The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-02
CITY GOVERNMENT TODAY OPERATES WITHIN EXPENSES Also Marks Beginning of New Year of Great
 Promise CITY'S BONDS ARE NOW GOOD FOR $1,000,000 Commission Pledge To City Has Been Fulfilled and Commissioner James Weatherly Is Full of Hopes
 for the New Year

Beginning this morning three very inn portant and no doubt gratifying facts in connection with the city will be realized by the city commissioners and the peo- pie of Birmingham.
 The first is that today for the first time since Greater Birmingham became a reality the city department will oper-' ate within the income of the city. The next is that this is the beginning of the pew year of the city, the completion of which will do more to emphasize the virtues of commission form of govern ment than any period within the his tory of the plan. Again, in New York city, today, at the Hanover National bank, the vouchers of the city will be good for $1,0O0.0OO. That amount will be placed to the credit of the city on the bond sale which President Culpepper Exum wired yesterday had been closed and deposited with the banking com pany.
 In addition to the three essential facts in connection with the operation of the city under commission form of gov ernment, the financial pledge made by the commission to reduce operating ex- penses within the city's income has been fulfilled.
 The commissioners here yesterday were greatly encouraged that they were able to see the clouds silver lining, and to realize, with every caution however, that perhaps the good ship City of Birming- ham may be steered clear of financial ho day and ending September %, 1912.
 Weatherly Talks
 Commissioner Weathely at the South ern club yesterday spoke with great em- phasis upon the fact that caution and conservatism will surely be the slogan of the commission. He said that the situation looked decidedly brighter than for some time past, and although sacri- fees had been made in every depart ment to keep the financial situation in good shape, yet the city service would not be very much impaired in the last analysis. He spoke of the city erecting the city prison with it's own constructions ists and at lower cost than otherwise might have resulted and said that things
 
 that character of procedure which would mean a vast saving to the city of Bir- mingham.
 q hope to see the commission make good job of this whole stuation," said MT Weatherly with unmistakable em- phasis, "and I tell you that I would make any sacrifice rather than let any thing stand in the way of doing my best here. We have tried to do the best we could and we have accomplished some- thing which I am sure the citizens of Birmingham appreciate. In the months to come, we hope to deal so accurately with the people of this city that the good relations between them and the commis- sion will be increased. In the individual work our prize policy will be mapped cut soon. In the matter of our city market we hope to accomplish some- thing definite soon. I am working to awaken interest in it and hope to see the time when the people of Birmingham will be supplied with their needs through a city market. To look after the in- terests of the people is the essential duty of this commission and the city market, regulated and perfectly sanitary, l oe- lieve is most desirable.'z