Controller Morrow Will To-Day Score
Councils for Failing to
MAKE APPROPRIATIONS EARLIER.
Statement of the Total Receipts Of the City
for the Last Year.
MONEY TURNED IN BY THE BUREAUS

MONEY TURNED IN BY THE BUREAUS
City Controller Morrow has completed
his annual report, showing the city's fnan
cial condition at the close of the past fiscal
year, and the document will be submitted
to Councils to-day. The Controller de-
clines to allow the report for publication
until it has been officially presented, but il
is understood that in it he again
demands of Councils that some pro-
vision be made to have the appro.
prlation ordinance passed earlier in
the year, or that they provide sum in
such ordinances to cover the salaries and
other expenses from the end of each fiscal
year until such time as the appropriation
ordinances are put into effect. The Control
Ter has been demanding a proper adjust.
ment of this matter for several years, but
| his communications on the subject have
been persistently ignored, and each year the
| city officers are compelled to secure money
on their personal accounts to pay the en-
| ployes of the various departments their
wages for the first month of the fiscal year,
a thing not done in any other city in the
country.
A detailed statement of the city's rev.
enues for the year has been prepared and
will probably form part of the Controllers s
report. 1t shows that the total of city
taxes collected was 50, III, 43O 81, of which
g, 561 600 AZ were the taxes of 1891 and the
balance delinquent taxes of former years,
including the old city, Birmingham, Tenn
peranceville and Mt. Washington special
taxes. The total business tax collections
were S245, ,663 g., of which 81, 100 80 was
delinquent from 1890 Water rents yielded
a total of s6S2, 15S 55, and of this amount
S561, ,101 "A were for 1891, the balance being
for previous years back to 1887. The sub
district school taxes paid in amounted to
S292, 324 90.
Receipts of Departments.
The Department of Public Works is cred
tied with $50, 115 OF, of which the Bureau of
Water Supply furnished S122; highways and
sewers. S3O2; ferrules, ST. 500; City Engineer,
s45: wharves, S96S 25; markets. S51. .239 IL;
city weigh scales, s.. $50 Sc; switch licenses.
3,056 %; rents, 81, ,6O2 so; water assessor,
50, 595 90 (for water furnished for. erection
of buildings). For some reason the income
from wharves fell nearly so per cent below
the receipts for 1890 Thes Adams market,
for which special account is kept, yielded
S544, an increase of 500 over the previous
year.
The Bureau of Police is credited with
S17 ,022 04, an increase of 300 per cent over
the previous year, resulting from the dog
tax and the transfer of the amusement and
peddling licenses to that department.. The
Bureau of Fire is credited with s6l9 %. from
the sale OF old horses The Building Inspec.
tors fees amounted to Sl3,0l6 IS. The City
Gauger turned in s., ,6U9 II in fees,
The interest on the money received for
the Poor Farm was $ls545 80 which. under
the appropriation ordinance, becomes part
of the Poor Farm fund. The Department of
Charities turned in $40 l4S II. which was re-
ceived for board of patients, insane account.
transportation. etc. The city's share of the
license fees under the Brooks law was 49,
about $1,000 less than the nrevfous year.
Vehicle licenses yielded s4s.326 Il: venders'
licenses. 9,l67 20: magistrates' fines, ssl 90;
tising tax lists. ss,557; miscellaneous re-
ceipts 1905 s..
, The City Attorney turned in s5O,OCO on &C |
sonnt @ of the Penn Penn aver Avenue compromise. 31lp
tionS for street Improvements made under |
the acts of 1857 and 1889 were ss7 s03 81. The |
property benefited BY the Grandview ave- |
nue. wall paid in $4,000 on account. The |
interest on investments amounted to $780,
sos 2J. about ST., 900 more than in 1890.
The total receipts from street railway COM |
End Company. The Pleasant Valley paid |
$3.50 in 1890 and the Manchester Company |
500. but since the reorganization of these |
companies they refuse to pay ANYTHING. |
The Controller is preparing statement |
against them which he will take In court |
and make them pay. He claims that while |
there is no general law in this city to collect |
from street railway companies, the COM |
panies mentioned secured their rights under |
special laws which contain provisions ex- |
acting from them m annual tax. and which |
their reorganization under new names does
not wipe ont.
Balances in Reserve and Sinking Funds.
In addition to the above points the Con-
troller's report will show in detail the bal
ances in the various reserve and sinking
funds, the investments held by sinking
funds, statements of the taxes outstanding
and the bonded debt and much other infor-
nation interesting to every taxpayer. In
The statement of purchases made during the
year of city bonds for investment by her
sinking fund, he will show in detail the pur.
chase of .403 p worth of bonds, being
nearly $50 900 more than was purchased dur
ng the three previous years.
In a conversation the other day the Con-
roller seemed to derive great satisfaction
from the fact that on April ], 1893. the day
he city'S bonds will mature and be erased
from the municipal debt. Of this amount
100000 represents the last of the fire de-
oartment bonds, and $96, 800 exchanged regis
,ered water loan bonds. All these bear in
,erest at per cent, and their removal from
he list will appreciably reduce the amount
'equired for interest on city loans. These
oer cent bonds were issued at time when
The city's debt was large and her credit so
bad that investors would not touch her
PAPER unless the highest rates of interest
we're offered. Since that time most of her
ponds have been hoated at 4, 5 and per
,ent; about half million at the latter rate.
But there is still large number of the
per cents to be redeemed, and they
will be falling due every year hereafter
Until 1912. All the bonds the city has issued
v ,ln; nate tS a.areu @ e ny a. isto. ohs
edeemed will reduce the bonded debt to
uch an extent that It will be agreeablv felt
" the taxpayers. and provided other debts
he not contracted in the meantime the ex-
lenses of the city government should be
decreased.
BANKS LINED WITH SPECTATORS.