The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-01-25

Hon. Mayor anu SOuhSh,
Brunswick Ga.
Gentlemen: At the close OF the year
1909 the city floating debt
is .$4S,564.SS
AGAINST the same date last
year of acknowledgements oV'Aoff
an increase OF. 9Ao''o01-
This is due TO the fact OF our nav
ing done and contracted for this year
more work of permanent characCel
in the way of public improvements
and were called upon to make nioAe
avnepditures of an extraordinary char.
acter than in any one of recent years.
further the additional fact OF our ca =
rying over into 1910 larger amount
of uncolleoted taxes for the calenuat
wear than for any one year since 1899.
yhis amount is $9,57S.56 greater tnan
the amount brought forward into l9o9
from the digest of 1908, and will be IN
increased asset in that amount ourlhs
the coming year for the councll OIL
1910.
Again. tne various city departments
have demanded more than was esu-
mated for them in the budget, put' ny
reason of the expenditures which were
principally for betterments and equip
ment their necessities for malnteh-
ance will not be near so great the
coming wear. For the foregoing rea-
sons your committee feels satlsneo
with the results of the present year 5
Work
We have also continued to assist
financially the board OF educatlon'
making them the same $5,0Oo speclal
.anpropriation as heretofore and pay
ing them in cash, in addition to the
rentals and taxes collected from ToWn
Commons for their account, POW
more than was paid them in l9Ve.
The last of the notes given TT the
completion of the hospital were re-
tired this year. We have also appro-
nriated to the board of trustees the
sum of 100000 to assist in the IN
.stallation of a steam heater Whlls
this is practically a loan and VIII DE
an asset for our successors, it Is ac-
counted for in our floating indebted
ness as a liability for the year 1919.
The various extraordinary expendl-
lures before referred to will be de-
tailed in the reports to follow, ana
merely a brief summary is mere given
Surface Drainage.
III street drain ............s o'zoo''o
Gloucester, Monk, Mansfield
and sundry drains 3'sf4.14
Concrete culverts, bulkheads,
and boulevard bridges o91.z'
Shells for continuation OF
street. improvement .....- i'4oo.9o
Installing drinking fountain
in Machen square So'oo
Installing water main in OAK
Grove cemetery ....... lVo'A
80 uailwav tracks 1925
$14,941.0 4
Paving of Newcastle street,
city's proportion is .....S 4'zoo'VV
Repairs and New Equipment
Remodelling city
clock tower and
electric cutoff IS 2oo.es
Repairs hospital roof 616.47
Completion city sta
Bile and pound. 57l,oz
Repairs police bar
racks -.....'.' 1Eo'oo
Repairs city hail.. $40
Repairs fire depart
mept headquarters 1851
s1,75s.se s1,75S.sO
New hose fire de-
nartment .......$ S05.20
Additional fire alarm
box ...,.......,. Ioo'""
Additional member
FIRE department. ooo'oo
Three horses and
equipment, police. 1850
Additional member,
plain clothes man
police department 1909"
Plumbing inspec-
tors expense, san tsS.oo
New carts and Aar-
ness, sanitary, 40 Ao"'Vo
s3,714.99 s3.7149S
Payments to board OF
education of balance
due them on 1910
accourt .......S 1000
PAYMENT to board OF
education on account
OF 1909 special APP
preparation ....... "''oV
and included in the
liabilities Is the spe-
ciaI appropriation to
them for 1908. OF o''oo
and the appropriation