The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-01-27
increase OF CITY
LIMITS REFERREO.TO
THE COMMITTEE
THEIR REPORT WILL BE SUBMIT
TED AT NEXT MEETING OF
THE CITY COUNCIL.
BUDGET THIRTY.fIGHT THOUSAND
That 10 the Amount Recommended by
Erwin for the Expenses Of the City
During the Present Year-FInan-
ciaI Report of the Recorder.

ciaI Report Of the Recorder.
The matter of the four Columbia
suburbs which 1t Is proposed to in
clude In the corporate limits of Co
lumbia was referred to the legisla-
tive committee by the Board of May
or and Aldermen at the adjourned
meeting held Thursday night. The
matter was presented to the board by
the committee, which had met Thurs
day afternoon In the Office Of the
chairman, w. J. Webster, and there
drafted a message to the city council,
asking that the council submit prop
osition under which these suburbs
would be admitted to the corporation.
The suburbs which 1t IN proposed to
admit are Riverside, West End, High
land Park and the Rainey addition.
These places contain population OF
at least $500 people, and would push
the opulation of Columbia well across
the 1000 mark. The committee will
confer with citizens of these suburbs
and report at the February meeting
Of the council On the matter. ~
II the suburbs are to be included in
the corporation Of the city 1t must be
done by the Legislature, which 10 now
In session, and which meets once in
two years. sl go yS
The budget for the present year.
- proposed By Acting Recorder w.
p. Erwin, provides for expenditures
for the regular expenses OF running
the city of $4,000, which is practi-
eally the same as that Of last year.
There remains In the budget Of last
year over $1,000 which has not been
expended The proposed budget was
referred to the finance committee for
report at the next meeting. 1t pro-
vides for expenditures as follows:
Charity $3.50; workhouse, $3.50; Mis-
eellaneous expenses, $1,000; side
walks, $1,000: bonds and interest,
$4,000; improvements, $4,000; saia-
RES, $4,000; schools, $4,000; fires,
$4,000; streets, $1,000. The school
fund will be supplemented by the
State and county.
The annual financial report OF Re
eorder Erwin was submitted, which
shows total collection during the
year of $s4,297.so There was a bal
ance of over $4,000, which raised the
total amount to nearly $4,000. OF
these collections the tax collections
supplied by far the. greatest amount,
the exact. figures being $4,000. War
rants of the city were paid amounting
to $6s,OoO The liabilities of the
city over the resources were shown
10 be only $5e,s57, exclusive of 81.
900 worth OF real estate, property
which belongs to the city. This will
bring the net Indebtedness Of the
city down to less than $4,000. The
report was referred to the finance
committee for approval.
Petitions were read from residents
ct the Iron Bridge neighborhood ask
ing the city to have East Seventh
street repaired and put in better
condition. This was referred to the
street committee.
The petition Of the four suburbs
for proposition under which they
would be taken into the corporate
limits was then read to the council
and It was accompanied by recon-
mendation from the Board OF Trade
that these suburbs be included In
the city.
TheFseport Of the committee which
had been appointed to confer with
the citizens In the neighborhood OF
Rose Hill cemetery who desired to
retire from the corporate limits was
submitted by Attorney Coffey, In
which they recommended that the
citizens be allowed to retire from
the city on paying the expense OF
drafting a new city charter which
would leave them out. The report
was signed by w. T. Chaffln, ]. M.
Dedman, J. A. McAllister, and W.O.
Cherry.
w. S. Fleming presented a petition
In behalf of the Columbia Water &
Light Company to have the council
request the legislature to prescribe
form under which the company
can be legally operated. The Column
bia Water & Light Co., as the sue
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