The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-07
Council Is Not Satisfied with
the July Report of City
Light Plant.
STATEMENT INCOMPLETE
EXACT DISPOSITION OF LIGHT
PLANTS FUNDS is NOT MADE
CLEAR - IMPROVEMENTS AT
PLANT RETARDED.

Another effort was made TO find out
Ing and Power Plant has on hand
ltherc being a apparent discrepancy
by Councilman Bartcl, AT the meeting
of the council last night. He asked
that the report of Supt. Charles Rog.
ers, for the month OF July. be referred
back TO City Treasurer Tennis for
more definite information as to the
funds and especially as TO the amount
on hand. Mr. Rogers has no way of
keeping track of the money after il is
paid into the city treasury. and it is
for this information which the city
treasurer alone can give, that the
council is in search 1t appears that
after the money from the light plant is
paid into the city treasury ii goes into
the general fund, and instead of be-
ing kept separately is paid out for
other things, and that while the books
of the light plant show certain
amount of cash on hand in the city
treasury it is not actually on hand. be-
cause it has been paid out for other
things. 1t was suggested that the re-
port of the light plant should show the
earnings of the plant and that the re-
port from the city treasurer should
show the disposition of the funds
This would remove any apparent dis
crepancies that now exist
Information Hard to Get.
Councilman Bartel stated that Supt.
Rogers had told him that he had been
unable to get from the city treasurer
just the information that he desired.
Joseph Zeller, president of the Board
Of Works. insisted on the correctness
of the report by Supt. Rogers and City
Controller Whelan made statement
to show how the matter stands, ac-
cOrding to which the light plant at this
time owes the city $4,000 Council
man Deuker spoke in favor of a
monthly report that would be COM
plete in every particular and Mayor
Zimmerman insisted that the fund
from the light plant ought to be kept
separate, which Attorney Gardner
stated, was the way the law provided
il should be done.
Councilman Engelbert made inquiry
as to how far the matter Of contracts
for the additional unit to the light
plant had progressed and whether any
of the action would be referred back
to Council for approval. He was in
formed that the contracts are being
shaped up as rapidly as it can be done
and that all will come before Council
for ratification. The work has been
necessarily slow, it was stated, be-
cause of the great demand for cleo
| trical machinery. 1t was stated by
Mr. Bartel that one of the largest
| light consumers in the city Is waiting
the installation of the additional unit
in order that he can take light from
the city.
Light Report for Month.
The report of Supt. Rogers for the
month of July shows the receipts from
! light and power were $2,57306 and
from street lighting, S1,903.2O. making
total of S4,476.26. The total expen-
dtures were s3,717.18. including s2.-
665.71 for operating expenses and ST.
| 051.47 for building and equipment The
| balance in the treasury on June 80
was $24.759.01, the amount paid in
during July, s4,903.42, making total
of s29 ,66243, from which is taken the
expenses for July, s7.658.70, leaving a
| balance on July 81, of 1872, 2,003.10. ....