Show REPORT USUAL I City C ty Treasurers Statement for February as Unenlightening Unenlightening Unenlightening ening as Usual MORE CASH NOW ON HAND IMPOSSIBLE TO LEARN STATE OF 7 REVENUE FUNDS The monthly report of Gideon Snyder city ell treasurer for or February was filed flied yesterday It contains contain the usual muddled muddied figures according to the system established by the special auditors The city Is 15 i apparently b better off for ready cash this month than It has been for tor many months It now has money In the tho bank Instead of having to pay on a heavy overdraft This Is due to the receipt of all but of the bond issue The remaining sum will be paid over in April Though the possession of this money docs does no not help ou out the regular city funds directly It offsets the amount they are overdrawn and saves sayes interest The Tho special funds In the bank now I amount to of which the water bond fund contains IW z and the sew sow sewer sewer er bond fund 30 both these funds having been teen enriched by the bond mono mone from Wooden McNear leNear Moore of Chi who vho bought the issue and have Just paid for It The other oilier funds amount to tu making the tue total Revenue Funds It Is Impossible to find out the real state of the th revenue funds for the reason that there thero are no means of as from the muddle in which the special auditors left the city accounts cx ex exactly aUy what liabilities against these funds are outstanding The treasurer gives the balances In the revenue funds as fol follows 01 lows Contingent funds Water ater and irrigation Water ater Streets and sidewalks Library Bond Interest and sinking GlI Total Balances Sewer overdrawn Actual total balances Outstanding Warrants Warrant But there are warrants out against all these funds and when the tho amounts of the warrants issued against them In Feb February February February are ar deducted from what the treas trees treasurer treasurer liter shows as balances some of them show overdrafts instead Inquiry at the office of the city cit auditor obtained the following statement of the warrants issued each of the funds during the month Expenditures Contingent Irrigation and water supply Waterworks Streets and sidewalks Sewers and drains Public P library Bond Interest and sinking Total Additional Information Instead of or a balance In the contingent fund ns as the treasurer reports of J the balance Is really only when the warrants Issued against it In February are considered Instead of a balance of in the water supply and irrigation fund there is deficit of when the warrants against it are deducted Similarly the waterworks fund which by the treasurers showing has a bal balance balance balance ance of Is really overdrawn 4 1653 The treasurer reports that the streets and sidewalks fund has a surplus of but the auditors books show that hat In February warrants were Issued against that fund amounting to so that it really has hasa a deficit of The library fund reported as having havinga a balance of has warrants against it of so that the balance Is really real only The sewer and fund reported by Mr Snyder as overdrawn Is really overdrawn by the addition of the liabilities against It of or to lo the figure of 9 The bond interest and sinking fund has in warrants drawn against It and Instead of a surplus of it really has a deficit of Instead of an actual balance of 16 Q in the revenue re nue fund as the treas trees treasurer treasurer reports tho the amount should be JoS 6 e |