El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-25
rejected. and that the call for bids be

rejected and that the call for bids be
! readvertised-
Viaduct.
| We have eliminated the old wooden
4 structure over the Southwestern.
| Santa Fe and Southern Pacific tracks,
and have caused to be constructed. al
| a very small cost to the city, modern,
! concrete viaduct, with 80 foot road
way and a foot sidewalk and total
! away with all dangers that previously
existed and in addition presents =
handsome Improvement in that portion
Of the city.
OIL Contract.
have made it a practice to call for
nished to the city, thereby effecting
saving.
I recommend that the lands acquired
for the disposal plant in the lower end
of Cotton addition be sold, and that
the money be applied toward the i'm
prOvement of our present parks and
to the purchase of new parks. I also
recommend that the land owned by
the city near the Hart viaduct be i'm
proved as a park and public tennis
court.
Permanent improvements.
I wish to direct your attention to
the fact that large sums of moneys
have been taken from the current reve-
nues to invest in real estate and per-
manent improvements, which has IN
duly limited the amount Of moneys
available for appropriations for the
current expenses of the city govern
ment. and has tended to cripple the
various departments in their endeavors
to develop the highest degree OF ef-
ficiency. 1 recommend policy OF is
suing bonds for all permanent improve
ments and other capital outlays, but
where such a procedure is not adyis-
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permanent Improvements be separately
Considered and clearly stated. and the
percentage apportiOned in fixing the
tax rate
Respectfully submitted.
C. E. Kelly, Mayor.
Report of Auditors Accepted.
On the accommodation Of i. NJ
WingO. L. 5. Stewart. James G. McNary.
George Flory and ". Cooley, the COM
mittee appointed to select auditors who
recently completed the audit of the
city books, the report of the auditors
was accepted.
1t was stated that while the great
mass of detail presented in the audit
made 1t impossible for the committee
to verify the figures, the belief was
that the audit had been careful, thor
Ough and accurate, and that the true
condition of the city's accounting and
finances were shown 1t was then
adoption of the audit be made
To Carry Out Suggestions.
1t was also suggested by the COM
mittee that recommendations made by
the auditors, Robinson and Masquelette,
as to accounting systems and methods,
be carried out.
We particularly recommend the
report of the committee stated, that !
the system installed by the auditors in
the WaterwOrks department be fol-
lowed out in every detail, and that the
bookkeeping of that department be
placed in immediate charge of a COM !
petent bookkeeper. answered. BILE only to !
the general bookkeeper of the city,
mayor and council
We believe" the report further said, !
that the adoption of this, recommen-
Gation would avoid d repetition of the 1
conditions in that de- /
Partment reported by the auditors"
Supplemental AR--5s Urged.
1t was further recommended that the /
mayor and council in 1913 have the au-
dit brought down from the terminatiOn /
of the report to the end of the fiscal 4
year, March 81, 1913.
1t was urged that this would prove /
valuable in ascertaining whether or not |
erly- keeping up the new system in
stalled; and would be invaluable for /
purposes of comparison
It was recommended that the water
works be carried as an asset at its ac-
tual cost TO the city, or that the pure
" arbitrary paper surplus be reduced
by at least the item OF organization
expenses $4S,0OO' which 1t was re-
ported represented nothing to the city.
The committee suggested that the
audit be published in full in booklet
-orm, excepting the detailed list Of de-
inquent taxes.
WnterWOrks Transaction.
1t was reported that the supplement !
eport and exhibits contained therein
made plain the transactions between
he city and the international Water
company, and explained the apparent
discrepancies mentioned in the original
-udit. 1t further showed, the report
# the committee stated, that the pur-
hase Of the waterworks was carried
'ut as agreed between the city and the
water company.
The committee recommended the en-
'loyment of a city accountant, and
n annual repetition of the audit.
The report was adopted in full. Fol-
owing which, on the suggestion of
lderman Percy McGhee a banquet
will be rendered the auditors and the
ommittee on behalf of the city.
The riEhtofway for sewer line
cross block 6. Sunset Heights given
y the First National bank to the city,
ras accepted.
Mesa Avenue Improvement.
The resolution ordering the improve !
lent of Mesa avenue from its intersec-
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