The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-16

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spent $4,000 in the first year of the
new plan which was $4,000 more than
the year before, but the manager
shows an increase of $4,000 in per-
manent Improvements and $1,000
more cash on hand-a Is per cent
advance.
In Montrose the appropriation for
1913 was $43 $40 and for 1914 S40,-
1870 But the city did considerably
more work with the latter sum and
had $4,000 more cash on hand at
the end of the year than at the be-
ginning.
All the cities seem to have such
stories to tell of increasing service
without CORRESPONDENCE increased ex-
pense, of floating debts being wiped
out, of disbursements kept within APP
preparations, of municipal accounts
that tell the true story, of thrift in
little matters"
The receipts during 1914 were
$11 ,25O greater and the expenditures
were $4,000 less than estimated in
the budget The sinking fund in
vestments were $4,000 greater than
the receipts. Instead of reducing the
outstanding warrants $4,000 as fig
ured in the budget, they were re-
duced from $110,110.35, aJnuary 1st,
1915, or about $4,000. The water
fund paid all the current expenses of
the water department of 1914 and
over $4,000 of the 1913 expenses.
The general fund paid off $61 SOC. 80 |
of 1912 warrants. The city has just
paid for the auto fire. truck, the up
per story of the city building, equip
ment and furnishing for same, some
of the paving around the city prop
erty, the Schilling tract of Second
street and the fire alarm system.
These and a few other special items
amounted to over $4,000. The city
owes what was spent during 1913 and
1914, except about $4,000 Of the 1913 .
warrants have been paid since jan
uary LIST, 1915.
The. general fund syssrrants issued 7
each year represent tie general cur
rent expenses for mat year. The
taxes levied and paid and the gen :
eral warrants, issued in each year for
the rse, seven years were as follows:
But great as are these financial
savings it is the increased service
hat converts to more. If we get more
service for the same money-fewer u
arrests, more frequently cleaned i
streets, better water pressure, lower g
leath rates, if we get these things a
or the same money, then surely the y,
worth while, and surely the evidence o
have submitted leads one to think ~ l
hat unlesS Moscow is an exception, =
his ,Qr1tter service would come to us III
90. rLet me read from three replies III
D Inquiries as to the success of the ~
W management plan. ~ ~
yWe have miles of improved streets 20
pd sidewalks where before we had i
ards. Taxes have been lowered and :
ct I'VE have paid off some $4,000 of -
onh within the past five years. &
his is the first time within fifty .
ears that any of the citys indebted q
lady to pay off another $4,000. q
George C. Brown & Co., Freder- &
ksburg, Va"
at has unified the city, cut out &
ard jealousies and rivalries is much 8
ore economical, has given stabil- &
7 and high business tone to man 3
ement in local affairs never ex- .
rienced before.
"Sands-Louis Salt & Lumber Co.. &
anistee, Mich" .
Since this plan of government 3
mt into effect, we have more paved
eets, IN proportion to the size of 4
J town, than any town in Texas. q
der this form of government it is &
ss1ble to elect good business men, ~
we have now one of the cleanest
ards of business men that we have TIL
r had in charge of the city's af- ~
RS. In other words, it is down now
a business proposition and there VII
no politics in the elections; our
sent board of commissioners would
make creditable bank directors.
'bably none Of the men now com \
sloners would have dared to run -.
city councilmen under the old NV
m. II they had, they would have eigi
n defeated, as under the old form bro
was almost impossible to elect are
utable business man over the rab- port
elements. 1. w. Marse & Cos halt
III, ieA- SEQ
must of course be remembered o,,r<
no form of government is per- =,
and that after all it is not
ter OF good or bad, but of better poss
worse, to succeed, good managers lnco
t be gotten, men of technical and
ming, but not of that alone. They She
! nave social vision and an ap- cole
latlon of the non-engineering each
ures of government. Then. for
lcll-must be keen live men with dEF
ty 1t is true, moreover, that
les in the minor sense may still Auth
p In, and political issues will n
r cease to exist. Certainly, as
ding success cannot be expected
nce-al things take time. The BE
ager in the small city must work e,th,
1ess mono,5s 49,. 10 'eli'1, anu noun
}. These difficn1tias aro - the '
and deserve serious considara der
but good men are gotten at Wiki.
,nable salaries, and many a CITY Re
Ter than Moscow has success 1000
tried the PLAN tbo I
ter all the proof of the pud- proa,
is in the eating thereof" so here 80.
asst showing: It's adoption in % was
under 5000 population in 16 Assem-
hich the salary Maid was son00 Koeni
Us. would