The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-08
BRUNSWICK'S FINANCES.
Splendid showing by Mayor Eman-
ueI for Hhis First Year.

Splendid showing by Mayor Eman-
ueI for Hhis First Year.
Brunswick, Ca, Jan, 1.-The Mayor
and aldermen of Brunswick. in their
respective addresses and reports pub
lished to-day, as we'll as the heads of
the various departments of the city
government, exhaustively go into the
financial and other conditions of the
city and demonstrate the fact that the
officials, during 1891. administered
Brunswicks affairs with great credit
to themselves and the municipality.
Mayor N. Emanuel, in his address TO
the new Council of 1902, which includes
four new and four old or hold-oVer al
dermen synopsises the situation in
comprehensive manner, and from it the
following is gathered:
When Mayor Emanuel and his four
new aldermen took charge of Bruins
wick's municipal affairs with work
ing majority of council in January,
1901, they found net floating indebted
ness of $4,000, an exhausted credit,
which prevented them from borrowing
one dollar without security, which they
did not have to give, and about $45 900
in trust bonds in Baltimore hypothe-
Gated to secure a loan of $4,000, while
hundreds of bills were being presented
that they could not pay. 1t was a ter
rible condition TO confront, but the
Mayor and Aldermen went bravely to
work and the result is that now in
stead of owing $56, 800, they only owe
$2S, 1904 with cash in the treasury of
$2507.39, or a net reduction of $21, S02.21.
In addition to this, instead of a ruined
credit they are borrowing most of the
that the pitNr ut Axya
per cent. and little at six (6) per
cent. without any security whatever,
and the $4,000 of trust bonds that had
been hypothecated by their predeces-
sors have been secured and are now
safely locked up in the city's vaults,
while the treasury contains enough
money to pay all outstanding bills.
This splendid record was made un-
des- fine same tax rate that wars pre-
Nailihs. before they assumed control
of the reins GAO and a decrease of
about $500, 900 in assessments which
makes the taxes paid even less than
that received by their predecessors. IT
is but just to give credit here to Col.
j. f. duBignon, who as chairman of
the Finance Committee, has given
largely of his time and devoted prac-
tically unlimited hours to the work
of bringing the city out of the fnan-
Nidl lIOuOlt ltldt confronted the AOun-
Gil in the beginning of 1901.
Mayor Emanuel in his message also
recommends that the present retail
liquor license be increased from 5000
to $500 per annum. In giving his rea-
sons for this recommendation he says.
In my years experience as recorder
of the City Court, j have become con-
WINGED that more than one-half of the
disorderly conduct cases are caused by
the low dives in which barrooms are
allowed, and 1t takes the best portion
of the police force to keep these places
in order l therefore advise that the
liquor license be made at least $500.
BY doing this you will confine the
business to the reputable dealers and
compel these people to contribute suf-
ficient revenue to the city to employ
an effective police force"
Mayor Emanuel also advises the paw
ing of Newcastle, Brunswick's princi-
pal retail business street, with vitri-
fed brick, or some other suitable ma
terial.