The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-13
city Affairs.

Al.ly of our readers no dnubl w",IId
ti.- to know something of tic duln.>
O., or City Fathers. and with THIS l'''a
= ,lcN We accepted I,i inNliailuh 10
,r picscMt a; the annual nr,iii,-"l The
* Council Oh the 9TH in>l.
pom ON entrance tn iin Council
aiulcr We found the M.Noi Will Iii
\llclncn present. AID also nt,ln-
irl~ o. ilir Board OF lic;iiih. tliN lr'
piitmcnt ami uihci>. IL Mayor
llounrcd that !I. In;i.- al Depart
.,nts had been instructed iu make
,'clr reports t,i Ia, past year nt his
!Anrting. and plue,c,l,l To read li> own
irnuri. which WAS taiciullN prepared.
srL tnnclicI Ilolialmo>tcNcryih hing hat
callcd ioi his attention. He mention
-, iavorably different Departments,
..n@inning with the Police Department.
t.r mentioned in order the Street De
NlrtnIrnt. Fire l)rpal iInrnt, Board Of
i.'atl and Sanitary Department. the
Cemetery Department. and finally paid
us respects to the Aldermen, conip,i-
'rcntinE tllcnu upon their zeal and iitl,l
~. to duty rs officers of the city.
rom the several reports We yail
~. information that in he Police ne
par:nicnt there las been during he
yfar past -, arrests made, oi which -
wn found not gully, 90 were dismiss
80 and G2.i we've convicted. -.;.:;-2.1b
a.; fines were imposed ni which -..lii.
~ WIS p.Ii, in cash. thc r.liinilnll he
in-r worked ont on Tho street and re-
ulltctl.
80, loads of rock. rarI,:n,l sand llav.
been i;llllcu and put on the streets and
sidewalks OF the city. hc~i,ics The fact
hat 720 loads Of this was rock. hauled
twice i'll order tn br crushed. In aldi-
ton To this there has been leo yards
~. fNf a Al 4
new streets. In doing this large.
amount of work. the teams have aver
iScd about l. loads per day, :nt cover
ed IN average distance Of about -
miles each day they worllcd--nnd all
his WAS accomplished by the hire OF
N average OF 6 hands pr day. not IN
Guiding the convict labor performed in
lieu of lines imposed or the work done
ny citizens in lieu of street tax.
The report of the Chief OF the Fire
department show the three Companies
~ hr composed rs follows: Hook and
adder r"n'panv ~ men; Pioneer Reel
''nni, :. ,,ul: Rough and Ready
Npni'rnA :" 'n'n. and all uniformed.
| IT, "a ."'ii Of tIr Secretary and Treas
,,-.," -! .l,, Ei'r Department shows hat
50 hay. nn,. 10 fires during the year.
y,uSivc of several false alarms. and
.ll:it the men were successful in each
Ease in sub,l.ling the flames before very
treat damage WAS done. This speaks
well for omrcxccllcnt Fire Department.
md the brave men composing ii de-
serve our hearty thanks and lasting
gratitude and support for their unset
fish and nddisintcresteuu devotion to duty in
earning ont and fighting the fire ticnd
III all kinds Of weather and ut all hours
<,f the day or night.
The report Of .hc Health officer
showed our city to bc in Il splendid san
itary condition. The performance of
This duty requires constant, care and
ne valuable work done by him anil the
Hoard of Health in the discharge Of
their often unpleasant duties calls for
more than Il mere acknowledgement
from our citizens. And this Depart
snent is entitled to and should receive
I'll the assistance and encouragement
that our citizens can give to it.
The report of the Sexton of the Sill
Yer Brook Cemetery showed that there
IS All increased interest taken by our
citizens III tho care and protection of
this sacred spot, which is illustrated by
tho largo number Of average daily Wis
itors-rcaching to 30 per day. Very
few violations of the rules arc report
ed. and, withal, we think this brauti-
fu1 home Of our dead is destined to re-
.:eivc the attention and respect of all
who are Interested.
Tho annual report OF the City Trcas-
urcr is printed in full elsewhere in this
issue, and shows the receipts and dis
bursemcnts in detail.
In closing, we think our city is III Il
sound and healthy condition, and that
TO the Mayor and Aldermen, together
with our excellent Police officers and
heads of Departments, is due the thanks
"i our citizens. We venture the .ssci-
non that icw cities OF the size nf An
,icrSon will make Il better showing.