Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-02-25
CITY EMPLOYS
AUDITING FIRM
TO AUDIT CITY'S ACCOUNTS FOR
PAST TWELVE YEARS-MAYOR
COLE TO SUBMIT PLAN WHICH
WILL PROTECT CITY.
DISCUSSION IN CITY COUNCIL
BRINGS OUT FACT THAT SOME
OF BOOKS ARE MISSING-DE-
FALCATIONS MAY BE SHOWN.

At an adjourned meeting OF the cllN
council to be held Thursday afternoon,
Mayor a. Il. Cole will submit to the
council. for its approval, a contract to
bc made with an auditing firm to audit
the city'S financial accounts for the
twelve years from January l, 1900. This
decision was reached at the yesterdays
meeting Of the council after considerable
argument pro and con in reference TO the
expense Of the proposed audit, ONE Of
he aldermen present believing that it
viii DE \ needless expense.
or two offers by auditing firms, Mayor
Cole has decided that the one made by f..
Ti. Gor,ou and company Of Dallas is the
more acceptable, and it is probable that
hc firm viii be Given the contract. f..
TIT Gordon and company made an often
q 30 a day for a principal auditor, and
1lG a dav for an assistant, the company
-l p2y "il expenses, such az hotel bills
md railroad fare. George b. Kidd of
Houston offered to do the work for SD
day for principal and SO 4 day each
for two assistants. Both firm agree TO
Nnt NH aS many men ~ the city may
red. should II desire to rush the work.
Neither of the firms is willing TO take
the contract for completion within a GER
ia length Gf time, claiming that there
is no way Of aSccrt1ining how much time
FRI lr consrwcl III completing the
7ut'if. Objections by Aldermen Thorn
ma Kirk To thr effect that the city
would hc running into 4 contract ont Of
which there would be no way Of cXtricat-
frr itself were allnvcd bv the statement
Of Mayor Cole that he would submit y
contract for the councils approval
Thursday that would protect the city.
Aldermen Them and Kirk stated that
thc auditors might continue the work
into an Indefinite length Of time if they
IRE not held down by = time limit, but
Mayor oClc believed the reputation of
the audit company would not allow them
to make an endless task of the job. Al
drrman Cain informed the council that
1u"ii companies take contracts only on
a urr Aicm basis.
ua who il Y well known MntamorcnScn.
On ! basis Of sixty DAYS of work on
the lob. ii was figured that the proposed
audit Of the city's finances world cost
about $1,000. Alderman CriXcll believed
Shat as 4 result Of The investigation the
city would realize SufilcIcnt to more
thall cover the expense OF making II.
Y was brought ont during the meet
ing that some Of the city's books have
b2cn missing ter several Years, and ~
herman tobolihl asked now could audi
'ors i'hd records u the BOOKS are mss
ng- Mayor Col" stated that there are
ialrai'ohS ah0 Observation-Disclosures. ~
"ddrtSaihE the coulcll on the propoSl-
ION. Alderman 'ohoiIiil dld nor greatly
oh'"rf IN me aur'f- huf SAld that inc lax
pllfiS me- ahd ms colleague alderman
iIrk represent, asked ONLY Tor an aunt
'nr thHPc years PACK, ana PACK q th1t
hr was rot interested especially. ne
Thought That. considering the hhancIAl
condition MI me ciiN. H would PC Z prod
'"1i expenditure. tie said, however, mat
MI fhe either aldermen desired they could
-o back twenty wears for ali ne cared
Alderman FrlXPll. who has been III the
rIfT council about SIN years, S'ld thar
ne could remember the time when no
meetings were held III three or four
months: when reporters were literally
kicked ont Of the place Of meeting when
the council desired an executive session;