The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-01-26
oIry ruNps ans DEFICIENT.


which nre yInpieasnat Facts.
City Auditor II. II. Biilany before
tho regular session of City Council
last evening presented this statement
concerning the finances OF tho city !.
To the Honorable the President and
Members OF City Council.
! GENTLEMEN: / have been requested
by the Finance Committee to prepare
q comparative statement OF receipts
and expenditures for the six months
beginning July. 1902. and ending De-
Gem ber, 1892. with tho six months be-
ginning July, 1893. and ending Deem
Der, 1893.
In tho statement which follows. the
receipts chow n decrease Of s39.3i2.17
for the six months Just past compared
with the corresponding six months of
1889, and the expenditures show an
increase Of sl,54T.s7 for the same pe-
Iriod.
The causea for such large falling
of In the receipts 10 easily accounted
for. The surplus and interest received
from the Water Department. Is S2S. 1885,
60 less than the amount received from
1.-THE like period IN 1872. Thus it will
be seen that the Water Department
alone furnishes about % per cent.of the
net decrease.
I The receipts from taxes for the slx
months oil 1898 chow decrease of
$s.503.04 over the six months OF 1892
rllhis loss can, no doubt, be attributed
y to the prevailing difficulty IN making
collection. These two items, there
lore furnish o. per cent. Of the net de
crease.
The fixed expenses for the months
, beginning January !, 1894, are S1s4, :
2Sl.S4. In order to meet these fixed
expenses the city had balance In
Q bank January l. 1894. of BIS, 1914. II
a will therefore require $50. l6S 90 to be
collected during tho Elk months be-
ginning January LIST to meet these OBJ
. legations.
The prospects for large collections
i. during this second half of the fiscal
syear are not encouraging. and 1t docs
ylnot seem probable that the required
when the average receipts under IA
iyorable conditions does not exceed
Q $50 C0 during the second half OF the
b fiscal year In 1893 the amount re-
e celysd was els, AS 81.
II The comparative statement of re-
''Icelpts and expenditures and fixed ex-
Q penses follow:
:. Total receipts July 1st to December
q Slst. 1893. s4a5 03s.S2; total receipts
July lst. to December 3lst, 1892, 1854,
500 90 making a net decrease July LIST
{ TO December 3lst, 1898. OF $50. 32S IA.
|, The total expenses from July LIST to
1851. 555.27. total expenses July LIST to
8 December 3lst 1893. $3.50, COG 40; max
j. ing net expenditures from July Let to
December 3lst, 1898. sl,5iS.S7. The
liked expenditures amounted to SlS4,
Isl "a from January LIST. 1894.
Respectfully submitted.
& .a Ii. II. BIIIANY.
The park investigating committee
will investigate the purchase OF the
= big lands by the Park Commission
and not the two special tracts. Mr..
l;atledge offered the resolution.
A Judgment obtuinted against the
> city In 1889 by A. ID. Vandever was Or
1 dered satisfied The executive officers
{ OF the Board ofHealth were continued
until May. An ordinance governing
. the sale OF ordinance books was read
twice and referred. 1t provides that
/ the books shall be sold at So, 81 and 81
= each and the amount to be credited 10
+, tho printing appropriation.
v After some brief dlcussion resolu.
! ton was adopted to draw check In
F.. favor of the city solicitor for $40, oO0
to pay for the crematory.
o ance In Union National Bank, sT6. 74s..
. o.; In each of the four depository
, banks, $3.50 .46;reoeived from Eugene
! N. Sayers. $500; Edmund Mitchell, ,Jr.,
h s92s. ~
E Edmund Mitchell, Jr.. was ordered
/. paid S544 for commission on taxes col.
/, leoted.
4 The Finance Committee reported
j. fay orably on the resolution to trans
{ fer 5000 from the public square fund
4 to the fuel fund and the resolution
was adopted.
4 The creinatory committee at the
d regular session Of City Council last
If evening presented report showing
that on a given date the cost OF Gre.
i mating was 43. l5 centssper ton. The
10 ashes sell for cid per ton, and ton OF
!. garbage makes 40 pounds OF ashes.
4 This would make the net cost of Gre
mating garbage abuut rs cents q ton
Council then adjourned.