The daily sentinel., 1907-04-11
RECORD is MADE.
Last Regular Meeting
of City Council
Held.
ANNUAL REPORTS
Only Two Funds With
drawn---Tho ou S and S
Saved on Water Sys-
tem---$10,000 In the
Treasury.

Tue last regular seSsiDN ul lue CITY
council that has operated the govern
ment of Grand Junction Tor the past
two years was held last night and a
great volume of business was trans
acted
Mayor Bunting, City Clerk Conley
six of the aldermen and other ofiic-
ials were in attendance, Aldermen
O'Boyle and Alkire were unable to
| be present.
Petitions and Ordinances.
The fire and police board reported
favorably on Charles McCary's re-
quest for permission to build wagon
ware house.
hTe petition asking that the old
| frame Miller block on Main street at
! No. 532, be condemned, was turned
down.
The ordinance granting George
Smith an extension of the electric
railway franchise was given its sec
ond reading and passage.
A large number of bills were allow
ed, the bills being heavier this month
owing to the city election expenses.
The bill of NJ. ]. Zeyen, who
claims that he is due payment for
caring for patients at the pest house.
was disallowed at the county COM
missioners had also turned down the
bill.
1t was announced that Bucklin and
Coles, owners of the Steele block, had
refused to pay a bill for $3.50 in
CURED as a result of the grease traps
of the building being cleaned at the
instance of the water superintendent,
the traps being in n frightful condi-
ton. As a result the bill was turned
into the city. Water Supt. Vedder was
instructed that if the firm did not pay
thebill to shut water OFF the block
until they did pay it.
Most Gratifying Reports
The annual and monthly reports
of the various officers We're then re-
ceived.
These reports were emlnently salts
factory and all show that the flnan-
ciaI conduct of the city affairs by the
outgoing council has been very con-
servative. The present council Will
not send over to the incoming coun-
ell a big overdraft of Indebtedness in
connection with the various approp-
riations.
Few Debts Sent Over
All the bills that the new council
will have to pay that were allowed by
| the present council we're those allow
ed at the meeting last night, for the
month of March which are always
paid out of the succeeding years ap-
propriations.
Only Two Overdrafts.
Only one of the set funds is over
drawn at the end of the present fis-
cal year. Practically all of the ap-
propriated funds are just exhausted.
This is indeed splendid record for
the wear. City Clerk Conley's annual
report as 10 the condition of the VAR
ious funds bring out the following
facts:
Fire fund, Appropriated for the iis-
cal year Just ended, exhausted, with
ont overdraft.
Police Fund, exhausted, without
oVerdIaft.
Light fund exhausted without over
draft.
draft of S72. 43.
Library Fund, exhausted, without
overdraft.
street and alley fund, goes over
with balance of S7.76.
Water bund, Ovcrdrawn 81 ,OOO.l1
Special sewer fund goes over with
balance of 10000.
The condition of the water fund
which appears above to he overdrawn
in reality is in finer shape than any
of the other funds. The fact Is thh'
the council overdrcw the approprih'
tion S2,OOO.OO but by no means eN'
pended all the money collected foi
the water fund consequently that
; fund could hardly be called bank
rupt.
A Splendid Record.
. sr,.- ..,,I ,anofnts from the water
system from April tst 1906 TO April
4. 1907 were S1S, S,SO9.iO. The total
nmount of warrants drawn for dis
bursements ON the water system were
SfO,I00.1i, consequently over hno
above all expenses for running the
numping station and also having th'
SURVEYS made for the mountain water
system, the city has balance OF ~
DEDUcTING THE EXPENSES
PAID OUT OF THE WATER FUN
FOR THE PROPOSED kANNAH
GREEK PIPE LINE WHICH EN-
PENSES SHOULD RIGHTFuLLn
COME FROM THE SALE OF IHr
= PROCEEDS OF THE BoNDS, ID. 80, 81 :
, WHICH AMOUNTS TO S6,SOS.l,
TtIE w ACTUAL RUNNING EXPENS
ES or THE SYSTEM AND PLANT
EoR THE YEAR WOULD BE 50,
i aot M A SAVING AND DECREASE
OVER THE EXPENSES OF THE
PREVIOUS YEAR OF S6'10o;5o
: Tbis is indeed a splendid record wheI
= IL is considered that for many years
/ mn until the present council went In
/. 10 Office. the water system did not pa!
I The general and fixed expenses o
$ the water system for the past yea
' were s9,8OG.Os; the expenses Of tn, h,
: tba u'' gynaintenance and repairs of th'
distribnting reservoire and system
aroC mounted to s1,O25.G5. out of tn
+ first named item the $6'SO8.lO ex
. pended for the mountain water sur
veys, etc, comes.
r $4,000 in Treasury.
= The CITY treasurer's annual repor
" " elbows that on April l, 1906 ther
1,ae s4054.65 in the treasury an