Evening journal., 1915-04-15
NEWARK ENDS FISCAL
YEAR With BALANCE
$4,000 Profit Off Lighting
Plant and $1,000 From
Water Works
ASSESSMENT
CLOSE TO MILLION

Succial 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEWARK. April i5.-A Lewis
Fisher and. n. f. vinsinger special
auditors who recently audited the ac-
counts OF tbe secretary and treasurer
OF the town have submitted an inter-
esting report oil the towns financial
condition TO Council which report
has been approved The report was
for the fiscal year ending March l..
1915. and shows that Newark Is near
ing a million dollar town in the as
sessment. The assessment ON real os-
tate that year was SS1l,775. capita
tion S41.700. and stock $4,000. max
ing the total S924.075. The tax rate
was 81 on the St00. Assets amount
TO 500. .427.29, and liabilities Of Si5,-
$40.
The balance in hand on March l.,
1914. was S1.77415: received from de-
linQuent taxes. S54S30; 1914 taxes,
s7,S62.6O; penalties. S27S3; fines.
Si7S.50: licenses, 81: registering
dogs. $3.50: tax on poles, Sll and
$50: sale Of old Ere plugs. S36, sale
OF oil barrels $3.50; interest on de-
posits. S23.52; notes discounted,
S9.9S: street Department, SlSI; light
department. Sl0,S50.17: water depart
ment S7.420.2S. Total. S3S.4sS.S5.
Disbursements Town department,
S6.S53.57: street department Sl7-
1869: light department. SI43lSl;
water department. S5,395.11 balance
Ia hands of treasurer, Sl,66l.6t. Total,
S3S.49S.S5
The report shows that there was
~ n "
the year from the towns light plant
and more than $4,000 from the sale
OF water.
The Head of Christiana Church
Sunday school has elected the fol-
lowing officers superintendent. the
Rev Adrian VanOeveren; assistant.
Miss Mary E. Kimble; secretary,
Mrs. J. Cecil Creswell; assistant sec
retary, Miss Elizabeth Brown: treas
urer. Mrs. Arthur NJ. Scott; organ
ist. Miss Lydia Foard; assistant Miss
Edith Robinson; librarian, Wilmer
Milburn: teachers. Mr.. NanOeVeren.
Miss Martha Foard. Mrs. r. b. Mil
burn. Mrs. Thomas Brown and Mrs.
John Law.
The comedy "The Jonah" viii be
given In the Opera House tomorrow
evening by members of the Delaware
College Agriculture Club
With money made from bake
held by the pupils of the eighth
grammar grade of the Newark schools
number OF pictures, copies OF ia.
nous paintings were purchased and
have been hung on the walls In th'
school room.
A series of three entertainment
viii be given in Center Hall tonight
Friday and Saturday. under the aus
pices of the international Bible Stu
dents Association
The work of preparing the earth for
human habitation during the six ere.
ativc days" or epochs will be shown
and explained according 10 the wall.
ian" or canopy theory which coin.
cides with the Bible narrative Ther
is given the history OF mankind. the
creation OF our first parents. Cain
and Abel. the food, experiences Ol
the Israelites birth, boyhood. bap.
tism. miracles and crucihXion oi
Jesus. history OF the church, mclud.
ing the formation of the various
secls. the fuldllment Of Bible pro
phecy in this our day and calls at
tcnlion to many prophecies yet 10 be
fulfilled.
The object is TO stimulate Bible
study and a greater love and rover
encc for Jehovah.
Admission will be free Ia all Chill
dren win not be admitted unless ac
companied by parents or older per
sons responsible for their behavior