New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 1, 1918, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN TiA SPUDS COST §11,827 AND WAR §10,000 ioul Spent on Farm $19,153, Gomptroller Cartis Reports €City Comptroller Hanford L. Cur- ti3 has compiled his annual report for the past fiscal year. The city's cash aB€ets, shown in this report, are $879,095.04. The capital liabilities are $7,144,676.08. The capital assets amounting to the same sum include 4177,950.60. Current assets are: Cash, $22,621.61, and variaus other items in- cluding uncollected taxes amounting fo $163,847.69. There are assessments payabla amounting to $44,668.12 and friterest receivable to the sum of $%2,917.44. The trust assets of the éfty are $506.549.56, and the amount §? public trust funds is $41.112.23. THhe total inventory of fixed proper- tleg is $6,966,725.43. “During the Arst vear of the war the tétal expenditures lsted under the Weéading “war exigencies” is $5,373.27, Afid 'under the heading of “emergency” $4,770.22. The total actual expenditures of thée city for the year amounted to $1,624,058.23. An interesting feature af the report is the statement on the municipal farm. This shows an itemized expen- diture of the appropriation of $20,000, of which there is a balance of $848.07. The report fallows: Repott on City's Pdtato Farm April 1, 1918. For Year 1917-1918 Récetved. Frém General Taxation .$20,000.00 Expended. 430.00 Rent of Tracy Farm .. RS Seed Potatoes b o Potatoes Purchased for Sale Téols and Machinery . ©Q1] and Gasaline .. Tools and Supplies peight ... ¥ Pertilizer . abbage Flants . Spraying . . Chemist Lamber .. Insurance e Team and Labor ..... Thloading Potatoes .. Delivering Potatoes Ekpert Services . Advertising and Printing . .. Drugs—Pyrox, etc Automobile Hire . Ofl ‘for Heating .. Trueking Miscellaneous Payments PBalance of Appropriation, “March 31, 1918 Tatal £$20,000.00 Schedule “A." Inventory of City Property. Remunerative and Realizable. Municipal Industries, Wa- ter Works— * Real Estate, Buildings and Equipment ..$2,836,710.46 Municipal Ice Plant— Real Estate, Buildings and Equipment Muni¢ipal Building— City Hall, Tenement Property, Land Ma- chinery and Equip- ment .. <ot . (Sewage Disposal Plant— "Real Kstate, Buildings and Equipment Cemetery Property— Land and Dwelling Houses . Municipal Slaughter House— Real Estats, Buildings and Equipment 5,000.00 275,000.00 50,000.00 45,000.00 8,000.00 $3,217,710.46 Remunerative But Unrealizable. Bubway — 382,170 Lineal Feet of Conduit, 49,138 Lin- eal Feet of Laterals, . 440 Manholes, Tools and Machinery 71,525.12 Unremunerative But Realizable. Police Department— Real Estate, Buildings and Equipment .3 Fire Department— Real Estate, Buildings and Equipment Street Department— Real Estate, Buildings 169,264.00 and Equipment 11,809.94 Recreation— Parks, Swimming Pools and Bath Houses ... 506,197.94 Fducation— Hchool Property, Land, Buildings and Con- s AP B AN 1,477,171.95 Public Charfties— Municipal Farm, Build- ings. Contents, Live Stock, Office Fquip- ment, Provisions, etc. 98,336.44 Cemeteries— Unsold Lots, Buildings and Equipment 35,650.00 $2,338,350.27 Bnremunerative and Untealizable. Bewer System— ' Storm Sanitary Pipe Line, Real Eistate and FEquipment L...81,844,139.58 Total Fixed Properties..$6,966,725.43 Schedule “B." OCash on Hand April 1, 1918, jAvailable Only for Capi- tal Outlay— 8ewer Fund £77,003.19 Water Fund 67,389.79 8chool Fund 23,082.77 Park Funds 5 Subway Funds ....... 3,521.95 Municipal Bldg. Fund 24.10 Improvement Fung 5,615.80 Cemetery Fund ..... 585.51 Municipal Ice Fund .. 159.96 % $177,950.60 / Available for General Purposes— Btreet (including Light- ing and Sptinkling), Fire, Police, Health, 40,020.00 | 12.22 and other sources .. $22,112.22 In Hands of Depts.— Water Dept 121.40 Charity Dept. . 146.44 Tax Collectar .. 241.55 Schedule “C." Uncollectad Taxes and Ascessments. General Tax— City, Collectible ..... 2 | Old Town, Collectible sments— ewer Assessments reet Sprinkling Ast Street Improvement Net Uneollectad, March 31, 1918 ....iieiennnn Schedule “D*, Bonds issued for capital outlay: Schools ....$ 878,000.00 Water Work 1,175,000.00 Subway l&l.ODD.DOI' Sewers ...... 1.125,000.00' Municipal building ... 215,000.00 | Parks . . 117.00&00, Street ... 50,000.00 $3,701,000.00 j Bonds issued for current outlay: Refunding $ 65,000.00 $ 65,000.00 Schedule “E’. Capital Surplus: surplug at beginning of $1,650,408.50 I VoD SEa Additions: Comptroller's cash bal- ance R e 80,181.32 Purchase of Fixed properties from rev- enug funds ....... . 89,500.00 Capital obligations at beginning of vear, paid with revenus funds ........ iie 48,000.00 Total additions $ 207.606,90 Deductions: Sale of fixed property Reserved from revenne funds to pay for ac- auired asset: Capital funds ferred to funds Adjustment of accounts of 'prior perlods 5,570.00 24,000.00 trans- revenue Total deductions 38,925.58 Excess additions 129,755.74 Capital surplus April 1, 1918 $1,780,164.24 Schedule “F* (Contingent.) Town deposit fund: In 1836 the Federa]l government appropriated to the several states sur plus funds from the treasury for which it had no immediate use. The state distributed the amount among the various towns for school pur- poses and since that time the income has been credited to the general fund of the town and city. It amounts to $12,991.92, Receipts from general revenue for current expense and bond issue for capital outlay. For the year ending March 31, 1918 Town and City Clerk’s office: Fees 3,691.95 Dog taxes .....c.ocne. 1,485.41 $ 5,177.36 Municipal building: Reént and heating ....$ 16,620.62 From revenue funds . 9,000.00 $ 25,620.62 Law and courts: Police amd city court fines and costs ....3 10,917.47 [ Licenses (shows and venders) 2,837.00 Licenses (liquor and clubB) ......c00000 33,889 $ 47,644.27 Safety: Inspections and mits ...... 2,844.30 $ 2,844.80 Highways: Streets s 29,056.61 Sprinkling 10,183.21 Improvements . $ 60,688.40 Sanitation: Sewer assessments and bond iesue 5 .$111,859.52 $111,859 Public Service Enter- prises— Subway Rentals and Bond Issue ....... H 15,7523.36 Water Rents 218,169.19 Cemeteries . 19,121.86 Muncipal Ice Plant 2,679.96 Municipal Farm, Po- tato Crop ..... Lo 7,325.96 $ 263,050.33 Charities— Miscellanecus Receipts$ 8,478.80 s 8,478.80 Education— Enumeration ........$% 31,684.50 Tuition, ete., and Mis- cellaneous . 17,745.46 Evening Schools 945.20 Library and Apparatus 445.00 Trade §chools 3 Recreation— Walnut Hill Park .8 Park Purchase Fund. $ 14,053.66 Taxation— General -$ 947,237.73 Personal 21,000.00 $ 968,237.73 Special Accounting Cred- its, (Miscellaneous Ob- jects) — Cash on hand April 1, ST L rdsesa OB 47,511.47 Tncome Property 623.00 Interest ,........ 8,011.62 Tax on Bank and In- Miscellaneous Source Total Receipts Expenses. General Government, Payment for Iixpense and Outlays, Expense of Legislation— Court of Common Council ... Goat) Salaries, Town and City Clerk’'s Office Supplies for Office Miscellaneous A dvt. and Printing . > Executive Offices- Mayor o Board of Selectmen Board of Relief Finance Offices— Treasurer .$ Comptroller : Tax Collector and Gleristiaii LU IN Personal Tax Collector Board of Compensa- tion and Assessment Board of Assessors Board of Finance and Taxation .......... $ Law and Courts: Corporation counsel -3 Judges .\..i...c0000n Prosecuting officers Clerks Probation officers . Probate eourt 8,070.03 2,521.51 41R.00 280.08 Start Today fo War Savings Stamps Buy AV AV ANAW N AWARAWARAVIANA W WARA N AWAWARAUAWAWAW \U A I AWAWANWAWAWAWAWAAWAWARAVIAWAINA VAN AVWAWAWIWAWAWAWAWAWARAR WA WAVAW fi Incidental court ex- penses ....... E $ 12,498.74 = Miscellaneous exscutive offices— Roard of public works (salaries) ......... 4,460.00 Fngineers and help- B8 e 5,820.00 Flectrical superinten- L (- SR S P 1,600.00 Assistant electrical su- perintendent ...... 1,150.00 Building inspector 2,630.48 Plumbing inspector 1,800.00 Superintendent of ] health and clerks .. 2,100.00 = Assistant sanitary in- = spector 862.50 Milk inspector Song 1,0600.00 —_— Inspector weights and — measures T 1,107.00 = Civil service commis- I sfon .......... . 131.26 I e $ 23,661.24 e Elections— Registrars .......... 3,485.51 E— Miscellaneou & ex - I penses 782.52 % $ 4,218.03 Miscellaneous temporary — expenses— Drinking fountain 175.00 Rebate of taxes 100.00 Municipal record . 646.00 Miscellaneous indem- nity bonds 5 73.50 Examining ords ... -~ 100.00 Chickens kille! dogs ......... 42.75 Gas light and heat . 580.37 Dog tags 76.00 Office supplies ....... .75 Charter and ordinance 210.30 Time on fire bell 30.00 Floral tribute (de- ceased councilman) 15.00 Personal services .... 75.00 “American Day" cele- bration = . 53.00 Labor and team— Building dog house $ Vital statistics— Births and deaths Burial returns $ Municipal building— Maintenance, repairs and alterations Total general govern- ment -3 26,108.97 General Municipal Expenses. Highways: Streets, including bridges, semi-perma- nent pavements, new macadam, grading and general expendi- ture 138,778.27 Improvements 14,732.78 Sprinkling 10,763'98 State highway 466.89 Lighting 31,297.23 | T = — i ST Amusements ....... cipal building 2,000.00 Expense of militia ... 86.10 Lps 0301 20,000.00 Food si 266.84 i f life and o 20, .00 Food sign .. o Pm‘efi:ggn’?_ e ) . ! — | Soldiers’ allowance acct 1,661.31 » : i _ | Public service enterpri $44,000.00 | Miscellapeous .......... 13.82 Police Dept. 77,39117 | Water supply .. EEEPO0 | sy rereit Sttt e Fire Dept. 84,696.95 | Subways for wires 1,546.41 [ Fospital . .sesssonesss 2,500.00 | Interpreters Also Voltnteer S e Muniecipal ice plant 2,620.00 | New Britain Institute . . 13'000 00 162,088.12 | Cemeteries, care and et i 150 00 | Bmergency Account: for Next Wednesday During Health and conservation: improvement ...... I3 6808b o e 5 Home SaTdens .......... 2,500.00 Disposal of Garbage 5,404.09 | Municipal farm (Pota- |(SEagieh ieniyeterans oL M S el 80475 | tration Hours. General expenditure— 68 oo aa i St N Sl G (D pancoe 0 L 9,961.55 | e et 7.700.00 | pasteur treatment 1.658.90 | Next Wednesday is national r Slaughter House 1,261.59 | B " U 4g7.05 | Miscellaneous ......... 6.57 ] lration day when wii seon Wi B Satation il S R S | Military Tax .. 12.571.39 ‘ 3477022 | Attained their majority since June 16,877.23 Expense of Debt Obligations. | County tax 11,570.25 | $4.770-22 1 of last year will be called upon e —— \Ilmcrdcst »}oc_x ) | E | Total actual expenditures $1,624,058.23 | | egistor under the selective - serv Disposil :‘)r sewage, e :3:;:' m"__:"“ S, “_‘-- ;TO e e e i Mscellaneous Accounting Debits, law. Registration booths for seco: Di;g;‘;fi“"o}’" e dlanig Water . Police pension fund . 0 | (Re-expended appropriations.) fourth and sixth ward regist S lnioniios ' 12,285.04 Slc);ool ; | Firemen's association | Speciar approprintions for: will be open in city hall from 7 a. New catch basins 2,500.00 i:"’_;‘{“‘“"fi | | Municipal bldg. fund . 9,000.00 |4¢ 9 p. m. and the first, third i fi!fi - ipanill | s n | Walnut Hill park 8,000.00 | fifth ward registrants will S 2 oz Account | = e 2.000.01 i ortien Subway SRSV 5.685.00 \smr; of Connectict v::,’l‘,‘: h‘::,‘:,: o 2 %gg n: boothsilaici, halliand siso 18 s v}],mm,m l:vml}rl:xla : 8,600.00 i S Sl liCatchbaninn s i l\.lys\\,\ s hall during the same h Aleianine L own ' jmprovemen . (S 500.00| Those who are to assist the se General expenditure .. At RGO 369.38 | | Cemetery committee 1,000,00 | board as interpreters are John Hospitals and asylums i [ Damages i T | dis, P. S. Serguis, M. R. Malinow Office expenses ...... 2caon G e ! 3. Pe Y aQ < o . Payment of Debt Obligations, lionfiaceounc i e 1 T $25.500.00 | G+ Palmierl, George Hallaby 62,793.75 | o Ao A L e | Transfers, Revenue and John 8. Contaras. The clerks Education: e eonea ccolint) [ERaccat e 1 +50.00| _Rond Funds will help are Paul Guiberson, J: General expenditure, (EE00 $ 44,000,000 © B ot of horses in- | From state highway acct. G Henderson, Ferdinand T. Fo maintenance 259,985.57 ' Funding 5.000.00 | : T | to fire department 4,800.00 |, vaust T oo lelr p New schools 143.417.42 | Park 2,000.00 < 3 ™" | From parks to police 300.00 - L €3 3 | Subway 5.000.00 | $1.100.00 | From street sprinkling All prospective registrants’ are 508,352.99 | e T Canaics : [ ottt TN TN 5.236.02 | vised to be familiar with the Recreation: : | State registration ....... 147.65 | FTom salaries to taxes B ‘ tions that will be asleed them Walnut Hill Park, Miscellaneous Payments. 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