The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-06
Two OFFICIALS Reports
They Arc to Bs Presented to the
Retiring Councils Today.
EXCELLENT SHOWING IN BOTH
Large Amount Of Money Handled BY
City Treasurer Reese q. Brooks During
the Year-Stntis,ics Prepared nv
the Chief Of Police.
EXCELLENT SHOWING IN BOTH

AS required by law several OF the
heads of departments Including the city
treasurer. city controller. city engineer
and chief of police will submit annual
reports to councils today for the fiscal
year, beginning April l, 1895. and clos
ing on this the first Monday in April
1896. A resume of the report Of the city
engineer and excerpts from the city
controllers report have already been
given In these columns. This morning
The Tribune is enabled to give reviews
OF the reports of the city treasurer ana
chief OF police. both of which. although
widely differing in their items, Will be
found generally interesting.
Thirteen hundred thousand dollars
represents in round numbers the
moneys handled by City Treasurer
Reese G. Brooks during the year, which
ends at high noon today. Of this
amount $l25,4iI.9i was funds of the
school district and $SOO,961.64 general
city funds.
At the close of business on Saturday
the yearly accounts were closed and
owing to the excellent shape in which
the books of the Office are kept 1t was
possible within six hours to formulate
the annual report, though it embraces
eleven closely written pages of large
ledger size. From the report are
CLEANED ,the following interesting in
formation:
GENERAL CITY ACCOUNT.
Cash on hand April /, 1895. $3.50, ,S34 g.
Receipts 4O,62o W
Total .... $500, ,961 GA
Disbursements .................. b2O.26S W
Balance on hand April G. 1896. $3.50, ,ss2 81
fo n
purchase Of Nay Aug park realized
SIS, ,234.35. The sum of $4,000 has al
ready been applied to this purpose. The
revenue from liquor licenses last year
amounted to $7i,Si2.63. The pole tax.
which was a new source of revenue,
brought into the city Golfers $S.072; and
the revenue from auctioneers' licenses.
which is another new source Of reve-
nue.. amounted to $225. The mayor
turned in for fines. etc, s265.O5. and the
city solicitor contributed $S22.25. which
represents the costs on license for paw
ing. sewering and the like In addition
to this the city solicitor collected from
Delinquent on slow paying Property
holders the sum of $17.2O3.2l for special
improvements, such as paving, grad
ing and sewering.
The Roaring Brook AMI Linden street
bridges to- date have cost S245, ,24S.37 and
there yet remains a balance to their
credit Of $4.75l.6S.
SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCOUNT.
The fiscal year of the school district
commences on July !. so the figures be-
low are for only nine months:
Cash On hand July l, 1S95......... .slOO.s5i G7
X teiptS ..........................3 324 $50 y
-
disbursements ..................... 297 li3 AZ
Balance on nand April C, 1896 ... SIPS 2TS II
Among the special items in the school
district report is found the additional
issue of $4,000 worth Of high school
bonds. of which $4,000 worth were sold
and $4,000 worth taken up by the sink :
ing fund. The state appropriation for
schools amounted to SS2.413.5I. During
the year $51 ,534.24 was expended on the
high school. SS7.6024l on other build
| ings and s132. 5SO.64 in general warrants,
the most of which was for pay of school
! teachers.
The amount of the 1895 duplicate was
S292. 2.27S.Sl Tor generial city purposes
and s20S. S.2O2.54 for school, making a totH
of s500.4S1.35. From June 1, when the
| duplicates were placed in the treas
urer's hands there was taken in over
the cashiers counter. $685. 1851 The
councils and board of revision Of ST.
02l.69 The delinquent tax collectors
have duplicates for $61, ,42123.
One indication of the immense pro-
portions, to which the work of this de-
partment has grown Is found in the
| statement that 10,200 warrants were
cashed during the year. of which num-
| ber $500 were city warrants and 3,40O
| school orders.
| CHIEF-OF-POLICE REPORT
Comparisons made in these columns
| in January last showed that according
to the records of the calendar year
| crime was on the decrease in this city.
| This very salutary condition Of affairs
Is further attested by comparisons
made for the fiscal year which ends to-
day.
During the fiscal year of 1S94-95 there
were 2,152 arrests and according to the
annual report of Chief-of- Police Simp-
| son. which will be presented to councils
| today, there We're only 1880 arrests
| during the succeeding twelve months,
! a decrease of 172. Comparisons also
show that drunkenness. the cause of
fully one-third the arrests Is also on
| the decrease, 750 being charged up
against the year just closing.
From the tables contained in the re-
port the following figures are taken:
Total number of arrests, 1880; native
born, 1,172; foreign born. sos: males,
1,765; females, 2l5; married. 676; single,
1904: minors. 221.
Total number committed to the coun-
| ty Jail. 4S5: males. 435; females, so;
required to furnish bail. 143: discharged
at hearings, 666; sent to the House Of
the Good Shepherd. 5; sent to the Hill
side home, 8; sent to authorities in
other cities, 3; committed to chain
| gang. 6.
Amount of fines collected by mayor,