Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-02-26
cry ADMINISTRATION.
,ov,ew of Years Business by Mayor
and Finance COMMITTEES.

.,r,ittee OF the past years board of al
asrmen have made new departure in
,,;s YEARS annual report, by supplements
,.r the usual financial statement with a
urr;tten summary OF the past years BUSH
oss II summarizes the years business
:, a way to make it Ineligible to any
tsx-payer, without the necessity of wad-
ing through a mass OF figures, and states
l., brief form some OF the work done dur
inc the year in various departments. The
summary follows;
Relieving that it is the duty of the mu-
ricipal officers to render an account OF
their stewardship to the Taxpayers of the
city. we are submitting a short summary
If the years work with the approval of
the board of aldermen.
The financial standing OF the city is OF
course OF the greatest Importance, and we
will endeavor in brief statement to show
the condition of the city at this time, and
the figures that we give you can be veri-
fed by the report OF the municipal officers
and finance committee of the present year.
The gross debt as shown by the report
OF the year ending February 10, 1912, was
s107 $3.50; to be deducted from this
amount were the assets, viz: Amounts
due from State of Maine, balance of tax OF
1911 etc, aggregating 81, 2l6.41, showing
net debt of $50, 1919.
Upon the same basis as of the foregoing
statement, the report ending February 10,
1913 shows the gross debt s97, S57 80,
assets same basis as last year, ia, 1873, 95
making net debt IS, $685..
Thus it will be seen that the gross ebt
February 10, 1918, is $40, 12s. 20 less than it
was year ago, and the net debt is
s2,lG3.TI less than year ago.
The city issued June /, 1912, $50, 600
per cent. refunding bonds, payable in
twenty years from date to retire ST, 900 in
bonds maturing June /, 1912, and $4,000
in notes maturing June 1, 1912. From
this issue the city received a premium of
s73l.31.
Please note that the balance due on
State tax OF 1911, &, 1876 OF, and the State
and county taxes for 1912 have all been
paid during the present municipal year.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The appropriations and icredits to all
appropriations for the year, not taking
into account the balances brought forward
from 1911 Except the balances in the
a., l.
fund continued by statute), less expendi
lures for the year. show a balance up-
drawn of 81 $780, 80. The total balances to
the credit OF all funds, including balances
brought forward from 1911, ISIS, $500.
STREET DEPARTMENT.
In this department there has been a
large amount OF permanent work done,
both on streets and sidewalks. We have
built 5000 feet of gravel road on the
Surry road and 100 feet OF macadam road
at Ellsworth Falls. Both of these roads
were built under the supervision OF the
State highway department and the city re-
ceived from the State automobile fund
1900 for the work on the Surry road and
s55Os7 from the State road fund for the
work at Ellsworth Falls.
We have also built 400 feet OF macadam
road on Water street, $50 feet OF which
was treated with standard asphalt road
OIL
Crushed rock sidewalks b ave been built
on Bridge hill from Odd Fellows building
to Blacks corner Church street, from
School to Oak street ;lWater street, from
Bonsey's mills to Grindal's store; Mill
street, Ellsworth Falls, 500 feet, and on
State street near residence OF John o.
Whitney.
On Main street from Oak street to the
Maine Central railroad an asphalt side
walk has been built at a cost Of $3.50, and
the city received from the Village inn
provement association $500 for this work,
making the net outlay oflsl50 to be borne
by the city.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
new hose wagon and 500 feet OF hose
nave been purchased by this department.
These two items include all of the extra
expenditures in this department outside
OF the regular cost of maintenance.
STREET LIGHTING.
There have been radical changes in this
department, and this we submit to you
Tor your approval or your censure. There
have been discontinued twenty-one arc
lamps, which cost the city s65 per year
each, and there have been installed in place
oil them sixty-three series Tungsten
lamps at cost OF s22. each per year.
These cover a much larger area than the
arcs, and we think are much more effective
IN the distribution of light.
Five new lights have been installed on
the Ellsworth Falls road from Pond
spring to the Maine CentralIrailroad depot
at Falls village.
The anticipated changes have not been
completed, but we hope they will be COM
pleted by the next boad of municipal
officers.