Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-11
TOWN COUNCIL
MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT AND
REPORTS MADE.
Finances Said to Be in Good Shape
General AMI Personal
Matters.


OF Takoma Park, Md. was held last night
a, s o'clock in the chapel of the Takoma
Presbyterian Church. The meeting was
presided over by Mayor ]. b. Kinnear with
the following councilmen present: ]. E.
Derrick Isle Morrison, e. K. Blodgett,
J. II. Van Houten and Town Clerk Ben c.
Davis.
The important feature of the meeting
vas the annual report of Town Treasurer
Ben G.. Davis for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1905. The report, which was
ceived by the council and referred to the
finance committee for review, is as follows
Balance on hand July /, 1904 $780,. &C.
Receipts: General taxes, 1889 Sc: water
rents, s1,227.01; permits, 500; road tax,
Montgomery county, sG565S: road tax,
Prince George county, 1921 .3s; proceeds spe-
cial Improvement bonds, S22,O special
sessments, cement walks, 81, 256. %; accrued
interest on bonds. S159.46: interest on de-
posts in bank, s31.S5; payments for re-
demption of property sold at tax sales,
$232. 40 Total $39, 1881
Disbursements: Pumping plant gasoline
and, miscellaneous. $1,000; waterworks
miscellaneous, $77.S6; sewer system miscel-
laneous. S262.47 street work, material and
labor s549.56; street lighting, OIL lamps,
globes, etc, $3OS.25; general expenses.
printing telephone rental, postage contin-
gent, legal and miscellaneous, S316.64; rent.
S20l; fire apparatus, $3.50; salaries, clerk
and treasurer, engineer and amplighter,
T,329; interest, water and sewer bonds,
Improvement bonds and general bonds
2,S47.S0: deposit to credit sinking fund,
$500; paid Improvement bonds. $500: paid
general bonds. 81 900; disbursed from re-
dempton fund.- s232.42; special improve
ments, cement sidewalks, sewer extension
and water main, Carroll avenue. 500, 1924 81.
Total, 500, 1858. Balance on hand, s4S04.
Sinking fund: On hand July l. 1901
n nf 6nrne
19o41905, $500: interest credits during year
1904-19o5, $3.50. Total, s1,5S6.3s Bonds
purchased and Cancelled, 1000; interest on
bonds purchased, SSH. Balance on hand,
s56S.27
Bonded Indebtedness: Water and sewer
bonds, first issue $39, 600; second issue,
$4,000: third issue, 5000; public improve
nient, bonds, $4,000. Total $1,000.
Congratulated the Members.
In accepting the report Mayor Kinnear
took occasion to congratulate the members
of the council and members of the finance
committee for the manner in which the
finances of the town had been protected.
While we did not do all we would have
liked to have done said the mayor. we
have done the best we could He specially
mentioned that no floating debt existed
against the town at the close of the fiscal
year. except such Indebtedness as provided
by law.
The repore Of the treasurer for the month
of June was then submitted and referred
to the committee on finance for report.
The report showed receipts during the
month follows: Water rents $o..S2: per-
mits, $50; special assessments. $31-64; ball
ance on hand last report, $43eO "A, making
total of s4.44S.3o. The disbursements
during the same period were as follows:
Pumping plant, $3.50; water works
$53.SS; street work, $3.50; street lighting,
$17.G3 general expenses. $50 40; salaries.
Sos: improvement bonds paid, $500; in
terest on improvement bonds. $3.50, MAX
ing total of 81 ,400.2o leaving a balance
on hand of $4S.0i
The auditing committee submitted bills
amounting to $133.01, which were approved
and ordered paid
The mayor and treasurer were author
lied to take up another water and sewer
bond of $500 out of the sinking fund The
mayor and treasurer were also authorized
to take up from time to time special i'm
provement bonds when the fund would per-
nit
Councilman Blodgett reported that a
number Of avenues in the park had been
considerably damaged by the recent heavy
rains of the past week. and called particu-
lar attention to the condition of Tulip
Sligo, Buffalo Poplar Columbia and Elm
out condition. The chairman of the street
committee was requested to call special
meeting of the committee and submit at
an early date estimates of the cost of re-
pairing all of the streets and avenues in
the park needing improvement.
Mr.. LIE Blonde Burdette of Takoina
Heights has returned from Brooklyn n. Y.
where Mrs. Burdette IS a present visiting.
Before returning home she will visit friends
at Paterson. N ].
Personal Notes.
Theodore Knight of Fanwood, N J., is
the guest of Wilson knight of Takoma
Heights.
Councilman c. w. Scudder, who has been
Ill at his home in the city. is slowly i'm
proving.
Mr. A. G. Daniels, president of the gen.
eral conference. Seventh Day Adventists,
sailed last week for Europe. Before re-
turning he will attend general meetings in
Switzerland, Great Britain. Germany, Aus
tria and italy. He will return to America
In September.
The contributions to the building fund
Of the Seventh Day Adventists, as reported