Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-10
annual REPORT OF
MAYOR STRANGE ISSUED
Calls Attention 10 improvements
And Urges others
TREASURY HAS A BALANCE
Statement Of City Collector Shows a
Surplus Over More Than
5000


ments that have been made during
The past fiscal year, and recommend
ing others for the present year, the
annual report OF Mayor James F.
Strange has been printed and formal
ly promulgated before the public.
The financial statement of Mr.. John
B. Wells, City Collector and Treas
Irer, which is made part of the re-
port, shows the total receipts from
all sources during the year as $751;
1858, and disbursements, $S1, ,90147
md at the close of the fiscal year as
of June so, 1917, there was a bal
ance on hand of $5,294.S6 There is
due the city from different sources a
total of $1O,04S.S3
Here are a few extracts from the
report:
THE city in the past fiscal year has
accomplished many needed improve
ments, namely: The curbing and
guttering of Clay street to the city
limits, Murray avenue, Jefferson
street, Monument street, and several
other streets, the same being graded
and made ready to receive a suitable
surface for the road bed Some of the
citizens have been very prompt in
complying with the City Ordinance in
reference to the laying of sidewalks
on the streets that have been curbed,
while others have been very dilatory
indeed in complaining with this ordi-
nance, but they are gradually get
ting their sidewalks down 1t is very
necessary indeed that all citizens
should comply Immediately with this
ordinance when the city curbs the
street, and / hope that in the future
all citizens will make every effort
possible to get their pavement laid
when the city curb is set
Il recommend that Acton Lane be
guttered and paved as soon as possi-
BILE, the sewer having been laid last
year. The City Dock is certainly
badly in need of attention and the
city officials have made provisions to
remedy the conditions there as soon
as it is possible to get reasonable bids
to do the work
The work contemplated is to bulk
head the north side of the City Dock
and to dredge it out 1t will, when
completed, be a credit to the city
officials and a comfort to the people
living in that section of the city. l
also recommend that the space
around the horse drinking fountain
by the City Dock be paved with some
| high-grade paving material this year
We have made provisions in our last
levy to repave West street, but up to
the present time have been unable to
get any figures for doing same on ac-
count of the scarcity of labor and
high price of materials, but hope
that this very needed improvement
will be done as soon as conditions will
warrant Cathedral street, from West
street to Franklin street, should
have some high-grade pavement.
Our street cleaning and garbage
| cessful and there have been very few
| complaints. The complaints that
have been made have been due entire
| ly to labor conditions, the contractor
not being able to get sufficient labor
to remove the garbage on time. The
people of Annapolis should realize
that Annapolis is the only city in the
state of Maryland that has its garb-
age removed every day in the week
and therefore should be a little
lenient when their garbage is skip
ped for a day or so.
"The health of the city has been
| excellent in the past year
"The City Treasurer has been very
successful in collecting the bulk OF
takes and the conduction of this most
important Office is worthy of special
mention
THE Directors Of the City Water
Department have been very diligent
and active in conducting the affairs ol
the Water Department
"A filtration plant has been urged
and indorsed by the State Board o.
Health and also by numerous water
engineers, and | think that the citi
zens Of Annapolis should get behind
the movement and have the filtration
plant established. It can be don,
without raising the price of water Of
/ fax a single uarson an extra cent"