Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-22
CITY REPORTS ARE OUT
Mayor Estimates That S279,2S4
Must Be Raised by Taxation.
Treasurer Did Business Of More
Than Half ~ Million Do,inrs-lrncts
and Figures from the De-
partmcntS.

The Attn annual report Of the city of
burlington. covering the wear 1911. /.
out 1t is book of 2lj pages FOLLOWING
the usual form. The municipal register
Is followed by reports of the several de-
paruneht ana city officials, the audi
tors report. the ordinances adopted bv
the city council during the wear and the
salaries over 5000 paid Mayor Roberts
also submits some estimates for the cur
rent year. Tie finds that the assets of the
9ltY are S54,3S3.6o and the present liahli-
ties S1a59.S1. The estimated current ex-
penses for 1912 are 1896. Ssh. 40 ana the es-
iimated receipts are S57.6oo leaving a
balance of s279, 2s4. 40 which must be raised
by taxation.
Abstracts of the departmental reports
rot already printed in the Free Press are
as follows:
STREET DEPARTMENT..
f.. f. Whitlock. superintendent OF
streets. reports that the cost Of pcrma-
nent work on and repairs to streets was
So. 2291. which includes an overdraft of
E6'36S from the preceding year. The re-
teipts We're $O.54.10 showing an over
draft at the close of the year OF 2,,s1S. y
Sewers cost $s,J03a2, while the receipts
ms d" eNp''''ue''
prominent part in :he permanent work
done during the year 1921 linear feet OF
curbng and 1871 square feet of walk
being built Of this material.
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THE iri' ri'i-- LIpfNHi'
The trustees of the Fletcher Free
Library. in transmitting their annual re
port of the librarian. call attention Is
pecialy TO the largely increased circuia
ton during the year and to the effort
that have been put forth to furnish book
and pictures. etc, to the public school
and to make the library serve the com
munity in every way practicable with tn
means at us command me trustee
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circulation NJ borrowod hool,a-is dine ,
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of oo,,rse roea without so,,irg. Inn, nc,
hans tho Trustees may no olIovod IN 90
for once that in their bclicf This comu,r
,,y owes no small debt IA tho in,cl,i.er
courteous and efficient service rondere