Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-02-01
I LOOKS LIKE A DEFICIT
''ty Finances Not In a verv
Healthy Condition.
The CITY AUDITORS FIGURES
OFFICIAL Reportofthe Garb,a,
Crematory. x
~ unusually Interesting session Ety
,srn s9 Thur. day--city Audit, ns.
Es, nakes Financial Staten
'"er Discouraging Nature. 7

City Council held brioyession last
thursday. Mr.. O'Neill 70 has been
confined to the house foAeveral weeks
~ Illness, was present Yyrhe ordinance
IN relation to the pgJage crematory,
hoout which the RSublican members
are IN wrangle, VS. not mentioned.
Bills aggregati4 $SG051, for tho col
lection of garbag, were ordered paid.
Collector Mitchell was allowed $544,
sight per cent commission on tax col
lections.
The crematory committee presented
ihe following report in regard to gar
page crenated Tuesday: Gallons of oil
used, .;S23t; cost of oil per gallon, q
Genus; total cost of oil used, $S,07; cost
of labor, 1888; cost Of coal used, $l.S0;
tons OF garbage cremated, 80; total cost
of cremation, $3.50; cost of cremation
per ION, 43 1876 cents, (the contract
guarantees that the cost per ton shall
not exceed As cents); ashes obtained
from one ton of garbage, 40 pounds;
ashes obtained from 30 tons of garbage,
1,400 pounds; value of ashes per ton
fused as fertiliZer), $l4; value of ashes
obtained from,a ton OF garbage, about 20
cents; value of ashes obtained from 30
tons of garbage, about 50. The COM
mittee also reported that it had eX-
amined the crematory and its working,
recommended that il BIO accepted and
asked that an order for $4,000, to be
paid to the American Garbage Crcma-
tory Company when it has filed with
the city solicitor the necessary bond, be
drawn in favor of the city solicitor. A
motion TO adopt the latter report was
amended by Mr.. Stats, who moved that
Council visit the crematury in body
for the purpose of ascertaining whether
or not the terms of the contract have
been complied with. With the excep-
ton of Mr.. Stats, all the members of
Council considered the amendment a
reflection ON the committee and it was
not seconded. The original motion was
adopted.
The city treasurer reported SIG, 74S.02
in Union National Bank to the credit of
the city's current expenses and $7,340.4 6
in each of the four depository banks to
the same credit, making a total deposit
of $106, 1856. He also reported the
following receipts: From Collector
Sayers, 5000, city and school taxes fol
1882; from Collector Mitchell, 1926
similar taxes for the same year; from
the depository banks, $4,000, to be
transferred to Union National Bank
from the Board OF Water Commissioners
$780, interest.
The city auditor certified to the cor
rectness of the accounts of the city
treasurer and submitted the following
have been requested by the finance
committee to prepare comparative state
ment Of receipts and expenditures for the
six months beginning July, 1892, and end
ing December, 1892, with the six months
beginning July, 1893, and ending Decem
Der, 1888.
In the statement which follows the re
ceipts show decrease of $39, 49,, II for tn,
six months just past compared with tn,
corresponding six months of 1892, ant
the expenditures show an increase o.
Sl.5iS.S7 for the same period.
The causes for such u large falling off In
the receipts are easily accounted for. Tn
surplus and interest received from TIN
Water Department are $25, 1860 less TIL
amount received from the like period il
1892. Thus it will be seen that the Waite
Department alone furnishes about 70 pc
cent Of the net decrease. The receipt
from taxes for the six months of lSD
show decrease of $S,3O3.0i over the 81,
months of 1892. This loss can, no doubt
be attributed to the prevailing difficulty il
making collections. These two items
therefore furnish "a per cent of the net dc
crease.
The fixed expenses for the six month
beginning January LIST, 1894. are 1854 ISL "a
In order to meet these fixed expenses tn
city had balance in bank January LIST, $780,
of Sll5.ll2.44. 1t will therefore requir
500 1850 to be collected during the 81
months beginning January LIST to NEE
these obligations.
The prospects for large collections durin
this second half of the fiscal year are ne
encouraging, and it does not seem probabl
that the required amount $3.50, l6S.9O) wi
be collected, when the average receipt
under favorable conditions do not excee
$4,000 during the second half of the tisci
year. In 1893 the amount received VIZ
45,44S.Sl.
The comparative statement of receip
and expenditures and fixed expenses fu
n lows;
III RECEIPTS.
1872 1891