Evening journal., 1894-01-26
A GREAT FALLING OFF !
City Auditor Billany's Figures
Smack OFF a Deficiency.
THBeARBAGB CHARACTERIZATION

Prospects for Large Collections During
the Second Half of the Fiscal Year Are
Not Encouraging Net Cost Of Inciner-
ating Garbage Is Twenty-Five Cents
Ton.
The Finance Committee Of City Council
evidently had no idea what It would get
when.it requested City Auditor Billauy
to prepare comparative statement Of
receipts and expenditures during the last
six months In 1892 and 1893 Last even.
ing he sent letter to City Council re-
viewing the Financial situation and al.
most predicting a deficiency. The com
munication was as follows;
WILMINGTON, January e5, 1894
To the Honorable the President aud Members
OF City Council
GENTLEMEN. have been requested By the
fntnce Committee to prepare q comparative
stat ment Of receipts and expenditures for the
six months beginning July, lSA2, and ending
December, lsg2, with athe six month begin
ming July. 1873. and ending December, 1898
In the statement which follows the receipts
show decrease or cM3l2.l1 for the six
months Just past compared with the corre-
spending six months OF 1892, and the eXpon-
ditures show an increase Of Sl,5isei for. the
The causes for such large falling on In
the receipts are easily accounted for The SUR
plus and Interest ieceiyed from the Water
Department Il $500 90 less than the amount
received from the like periOn ia 1899. Thus
u will be seen that the Water department
alone furnishes about 'a per cent. Of the net
decrease. The receipts from taxes for the ak
months Of lsNj show n decrease of SS,a03Oi
over the six months OF 1892. This loss can, no
do bt, be attributed e. the prevailing DIM
Guilty In making collections. These two Items
therefore, furnish % per cent. Of the net de
The fixed expenses for the six months be-
ginning January 1, 1874, are Slst.2si ~. In
order TO meet these fixed expensts the civ
had balance In bank January ], 1894, Of Slii.-
ll2 a. IL will, therefore, require Sto.l $50 TO
be collected during the Fix months beginning
January 20 meet these obligations.
The prospects for larg ecOllections during this
second half Of the fiscal year are not encour-
asing, aad 10 does not seem probable that the
required amount lSd0l0S.aOl will be collected
when the average receipts under favorable
conditions do not exceed $500 . during tho
second half OF the fiscal year. In 1888 the
amount received was Sib4isSl.
The communication was ordered to be
tiled in the clerks Office for purposes Of
reference.
Miscellaneous Business Transacted.
Tie bills for collecting garbage were
passed. Collector Edmund Mitchell was
allowed commissions amounting to $544
A resolution transferring 5000 from the
public square fund to the fuel fund was
adopted.
The.committee on crematory reported
that It cost a. 10 cents to inoinerate a
ton Of garbage. which makes forty
pounds OF ashes These ashes sell at 81
ton, reducing the cost OF incineratlon
TO 25 cents ton. check for $40 00C
WAS drawn in favor Of the city solicitor
to pay for the crematory.
City Treasurer Adams's report showed
the following figures: Balance In Union
National Bans, $40, 74s O2 In each OF
the four depository banks, 81, 349 40
received from Eugene NJ Sayers, 5000;
Edmund Mitchell Jr, 1928
A resolution authorizing the Park In
vestigating Committee TO make general
investigation was adopted
The city solicitor was ordered TO enter
satisfaction on a judgment secured
against A. ID Nandever in 1879
The two extra executive officers Of the
Health Department we're continued until
May.