Show the city finances when the present city administration went into office in january of th s year there waa practically noab ng in the city treasury yet the officers have so aged the affairs that duding the past four months every bill against the city has been promptly paid out of the money re from licensee etc everyone knows that at the present time the leven ue of the city ie not large enough to de fray the expenses of the city government if such were the case would be no city twos to pay but one thing is pertain and that is that the pres ent republican city administration is con ducting tae people s business in a much more business busi nebs like aad economical man ner than their predecessor As will be seen by the report of the city treasurer in another part of this issue the cash bal ance on hand may 1st was the bills passed at the last meeting of the city council will amount to more than this but with the money received reee ived from licenses the city will be able to go through the present month and perhaps longer without an overdraft the tax payers cannot help but feel that the new officers have maile an enviable record during the tour months that they have been in office we publish below an excerpt from the statement made by the export account ant who examined the city s boobs in january of this year to show that the tax money tor the year 1903 the money which should have been used in meeting the current expenses for the year 1904 was spent before the present tion took up the re ns of the city government mr bateman s report ened by the city treasurer and city recorder is as follows ahe payment of dine tants will leave a balance of 64 of which 55 07 belongs to the sink ng fund and consequently there was only 99 56 in cash available for general purposes on january ath 1904 |