The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-24

of Finance by ComPtrOIIer Rowe Dates Assigned for Hearing of EEti- matss-MInor Matters at Meeting Last Night. The board of finance held short ses- sion in their rooms in the city hall last night. Matters of minor importance were considered. but no definite action taken on any of them. City Clerk Norris read the assignments for the hearings on the estimates for the com- ing year and they are as follows: Monday, November 3- Town clerk, 7:3O; city clerk. TAO; board of relief, 7:45; committee on permanent pave ments, &; corporation counsel, S:l0; charities and correction, S:20.
 November 5-Board of assessors. 7:30; registrar of vital statistics, 7;30; tax commission, 75O; selectmen, s; tax col lector, S:1O: board of health. S:3O.
 November 6-Department of parks, 7:30; general registrars, TAO; probate court, 8; civil service board, S:10: su- pervisors of steam boilers, S:l5; public celebration, S:20; harbor commissioners, S:25; Beaver Pond commission, 8:45.
 November 7-Board of education, 7:90; department of public works, SIS.
 November 1O-Lamp department, 7:3O; fire department, S:15.
 November il Library department, 7:30; police department, 7:45; controller, g o'clock.
 The resolution recently passed for the creation of a fund of $20,00O for the erection and maintenance of public bath houses was received and ordered filed in order to be considered at the < time of hearing other requests of sim liar nature.
 Controller Rowe has prepared state ment. of the financial condition of the city and they are compiled in such a careful manner that anyone desirous of Knowing the exact state of the city's finances can learn it in very few min- utes by perusal of this book. A num- Der for general distribution have been printed and the public can receive them by calling at the controllers office in the city hall A statement of the as- sets and liabilities up to October 1 this year follows:
 ASSETS.
 City hall, land and building,
 supply house .....,......... $255 755 .0O School houses and lands. ..... 1898, 440 co Central police station and pre-
 cinctS ..................... lSo,UUO.UU Fire engine houses and con-
 tents ................... 4,51S.OO. .. Public library, land and build
 ing (not including books).. 116,O00.0C City hospital lot .... 5,100. .0C Almshouse, land and buildings 276,775.3i Parks: East Rock. West Rock,
 Edgewood, Beaver Ponds, Bay
 View, Water street, Fort
 Hale, Fort Wooster, Quinni-
 nipiac, New Clinton compris-
 ing 796 acres* .............. 474,OOO. .0t Old Almshouse Farm. 974, .1C Assets ............... ......$ S, ,960, ITS 4: *-Not includedin in the above assets are all taxes and assessments due and un' paid at this date; also old city squares and parks owned by the city, containing 3057 acres, on which no appraisal is I given, as follows: The old green, Woes ter Square, upper Broadway park, low CT Broadway park, Jocelyn square, York square, Trowbridge square, Munso1 park, Hamilton place park, Temple street park, Houston park, State ant Lawrence streets park, Sherman ant Winthrop park and (old) Clinton park
 LIABILITIES.
 Sewerage, SA per cent bond .. $3O, ,0OO.0 Liberty, bonds .......... 100, ,0OOO Boulevard, 3A D. c bonds .... O,OOO.O Sewerage, 4th series, bonds... 5OO,O ,O0OO Bridges, p. c. bonds ......... 65,000.0 Street pavement, p. c, bonds6 10000 East Haven funding, p. c
 bonds ...................... 6O,OOOO Air Line RR. 31a pc. bonds... O,OOOO New Haven parks, 3R p. c.
 bonds. .. 100 0OOO