The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-01

$3.50. 10 of bills coming over from last
fiscal year, making grand total of S126-
40, while the appropriation was $500
| leaving Il balance of $3.50. The sta
tionary bills amounted to 1878. IS dur
ing the preceding year. The stationary
account for this year shows reduction
| of expenses to the amount of Sal 3S
| This reduction is due in part to the fact
that no ordinance publications were made
during the year. and further to the fact
| that more system was used in issuing
| orders and securing bids for work. and
| exercising economy in issuing supplies
| to the various departments
| The clerk on his report also called the
attention,o of the Council to the necessity
of codifying the city laws, and recon-
mended that he be authorized to prepare
and place in the hands of the ordinance
committee, under appropriate chapters
| and subjects all of the laws now in force,
so that the same may be published with
| such revisions rs may be found necessary.
SANITARY INSPECTOR.
The report of the sanitary inspector
| shows that during the past year "A salary
was paid to four laborers per month as
follows: July, $3.50; August, $l17:
September, S115; October, $115.45: No
vember, Sl04.35; December, $50. so; Jan
uary, SS6.25; February, $685. March.
SOL. %; April, SOL; May, S1O7. So: June
appropriated, S104,o n total of 1,159-
40 to which is added the cost Of two car
loads of lime, or Sl36, and freight on 81
car loads of manure for almshouse farm,
S105, making in all total cost to the CITY
of 81 ,400.10. During the month | OF
one horse loads of sweepings and manure
We're taken to the almshouse farm and
2,3i2 loads of refuse taken from the streets
and alleys and taken TO the river below
the city.
There were 16 heads of dead horses
and cows hauled to the mountains, three
miles south of the city and buried at a
cost of s.. 30 each. Sixty-four sewer con-
nections have been made in the past
twelve months and twelve cesspools
cleaned out and filled up. In the south
west part of the city all residences
abutting on the sewer line with the ey-
ception of those that are in litigation.
have been connected with the sewers
The condition of Roanoke according to
the report, is very good from sanitary
point of view.
FIRE AND WATER
The annual report of the committee on
fire and water shows that the work of the
committee has TO ii great extent been re-
tarded owing TO the state of the city's
in the fire department which the commit
tee would have recommended had the city
been able to pay the necessary expenses
The fire department, however. is in
good condition, when it is remembered
that the department of this city is mostly
volunteer, and has been in existence for
more than ten years, the city is to be con
graduated that it has at so small II cost
secured the services of such an efficient
fire department. The work of the COM
mlttee during the year has been light
and only Il few meetings have been held
but at the same time they have been in
constant touch with the fire and water
department, and have endeavored to keep
the city's interests we'll in hand
The conditions of the fire buildings is
good there having been some repairs
made during the year, and the apparatus
is Kept repaired and in good working con-
dition. In "A short time, however, the city
will be obliged to purchase quantity of
hose for the use of the department. and
provisions should be made by the incom-
ing Council for this contemplated expend-
iture. The committee has during the
year made considerable investigation in
the matter of erecting buildings in the
fire limits contrary TO the fire limit law,
and the maintenance of dangerous build
ings in the city. Many of these have been
gotten rid of, and in the course of time
the city will be greatly improved in this
particular
The total amount appropriated for the
fire department during the year was 3d.
3i5, against 81, 900 the previous year.
The following shows the expenditures
in the fire department.: Salaries of driv-
ers, 81 500; feed and fuel, 1871 .O2; repairs
to buildings, etc 1868 IS; miscellanies
and supplies $151 80: horse hire, $50. or a
total of 50, 10S. 90 against IA total of SO. 252
| .92 the previous year
In the water department, the appropri-
alton has been insufficient to meet the
| expenditures and the last months bills
We're not approved by Council While
| the appropriation was too small in this
! place, the large deficit was due to- the fact
that last years bills came over and had
! to be paid in this year amounting to
| 1892 2S
| The appropriation for this year was
| only S2,323.Ol against an expenditure the
previous year of 81, 49, 50. The total cost,
| OF water to the city during the year was
| 50, 1861. 1t will he seen by the above
| lgures that the costs in both the fire and
! water departments for this year are much
less than in the previous year. which
shows that the efforts to economize has
not been without results
| The committee ON sewers rcported that
| ii meetings had been held and that 46
different subjects had been considered
and had made IA reports covering 80 subj
} jects to the Council. The..folowing is a
! statement of the finances for the year:
| Amount appropriated for sewer bonds,
| SIT, $3.50; with total expenditure of
| 1881 Al The amount anorour;o,.d 60,