Show ECONOMY 1 NECESSARY IN CITY EVERY department HAS BEEN CUT DOWN still the revenues fail to meet the expenditures tures for the month of january the new administration haa passed through one month of revenues and disbursements ahe former do not equal the latter as Is disclosed in the treasurers treasur ers report for january which was submitted this morning with the auditors statement of warrants issued for the month As contrasted with several months of last year january was not a productive month revenues fell off up to tho very last day and while expenses were materially reduced owing to the policy of retrenchment inaugurated by mayor brewer and his associates the two accounts diverge in the sum of several thousand dollars the auditors report shows jn warrants issued its contents reveal that the overdraft on the general fund which amounted to approximately 60 december 31 has been increased the business of the city however Is being conducted as economically as the cutting down of expenses that arc not at tho present time necessary will ip ermL the main source of income during the month was the municipal court which contributed 2 an overflow of liquor licenses yielded 1630 business licenses in tho sum of were paid dog taxes amounted to 56 general tax redemption to and the county kindly turned over of general money As with business generally the condition of the financial world has had its effect on the cites affairs collections have been light licenses have not been increased in number and tho various agencies from which the coin filters into the treasurers treasur ers strong box have had difficulty in prying loose the much coveted yellow metal with the order to retrench came the slump in revenues ihen too the record established in december had its effect on january the quarterly settlement 0 licenses and the wind up of the years business combined to fill the public coffers with over a hundred thousand dollars realizing to some extent what the income ot the month would be by the figures established during the first week the administration began to cut down disbursements warrants redeemed for the month amounted to 3 about one fourth of the issue other including payrolls and incidental expense brought the total paid on the disbursements to 10 the general fund had a balance of a small sum but rather a splendid record as compared with former months tho entire sum however Is due bond interest so that virtually the month ended with no general fund on rand both tho engineering and the street department kept down departmental expenses to the minimum no improvement work wag done on tho streets ahe weather god was kind during the month and no floods severe storm or excessive frosts made necessary the maintenance of an augmented force tho police and fire departments have a regular expense account that varies but slightly in the course of a year so that no large retrenchments retrench ments were made by either it Is the intention of the administration to adhere rigidly to an economical rule until the city is as near self sup porting from month to month as is possible without the aid of general taxes nothing will be done to improve any part of the municipality that is not actually necessary |