St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-04
MILLER LAMBASTED.
eX-cITY TREASURER REFS SHOWS UP
TIE BOOKKEEPING
OF THE PRESENT TREASURER

Limit Z something DecIdedly
Wrong An o Official Who
Should Look at Home Before
Trying to Make Accusations
Against Others.
In response to Conrad Miller's letter
in Sundays GLOBE. eX-City Treasurer
Refs sends the following:
City Treasurer Miller again appears
in yesterdays paper aud pours forth his
imDotent wrath because he has failed IN
his reyengeful attempts. He is exceed
ingiy profuse in the use OF the word
liar, and talks about truth when it is
evident that he does not know what
truth IS, or does not want to know it
when he sees it.
After a lapse of several months, in
which the two members Oh whom he
relied never showed up at any meeting,
he talks OF snap judgment. 1t is curious
how it comes to happen that while |
was out OF the city lately MIR. Miller
was Oh deck and ready. The whole let
ter reveals a marvellous amount of
meanness. prevarlcation and stupidity.
He talks about not answering
newspapers, when he has been
continually keeping them - filled.
The following list OF items
will be very. interesting to, the
members of the council and the tax
payers and business men of this city.
because it is so easily verified by any
body by simply obtaining copy or
Miler's last annual report and referring
to the pages given.
SAMPLES OF MILLER's BOOKKEEPING.
Grading Tatum avenue tsee
Balance Account No. 81,
compare with balance page
o. difference. .............. S5l %
Grading Randolph and other
streets (See Balance Ac-
count No. sc. omitted en-
tirely in balance sheet pages
5 and g.. :. .............. 200 90
Sewer on Fisk street account
No. 90, omitted entirely in
balance sheet, pages and o. 100 90
Sixth street bridge Compare
balance page 5 with ac-
count No. 80. 325 81
Sewer on Margaret street
compare collections in Ac-
count No. los with cash &C
count page III difference. IA 40
Drains on Nebraska avenue
compare collections in Ac-
count No. 100 with cash ac-
count page IL. 1851 %
Paving and Sewering East
Sixth street., difference. 80. IA 50
Ditto State street account
No. "a with cash account
page 81, difference. -. 1000 II
Opening transfer (AccountNo.
"A with cash account pages 229 81
Alley. block 9, Mackubin d
MarShall'S account No. rs,
collections, omitted in cash
account pages to 14..... 600 Sc
Alley, block 9, Mackubin d
Marshall's, local Improve
ment Account No. 1,omitted
III cash account pages s to
a.. .................. 125 90
Alley, block "A. Arlington
Hills addition account No.
62.cOllections. compare with
cash account page H.. 552 so
Certificates of indebtedness
account No. 155, compare
cash account. page ~. go. 1l4.5OO 90
City park fund account No.4
compare with vouchers
page IA. . ....... s6,a69 90
Pleasant avenue bridge (Ae-
count No. IL does not show
what became of The money! 10000 GO
Total ..,.......... .s.s.- S2229. 61Sz II
BY referring to Treasurer Miiler's
official annual report aud turning to the
pages within mentioned, any one n
satisfy himself that the above differ
ences and discrepancies are not &C
counted for in the report.
Perhaps his memory can be assisted
little, so that he can recoliect a few
communications, among which is the
following sent tn nf
council, and which disappeared mys-
teriousiy afterwards:
70 the Honorable Joint Committee of
the Common Council in the Matter of
the Sixth Street Bridge-Gentleme
The Undersigned property owners and
taxpayers interested in the above mat
ter would respectfully draw the atten-
ton of your honorable committee and
OF the common council to the following:
The reference numbers are omitted i'll
the report of 1892 by G. w. Miller, treas
urer, the balances do not agree, others
are dropped out, or don't show where
they came from or got to. A simple ref
erence to the following pages of his
official report will clearly show how
| much better it would have been for him
to attend to his
ACTUAL AND REAL DUTIES.
| instead of running after Imaginary and
pretended ones. trying to extort money
| and making trouble for the sake of DO
litical capital, with bare-faced AFRO
gance assuming to override the council
and every other board and official, both
past aud present.
Pages 5. 6 and of Mr.. Miller's report
| contain the fund balances or the bal
| ance sheet, which is supposed to con-
| tain, or oIght to contain, the balance of
L fnnh N thu Ia,
| given, to correspond with the balance
| of its proper account. Now let Us look
| to Account No. 50, grading Tatum ave-
nue.. The balance here given, which
adds up correctly, is $3.50; when we
| turn to the same account in the bal
| aDce sheet we ind the balance given as
$3.50. The account does not show why
this difference.
| Look for Account No. sc, grading Ram
dolph aud other streets; the balance in
| the fund account is $500. We turn to
the balance sheet to find it, and it is
| entirely omitted, and you cannot tell
what has become of it. Look for Ac-
count No. 95, Fisk street sewer system.
We see here balance of 500. We now
turn TO the balance sheet, and
WHERE Is IT?
| Account Nc. 10, Sixth street bridge,
shows credit OH the balance sheet OF
S325.97. Now turn to the fund account
No. ID. Sixth street bridge. and you will
see at once that there is no such thing
and further that the amount of receipts
as given in this account does not cor
respond with what has been actually
collected which you see on page - Of
the cash account.
Account No. 105. sewer on Margare
street, shows as collected s64S.45; the
| zach I,
$574.05 Where is the difference?
Account No. 20, drains on Nebrask;
avenue, gives as assessments collected
81. SD. %. Now turn to the cash ac
count and you will vainly look for sucl
a special account or amount; the cash i
not debited with it. The local improve
ment fund shows al item of a simila
name with an amount of $S4.095. II, blu
WHERE Is THE 81, 564. So?
Account No. 81. paving and SEVERN,
East Sixth street, shows as collected
| S3n III 40 Now turn tn the Sama m