The herald., 1896-04-12
HOWARD GETS II HARDEST
THE SUPPLY COMMITTEE FILES A SOME.
WHAT DRASTIC REPORT
Requsitions, the Supplies for Which Were
Unauthorized, Returned to Every One Of
the City Departments No Ice for the
City Justices and Too 1uch uas Elsewhere

The supply committee of the council yes
terday took the bull by the horns in the
effort to stop the cverdraft upon the cash
fund from growing in dimensions. The
committee drew up report to be entrust-
ed to the council tomorrow.which is, to say
the least, q bit gingery. 1t is in full as fol-
lows:
Recommend that the buggy and
one of the wagons now in The corporation
yard be turned over to the chief of the fire
department for the use of that department,
and that the city auditor be instructed to
transfer the sum of $50 from the fire de-
partment fund to the cash fund in the pay.
ment thereof.
Your committee find upon investigation
that the gas bills for the old police station
are largely in excess of what they believe
they should be, and they recommend that
the committee on public buildings be in
structed to investigate this matter and
see whether these bills cannot be de-
creased.
Your committee recommend that the fol.
lowing acquisitions heretofore referred to
them be denied, and the city clerk instruct
ed TO return the same to the officers pre-
senting them.
From the street superintendent: Car
fare, inspector, March, 1896, SS.45; car
fare, inspector, February, 1896. 1920 {;
veterinary services, January. 1896, 500 !;
lumber. S22.92; hardware, $l69.07; hard
$62 80; 800 yards of gravel, Sl25; seven
dozen hand brooms purchased in November
and December, 1895. $42; veterinary SER
vices, December. 1895. 81 one paddock,
$l.75: sewer pipe, SlOS60; sewer pipe,
$2OO.4O; sewer pipe. S23l; sewer pipe,
$255; sewer pipe. SOD.
From superintendent of street sprinkliug,
500 feet of secondhand fire hose. $3.50.
From the park commission, 5 loads fer.
tilizer. $40: 3 loads fertilizer, S1.50; 10
loads fertilizer. 500.
From the chief of police, four horses for
the patrol wagon. $500; printing for the
police department, S22.
map of the city, $3.50; 500 envelopes,
$3.50.
From city justices, ice from May to No.
yember, 80, $500.
From the chief of the fire department,
twelve fire alarm boxes at 500 each,
$12OO.
Your committee beg leave to say in con-
nectjon with the last az mentioned re-
Qusitions of the chief of the fire depart
ment, that the report has gone forth that
these boxes have been ordered by the city
council and that these acquisitions are pre-
sented to the council in order to comply
with the instructions of council in placing
alarm boxes.
Your committee, however, understands
that while a number of motions for the
location of fire alarm boxes have been
made, these matters have all been referred
to the board of fire commissioners without
instructions, and owing to the crippled con-
dition of the funds of the city, would
recommend that these acquisitions be
denied.
In reference to the recommendation de.
nying the requisitions mentioned in the
report, your committee beg leave to say
that these acquisitions are either for ex.
pense incurred without first having OBJ.
| tained the necessary authority from the
| council so to do, or are for matters which
the condition of the city finances requires
US to defer until after the end OF the frs
| fiscal year.
| STILL PRODDING METHvIN
The sewer committee, which has the
I matter in charge, will probably tomorrow