The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-28

Editor Standard: | notice in the
Ogden and Salt Lake papers that tho
waterworks committee OF the City
Council presented a report OF the fin
ancIal condition for the first six
months OF the management OF the Og-
den waterwOrks by the City OF Ogden
and that the councilmen. on receipt OF
that report last Monday night indulG-
ed in lot OF talk boosting the man.
agement oil the waterworks and In
cidentally stating that the only person
who would complain OF the report was
William Glasmann. Why was I thus
singled out as the person in Ogden
City VINO might find fault with the
report? Was it that those persons
who made the statements thought that
| would be the only person in Ogden
who would read the report? | have
carefully gone over the figures and [
find the report 10 be so arranged as
TO he somewhat misleading. and in
view Of the fact that | was specially
selected as the person TO do the kick
ing for the people. | certainly shall
avail myself of the opportunity
The report OF the watcrworks com
mittee is in three parts. the first part
is called the GENERAL BALANCE
SHEET SIN MONTHS ENDING June
Goth. 1909" and shows S6O7, ,6500S was
received and that the same was eX-
pended excepting $9S9l.34, which is
reported as cash on hand.
The second report Is called STATE
MBNT OF GROSS EARNINGS AND
OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE
SAME SIX MONTHS" This report
shows that the waterwOrks made net
profits of s21 .233.20 and shows dis
crepancy Of $ll.33S sc as compared
with the first report
The third report is called STATE
MENT OF RECEIPTS AND DIS
BURSEMENTS FOR THE SIX
MONTHS ENDING June 3Oth. 1909"
and gives the total receipts as s597,-
505.0S and shows the same cash bal
ance on hand Of S9.S94 81 as shown
In the second report
notice the committee calls the S21,-
$500 net earnings, but not profits.
and in going over the net earnings
and the net operating expenses | find
the committee has included In Its re-
port for net receipts or earnings 81
079,e0 as water rentals due from Og-
den City. That is not a receipt at all
Why this item is put In as a net earn
Ing ] cannot understand The CITY
of Ogden lost the taxes which the
old water company paid to Ogden City
and we were told originally that the
water taxes would about even up the
rental for the hydrants. But | see no
credit for taxes the city lost in buying
the waterworkS. | also notice the
small item of s4,S33.21 as NET
EARNING of the waterworks company
and 1t Is called Due from CoDsum-
ers." No explanation Is made as to
whether this sum of money was co..
lectable or not. 1t certainly should not
be entered up as a receipt OF earning
until it is received What the public
wants is a Straightforward statement
Of the actual cash received from all
sources BY the water department and
statement Of the actual eXpendi-
lures, eliminating the purchase price
and bond Issue. Therefore. from the
statement issued by the watcrworks
committee there should be deducted
from the sum called earnings the
items that Ogden City is supposed to
owe
For hydrants $2.079.60
Second, due on book accounts 4.S33.21
Third, due from ogden street
department .............. 4,7G
Total debts not cash re-
Ceipt or earning. ...s.... $6,9lI51
Deduct this sum from the S39, 1876
alleged earnings, leaves the actual
cash received by the Ogden water
%, II.
3Oth, 1909, S32 24S19.
In looking over the expenditures,
called by the committee operating eX-
penses. find that they do not include
all the money the city has expended
for waterworks purposes and. in or
der To be fair TO the city administra-
tion, the report OF alleged receipts or
earnings and operating expenses, as
we'll as the whole report is repro
duced in another column. 1t Will be
seen that the earnings are given as
S39, ,1G5 lG and the operating expenses
as S17.932 sc See the official report
In another column.
Said report on its face shows a
profit of S2l .23320. That sounds good.
but where Is the money? The other
of the waterworks office show
the following additional expenses:
Interest on bonds from Jan
1St TO 18th. 1909. ....r...,$ 1888
Interest on borrowed $4,000 1888
Extension and improvements
OF wdterworks ........... 12,5I4.S9
Cost Of meters ..s.....,..,. 1926
Office furniture and fix
lures .................. S0O72
Buying the Gill land second
time ..................... 4,3S41O
First payment on II of reser-
Noir (S12,000 vet to be
paid .................... 4,77732
Total expenditures not
charged by the city ad"
ministration to water
works expenses .....s S2i, ,iO3.lS
Add to this the operating eX-
penses as shown i'm the
above report of the water