Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-10-08

ing their troubles all right and they
are beginning TO wonder when things
will resume their normal aspect i'll
this old county.
First in point OF maliSn interest is
the big deficit in the treasury, some
thing like $4,000, an amount de-
posted in the Nye x Ormsby County
Bank in the days when the county
had money to deposit. This amount
if in the treasury now, would go lar
toward restoring the peace OF mind
OF the members OF the county Cummls
sion and having it not makes them 4
. Oh trouble.
They have ordered a suit for il
and suit has been filed against the
treasurer's bohdsmen but The filing
of the suit does not necessarily mean
that the money shall be forthcoming
in the near future.
The quarterly statement of the
treasurer shows that the couhty has
balance of $4o,659.95, only the coun-
y
in the bank to be deducted watch
leaves the cash available" item
$2l.lS2.3i OF this amount the bond
issue for roads and bridges furnishes
$20,021.l5 and the money available"
for general purposes. that is to say
county eX enseS. salaries and other
items. something like $llGU.l9.
The treasurer reported a deficit il
the funds for the Carson City schools
but as the state turned into the treas
ury OF the county This year Il prrtt!
good sized chunk. the treasurer
charged this OFF OF the deficit when
his attention was called 10 the mat
ter and the quarterly report shows
that the school district has about
$4,000 but the treasurer says the fund
was overdrawn When the last install
ment of S31O3.25 from the state VAS
paid and that he threw This into the
deficit To make the UVerdratt and 9TH
er funds good. Consequently, school
warrants ore unpaid
This part of the matter is up TO the
school ,rustees but the commissioners
are worrying about II just the same
The trustees will Meet tonight to
talk the matter over and see what
can be uone about it. The trustees
claim the treasurer has no right to
draw from the school fund for any
purpose whatever, not even to depos-
it it in the bank.
Then tncre is the county road build
worries the commissioners good
deal. The teamsters who were hauling
stone got an idea they are not max
ing enough money out of the work
and they started little round robin
affair to make the commissioners
come through with a little added
money. Neither Emil Peterson nor
Anderson would stand in so that fell
down and the hauling goes on bu,
the road foreman has had a hard time
getting the rock dumped where he
| wants it.
Then too, the rain delayed the road
work for awhile and while the big
gest piece of work is nearly finished /,
..ls been source of a lot Of figuring
and grief for Commissioner Tennant,
| in whose dislric- the Iakeview road
! is. Next will be the Empire road and
Bob Randall will nave his troubles
! lhtn.
Piled on top of all this is the exc
Grafton anu general abuse the com
mlssioners get when acting as a
board of equalization. OF course no
property owner is foolish enough to
things about the commissioners and
but they go away after receiving ii
raise they should have had a lon.
time ago and think things and say
things about the commissions and
treat them cody and that all hurts
, About the latest thing is the ap-
pCintment of the district attorney
George l.. Sanford to succeed E. e
| Roberts, who resigned. The board is
democratic and the appointee is a re
publican. None of the commission
: ers will confess that he cares a d
: about the discussion going on among
e county democrats about il, bu
: they do.
, OF course commissioner Esser is
, | pleased over it. he is the ONE re-
t publican member. Bob Randall real.
ly does not care, he voted with Esse
fer Sanford, and Commissioner Ten
e nant, who is the chairman of the
4 board. did not vote at all, in fac
l baked when the proposition wa
made to him. Esser and Randall vOt