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mM AYoR DRENNEN'S annual re- ~H port was submitted to the HVA City Council last night.

The report in full is as follows: 1 To the Board of Mayor and Aldermen: l Since my last annual report the city has shown steady and rapid growth, 1 bringing with 1t demands upon the part l of the citizens for cleaner and better
 streets, better fire facilities, more per feet sanitation and increased school fa- cilities.
 Financial
 The carefully prepared report of the | financial operations of the city by the city auditor and the city treasurer will cali to your attention the fact that our income from all sources during the year 1901 was $441, ,3S8, as against S343,Sl for 19O0 being an increase of $9S,070. The de- partmental expenses during the year l9ol
 was s37e. .2S5 as against $256929 for 1900, being an increase of $122356. The greater part of this increase Is accounted TOT as follows Estimates paid to architects anu contractors on the new city nall $S8V'f' purchase of Lakeview, Ullman and Mar
 tin school lots $S0OO; amount paid for lot and building for fire department on North Highlands $2017; street assessment ana wall at Oak Hill cemetery $2SSO; amount paid for street sweeper and sprinkler ana additional teams and wagons for the street department $2529; grading ana ma cadamizing of East Twentieth street py the street department $1127; rent Of tenn porary hall quarters $l3Ol. Refuno or ~ per cent added to cost of improvements under ordinances numbered from l to ,, inclusive, and ordinance No. 30, Sobi9. Taking into consideration the vast ln- crease in population and amount or Work
 necessary to be performed by the various departments during the year lsOl over the year of 1900, it will readily be seen that every possible economy has been ex0 ercised in the operation and maintenance. The assessed valuation of property in the city limits for the year 1901 was Sl7,- 695, ,690 while the valuation for 1900 was $16, 420S16, showing an Increase or $l'Z'4'- STA over the previous year. This increase in assessed taxable valuation will yield
 an income to the city, at our present rate
 of per cent of $1274 The privilege taxes also show marked increase in the year
 1901 over those of 19O0-$l45,5S6 having been
 collected from this source during 1901, as against $134,932 during 19O0-being an in crease of $10,654.
 The deficit for the year 1901 was S22,3 35o, which compares with the five previous
 years as follows: 1900. $22,344; 1899, $45,S1S;
 1898, s6O9O9; 1897, s679SS, and 1896. S436l4. The Steiner plan for withholding and
 refunding of $269,370 of coupons to which
 I have referred in my former messages,
 
 s3225 of coupons not yet surrendered, for which the money has been set aside, and
 which will be paid by the city treasurer
 on presentation.
 Your attention Is further called to the fact that on July 1 we refunded $2O,0OO or per cent school bonds with an issue Of $20, GOO of bonds bearing interest at rate of per cent, making net saving or $500 per annum in interest.
 Educational.
 Realizing that our school buildings were insufficient to accommodate the rapid in-
 crease of scholastic population, I recom- mended in my annual message of 1S99 the erection of four additional buildings. My views on this matter were sustained by the report of the superintendent of our public schools to the Board of Educa- ton. I am highly gratifed that, concur ring in this recommendation, you have appropriated funds for the erection or three buildings, which have been com pleted, as follows Samuel Ullman school, Twelfth street and Avenue G. $14,251; Lakeview school. Pine avenue and Poplar street s9932; Albert Martin school, $19- 329 Since the completion of these build ings ample accommodations are provided for white children living in the city limits.
 Referring to my annual message Of 1S99' I then recommended the rebuilding of the Thomas colored school at Twenty-fourth street and Tenth avenue, which was sev- eral years ago destroyed by fire The lot upon which this building stood has ma terially increased in value and could now be sold for about $40OO During the past two years, the white population in this district has greatly increased and l do not now think it would be advisable to locate a colored school on this site. But as this lot was dedicated and used for this purpose, I would recommend the sale of the property or invest in the purchase of a site in a more suitable locality in the eastern part of the city and erect there on a bu ding that would meet the re- quirements.
 Sanitation.
 In my last two annual messages your attention was called to the numerous 6e- fects and complaints arsing from the imperfect manner of disposing of garbage under our present contract system. No material change has been made in the sanitary method of the disposal of gar bage, trash, etc., and the same defects
 confront us now that have heretofore. New conditions are continually arising which makes 1t impossible to secure thor
 oug.. and efficient service in this depart