The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-04
Zimmerman, While Throw
ing Bouquets At Himself,
Neglected to Mention That
Light Bills Were Not Paid.
ABOUT S11S,OOO ON
HAND DECEMBER 81
Mayor Says Brick Streets
Should Be Built AS Fast
AS Possible-Reviews the
Work Completed in 1912.

YIN SOillplSlC0 III 1919
At the council meeting last night
Mayor w. w. Zimmerman submitted
his annual report which was read by
the clerk as the mayor was not pres
ent. In the report DIR. Zimmerman
pats himself kindly on the back, in
forming the councilmen that the cash
on hand in the treasury, December 81,
1912, $117,947.68 is a record breaking
amount. However, the mayor neglects
to mention in his report just how
| much the city would have had in it's
Golfers had it paid its bill to the mu-
| nicipal light plant last year, and no
statement is made that $4,000 was
taken from the general fund in 1912
| as part payment on $4,000 owed by
that fund to the special street i'm
provement fund as a result of errors
in distribution made in previous Zin-
norman administrations. This year
| 81 900 more has been, returned and
the remainder will have to be paid in
by July.
The mayors report in full follows:
| Gentlemen: The year ending De-
cember 81. 1912, was a very good year
for the city of Richmond in a finan-
cial way. On December 81. 1912, as
shown by the Controllers books there
was cash belonging to the city as fol-
lows, viz:
General Fund ............$ 40,90289
General Sinking Fund 49,. 12,2S027
Light Plant Sinking Fund 17,73906
Light Plant General Fund 46,14413
Chautauqua Fund ........ S8133
Total cash on hand,
Dec. 81, 1912 ...... .$117, SAT .6S
1 Think you will find tiat at ne time
in the past at the end of the year has
the city had had on hand = sqca ,ls. large bal
On December 81. 1al1, the balance
of cash on hand was s3,7o21o, the
balance in 1912 being gain of $34,-
2455S.
| OF the amount on hand You will mo-
tice that $63,s83.19 is credited to the
accumulated earnings of the City
Light Plant.
In my report for the year 1911, I
called attention to the proposed addi-
ton to our light plant. This addition
will be made during 1918, and will be
paid for from the earnings of the
plant, no part of such costs being paid
out of the general taxes, and will be
paid for in cash when completed.
| AS soon as the addition is complet-
ed the city will be ready to place
lights wherever needed for lighting
the streets, and supply all private con-
sumers with light and power. The con-
templated improvement will almost
double the capacity of the plant. I
wish to commend the superintendent,
chief engineer, and all other employees
of the light plant for their faithful and
efficient services during the last year; /;
and in this connection desire to COM
ment, and all other officers and en-
ployes for their faithful and honest
services.
| During the year we came to an
agreement with the Terre Haute, Indi-
Annapolis and Eastern Traction Com
pany in the matter of removal of
tracks from Glen Miller Park The
company has connection with tracks
at Twentieth and North e streets and
as soon as weather permits will put in
connection at Twentieth and Main
streets and will then run cars on
Twentieth street. and remove tracks
from the park as per agreement. We
have added to the efficiency of our
fire department during the year by
the purchase of an automobile fire
truck at total cost of $5,672.50, and
will buy a runabout this year to be
used by the fire chief.
In the matter of permanent improve
ments, We have made brick streets on
the Main street bridge to West
Eighth street: We also bricked North
Seventh street from Main to- North A
street. / also had North A street
bricked from Seventh to the alley
| west along the North side of my pro
perty, the costs being paid by myself
and DR.. Wampler, adjoining on the
North, the city paying what would
have been the cost of uacadam as has
been the rule.
While there was a good deal OF
knocking by property owners when
the improvement started, / am sure
that none of them would consent to
have the brick removed and go. bach
TO old muddy streets.
AS | have said before, we should
build brick streets as fast as possible
the city paying its share as hereto
fore. that is. the city paying such
part OF the cost as it would cost the
city TO put in a maeadam street
We viii improve Eighth street BY
bricking during the .Nar 1913 In the
long run, we will find II much cheaper
TO build permanent streets.
Respectfully.
". ". Zimmerman, MAYOR.