White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-18
Mayor Parker in Inaugural
Address Reviews Admins
tratiOn as of Good Results.
MANY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
CITY HAS FOLLOWED PROGRESS
sIyE POLICY AND AT SAME
TIME REDUCED THE RUNNING
EXPENSES.

At the meeting of the city coun-
ell Monday night, H. c. F. Brown
was inaugurated as a member of the
council from ward two, and the af-
fairs of the city entered on another
two years administration. Mayor
Parker read his address upon again
assuming the executive chair, and
presented appointments of city at
torney, city marshal and city en-
gineer. The usual amount of
routine business was transacted.
The council recently made re-
quest to the Nevada Northern rail
road for the installation of cross
ing signals at North and South
streets. At Monday nights meeting.
communication was read from
General Manager Cannon stating
that 1t would be impossible for the
railroad company to provide bell
signals for the railway crossings
along Clark street, and it would be
more advisable for the railroad to
discontinue the local service between
/ Ely station and Mltrry street. As
the request had been only for signals
at North and South streets the coun-
ell was led to believe that the mat
ter had been misunderstood by the
railroad company.
The appointments presented by
Mayor Parker were G. F. Boreman
for city attorney; Arthur Shell for
city marshal; and F. W. Milard for
city engineer. On motion of Coun-
Gilman Gallagher, the appointments
meeting
Mayor Parker in his address, re-
views city affairs for the past two
years and deals first with the finan-
cial condition of the city. He said ::
'At the time the present admins
tration took office, we were confront
ed with an overdraft of $2300.00. to
meet which it was necessary to find
financial means, and in addition to
this, to find the means wherewith to
pay the usual running expenses of
the city from month to month.
'On top of this we were informed
within less than four months after
taking Office that bond issue of $5,-
10000 was due and payable, these
bonds having been sold by the pre-
ceding administration. In order to
save the city from default on these
bonds, We were obliged to make a
temporary loan of $5,00O.00 from
the bank. which was repaid out of
the taxes received that fall.
This condition of the finances of
the City was a great handicap and
seriously interfered with the accom-
plishment of work which We had fig
ured on doing. However. these debts
were met with reasonable prompt
ness. but in so doing, 1t became
necessary to issue 100000 in
bonds known as the Storm Sewer
Bonds, with which to meet the cost
of construction of the Storm Sewer,
which will be referred to hereafter
AT the present time the bonded
Indebtedness of the City amounts to
$50, 100000, of which 100000 was
issued in 1908 and s1O,000.O0
tStorm Sewer bonds) was issued in
1911. This coming fall 100000
of these bonds will be due and pay
able, and the City is in financial con-
dition to promptly meet this in
debtedness.
In addition to the foregoing. the
City has issued $270O.OO in deferred
warrants with which to meet the
City's proportion of cost of con-
struction of the Storm Sewer Ex-
tension.
with the exception of the fore
going. the City is out of debt and
has a cash balance in bank OF about
$4,000 In addition to the sinking