The herald., 1898-09-14
CITY FINANCES
WHAT THE RIVERSIDE TRUS-
TEES DID YESTERDAY
A Great Reception to Be Given the
Boys of the Seventh Regiment on
Their Arrival Home

| RIVERSIDE, Sept. l3.-When the city
trustees met this morning the city marshal
! submitted a report Of the business ofnhs
office for the month of August. He col
lected a total of $2S9.2O divided as follows
City licenses, $l79; for boarding county
prisoners, $780, poll tax. 81; dog licenses
and tags, SIG; scavenger collections, so.7o.
The report shows also that four cases Of
drunkenness were handled by the police
during the month. One arrest was made
| for violating the city ordinance prohibitlng
the sale of liquor in the city.
A report of the condition of the city S
finances September 1st. submitted by the
city treasurer gives the following fgures:
General fund, s6l6OS3; street fund, s1SSO. 13;
library fund. sll1s.S0; park fund. s5O7.s3;
sewer fund, $532S; street improvement
fund, s113.S9; bond redemption fund, sS1. %;
electric light improvement fund, s3S.ss; to-
tal s99l1. Electric light fund (over-
drawn s913699.
The cost of the citys light system for
labor for August was $399.5S Cash collected
from patrons Of system for August service
s535.26 The amount Of bills rendered pat
rons for the month was $685. This is
considerable falling off of the income from
the system and this falling on Is owing
to the very wretched service given by the
Redlands company. which has the contract
to supply the city with juice.
The mayor and city clerk were author
lied by the city trustees today to execute
and sign the lease with ]. A. Simms for the
new fire hall, just completed. The lease Is
to run three years
j. A. Simms of this city received letter
today from Captain c. F. Pam Of Com
pany NJ, Seventh regiment, in which the
captain states that the regiment will un-
doubtedly leave for Los Angeles and home
on or about September 20th. The letter also
conveys the pleasing news to the relatives
and friends of the boys of Company M that
only a couple of the boys are sick and thai.
they are fast convalescing. Captain Pam
also writes that the general health of the
Seventh has greatly improved since the
move from Camp Merritt to the Preside
was made. Captain Pam promises to no
t!fy the citizens of the city just when the
boys will be home. so that the contem-
plated reception and banquet can be car
ried out in accordance with a decision
reached some time since to give Company
M rousing welcome home from the front
Several deeds alioting land to Indians on
the Temecula reservation by the govern
ment were placed on record In the record
er's office. The deeds are all for tracts of
land ranging from ten to twenty acres
each. The land allotted Is situated in SEQ
tions IS and a. township south, range 2
west.
The city authorities have extended the
time In which owners Of property along
Fourteenth street will be allowed to make
private contracts for having the curbing
and grading of the sidewalk done. The ndi-
cations are that most of the work will be
done by private contract.
Constable ]. S. Westerfield is! here from
Indio. He reports the prospectors active
In the mining section tributary to Indio and
that some promising prospects have been
found recently.
The peach crop is practically closed here.
1t was light and not of very good quality.
The larger share of the crop went into the
hands of Gamers and dryers, as 1t was not
salable for market. The raisin grape crop
is good both in quality and quantity.