The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-12
RESULTS OF TWO YEARS WORK
AID. GARRARD PRESENTS THE AID
ILLUSTRATIONS RECORD.

A Statement by the Chairman of the
Finance Committee in Support of
His Position That the Present Is a
Business Administrations CURES
to show How the Departments
Have Been ADMINISTRATIVE hat
the Commissions Have Accom-
pIIshed.
The meeting of the Citizens Club last
night was enthusiastic, and the attendance
was larger than has been the case for some
time. The feature of the meeting was
the address by Col. William Garrard, re-
viewing the work of the present admins
tration and comparing it with that of the
previous administration. Col Garrard's
report was an interesting one. although
somewhat lengthy. 1t was an argument
in support of the present administration
and may be printed in pamphlet form, as
it is too lengthy for use in any other way
The crowd applauded as President Cam,
Mayor Myers, Col. Garrard, Mr.. w. l..
Grayson and Mr.. w. T. Leopold entered
the hall and took seats on the platform
Col. Garrard's subject and text was
adhered to this idea throughout His
speech was a presentation of the work
of the administra ton and would have been
interesting to any business man or prop
erty owner without regard to faction and
without opportunity of taking offense.
He compared the financial operations of
the city during the years 1895 and 1896 with
th0GR Of
parison of the receipts and expenditures
for the years 1894 and 1895, showing the
total amount available for 1894 to have.
been T9l, 95l.SS, and the expenditures S7S1,
1888, while for 1895 the total amount
available was $756, 202.06 and the expendi-
lures Nl1664.00. Col Garrard gave the
budgets for the two years and then made
his comparisons. Taking off $4,000 for
bllls payable and $12, 900 for quarantine
improvements, the actual expenditures
Ior city operations in 1894 We're $719 31S. 49,
carrying over balance of $40, 633 20
Inc administration of 1895, starting
with cash balance of $40, 6SS.2O received
from all sources, $745, 56S.S6, being $27, lis 80
less than the receipts received by the
city administration in 1894; making a to-
TAI amount available for 1895 of S756. 2O2. O6
with which to meet and discharge a bud
get OF $SS,SOO which, if we had fully
spent, we would have left balance for
Ao'o VI SIf'SVz.Oo- AS matter of fact, in
stead of spending $685. 300, this admins
tration in 1895, spent SIT, 1854, which in
GUIDED $4,000 spent on the citizens indus
trlal committee, not contemplated in the
budget which would leave for ordinary
city needs $n2.664, and we carried over as
a balance on the LIST of January 1886 S3S-
5SS.o6, or excluding the $5,0SS12 for sink
ing tund, net balance of 1913, 994 If
we mad received as much income as the
han
balance would have been an addition of
N,ll5S9 making $60,6l5.S3; that is 10 saw
with budget for 1895 of $4,000 more than
the budget for 1894 leaving out. of course
OF the budget for 1894 the $4,000 for bills
payable, and the 81, 900 for the quarantine
improvements, making $62, 900, the admin
lstration of 1895 spent for the same city
items $7l2,664 against the expenditures in
1874 OF S7l9,SlS.6S, making difference of
S6604.6S spent by the administration of
1885 less than the administration spent in
1894 for the same items, with an allowance
to us of $24, 600 more"
Col. Garrard called attention to the fact
that the budget for 1895 was made up by
the preceding and not by the present adj
mlnlstration. Increases were provided for
as follows; Fire department, $4,000 DO
lice, $4,000, water. $1,000. The administra-
ton had been criticised, he said for an
increase in salaries of Sc, 500 lie discuss
eu this item Iuliy,to snow that the city
had received more economical service by
having paid officers to superlntend all its
departments and that an increase of over
SlS,VO had been brought into the treasury
over the previous year, there being AT the
same time an increase of 2,5l2 i'm the mum
Der of people making tax returns. as a re-
suit of the work of the board of assessors
Col. Garrard said that this had beeu
a clear and peaceful administration. There
had been no frauds and no scandals and
the new litigation has been inconsiderable
The boards created at the Instance ~
the present council were each discussed
more or less, fully. The tax assessors he
said, have changed a steady decrease IN
returns ana produced instead an increase
Of Sl,2iS 1856, which at ~ per cent. gave
$lS,1ZLA to the city trasury. In discuss-
ins the water department and comnission
ne stated that the number of feet of water
mains laid during 1895 and 1896 was II a2s
as against 1O,l04 for the previous tN,o
years. and 20 new fire hydrants. as apainst
70. Inc southern section OF the
city received total Of ~
3l2 feet of mains and 46 hvdrants
as against 5,4O5 feet and twelve hydrants
In 1893 and none Of either IN 1894 Residas
making many improvements includino ~,
electric light plant, the department ~
said, had been operated for several thou-
sand dollars less than I'm 1894 and had re-.
turned an increased revenue TO the citv
The fire commission, he said. had added
seventeen men to the department. bad
made number OF improvements. ana vet
Kept N0OJ within its budget, which was the
same as the previous year.
Vhe police commission had increased the