The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-13
Local News.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. -, 1899.
City Affairs.

CACy hteoiAS.
Many of our readers no doubt would
like to know something of the dOlngs
of our City Fathers, and with this idea
in view we accepted an invitation to
be present at the annual meeting OF the
City. Council on the 9Th inst.
Upon our entrance to the Councll
Chamber we found the Mayor with all
The Aldermen present, and also mem
bers of the Board OF Health. City Flrc
Department and others. The Mayor
announced that the heads OF Depart
ments had been instructed to make
their reports for the past year at this
meeting, ndproeeeded to read his own
report, which was carefully prepared,
and touched upon naImosteveryt thing that
called for his after ton. He mention
ed favorably the different Departments,
beginning with the Police Department.
He mentioned in order the Street De.
partment, Fire Department., Board OF
Health and Sanitary Department., the
Cemetery Depa- .ment, and finally paid
bis respects to the Aldermen, compl-
menting them upon their zeal and fidel-
ity to duty as s'oficers OF the city.
From the several reports we gather
the information that in the Police De
,partment there has been during the
year past 727 arrests made, of which 2S
were found not guilty, 20 were dismiss,
ed and G29 were convicted. S3.3oS .oO
: of fines were imposed OF which 50, III.
: 40 was paid in cash, the remainder be-
ing worked out on the street and re-
niitted. 80,
s In the Street Department we tind
5,302 loads OF rock, earthand sand nave
been hauled and put on the streets ana 14l
sidewalks OF the city, besides the tact
that 40 loads of this was rock, hauled 9
twice IN order to be crushed. IN addl-
tion to this there has been l,SSsO yards
of excavation done IN opening up Two
new Streets In doing this large
amount of work, the teams nave aver
aged about 12 loads per day, and cover.
ed nm ayeraee distance Of about 80
E:iles each day they worked-and all
tf,is was accomplished by the hire of
an average Of 6 hands per day, nos IN
cluding the convict labor ,pertormedln
lieu of fines imposed or the WORK done
by citizens in lieu of street tax.
The.report of the Chief of the Fire
Department show the three Companies
to be composed as follows: Hook and
Ladder Company, 39men;, Pioneer Keel
: Company. :;l-incn; Rough and Ready
Ssomn,..v. .iU nrr. and all uniformed.
The report OF tie Secretary and Treas
y,r;.r of thr Fire Department shows that
we have tat. lU fires during the year:
exclusive of several false alarms, and
vti:lt the men were successful in each
case i'm subduing the flames before very
creat. damage was done. This speaks
we'll for our client Fire Department.
and the brave men composing 1T de-
serve our hearty thanks and lasting
gratitude and support for their unset
Gsh and disinterested devotion to duty in
turning out and fighting the fire tiend
IN all kinds of weather and-at all hours
of the day or night.
The report Of .he Health Officer
showed our city to be In q splendid san
itary condition. The performance OF
this duty requires constant. care and
unceasing vigilance ON his part, and
une valuable work done by him and the
Board of Health in the discharge OF
their often unpleasant duties calls Tor
more than g mere acknowledgement
from our citizens. And this Depart
ment is entitled to and should receive
all 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 an increased interest taken by our
citizens in the care and protection OF
this sacred spot, which is illustrated by
the large number of average daily Wis
itors- reaching to 30 per day. Very
few violations of the rules are report
ed, and, withal, we think this beautl-
full home of our dead is destined to re-
ceive the attention aud respect OF aH
who are interested.
The annual report of the City Treas
urer is printed in full elsewhere in this
issue, and shows the receipts and dis
bursements in detail.
In closing, we think our city is in a
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
of our citizens. We venture the asscr-
ton that few cities of tho size of An
derson will make a better showing.