The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-01

Government Buildings Good
Work of the Secret Service.
Washington, June 50.-The treasury de-
felt for the fiscal year Just closed will be
found by tomorrow's debt statement to
be approximately s45, $50 600. This. added
TO last years deficit of nearly $40, 900 COO
makes the excess of expenditures over
receipts since June 80, 1888 about s112,-
25O,O00 The total receipts OF the govern
ment this fiscal year, exclusive of postal
revenues, amount to nearly $3l3, COG, 600
and the expenditures $356. 25O. 600, of which
pensions took s1H. ,523 Last year the
aggregate receipts, exclusive OF postal
revenues, were $297. 7220 19 and the *
penditures sS67525.379 The receipts this
year, therefore, were S15.27SOOO larger
81, 2I5,0U less. The postal service deficit
is about Sll,OO,OO0 which is considerably
in excess of that of any recent year.
Internal Revenue.
The internal revenue department of
the government has contributed this year
to the receipts nearly 100000 as
against a. little mere than $l47, COO COO last
year. The customs this year make Il
better showing than last by about S21,-
100000. Last year the receipts from this
SOuICG diuOQElNQ 10 DtdIIy 3lc-,uUU.Nut ana
this year they approximate S155G0, COZ;
show an available cash balance
about SiS75 900 Is sold SCIii'T reserve This re
serve VIII include payment in full for
the last bond issue, but the statement
will show a counter debt charge of only
S31, 157,7OO in bonds or one-half of the
whole amount issued.
In Explanation.
IL; :.
is said, the formal transfer of the Lon
don half of the bonds has not yet been
made. Tue expenditures for July will be
exceptionally 1edvy; pensions and inter
est alone are expected to amount TO So
coo, 600.
During the fiscal year the number of
national banks in existence has decreased
from 8, rs to 3.722.
Forty-one NATIONAL banks nave been
organized during the year; sixty have
gone into voluntary liquidation, and 80
have been placed il the hands OF re-
ceiVerS.
The national bank circulation has in
creased 81, 3S7. l91 from S.O1, 333, "a on July
!, 1894, to s211.oJl0S5 July l, 1895. From
July is, 1891 to Mag I, 1895. the nearest
dates to the year obtainable, the loans
and discounts Of national banks have in
or about Si3.0000J. During the same
time individual deposits have increased
from 81, ,S01. 200 TO $.o90, Sol, 299. or about
S3, 100000 The lawful money reserve held
by banks shows a heavy increase from
1854. los, 757 to $43S, 931 go, or nearly SIS
100000. The operations of some of the
important bureaus of the treasury de
partment during the last year are briefly
outlined as follows:
Navigation.
There were employed under the light
house board in the construction and
maintainance of aids 10 navigation 81
steam tenders. SIX steam Launches ana
two sailing tenders. In supplying light
houses and vessels and caring for buoys
these tenders steamed 2Q5.5S0 miles. There
are S442 persons employed in the light
house service as keepers, etc. The total
value of the light house establishments
is about 500, 600. Ten new fog signal
stations and AZ new lights were estat-
lished during the year. The lower Cedar
Point light station was destroyed by ire
and the Smiths Point light was carried
away by the ice. During the year per
feet telephone connection between Scot |
land Light Ship and The shore has been
established. This is enc of the greatest
achievements yet in electrical research
and seems 10 demonstrate that tele-
phonic communication with simple ap- /
pliances can De had with the shore by 2
vessel many miles at sea without any
direct metal connection nearer IMAM
several hundred feet from the vessel
OF Unusual Interest.
The year has been of unusual interest |
and Importance to United States revenue /
cutter service. 1t has performed special /
services of q conspicuous nature. Among /
these are noted the search Tor tne IVAN /
hoe, supposed to have foundered on the /
10Th of September last. off Cape Elattery /
in the Pacific in which three of the yes !
sels-Grant, Rush and Corwln--Jolned In |
it's winter cruising operations, during /
the unusually severe weather OF the last /
season it rendered services to distressed !
shipping of more than Ordinary value |
sisted during the month or teoruary;
twenty vessels inperiled by ice, ard /
during the month OF March q. while the
rod r0 =
during the former month. The NORTH !
and McIane have been vlgilant along the !
coast of Florida in REFRESHING smuggling
and preventing violation OF our neutrality
OBLIGATIONS by sympathizers of the Cuban
revolt.
equipped and dispa tched to the Bering
sea to protect the seal herds and the
government interests in Alaska ana the
seal islands The new steamer WinuSm
under course of construction at the De
ginning of the year has been so far ad-
ysnced as to be practically completed.
Two; steam launches are being built for
duty on the Puget Sound anu one Ior the
lower Savannah river.
New Steamers.
Contracts have been let for the con-
struction of new steamers of upward of
400 tons each which, when completed VIII
be the finest vessels in the service.
Much new legislation mas been secured
for the betterment of the service. One
new vessel of the first class. to cost S2UO,-
)Oe. and che harbor boat for $4,000 have
been authorized for duty on the Pacific
coast. A law has been secured, placing on
permanent waiting orders" all officers
Of the service who are permanently in
capacitated TO perform the duties of their
office
In carrying into effect the provisions of
the law il is claimed the service has been
greatly benefited by the removal from
the active list of large number of Off
GERS who through no fault of theirs. are
10 longer capable OF performing duty,
md promoting younger men to the vacan-
lies thus created.
Measures have also been instituted and
are in course of execution looking to new
appointments to again fill the complement
IF officers on the active list
Life Saving Service.
The report for preparations for life saw
ng service shows that during last year
he total number of disasters TO vessels
1t sea and on the great lakes was about
80. OF these 37S were on the Atlantic and
gulf coast. 40 on the great lakes and Il
IN the Pacific. The value of the property
involved is given approximately at ST.
IS, 0Ot. The property loss is estimated at
], 254 000.. OF the 4,61S persons on board of
ressels in distress. only % were lost as
against 6S last year. The value of tia