The herald., 1896-06-07
PULLING UP ABOUT EVEN
Receipts and Expenditures
About the City Hall
THE CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET
How the Figures Will Stand on the
30th Of June
The lax Levy This Year Will Be In the
Neighborhood Of $I.3s-committes
Recommendations
HE CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET

affairs was on the first of the month as
follows:
Balances. June 1. 1Ss6-Cash fund.
1S4S2; salary. $793S: fire department.
S77OS new water. s4319; street sprink-
ling, s5056; gas, $5561; bridges. $l16
dog, sl31: tax 1SS9-9O, SIS; tax 1929. s57;
tax 1S94-95. $2067; boiler permits. so;
tax 1SS7-S9, S35; tax 1912. $40: total.
S5l,90S. Average receipts for salary
funds per month, $4,000; grand total,
$66, ,903
Transferred June 1st, $4,000 from the
cash fund to the central police station;
balance in cash fund.- S12,432.
EXpended-Cash fund, June. $13,773;
additional expenses for superintend-
ents office, $780, total, s14553; demands
for salary. June, $3.50; fire department
demands for June, $764S.
Expenditures-Cash fund. s14,553; sal
airy fund, s16,0SO; fire fund, s764S: new
water fund. $3.50: street sprinkling,
sSl40; gas fund. $4,000; total s46.421.
The tax rate this year will, it is ex-
pected. be in the neighborhood of s1.S5
hundred.
MONEY FOR w. H. WORKMAN.
The finance committee yesterday
agreed to recommend that the sum of
$500 be transferred from the new water
fund to the street lighting fund, and
that the city auditor and city treasurer
be so instructed.
Recommend the petition from Grace
NJ. Il. church be referred to the city as
SCISSOR to report to this committee as to
the statements therein contained
In the matter of the petition from A.
Jacoby, asking that certain lien re-
corded in volume of city liens at page
299, the same being against lot Is of the
Botiller tract, be cancelled. 1t appears
that this lien is on account of the widen
ing of Ninth street, and that on the 30th
day of March, 1891, the council paid the
petitioner 90 per cent of the amount
of money actually due him on account
of damages caused to his property over
and above all claims due the city in full
settlement of this entire matter so far as
he and the property owned by him was
concerned. In some way this cancella-
tion of liens was marked against all OF
the property except lot Is of the Botiller
tract, and your committee believes that
it was the intention to cancel said lien
at that time, and that the cancellation
of the same is but a compliance with the
agreement and settlement made with the
petitioner on March 30th, 1891. We there
fore recommend that the city clerk be
instructed to mark said assess ment
against lot l3 of the Botiller tract, to be
found in volume 2 of city liens at page
299. cancelled and redeemed of record.
Recommend that the petition from w.
B. Robb be referred to the city attorney.
The petitioner wants certain money for
failing to enter into school building
contract returned.
Recommend that the city treasurer be
instructed to return to W. II. Workman
the amount of 5000 deposited as guar
antee that he would properly fill the lots
and grade the street in front of the
school site recently sold by him to the
city on Boyle Heights, Mr.. Workman
having conformed with all of the re-
quirementS for which this money was
deposited as a guarantee.
SELLING DEAD STUFF.
The supply committee yesterday filed
the following:
Your supply committee beg leave to
report that there are now in the corpor-
alton yard a number of wagons formerly
used by the street department. and in
the basement of the city hall number
of harnesses used by this department,
which are no longer needed by the city,
and which are deteriorating every day.
Your committee believes that these
wagons and this harness should be dis
posed of, and therefore recommend that
the assistant chief of the fire depart
ment be instructed and authorized to
dispose of the same at private sale at
such prices as he believes the same to
be worth.
OPENING TRINITY STREET.
The opening of Trinity street at
Twentieth has again become live is
sue. The following was yesterday filed
with the council:
Whereas, 1t has come to our knowl-
edge that the contractor who has the
contract for curbing and sidewalking
East TWenty-first street in said city is,
by the consent of the street superin-
tendent and city engineer, of said city,
about to sidewalk and curb both sides
of said East Twenty first street, a the
t..,.e g r,,;,. I,,e,,
tically closing said Trinity street as a
public thoroughfare, and
Whereas, Said Trinity is a public
street. that is and for several years has
been used extensively by the undersign-
ed residents and property-owner in its
vicinity, as well as by other residents,
and by the public at large, and
Whereas, The practical closing of
Trinity street by it's curbing and side
walking across the intersection of the
same with East Twenty street, as
aforesaid will result in great hardship
to your petitioners, and the other resi-
dents and property-owners in the vicin-
ity thereof as well as greatly incon-
veniencing the general public.
We therefore petition you to take
such steps as may be necessary to pre-
vent the practical closing of Trinity
street by the sidewalking and curbing
of East TWenty-first street, as afore-
said
CITY HALL FLOTSAM.
The congregation of the Central NJ. E.
church has forwarded TO the council a
resolution commencing that body for
having recently refused to grant Il
license for circus performance in this
city on Sunday.
Building superintendent Strange calls
the attention of the council to the fact
that, although the new police station is
nearing completion, no provision has so
far yet been made for courtroom furni-
ture in the building
In three cases the council has com.
menced proceedings for opening streets,
and after the commissioners had been
named proceedings have been abandon
ed, and the commissioners left without
pay.
In the case of the opening of San
Pedro street, the commissioners have
filed claim for the amount of their
compensation as fixed by the council.
The street superintendent has made
to put his additional
street cleaning force of fifteen men to
work tomorrow.