The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03
Topeka Budget for 1906 Re-
ported BY N. d. Hale.
City Paid or S1s4,OOO in Bonds
During Past Year.
Balances Somewhat Larger
Than OH Nov, 1905.
Bookkeeping System Anticipated
and Hard to Understand.

An exhaustive report covering the I'M
ances Of the city from November 1,
/ 1905, to November l, 1905. has been made
| by NJ. NJ Hale, city treasurer. The bali
ances which exist at this time In the
various funds of the city are consider-
ably larger than for the corresponding
period last year.
Markedly is this true Of the two big
funds of the city the general revenue
fund and the general Improvement fund.
These two funds are the two. great. ar
/ terics through which most of the .moi1ey
used for the government Of the city
flows.
- In the general. revenue fund on Mo-
Xember 1, 1905, there was a balance Of
$9s721-21; November 1, 1906 the ba1anee
existing amounting. to 81, or. So III the
| Improvement fund the balances for 1906
and 1906 were respectively, $13,420.75 and
| 21,15099. The only fund which does
| not make as good a showing is the
sinking fund the balance for which had
dropped from S.. 460.64 to 81 072.96
The balances remaining In 1905 we're
1 as follows: General revenue, $8,1zi.21;
general Improvement. sI3.420.7 70; sink
water, $19,s6629; library. sSs0.O7; street
and alley. $21.3S6.77; sewer. s4,5sg.51;
park. se4.4O; sidewalk, $685.
In 1906 the balances, at November I
We're: General revenue, $14, Q17.33; gen.
eraI Improvement. $21.15O.7s; sinking, s1,-
| o72.96; interest, So, 9S783: general tSatet
$25,S60- "A; library. $749.6O; street and ale
! ley, $14, 063-38; sewer $7,314.41: park Sl,-
o11-Ss; sidewalk, $3,021.71; paving, $685.
4S6.O1.
The total receipts for these same
funds for the year ending. November 1,
1906. were: General revenue. s94 571 .6S:
general Improvement. $74556.58 sink
ing, $25.64O.09; interest, $27,1d876; gem
srad aao water ate $sl. s97 49, interest water,
alley, $S5, 1889; sewer. $33,64s,38. park
Sll,s55:21; sidewalk, $4,29O.5S paving
$Iz4, 3O2 10; opening streets and aleys
$50; hremen's relief fund, $3.235.2z
The two big money makers for the
city over the stretch of the II months
with which this report deals; aside from
the hnes of police judge, are the license
department and the issuance OF exch-
walton permits. The former. realized to
the city %,332.65. This does not include
the payment of about $1,000 due the
assessed an annual tax of 800 and fhs
right TO assess which the COMPANIES
have been fighting in the courts 1nsu0
The expense of operating the license
department is extremely light not to
exceed 500 a year, and has proved
one of the best things which the city
haS-brough into existence. p -iF-
suance of excavation permits has
never been productive of very much
revenue until this year when the use
OF natural gas for fuel and lighting
became to be 50 widely used that nar-
mits at one dollar a piece flooded the
office of the city engineer. The re-
turns from this source for the mast
twelve months mount up to $4.951
The money that has come into the
general revenue fund for the period
ending with November 1st 1906. has
been from the following different
sources; County. treasurer, s676S1.50;
police, $7,384.10; fines district court
$2S4.0O; licenses $7,33265: food in.
spection, $2,829.3S; rent OF audi
torium S1.S45. 90; city scales, $477.6O;
building permits, s$564.5O; dog tax.
$2.z53-OO; auto license, S154-60: sale
city ordinances, $50: supplies, S79.4e.
sale of scale books, $500: bank inter-
est, $2,367.82; patients at detention
hospital $6o;1 5; fees for plumbing in
spection, $249.50; M. NJ. Haie.
$206.7O; destruction Of city property'
$925 premium on bonds sold, ST.
222.O0.
The money that came into the gen
eral Improvement fund came mainly
from the county treasurer in the form
of taxes levied to pay for those Inn
provements especially. Aside from
this the items are small The classi-
ncatlon follows: County treasurer,
$67,6S1.50; sale of dirt from pavins
operations. $206.55; rebate Insurance.
$500; excavation permits, S4-
y5l-OOi fees from plumbing inspec-
rion, $4,000; receipts from plum bers'
excavation permits and under ordlh-
ance 1855, $4,000; sale of city dump
5000; sale Of material. $140.87; as
Potwin sewer, $438.32
It's a neck and neck race bettveA,, q
bond issue increase and the PAYMENT
off Of maturing bonds. The Increase
had little the best OF 1.-THE citv IA
sued $124,3O2.76 in IMPROVEMENT
bonds for paving during the previoiis
year ending with November 1 and Tor
the same period succeeded in paying
off and retiring SI24,105.25 bonds az
vided as foilows--$3O,0 27.77 OF sink-
ing fund, $22.672.17 of sewer and
$71,405.27 paving bonds
Interest paid Improvement bonds ,
issued ran UP to $82,4g8.29. apbor
toned follows: $S.15s.24 sewer.
$21,276.42 street and alley; S27.3s0
water. Coupons paid. interest fund,
$25.333.e3
The total receipts from all souroez
for the twelve months ran IN 70
$594,S59.27; over. a half Of million doll
lars. Yet with all of this money edt{at
to a business doing $50, 600 nionfiii0
the city is ambling along with book
keeping system which would shame a
little cigar stand. Anticipated and ~
behind the times that It is irnpossffiie
to go in at any one time except al the
end of the month and get a clear .idSa
of how the finances of the city stand
Such feature as daily balance Is
unknown.
The city is without a question baii.,
in need of a modern system OF ac-
counting and the installation. should
not be delayed.
Chicago and Return $1,000. santa re.
Account Live Stock show tickets an
sale Dec. LIST to 4t1, final limit Mar