Show THE FINANCES in another column ot of this issue appears the fl fa in ancial statement of brigham city far lie ae year 1912 it should be careful carefully y fused by every citizen tor for it some mighty interest ing facts for instance the grand total receipts or funds handled by the city during the year was as of which amount tea thousand dollars lacking three cents cent was on hand in fit the treasury at the end of the year glance at the resources and liabilities ot of the two big public utilities ot of the city the electric light plant is rated worth with supplies and accounts due ot of something over two thousand dollars on the liability side appears nothing the water works system is worth with no liabilities the total worth ot of the two to institutions at the end of last lear being against that am aunt are the bonds amounting to 00 loss less the sinking fund of and the bonds will ivill not fall due for a good many years yet the last issue ot of being floated only last year the cites utilities are arc therefore hiorth v orth nearly boube the amount ot of the bonded indebtedness which is sufficient argument to prove the wisdom of the city owning its own utilities with avith nearly on hand at the end of the year and with a bondini capacity of over 00 still unused and with the power to levey a tax aich would not need to be very great is it not wi wisdom solora for the city to 10 invest in a municipal telephone install it and put it in good running order and let it take care of itself as the other utilities have done figures are mighty enlightening sometimes and the cites fin anical anical 1 statement is fairly bulging with inter sting data |