The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-01-05

freight Observation-Disclosures. 922t
Additional shore for same. 1929
Repairs at crematory ........ $4,000
Total 16,190,54
The reports from the various com
mittees give the details of these ex-
penditures, and the report Of the
! clerk of council shows an termination
OF al! revenues anu expenditures.
Bills are paid as soon as properly
approved. Outstanding obligations
are met promptly and in marked con-
trast to the city's credit in January of
1901 when the finance committee was
unable to borrow a dollar from our
banks for the city without security,
is the present condition, when we have
officers Of more money than we need
without security except the city's
lplain note.
We would have been able to- have
shown further reduction in the
floating debt If our receipts from taxes
had kept up with last years collect
ions, and each department OF the city
had been more economical in its ex-
penditures, for there has been an in
crease in every department except the
executive department.
We carry forward to- the new year
uncollected taxes on the digest of
1908, s12,711,55, which is ample to
take care of the January coupons
and leave little surplus besides. Ar
rangements have been made to take
care OF these January 1904 coupons
until the 1904 revenues commence to
come in through licenses.
Your committee is constrained to re-
! fer to the unfortunate conditions that
existed during the early part Of the
past year, owing to che repeated ex-
tension Of time granted by the mayor
to license tax deiinquents in opposition
to our urgent appeal that the city was
in need Of money to- meet pay rolls
and other pressing obligations and
the collection Of this tax was essen
tial.
Not only did the non-collection OF
| the licenses cause the city to borrow
money at considerable expense,but it
worked hardship on those of our cit
liens who were prompt in their pay
ments, as not being entirely fair to
them. We only refer to this matter
now with the hope that there will
be no REPETITION OF the same during
this year,
In closing our report we cannot too
highly endorse the faithful and eff
clent services OF City Clerk N. d. Rus
sell and City Treasurer Geo. H. Smith,
for the past year, and we sincerely
reXret that we commence this year
without the services of Mr.. Smith.
1t is the earnest hope of your COM
mittee that the city will be able to
procure the services Of a treasurer
who VIII be as acceptable as Mr..
smith has always proven himself to
De.
Respectfully submitted,
J e .du Bianon, Chairman
M. Kaiser,
w. q. Cook,
( Committee.
Purchasing Committee.
! Bruins WICK, Ca, Dec. 81. 1903.
Honors lilo Mayor and Council,
Gentlemen: Your committee begs
! to report that all supplies for the city
OF every description have been pur'
chased at lowest prices, and on com.
'petltve figures when practicable. The
necesa " repair work was done at the
lowest 1gures obtainable for respon.
sible Nork. 1t has been the effort OF
your committee to obtain value re.
ceived" Tor every dollar of city money
expended.
| Respectfully submitted
r. Newman, Chairman,
A. M. Smith
L. A. Robinson
Committee
Report Of Committee on Public Works
Brunswick, Ga, Dec. 31,1903.
honorable Mayor and Council,
Gentlemen: During the past veal
the expenditures in this department
have been heavy. While the amount
Iexpended is largen we have the salts
faction of being able to point to visi
Bile results. Gloucester street from
Bay to Cochran avenue has been shell
ed and graveled-a roadway % fee
wide and a distance Of 1875 feet. l
has also been shelled from Cochran
Iavenue to the back landing-a dis
ltance Of about 1000 feet. Mansfield
street from Bay to Oak Grove Gene
terry has been shelled and graveled-
a 70 foot roadway and 1875 feet Il
length. Norwich street from Gloueei