The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-10
GOOD WORD FOR : BRIDGEPORT BY
 AUDITOR HEATING Home From Convention of Ex- perts he Tells of Obser- valiOns
 MANY THINGS TO LEARN Found That Peter White Was
 Regarded as Leader in
 His Line
MANY THINGS TO LEARN

City Auditor Bernard Heating was impressed with several facts which make Bridgeport stand out with prom , thence when compared with other cit les of the country, while he was in at tendance at the National Association of Comptrollers and Accounting Off, cers of the United tSates. in Buffalo.
 ''I can truthfully say" said MT. Keat- ing, today, ..that in the larger finan- ciaI affairs of municipal administra- tion our city is fully abreast of the times and indeed is ahead of most other cities" MT. Heating gave the following as an example to illustrate this fact: While Bridgeport has been conducting her affairs for. the past 22 years, since the adoption of the char ter of 18S9 on a strictly cash basis. and does not spend money until 1t is in fact actually provided, such is not 1he experience of other cities. includ- ing the great city of New York. s They deem it necessary to borrow large sums of money to tide over the interval between the time when they eegin to spend and the time when they actually receive it. In Bridgeport the fiscal year begins at the same time that taxes are due, and by keeping a
 
 all times, we are enabled to do busi- ness on a strictly cash basis.
 Then again Bridgeport bonds only for strictly permanent improvements and then by serial bonds only, while other cities bond for such improve ments as school houses. fire houses, fire apparatus, and many other things. that In. our case are paid for from the proceeds of taxation. This is the reason that the debt of Bridgeport IS about the same today that it was 20 gears SEQ.
 II do not wish to have the inference drawn that Bridgeport has nothing to learn from the experience of other cit 1es, for this would not be, true We have a great deal to learn in the mak- ing of our annual budget; in the matter of annual budget exhibits; in the maf< ters of more modern, efficient ana Harmonious methods of accounting in 1he tvarious departments of the city, aa& more ezpeciallysin the matter of n0DeSs1nG property on aR>equitable baS- h for purposes or taxation, we can profit by the experience of other cft-i 1ee and this we should do as soon as Practicable.
 T have no doubt that Peter White, the expert, who has been employed by fhia city is capable of giving us the very best along the lines that I have mentioned, and that his labors and, Hu0Do or ms cO-auJutOrS Will De great Iy beneficial to the city.
 ssMr. White is spoken of by those who are most capable of judging, as one in the foremost. rank of his pro- fession as an expert of municipal ef- ficiency and accounting"
 MT. Heating arrived at the conven- tiou last Wednesday and returned last night. He was greatly pleased that he attended as he found much of in- terest and benefit In this conenction he said: 'The papers read at the with the leading representatives of other cities of the country give an in- sight to existing conditions, such as cannot be so clearly obtained in any other manner. The public officers, if rhere are any such, who may be la boring under the belief that they have nothing to learn. are deceiving them selves, and have no place in Ameri- can public life today"