Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-05-05

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the work of city prisoners, amounting
to $919.t 49, and also cash expended in
payment of damages to pi operty owners
incurred by former administration, ST.
9l5 6S.
"We note with pleasure" says the re-
port in closing, "thc fact that in no in-
stance during the past year has any per
son made complaint OF injury Inflicted or
Of an invasion Of private rights"
Water.
The water committee gave in its re-
port, written by the mayor, who is the
only committeeman thereon since Mr..
Starnes resigned Superintendent Muir
ray is praised Tor his faithful and efficient
performance of duties. The pipe lines
have given very little trouble. The
monthly amount of water delivered at
the stand pipe has approximated % 500,
600 gallons or, estimating that one halt
OF the population used city water, shows
a daily consumption of $50 gallons per
capita. A free use OF pure water, the
committee says, is extremely desirable,
but all waste should be avoided, and an
argument for the use OF meters is again
urged. The report concludes with the
showing that the department had to its
credit April 80, $4,37S.73.
May He His Last!
These reports, submitted thus far in
advance of the retirement Of tke present
administration were supplemented by
the annual Message of the Mayor
This message, written by the Mayor,
says to the Board in the outset that no
committee in former years has considered
it as a part of its duty to make any an
nual report. "Thc simple fact he saws,
that your committees have done differ
emily seems to me Il good argument in
favor of business as opposed to Il polit-
ical administration, and sincerely trust
that their example may be folio we'd in
future years" As to the sanitary dc
partment. the message says the physi
clans and other members of the Board
OF Health deserve the thanks of the com
munity for their gratutous services
The city is cleaner than s,cr before, Il
marked contrast to the absolute filth
which everywhere stank a short year
ago" The cost of removing garbage
has materially increased because OF the
distance it must be hauled. But the
author of the message has been i'll cor
respondence with persons in relation to
the erection OF cremator, and urges the
Board to have this done at an early day,
The sanitary depat tment balance sheet
shows debit of $27SS.95. 1t has been
the desire of the Reform Board to turn
over to its successors as much money as
was received by them. The administra-
ton of '92 had to its credit $13,946.22.
The Retormers report on April 80 $1G,-
557 .Gt, "all OF actual cash value except
items received from last years tax col
lector in his notes and sales of property.
If these items are of less than par value
submit that all fair men will attach the
responsibility to the Board of Aldermen
who neglected to have their tax col
lector give bond for the performance
collected. and not to YOU, who, being
placed in this helpless position made the
best arrangement you clud to protect
the CITY,"
The author alludes to the bonded debt
of the city, and says the most economi-
cal aud absolutely business administra-
tion of the city's affairs can alone save it
from bankruptcy. Oar credit must be
sustained the report says, "but this
will Surelyrot be accomplished by aIeturn
to he condition OF year ago, when the
most skillful bookkcepcr would have
been unable to tell anything about the
city's financial condition." The funding
bond proposition is commended, and the
mayor closes with an expression of the
depth Of grief and sorrow which op-
presses the heart of himself, the Board OF
Aldermen, and of every citizen in the
death OF Senator Vance. He urges that
a monument be erected to the late Sena-
tors memory, and SAYS he last week
urged the A. L. l., referred to as Young
soldiers, to undertake the task OF col
lccting funds tor the purpose, He recon-
mendcd that the company be appointed
special agents for the collection OF funds
and that they be encouraged by u small
contribution from tho city 5 treasury.
He refers 20 "rhe Ciuzen"
While referring to the y. |" |. the
mayor took occasion to say that TIE
CITIZEN, (which, unfortunately, is the
only paper in town" had not reported
his speech to the company correctly
He did not discourage them, but urged
them on. The only thing said by the
editor of THE CITIZEN about the mayor
IN connection with Senator Nancc's
funeral was that all Patton had
done was to place two carriages and
had placed them wrong lie made thi:
statement, the mayor did, only to show
how the paper misrepresentcd him. Tlil
CITIZEN representative told the Boart
at that point that the facts on whicl
the article alluded to was based wcr'
obtained from member of the \. l.. |
There was discussion as to the mon
umcnt question, the mayor writing tn
while. and finally Mr.. Jones offered ;
written resolution making the Light III
fantry special committee to canvas
for funds for Il monument to the lat
Senator, and empowering the mayo
and clerk to pay them $50 as nucleus
when the company are ready to receiy
it. This carried Mr.. Gudger, one G
Vance's Rough and Ready Guards, SAT-
the survivors of this Company wante
9 to cap the monument with a. hronz
statue of the illustrious dead, with twt
! tablets in the monument. so that a mus
9 ter roll could be inscribed upon one an
: the death of each member upon tn
other.
All of the annual reports were ordere
printed in book form.
IAN Offensive Partisan"
A recommendation was sent in irol
Hose company No. that ]. J, NolanC
who is the city health officer, be clcctc
{ a member OF that company, In readin
this the mayor took occasion to say tina
Il he had given instructions that no Office
D of the city should interfere in the ec,
h tions. But Mr.. holland, he said, ha
!, made of himself in this campaign wha
: President Cleveland would cali an otlei
;, sive partisan. There were various c'
! pressions against Mr., Nolands work
n the campaign The supports the Dem,
c cratic ticket and the communicative
! from the Hose company was tabled ten
t porarily,
The following exemptions were gram
!. ed: N. Farr, error; +. p. Goldsmith,
d d. Lewis and J. b. Ware, disability; Sal
! Harrison, sick since fall; Sandy Foste
V sick 2la months,
J, A. W. Melee was given permit
erect ive-room house on Turner stree
!, Bills.
These hills hoyinU hprn n,sscd unc