San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-31


$23, 655.77 for "oflicers and assist
ants" for supplies, repairs, street
work, sprinkling OF streets and for
the various departments, but they
are puzzled to understand what
has become OF the balance OF
$l06, 76S.05.
or course 1t would be out Of or
der to suggest to the expert &C
countants in the auditors Office
what a quarterly report should
show. 1t is evident that the last
quarterly report is not Ineligible
to the people. If the tax payers
could say just exactly what it had
cost to run the city for the quar-
ter; just how much money on
hand at the beginning; the amount
Of money paid out on past in
debtedness there would be some
satisfaction.
Resuming our task Of unravel-
ing the report, we have $S3, l12.2S
to account for; of this amount the
schools get $9,22O.2l, leaving $751;
S92.07. The bridge fund gets 1856. 10,
leaving $73, 306.97; the city hall
fund expends $2lS.59, leaving $751;
0SS.3S; the interest on bonds paid
amounts to $l5,36O00, leaves $685.
72S.3S.
Whether these bills are chargea-
BILE to the past quarter or not, is
not set forth.
Picking up the items we find
W. ID. Druse for one horse and in
cidentals $32S.50, for wiring hos
pital $1,000; j. G.. Marshall bal
ance due for morgue $3.50; paid j.
j. Olsen & Sons $l51.79; Sundry
bills in fire department $272.7S;
printing advertising and station
airy, $389.S4 (The cormorant Is not
eXtravagant when it comes to
printing &c-for brooms etc., in |
street commissioners department |
$434.I2; total Of $1.74353, leaving
$53,9S4.S5.
The next item is public parks.
Paid Ilka nurseries, plants and
flowers, $225.54. This may be an
old bill but the report does not |
show it. Paid F. Hensel & Co.,
plants and flowers, $l64.59; when,
where, for what,period Is not stated.
A lawn mower, $35. A total of
$425.l3. Mr.. Hensel is the superin-
tendent o. parks, etc. Yet we find
him the city's chief merchant in
the plant business. Why not, since
section 246 of the city charter has
become dead letter.
The next series of items are I'M
der city council appropriation,
taxes RENTED, $316.63; buggy hire
for assessor, So; judges and clerks |
OF election, 1920; interest to gas |
company, $1SS,O2; old salary due
Sandoval as marketmaster,$ 27543;
injury to Carlyle's horse, $40; Wal
ter Scott for block repairs, $19.75;
j. A. Ostrom, for clearing off |
Mackey's lots, 81, IT'S; d. Donaldson,
for destroying ant beds, $243 ; |
Breckenridge, for old improve
ments on River avenue, $576.43; IL.
P. Peck, old debt, $l0S.50; other |
bills, total $67S.07. Leaving, with |
our button. hole bill, $50,22l.96.
|
1t will be seen that there are
some old scores in this last item. |
Yet it all appears under the last
quarter.
The gas bill for November and
December, 1894, February and
March, 1895, $9,9O3.9S. So we did
not get into the 100000 period
with our gas bill, leaving $40,-
3l7.9S.
Under sundries, we have ''paid
for reporter" for September and
October, So; paid E. r. Norton,
mayors contingent for August and
September, 5000; telephone COM
pany, from May to August 3lst,
$570.70 insurance premium, $57 so;
total $S35.3O, leaving $39,5S2.6S.
Now, how Mr.. Norton comes to
draw the mayors contingent fund,
IL it is not spent on contingencies
remains one of the mysteries OF the
administration.
Under fire alarm system we
have bills amounting to $4S3.05
leaving $39,0S9,63.