Richmond Palladium (Daily), 20 February 1906 — Page 4

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THE MOUSING PALLADIUM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1906.

RICHMOND DAILY PALLADIUM

Palladium PriiiUtff qdckheS. ENTERED AT KlCHMONP POSTQJTFICS AS ; x second Class MATTEk' Weekly Established .i 1831 Daily Established., 1876; TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Li By Mail In Advance, k ; Daily, one year, .$3.00 Daily, six months, ... 1.50 Daily, three months,.. .75 Daily, one month, .... .25 BY CARRIER 7 CENTS A WEEK. Persons wishing to take the PAL LADIUM by carrier may order by postal or telephone either 'phone No 21. Wltii delivery is irregular kindly make complaint. The PALLADIUM, will be found at the fi 'lowing places: rlladium office, West cot t Hotel, Arlington Hotel, T::ion News Company Depot. ljute'Cigar Store, West Slain. 1 Km pi re Cigar Store. TWO CENTS AT ALL PLACES OF SALE. j,U IN I U IN If. .TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1906. 'ZZ REPUBLICAN TICKET. For Congress, JAMES E. WAtSOtf, Joint Senator, . ( . HOSCOE E. KIRKMAN. Reprcrontative, WALTER S. RATLIFF. Joint Representative, RICHARD N. E.LLI0TT. Prosecuting Attorney, WILFRED JESSUP. ' " Clerk Wayne Circuit Court, HARRY E. PENNY. Auditor, DEM AS S. COE. ( ... Treasurer, ! BENJAMIN B. MYRICK, JR. Sheriff, LINUS P. MEREDITH. CouimiMiocor, Western District, THOMAS E. CLARK. Commissioner, Eastern District, CORNELIUS E. WILEY. Coroner, ALLAN L. BRAMKAMP. County Assessor. ' ( ' MOORMAN W. MARINE. County Surveyor, ROBERT A. HOWARD. County Councilmen-at-Larg, HENRY E. ROBINSON. JAMES C. FULGHUM. - WALTER S. COMMONS. r;. CITY FINANCES. 7 t Controller Edward B. Needham's first annual report of the accounts of the city under the new Cities and Towns law submitted to Council last evening, is very satisfactory in all respects. According to the report the financial affairs of the city are in a very satisfactory condition, and this is especially true of the Municipal Electric I.isht Plant which was recently severely criticized. The report effectively proves these inspired criticisms to he unfair and absolutely unfounded. That the Municipal Plant is a benefit to the city is proved beyond a doubt by the following from Mr. Needham's statement: "Before the city Light plant was built, the yearly price per arc lamp to the city was $90.00; the present price is $75.00, and this rate 'may be reduced from time to.time whenever it can be consistently done. The former rate to private consumers was 15 cfchts per K. W., while the present rate is from 4.80 to 7.20 cents per K. W." Mr. Needham after explaining how the unprecedented growth of Ahe plant is over-taxing Its capacity, also states that, "The plain truth is, the City Light Plant has been more successful than its most sanguine supporters imagined, and it would seem not only bad policy but bad business not to extend the capacity of the plant, - even though we add to its cost some thirty or forty thousand dollars." - - o REIGN OF CRIME. Within the last three weeks there have been three cases reported of the work of fiends in this city. The re port in regard to the skating fink proved to be unfounded, but the oth.er two of which the latest happened

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last night, are true in all their hidebtistfetTtf the firsfeise aTiftle - boy was unspeakably assaulted, .and last eenfrig - a - little eight year old girl barely! escaped being criminally assaulted. With this last attempt fresh in its mind the police department ought to feel that the solemn duty' rests upon it fo bring the fiend to justice. ; The alarming frequency of these assaults leaves no question but that something must be done to put a stop to such a reign of crime. There is no reason for allowing the streets of Richmond at any time of day or nieht to 'be unsafe for women and children.

$5,000 VOTED BY COUNCIL TO BE USED FOR EQUIPPING NEW HOSE HOUSE. Emil Steen and August Sturm Appointed a Committee to Open The Building. At the council meeting last evening an ordinance was passed under suspension of the rules appropriating .50Q for the purpose of purchasing proper equipment for the new south end hose house, No. 4. Emil Steen and August Sturm, a commitve appointed by the South Side Improvement Association, petitioned .ouncil for the privilege of opening Le hose house, which was granted by ouncil. Mask Carnival, Col. Saturday night. Meant Well. Willie (handing Lis uncle a bottle of glue) I hope you will have a very happy birthday. Uncle Dick. Uncle DickThank you, little man. but what is this for? Willie Oh. I thought you would be so pleased with It. I heard papa say the other night that you never could make your stories s!!k together. PARAGRAPHS Tom Lawson must be given credit for courage at least. He has been giving" advice to Gov. Cummins ' of Iowa; iJ . - : It is probable that Senator (Dein.) Patfersno's mind is subject to fre quent' changes,' but he should be given credit 'for finally landing on" the right side ' "The Roosevelt side. Senator LaFollette has declined the invitation to become a member of Tom- Lawson 's insurance-busing committee, , LaFollette persists in disappointing ialks who' are waiting for himf to do something- foolish. " The bride that eloped with "the bridegMom'S'-haffiehry' must have been trying to break the speed limit. You dont know how many mean people there are' in the world until the x?omic valentine comes in. . , Jf Washington establishes a whipping post , for wife-beaters, what kind of a device will it have for the gentle ladies who whip their husbands T . Mr, John'D. Rockefeller has mysteriously disappeared. Somebody please stand up and make a noise like a "dividend." Count Witte says that conditions in Russia are different from every other countrv. Everv other eountrv I is doubtless glad of it. Chicago has three saloons for every policeman. The Chicago policemen must have an exceptional capacity. London papers announce that a place will he found in Parliament for Balfour. He does not need as much room as he did. 1 Pittsburg has a boy that cannot stop running when once he starts, and his parents do not know what to do with him. He was cut out for a Santo Domingo soldier or an office holder. Having resigned from seventy corporations, Senator Depew must be awful lonesome when the directors meet and make a noise like declaring a dividend. The meat packers no longer contend that they are not engaged in a conspiracy to throttle competition and squeeze the consumer; they have fallen back upon the plea that they cannot be prosecuted because they gave Commissioner Garfield inside information. It appears that Tom Lawson only stopped long enough to tag the Western governors and sav plavfullv, "You're it." . France has put off the crisis in Venezuela. . She has got Germany on her hands for the time being. Boni Castellane is advertised as a bankrupt,- but so far as the public ! knows he never was anything else.

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. . ? ' (ContinuedfroinWa 1 S-'' ' ' V'.-fPM : ,if ' tailed condition of the city's finances Rate of taxation , $104 dn the $lOd.

follows;. ,...1 ; ,' . ,', To the Honorable Mayor and-Members of the . Common Council of the City ofRicbmondj Indiana': Gentlemen : I submit to ybu herewith my report of the accounts of the city for the period ending December 31 1905, showing its receipts and expenditures, the city indebtedness and its financial condition in general. As this is the first report made under the new Cities and Towns law, it has seemed expedient to go into more details of the city's finances than ordinary, and with this object in view, I have taken the pains to include in this report the Treasurer's balance sheet for the year May 1, 1904, to May 1 1905; the receipts and expenditures of the General Fund for the year 1905 showing, however, the first, four months separately; to review the Municipal Electric Light Plant from August 1, 1902, the time that the Electric Light Commissioners took charge of the plant, to the present time; to place before you the exact condition of the Special Fund, with a statement giving each series of bonds in detail, and such other information as has seemed necessary. The moneys of the city are divided into three funds, known as the General Fund, the Special Fund and 'he. Sinking Fund. Until May 1, 19')5, the different funds, though kept separate on the Treasurer's books, were drawn on indiscriminately, while under the present arrangements the funds are kept separate and distinct, and can only be used for the exact purpose for which they were collected. The General Fund. t The General Fund consists of all money collected by the city for taxes, all license fees and all sundry amounts due the cityby reason of the .ordinances of Council or by law. From this fund all-.tn'e rnrmihg Expenses of the city; the care and maintenance of the public buildings, parks streets, alleys and sewers; the maintenance of the Fire and Police Departments, and all other general expense necessary to the welfare of the city, are paid As the beginning of the fiscal year has been changed frOnT May 1st to January. 1st, the receipts and expenses of the first four months of 1905 are shown separately from the last eight months, but in orderthat proper comparisons may be made the sum total given is for the entire year. A separate table is also given of the expense of the city during the last eight months showing in detail the appropriations expen-'i-t'.-'-J i i- -i -' -1aitures ana Daiances oi eacn accouui. There is' also given a. statement of the appropriations for 190ft. .In making'the appropriations " for the eight mhths! of 190o, ho ; estimate bould be" obtained of the amount of old 'claims against the city, a:nd tW Controller vbas- at various 'times founo! it necessary to ask Council t.Q, increase many of the original appropriations. In the appropriation for the city's part of improving the streets, alleys and sewers, for example, the amount actually required by the Board of Public Works, was $5,896.59, while the claims of old contracts increased this amount to $9,057.94. Every known claim against the city has been paid, and the condition of the General Fund, January 1. 190o as compared with Jamiary, 1905. is as follows; January, 1905 General Fund, overdrawn $22,303 31 Januarv 1900 General Fund, bills payable",... 11,433 50 Total indebtedness ..$33,736 86 January, 1906. General Fund, credit $ 7,541 74 Januarv 1906, General Fund, bills payable, none .. Total credit $ 7,541 74 Against this credit there is a temporary loan of $20,000.00, due May 30, 1906. Or, it may be stated that the city had a floating debt on January lr." 1905, of $33,736.86, while on Januarv 1, 1906, the floating debt was $12,453.26! General Statement. Balance in ceneral fund, Jan. 1, 1906..$ 7,541 74 Balance in Special fund, Jan, 1, 1906 . . . 18,257 35 Balance in Sinking fund, Jan. 1, 1906 . . . 1,390 47 Special deposit in Sinking Fund ..... 802 92 Total $ 27,992 93 Total assessed valuation of taxables $13,433,939 00 Limit of indebtedness (2 per cent) .... . 263,679 87 Total bonded debt of . v city . . 195,500 00

00 valuation. General Fnnd, .99 centsj Sinking Fund,; .05 cents. - ----- --"- Mmucipal " Electric Light .Plant. In view of the fact that the Munic ipal. Electric Light Plant is owned and operated, by the city, and the performance of the plant is of interest to all citizens, it has seemed advisable to make a detailed and separate statement of the entire cost of the plant, the receipts, theoperating and construction expenses, and such other information as may be necessary in order that all may be fully informed. The question of municipal ownership of public utilities will always be a bone of contention between all classes of citizens. Be this as it may, the people voted to have a City Electric Light Plant, to properly light the city at a minimum expense and also to supply its citizens with electricity at as low a cost as could he consistently done. The city plant was practically finished in May, 1902, and was operated under the direction of Council until August, 1902, wren there was appointed a Board of Electric Light Commissioners, consisting of three members who had entire charge of the plant until May, 1905, when the present Board of Public Works took charge by reason of the change in the law. The books of the City Treasurer show that up to August 1st, 1902, there had been expended for all purposes of whatever nature, and charged to the Electric Light plant account the sum of $158,582.29. With this period as a starting point and this amount as a basis, the following statements show the financial operations of the plant, from month to month, to January 1st, 1906. Whenthe Electric Light ' Co'mmistsioners; tooks charge of the? plant in August, 1902, it must' be remembered that the contract Of! the1 city with the Lierht. Heat and Powet company for lighting the streets was till m rorce, arid this contract did not expire until September, 1904, so that the year 1905, was the first full year of 'operation in . which the city bas' nadr the entire benefit of its1 : own lighting plant. -" - Before the city light ? ; "plant was built, the "yearly ' price per arc lamp fb the city was $90.00 ; .itlar-Tpreseiit price is $75.00, and?-thii iate maybe reduced from time to- titrfe 'whenever if can be consistently- flofi: -The former rate to private consumers was 15 cents per KUj, while the present rate is from '4.8p to 7.20f cfnts per K; W. In .expTanatioWs; jctf b'e. statements

herein givnj!tbecpnse of operat ,ndtf e,Stinias prepared for an "addling :thea1f4neliin. the jCPfll iiftttal iipit..JnoraAing the capacity coal, oily' fgpa"&6V misaLLaaeons .-Hemfc f tnijitl,) K. W., and this

and waes-risi given as operating ex pense-, nd -4heifpj&nse of xtend1g' the line, the -rest- of ''wifV,v'metefs, transfotttfersnd other intrdentats, is given -'--'' construction expenses. These accounts have been kept, separate, in order that a true conception of the cost may be obtained at;. . that proper comparisons may be made in the future. General Fund. Treasurer's Balance Sheet May 1st, 1904, to May 1st, 1905. Expenses. Sundries $ 5.449 98 I Public buildings 10.761 82 14.116 28 13.939 15 25.025 42 2 75 ! Police j Fire I Street Commisioner j Road Roller Board of Health . . . Garbage . . - 2.346 54 . . 2,80S 00 Creamatory 2,416 97 Civil Engineer . New Sewers . . New Alleys . . . New sidewalks . New streets- V. : Curbing; . . . CrosValks. . . Markets Vs. . . 4,123 84 . . 4,554 57 337 70 . . . 2,714 51 . . : 5,074 99 .. 9,435 0L . . -937 70 878 52 Salaries 5,550 00 City commissioners ...... ' 9B3 00 cierk : ...... 175 -.is Treasurer' . . ' 3,043 40 Electric.. Lights . 22,479 11 Gas lights 21 14 Street and alley com, . . 163 75 Hydrant rental . . ; 14,236 70 Legal advertising ... ....... 400 26 Tax refunded 222 06 Street and alley open'g. . 610 00 Court costs 11 25 Commission and interest 1,592 31 Redemption .. .". 30 71 Temporary loans 30,000 00 Board of Pub. Imp 573 81 Electric light plant ..... 13,857 15 Pingree gardens 100 00 Intersections ''"I. 261,40 Election . expenses . . . , . - 1,192 "85 Totals $201,008 83

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..-4 4iaL May, 1st, 1904. . . ; . .$ 10;934 '97 Sundries".. 1,194 20 Peddlers license - 105 50 ? ..... H- - ." SlioY:Hense-'.. . " : . . . , . 163 00 Lienor; license, V. . V. : . .-. . 11,761 00 Street ; commissioner Street -anehaUep-open'g . Redemption;-. I 1,4S6 37 664 15 39 0 193 45 94 43 3 20 124 42 607 65 AHeysH. Sewersd Curbing . ; Sidewalks . . . Fines and costs Current tax 11S,494 04 Delinquent tax .' Cloth Markets Moving ermits , Temporary loans Printers' fees . . Clerks' fees Plumbers' fees . 15,933 55 91 2S 557 25 24 00 40,000 00 2 SO 37 00 27 00 155 00 Auction license j Electric light plant 6,700 00 Totals .. ..: $209,403 46 Balance in General Fund May .1st, 1905 $ 8,394 63 Park bond principal . . 7,810 10 Park bond interest 901 01 Balance ia Special Fund.. 22,217 91 Total balance May 1st 1905 $39,323 C5 In examining the figures for 1905, the actual profit from operation of the plant after deducting chaises of every nature, including interest on the bonds, is $12,187.57; there was also returned to the General Fund by the Commissioners, during the first four months of the year, the sum of $6,700.00, making a total of money paid back to the General Fund during the year of $18,887.57. If we deduct this amount; from the total cost of the plant to the city, it will make the entire cost of the plant to the city on January 1st, 1906, ; the . sum , of $200,282.95, this amount being represented, by the bonds of $144,000.00 and money advanced from the General Fund jf $56,2S2.95. The City Light j Plant was built to maintain. 'a' maxinjuna, Joad of .750 W. W., the engines being capable ofr carrying for short periods -an- overload of twenty-five'' pel" cent. On January 1st, 1905, tliej number of private consumers was 951. and on January 1st, 1906, the" number was 1,323.-The average K. W. load has in the same time increased from 500 K. W. to 650 K. W. ; It is easily seen that with the same increase' of business in 1906 as 1905, the maximum capacity" of the plant will soon" be reached and the ruiestion oreS-BoarS of Public Works was: Stfa'Il "We continue the.,. plant with its present capacity and soon have "to refuse all, new business, or shall we reebifcme&d an increase in capacity f, . ') CMuncl being informed of ..this .condition, t-authoriaed the 1 Bq plans, specifications ftjrujh sr the C4ty Lighf Piarif nis beeol''mote4successful than its most Sanguine ,'SjUpporenj .lmaginedan.3 L.would seem, not only bad policyr'uf ,aa3"c business not to extend the capacity .of the plant, even thoughlwe add, to its cost some thir ty or 'forty thousand dollars. In conclusion Controller Needham says : .".' "Retrospection, no matter how instructive or interesting, is useless unless it introduces methods or produces results which will correct evils. I have endeavored to place before j Council the exact condition of the ( finances of the city and to give to i your body a true statement of all the funds intrusted to your care, in order that you may fully understand and j appreciate the responsibility of your management. "As the principal receipts are paid to the city in May and November, it will be necessary to anticipate this income by temporary loans, and while the present "receipts - will bear the present expenditures, Council should ever keepri mind 'that financial provision must fifst be made for any unusual expenditure. "For the guidance of Council and the 6fficietsr of the; city, it is recomnremied: 'that a complete revision of the -'ordinances be jinade as soon as possible'; 1 and especially is it necessary that the ordinances in regard to peddlers, hawker. medicasters, plumbers, printers, moving permits and other permits for using in any way the public streets and alleys, be modified, and changed to conform with the present law , and the present conditions. - "The carrying into effect the many and sometimes conflicting demands of the Cities and Towns law, has only been accomplished by-the united efforts of allhe officers of the city, and the god&mHW$f ': them has brought, a narmonious. adjustment of all the various departments to the workings of the new law."

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morpusuaess nnu enures oeucot mthar la nnthlno lilro It .vTil nmrana .4 4Vvu idKren - ua lave nuu wm u ot 'toBua iral shapes in an ndeV6r tc keep his mouth shut with ' his jawi wide opeii. Neither does he put x hii . pawuup to his ;f ace in an apologetic .fayl while . gaping in ambush, as it 'Were. No. Wheu he gapes he Is per fectly , willing that v the whole world shall come to the show." He braces. himself firmly, on bis fore, feet, 'stretches , out his neck; depresses ; Uia. bead and his Jaws open . with graceful . moderation. At first it is but an exaggerated grin, but when the gape Is apparently accomplished the dog turns out hU elbows, opens his Jaws another fortyfive degrees, swallows an imaginary bone by a sudden and convulsive movement, curls U2 his tongue like the petal of .a tiger liiy and shuts his jaws together with a snap. Then he assumes a grave and contented visage, as la eminently becoming to one who has perfornitnl a duty successfully and conscientiously. Pearson's Weekly. Anttroaranar Were Ada. "This is an antimacassar," said an antiquary. "It is a hundred years old , and very valuable on account of the quaint designs of Its embroidery. Some day I shali sell It to a millionaire. Yes, some day this antimacassar will adorn a millionaire's parlor, figuring there as au aunque oujeei or an, ana mat win be as though a spittoDU of today should figure as au object of art in some aesthetic lady's drawing room ia C00O." He laid the antimacassar, a kiud of tidy, In a sandalwood box. Thou he went on: "Tbo word's derivation shows the tiilng'a c.r.ti. against; macassar, hair oil. The aiitiniacassar was spread ou chr.ir backs to protot-t tbeui from xho oil ia poaple's hair. .Everybody useJ llowlaud'a macassar oil ou hii locks in those days. The name given to the tidy, or chair shield, v.-as a free advertisement for liowlnnl a3 excellent as it was unique." GcographieN to Rlame. Ask any hundred EugJisli mcu, women or children what I the name of the capital of Russia, aui orei-y one of them will reply, "St. Petersburg." It may be a small matter, but in point of fact the proper name Is "Petersburg." Tlio TTn t1 icli nro tha An!v tir- nrlA In-'. sist UDon the "Saint." The cltv waa founded, by Teter the C3reat and is named after him. It is quite true that Peter was' one of the most extraordinary men that ever filled a throne, but no one would have been mor astoundedthan himself at being dubbed a -saint.-: He neither lived nor died In .the odor of: sanctity; and; It is hard to And out how It became' the English fashion to miscall the splendid town he foundea. ionaon Aiaai.: t . ;:. r;: v ... - . Wttchea In When Napoleon III. was approaching sovereignty he' asked a Judicious friend to! observe him carefully for a week and to point out'-to him anything; that he did which was not according to the severest code of the manner of a well bred man,. At the end of the week there ' wasronly one practice whlcb his friend had noticed. The emperor aftet eating a boiled egg invariably thrust bi$ poo Jjhrougti It ; Whence .thlajjrac; tlce has arisen, at one time not, upcommoo, ttr4S(4KHcnlt to say: Sonae date it from a very early period and assume thajtJlt was done originally in. order to prevent witches sailing jo. the eggshells. ' 'I'Thm Word' "JmmS ' ,.; r. in nianyTEngUsh country dialects ths' word; .VJag" Is found. It originally meant a small load of hay. from which it came to mean a load of drink so big as to overcome one. "Jag" possesses an infinite number of meanings. TJhe original meaning.' "a load." hs been extended to the journey' with the load the saddlebags irhfrh helrf if 'WuT' tYia' act Of carrying it, while In certain districts It signifies a blister, the head of a flower, calf leather and fatigue, in addition to coinciding with "jog" and figuring In brdi.nnry English to deuota rough or M1agjd" elgs. A 1irroron Bill. Eili .Icurr.. a v.v.st--ru nirrchant, went to IIii:.ir.. 'it; to i uv goods. Some of thes.-v' he' f-id;-;:e I h ::!. v.Uoail of his own arrival :iu 1 mMriy frightened his wif? - out of hdT v:U. The neighbors heard her shriek and, running to her rescue, found h 'r frantically endeavoring to removq the cover of a big box, ail because the box bore the legend, "Bill Inside." Youraelf and Your Neighbor. There is an Idea abroad among moral people that they must make their neighbors good. One person I hare to make good myself. But my duty to my neighbor Is much more nearly expressed by the saying that I have to make him happy if I may. Stereoson. . -i'..if v;. . Still Worsey,,. r,.- , Him What makes you look so miserable? i tier Why, do I look miserable?,. Him Yes j yon look as If yOur, worst enemy had just been happily married. Her-Oh, it'3 ever so much worse than that, i She has just been happily divorced. Chicago News.;; "I suppose I ought to ask your father for your hand". : "Well,. yes; It might please him, and It can't do , any hurt. Of course It wouldn't be at all necessary if mother were home. Cleveland Plain Dealer " Reformed. De Tanqne Guzzler hasn't been around lately. L wonder if anything J Is wrong with him ? O'Soaqu I'm afraid so. I heard be was golij t be married. Philaihjjphia Eeeord,-, u; ; -