Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-01-02
EIGHTH YEAR.
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.

year was 1872, and OF this number 5O7
were arrested for drunkenness and 459 for
reveling-a total in all OF 966, or nearly 30
per cent. OF the total number OF arrests.
And, according to the police records, the
per cent. OF persons arrested on Sunday
during the past fiscal year was more than
10. And what Is more striking than the
before mentioned statements is the fact
that of the arrests on Sundays nearly 80
per cent. OF them were for drunkenness or
for reveling-and the two terms are nearly
synonymous for the reason that 90 per
cent. OF those charged wit h reveling are at
the best partially drunk. Now why is
this? The license law permits liquor To
be sold only Six days In the week and the
sale OF 1t on Sundays Is prohibited. But
1t Is quite evident To the mind OF casual
observer that the law is being dIsregarded
and liquor is being sold on the Sabbath.
Granting that IL is sold on that day, for
do not think any OF you will deny the
statement, we must look for reason.
But to obtain reason IL is necessary 10
look into statistics somewhat. BY the
police books it will be found that nearly
go per cent. OF the total number of arrests
for drunkenness and for reviliDg on Sun
days has been during the last six months.
And 1t may be said that during this time
there have been numerous "pora pie"
licenses granted to retail liquor dealers.
SO 1t is plain to be seen where the cause
of considerable amount of Sunday
drunkenness iies-it Is in the "pork pie"
license. The way to remedy this is to re-
fuse 10 grant any such licenses.
FINANCEs.
The liabilities OF the city at the close of
the fiscal year, November 80, 1892, were
as follows:
GENERAL ACCOUNT.
Bonds; per cent. currency, due ANN o,o oo
April j, 1893. 3........................ f2oo,no 90
Bonds, PER cent. currency, due
April l. 1898. o........................ 2OO.ON W
Bonds, per cent gold, due July l.
l9l5........... .......... ........., l5O,W w
Bonds. per cent. coupon, issue -
of July |. lSS9.......... 100000 90
Notes nding.................. 6l4,9l3 IS
Total. 1885,. .s23 80
CREDIT.
Sinking Fund. ...,...... $4,000 10
Cash and other assets. 1929 90
Total Credit. 49,. sis,225 10
Net debt. general account. $Lli5,6as -
WATER ACCOUNT.
Bonds. per cent. gold. due April 1900. 81.
L. 1875. .'''....... '.'..'.''.'.':. spo,oo "
Bonds, per cent. gold, due April -.
i, 1873. ............ ....'''.'''..'.. sVo'Vo w
/, 1910. r go 100000 90
of july !, 1859. 100000 o.
Notes nding.................. lOO.559 So
-
Total.................... al, oa, 800 So
Less sinking Fund..... ........... 100000 10
Net water debt................. $l,240,599 So
SEWER ACCOUNT
City notes outandsting ........... st92.026 20
Less taxes uncoile $3.50 66
Net sewer debt................. s4l6,773 63
RECAPITULATIoN.
Net debt, general account......... sl,45,69s -
Net debt, water account ...... 80. l,2405 So
Net debt, sewer account.......... il6,113 S5
Total debt November 80, 1892. ~. s03,07l 40
Total debt November 30, lsel.. 1900 l25 "a
Increase. s202, ,948 Is
The increase is distributed as follows:
Sewer account.'construction. es,69s 80
General account. ................. l24.2s7 81
Total. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. s2l 1856 90
Decren sc water debt.............. 10 O39 ~
Total increase. s202. .g46 is
l.lN 10 at