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Total gallons Railroad had. Highwood had .4‘~ filed . OI] The ordinance on salaries fixed them for the year as fOHOWS: CityUerk...._......I. I... HMSLOIIII City aunrllt'y, . ..... ., _ . 5m) SIIptruisIn-m . ..... (mo Marahai I . ,, I . . , “()0 Night puiiI I- ... . ....... ,.. H. mm Sum. (PfWalt’r‘AUrkH ., . . "00 L1...“ Sum. 02' wutrr wnrks 780 Cit} t‘nflillt'l'h‘ 85 nor Ilium fIIr wIIrk Only. four _aldermen assembled, Messrs. Cushman and Bock being absent, but room was filled with citi zens. There was some discussion of the progress made by Contractor Barstow on Central avenue. Pump~ ing Engineer Laing reported the “pumpage” for the month, and also his annual report. For April he had pumped: ” Total gallons‘,. Daily a\'crage.. Sold to railroad Total all used“ Dajly average, .,. I , (llunu Cityvnllecmr :md treasure-r. the rum- mihsluns fixml by hrw. The votes were canvassed practi- cally as reported at the time of the election. only that C. W. Kirk. J. Happ and one other person each had one vote for mayor. Mr. Zook. one for attorney and one man had a vote for alderman out. of his ward. May- or Evans then read his farewell mes AldPrulan Phillips had a resolu; tion to show future generations that this council was ready fur whole- saleimprovements, but the people opposed It, and wanted all the names of the objectors recorded in full and it passed. _ Highland Park News. CITY COUNCIL. .FOR THE YEAR. (55,: 56.316 x.:«m1.944 3,099,510 3.396.944 113,831 600,000 3.312 I 10 8| ‘000 500 600 l‘()() mm "00 780 Outstanding May 1. 1895‘. , . ..,,885.tu4.08 Outstanding May 1. lSiNI.,,,_.., ... (il.'4t§il.t)5 Uutstanding May l, 181)? .......... 52.77158 0! this last amount $22.4flHASt5 were issued duringthe past year. and but for these the amount of special assessment bonds would he only 830,308.92 instead of $85,014.08. as two years 0. which qhows how rapidly the city pays o its special assessment bonds at the rate of "1652.58 per annum. WATER PLANT. Five years,ailo this city had. practically. no water plant.‘and many good citizens were re iuctant to have the (‘ity establish one of its own~~hut wiser counsels plrevailed and our ”0.000 plant was put in. oday it is an how or and credit to the citmesldes being a valua- ble and paying institution. Two years ago May lst. "(95 the water :m-ount was in debt as follows: Account overdrawn , . .. .i . . l .. . . .. .. .8l.2()8.83 Outstanding unpaid bills, . V. . . ,. .i H 47mm} l'npald meter arount. . . H .. ,. 2,940.00 sage to the council. told them what had been d0ne, etc., and then the council adjourned sine die at 10:45 The nM’council signed something, Clerk Finney swore them in to sup- port the Constitution, tell the truth, etc., and the mayor called them to order, and err-Alderman Rice sat down and saw the thing start off. The mayor made the following apv pointmentg: Police, John P. Kline; water works engineers, Laing and Scott; city engineer. H. L. Bowen; superintendent of streets, E. J. No- lan; fire marshal, Andrew Bock. and they were all speedily_ confirmed, ‘ .,. .un nu; x gupnxnh. It may be well for us to take a brief review of the last two years. Covering what may he styled the first term of my adminisfratinn as mayor: - and an 1* '0 “‘1115 ’W - m‘ffiov-wfl. journed till next Monday night May 10th. GENTLEyEN (_)_I-‘_THE CITY C0 Balance May 1. 1895. . .. ,,.‘..‘81,()53.8($ Balance May 1. 1890.. ‘ . .. 2,029.34 Balance May I, 1807.. .... .. £174.98 BONDED mmzs'rfimx Outstanding bunds. May 1. 185) $20,000.00 Outstanding bonds, May 1. 1891,. 18.000.00 For general improvement. “ N0 new hands were issued during the 133! two years. Today the water account stands mun: May m,18u7. balance on hand 8258.59). havmg received ()lll)‘ 019.00 ftqnyflle general fund. an - The new aldermen. Col. Davidson and ' Mr. Cobb took their places quietly and looked on‘ to get the hang of the school house. The fol- lowing are the messages of the may- or to the old and new councils: Balance May 1. Balance May 1. Balance May I, 'l vvv uu-u uu. “cl In quu l‘lns ma (undulun of things in whixh not Total indebtedness water am . . , 3747625. SPECIAL A53 $SMENT BONDS. (1' ENERAL ACCUI' w, As we start nut on the work before us. we must exercise the utmost care and earnestness. not only on account at the-"business depresâ€" sion. but also in view of the flattering record. so successfully established by the retiring councfrwhich it is our gluty tg_x_:_xain_tain. ‘ We aré éometimes asked: ‘What bacomes of (lhe m‘gney ‘paid 1n tan-.51”: gut i_t ‘gnusthnot be _» ... > La: e nrvluln-im‘xfiw;fi~ this. We Ma un‘n’g bands. Intier '.' nd 5 milar regular fixed obligationsto be met, amountlng gu 87.006 per annum. The ciw creates nOth-‘ mg. The city cannot support the peopleâ€"hm the people support the city. The city, in fact. is a pauper; it raises nu cumâ€"digs no gold" therefore it may levy and collect taxes. which we must'e‘xpend with the utmost care. wisdom and economy. Illcuhalaul LCHIS ml lllL‘ uuuul awut tutu resent market value. thereby making .400 or 500. the same to I»: used in purchasing mute- rlal which our strt-et an )erintendent can use to keep our streets which nave been improved in thnrmnzh n-pair. suvh as Laurel. Prospet‘t and others. The water plant. as has been shown. is a )aying inrt-sYIm-nt. and will. a year hence, lave about 32000 to its credit; almut that time our street lilening runtravt with the Electric Light vmnpany will expire. I suggest that we plan to t‘nrnhinc uur water and Street lighting systems rrpnt in a ('mnplete arc lighting equip. ' Let us plan in all our impnn’rl'nentn to have the work done by our own Citizens. and the material um-(l furnished by them as far” pou- flihlr. . '," ‘ "I 897." only cvp‘ry member of. the city cogncil, but every Cltllen may take a legitimate pride. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Two years ago the cit had, practically nw thing by way of a tire ( apartment. Now we have a well-o anized de rtment of three companies. em )racin in a! twenty-four mcn. an'gthe fire marshal}. _ ndrew Bock. arty. thrbligif Eh}.- “ée‘fi‘ér’cisii' ' BY'ofi‘r'E'JfiiiE: gDIIHQCd citizens clothed wit hats. coats 'and e t8. v GlgN'fLEMEN OF THE‘ CITY CopN_CIL: It is not acredir to our city. The fire de- partment. with over 81000 worth of vaiuable apparatus and equipments. now merely housed in an open shed. subject to theft mutitation or de'ggrquon. stroqld be properly hanged. The clerk‘s office is not convenient. and the Fmvisinns fur pmtech'ng from destruction by ire many valuable records. maps. lags. an. M ihe city. whose loss wuuld he a most irre- parable. are wholly inadequate. Hence. this mum-i1 should at once take measures to en- large the city huihling to meet these needs: not wait till heavy fin- bases are inflicted and then hasten to make these impmvementsâ€"il- lustratini‘z‘ again the full)" uf waiting till after thg-Nhnrse is sinieu hequ the barnflisrlocked: 'l‘hc special assessment fund will have. after the papcnlur this year is paid a surplus of some 558mm ()r alonoklyinsz id c. Wha shall we'duwifh it? We L'ammt call in bonds be- fore lheyareduel Then why not use thls monevlgx ”urvlmse our own new bonds.” thusc Tor \‘Tw projected Vine avenue improve- ment at us cums on the dollar, about their extra expense (Wt-r wlm! we are now sma'ing. n mratc both 1h:- wzm'r and stI’PPt ’ g ting pianist. lherchysaving a large *mrtioh of the nearly 8300” wt- arc nuw paying 0r street 1i htA mg. m In: expended in imprm'emcnts am re» pajrs (m um street} For this organization and putting on up ef~ flcient touting of the de artment. the City is lag-gen: indebted to Mars a! 309k. 1”“ 1§hi tidy nk this cuuncxl for their kind~ ness and he p to me in the last year. 9 The library is thrust into a small inconven- ient. and wholh inade unte room. while it should have aniple. we l-lighted and easily ncggssihle _quart_¢_:m. A systems wpm m a ('mnplete arc lighting 9 ui , mom m our pumpingstatmnmnd at every jtt ' The_ membeys of these sevegal compqqies THE CITY Bl'lLDI HG. “'7‘“ 14623