The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-07

appropriated s4.sSs.a11..5 as follows:
/ Interest and redemp-
ton .......~........s 1Qoo.402 81
For general govern
aent .-..-. .-.,+-s ~ 80 =
Public safety ..... sSeslS.oi
! Health and santa
ton ....-.........- atsSE+25
Highways and sewers. es1 1$2.95
Charities and correc
tons ............... lEQ.Es5 .
Education and recre~-
Municipal enterprises sSe,355.33
The total outstanding
bonded debt OF the
city. as OF February
/. 1918, was. .....s i1.e+s-o55.oo
! Less cash and securi-
! ties in the sinking
fund .....'........ I4aI.426.00
| Net outstanding debt. 5 t2.556.e29, 90
Assessed value o. reai -.-..
estate .....-,...Sl29. zoo Isl 90
| Eighteen per cent OF
which ito which the
/ bonded debt IF the
! city is limited SIS 20, 1850 S
| The value of assets owned by the
! city at. the end of nc fiscal year was
$50 .s54,73ooa The gross liabilities
! OF the city at the same time were
siS.32f ,527.47, leaving surplus Of
| assets over liabilities of sl1 ,333, 202, 81.
| So far so good There are two items
| on the report however. which mark
our financial showing, and which
should receive the serious considera-
| ton of your honorable body as they
will never grow less il left alone. and
| their carrying charge is very large
One is the item of bills payable and
I ss,f, inn
other is that OF a contingent liability
! on account Of diverted proceeds from
| bonds amounting to 1905 05.S1. The
| increasing cost of both labor and
materials is such that you will see
your floating debt mount higher unless
| the situation is handled with that
courage and intelligence necessary
under the circumstances. TO do moth
| ing is merely to postpone the day of
reckoning which must inevitably
| come.
! The report of the city collector
shows the amount collected by that
officer during the year TO have been
! $2.S19,469.66
| The report of the collector Of de-
| inquent axes shows collections dur
! ing the year of s140.94897.
| The report of the commissioner of
| the revenue shows taxable values for
the year. as follows:
Real estate .-....... 20 zoo. 2S ] 90
| Personal property 69,o2S,32I.o0
The personal property assessment
shows a decrease of nearly $500.
! 900. 90 during the year, but this is due
| to the cha nge in the manner OF tax
ing merchants from tax on capital
to license tax based on purchases
and therefore the capital OF merchants
| is not assessed, as heretofore, as
| personal property.
| Police Department,
| The report of the chief Of police
/ shows 1928 arrests made. OF these
9.624 were for misdemeanors and $40
tor felonies. The total arrests showed
a decrease of 2,977 over the previous
year. OF those arrested 4.412 were
white males and AS white females,
and 4,lSS were colored males and -,
! 270 colored females. There were s.
| 271 reports of ordinance violations.
and 500 miscellaneous reports made.
Reports for ordinance violations
showed an increa Sc OF 706. and mis-
cellaneous reports an increase OF t.
ss6 over the previous year. There
were fifteen changes in the force
during the year. caused by fourteen
designations and one retirement. A
total of ninety-one reports and
charges were made aga inst policemen
ttwenty-three of which were for be
| ing late pulling box which were dis
posed or as follows. Excused seven
teen; required TO perform extra duty
| twenty, charges not sustained six
teen; fined twenty-five; retired one;
! charges withdrawn three; resigned
one: reprimanded six: fined and placed
on probation FIVE. There was a total
of 3,6o7 days lost by the force. as
follows: On account OF sickness l,534;
furloughs 1924. sick family 12T; sus-
pension twenty-five.
/ The value of property reported as
lost or stolen was given as s1i3,15532.
OF which that of the value of $751;
$3.50 was recovered and restored to
it's owners. The patrol wagons an
swered 11,i09 calls and Travelled So
s6s miles. Policemen on beat duty
made 24l "a calls in to the signal
office over the police wires. and the
signal office otherwise received 49,
$50 miscellaneous calls. including g.
$50 from special bridge policemen and
4,0t2 from bank watchmen.
The new Second police station was
completed and occupied in Decem Der
and IT is great Improvement over
the old station. The accommodations
are very comfortable, and will be am
pie Tor the district for many years
to come. The police matron was
moved form the First station, and fe-
male prisoners are now taken to the
new station where they are kept in
clean and comfortable cells
The report of the juvenile and do
mestic relations court shows a total
Of 1885 Juvenile cases before the
court during the year involving 1,76l
children. as follows: White boys, S03
white girls, 100; colored boys 6S5
| colored girls, 1874, the total being an
increase of 372 over the year before
and OF S44 over the year before that
or the total there. were ISL cases Of
dependent and neglected children, an
increase of twenty-four over the pre-
eious year and of thirty-two over the
year before that
| The report of the matron of the
white detention home shows that 446
chitdren--33S boys and ITO girls
were received for detention. and that
they were detained a total of 2,245
days. This gives an average daily
detention of SIS children. and an
average period of detention of Ave
! days
| The average cost OF meals per
capita for the children and employees
was twelve cents. At the colored
nome total of SIS children-497