Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-07
MAYOR A|NsL|E SUBMITS
HIS ANNUAL REPORT
Reviews Work Of City Depart
mchts During Year
1917.
NEED BETTER FIRE APPARATUS
Alarm Equipment So Anticipated It's
Use Is Gambling With Lives and
Property OF CitiZcns-Would Sell
Broad Street Enginc-Iiousc.


Mayor George AinsIic. In submitting
lis annual report TO the Common Coun-
ell at its regular meeting last night.
sailed special attention to two items
i,ie city's financial statemcnt--biils
Sayable and contingent liability be-
cause OF diverted proceeds from bonds.
These items should receive serious CON
sidcration. he said. since they Will never
grow less If left alone, and their carry
ing charge Is very large. The first item
amounts to $4,000. and the latter
3306.l0J.
THE increasing cos. OF labor and
materials rs such that YOU will see your
floating debt mount higher unless the
siuation ia handled with that courage
and Intelligence necessary under the
circumstances" the report said. "'l"
do nothing is merely 10 postpone the
day of reckoning which must incvi-
tably come"
REVIEWS CITY'S FINANCIAL
AND BONDED DEBT
The report rccitcs that the City
AUDITORS statement shows receipts and
disbursements Of $1,123,J3J. with a sh
balance on hand February OF S3:9,ol1.
No city bonds were sold during the
|car. Estimated receipts for the gen
cral fund for the year 1918 are si,jGt.-
5p5, and tho budget ordinance carried
appropriations Of 1855 3,,. The total
outstanding bonded debt OF the city on
February | vas Sl7.cis.uj5. from which
Is deducted cash aud securities in the
sinking fund amounting TO >i,i:l. i2j.
leaving the net outstanding debt Sl2,-
51G.529. The assessed value Of real
estate was Sl29.:00.2sl. Is per cent of
which Is tho limit Of the city's bonded
debt. which would make the maximum
debt s23.2J5.010.
n lIs bn ri, at, no O,
Of the fiscal year aggregated $2.,Gli.
80. and E"Uss liabilities totalcd S!S,52i,
J2.. leaving surplus Of sil.3"a. 202.
Receipts Of tho Commissioners OF the
sinking Fund. plus the cash balance on
hand at the beginning OF last year,
were ST. ":,5is, aud the cash balance
on hand this year was }22.GG4. Ia.
commissioners purchased during tine
year city securities amounting TO SGS5
500 and invested 100000 in Liberty
loan bond. Securities and cash held
10y the commissioners amounted TO
H54463s.
TAX COLLECTIONS DURING
THE YEAR JUST CLOSED
According TO the report. the city
Tax Collector collected S2,Sl.i6a and
the Collector OF Delinquent Taxes
slic:is. Taxable values for tho year
as shown by the Commissioner Of
revenue. were real estate, Sl:9.2)0,.
PSI; personal property. s5y.0as.32l
Personal property assessments dccrcas-
ed nearly $Ij0e,Oco. due to the change
In the method OF taxing merchants
The report shows that lc.2i3 arrests
were made by the police. The total
arrests showed II decrease Of 2,.17 over
the previous year. OF those arrested
4.tlo were white males ana .25 white
females. and +.l3G were colored males.
and l.:io. colorcd females. There were
s..'l reports OF ordinance Violations
ana $50 miscellaneous REPORTS made
fcports for ordinance violations show
cd an increase Of 1895. and miscellauc-
Gus reports an INCREASE OF 1886 over
tho previous year. There were iittccn
chanEcs in the force during the year.
caused by fourteen designations and
one retirement. y total OF ninetv-ou.
reports and charges were made against
policemen twenty three were for be-
ms late pulling boa) which were dis
posed OF.
The value OF property reported as
lost or stolen was given as Sll3IJ53"
az which that OF the value OF SJ7.3IS 30
HaS recovered and restored TO it's own
ors. The patrol wagons answered H.
100 calls and Travelled 3a.oSs miles.
Policemen on beat duty made @4i.l34
calls into tho signal Office over the
police wires. and the signal Office other
wise received 1850 iscc!laucous calls.
including G.aso from special bridge
policemen and i,0l2 from bank watch.
men.