The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
VOTERS, ATTENTION.
Facts and Figures for Your
Consideration.
Read and Reflect, and Then Decide
How TO Vote.
The Work of the Present Adminis-
tratiOn in the Past Two Years-The
work 1t Has Done and the Inn
provements Is Has Made-Addi-
tinns to Annnrn tus and Forces.


lions to Apparatus and Forces.
To the Voters of Savannah: AS citizens
interested in good government for Savan-
nah. a government that is prudent, eco
nonlical. progressive. consulting the best
interests of taxpayers and all citizens. we
desire to submit for your consideration the
following statement of the work Of the
city in the past two years:
FIGURES OF 1894
The budget for 1891. the last year of the
previous administration. was $776,SOO.
There were two items, bills payable $780,
600. and quarantine improvements. $12,O 900.
Deducting this $4,000. there remained for
the city departments proper $ll4,SO0. The
budget for 1895, prepared by the Melon
OUCH administration, was 800, there
having been an increase in the fire depart
ment appropriation from SCI, 900 to $4,000
There was also an increase in the police
item from $4,000 in 1894 to $1,000 in 1895.
The McDonough administration in 1894
started with cash balance OF $l9,26. leav-
ing off the cents Receipts We're $T12,6S4,
giving as available funds $791,951. The eX-
penditures were S7S1, 31S; or, taking off the
s62 900 referred to, the actual expenditures
for city departments in 1894 were $7l9,SlS,
the expenditures running $5,OlS over the
budget
EXPENDITURES IN 1895.
The present administration opened 1895
with cash balance of $lo,
6SS. received that year from all
sources S45,56S, being $27,1l less
than receipts in 1894, making total
amount available in 1895 of $756202, with
which to meet and discharge budget OF
s79S. 300. made up by the previous admin
istration. AS a matter of fact, instead of
spending $7SsSOO, this administration in
1Se5 spent $717.664 which included 5000
| snent in advertising Savannah and for
| the Atlanta exhibit, not provided for in
the budget as made by the preceding ad-
ministration, and leaving expenditures for
city departments, $l2,664, or 1854 less
than in 1894.
A cash balance was carried over at the
end of the first year of this administra-
| ton. not including $5,O3S for sinking fund,
of $780, 99
IF the city receipts in 1885 had been as
large as in 1894, there would have been
an addition of $27,115 to this cash balance
making $60,615
Full credit, it must be noticed, has been
| given the NCDODOu5l elu4ihtiiASNiH -
! the $4,000 bills payable and the $1,000
item in the budget for quarantine i'm
provements
FORCES INCREASED.
This was not done at the expense of the
! service or by diminishing improvements
| The efficiency and equipment OF the ue-
| partments was added to. The police torce
was increased by four in 1895, a patrol
wagon costing $500 was added, new horses
| o. w
| was spent for horses in 1894, $lOVO was
expended in improving and extending the
| Gamewell system, and otherwise the de-
partment was held up to high stand
ard.
In the fire department in 1895 the force
was increased by five men, fire engine
cost $4,000, where, in round fgures, sz'VW
had been spent in 1894 for new hose, etc;
81 900 was spent in 1895, it being the
| spirit of this administration to put TINS
and all other departments in hrst-class
shape and keep them there.
Some of the departments had been al
lowed to run down considerably, but were
brought up as rapidly as possible to good
condition. The city tug for instance, was
! in such condition that over Sl,OO0 had 10
| he expended on hull and boilers to put
/ 1t in proper order. In the single item or
| live stock for the several departments
| s.. 800 more was spent in 1895 than in 1884,
I
placed with first-class stock
OTHER LARGE IMPROVEMENTS.
Outside bringing the departments up to
a much higher standard there were large
expenditure in 1896 for public improve
| ments, as follows:
| Opening streets .................s...... 80 ~
! Paving streets ................'...'..'- U'tOS
| New water works ....................... 1852
New water mains ...........'.......'' 800 800,
Surveys for house drainage system. l'2o4
| Advertising Savannah and exhibit
at Atlanta ..........................s o'VOO
These aggregate $6s5SS. These and the
other improvements and additions enum-
Grated above make a total expenditure
for such purposes in 1895 of over SSl,OOo'
| And vet the expenditures, as shown, were
less than in 1894.
PROGRESS OF 1896.
In 1896 the city began the year with $SS, :
! 53S in cash. The receipts were $i6S9ZS' CIV
ing a total available of $780, 6l. The re-
ceipts for 1896 were $S.755 less than IN 1871.
| The expenditures were $764,9T7, leaving
cash balance at the beginning OF 1897 OF
s37, AGO. The good work begun in 1870 was
| continued in 1896.
In the police department three more
men were added, making the force Dec
81. 1896, 81, against "A on Dec. 81, 1891 The
| equipment of the department was main
tanned at the highest standard. -.
In the fire department on Dec, d. 1885,
! there were SO regular men, against %
men on Dec. 81, 1894. In addition there
were is supernumeraries ready for ser
vice at any minute, entailing expense put
| increasing efficiency of the department.
These supernumeraries are new feature
of the department. The extra pay roll IN
/ 1896 was 5000.
| In addition another chemical engine was
bought and 5000 feet of new hose was ad-
ded, almost twice as much as in 1884. All
/ this was in keeping with the promises OF
a progressive government made by the ad-
ministration 70 the people OF savannah
MAIN IMPROVEMENTS.
Many minor improvements were made
in 1896 looking to better service. In addi-
/ ton there were large expenditures on
more important improvements as follows
/ Opening streets ...s...........'.s''''..Sz
| Paving streets ..................''''''. S4'olz
/ New water mains ...........,...'.''''' lV'VeO
| House numbering ............"..''''.' Loo
| New stables, etc. ..................'ss' o'Szo
/ New roadWays ,.....s.......t''.''''''' A'No-
These main public improvements cost
/ ST5, 4OS. on the other improvements IN the
/ departments considerable was expended.