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Street Work, Including Sewerage, Water
Works, Fire Department, Schools, Ev
ery Department Handled.
To The City Council of Rome.
Gentlemen: In accordance '
wiffi the time honored custom, II
fuhmit for your consideration h
UIV views in relation to some ufl<
taemost important matters con-j
jiected with the administration of ,
the affairs of the city. The. wei- ,
fare of the city depends entirely ,
upon your wisdom and discretion. ,
I have no doubt I Will have the
earnest, faithful and honest co
operand! of every member of the
city council in promoting the in
terest o* the city duiing our term
of office, and that all differences
of vitwe or feeling will be buried
in the desixe to di-charge duties
as honest and faithful public ser
vants and that we will work Ij
gethei harmoniously for the com
mon weal.
The Financial department of tire
city is of prime importance.
iL’pon it rests the burden of car
lying into effect every plan for the
city’s good II should be our ef
fort to be as economical as we
can consistent with the city’s
needs, t>nd while we should prac
tice strict economy in the admin
istration of all the affairs off the
city, we should at the same time
provide ample means to do what
ever the best interest of the com
m inity n quires,
The estimated income of the
city from all sources, with a tax
rate i.f 1 per cent f or the fiscal
year, beginning April 1, 1898,1
is approximately $75,000, We
cannot s. end more than this
sum in the administration of all
the affairs of the city for the
year. How shall we expend this
sum so as to best subserve all
the departments of the city?
Iwo items of expenditure are
fixed charges, the sinking fund,
which requires an investment
"f $5,000 per annum, and the
interest on the city’s debt, $14.-
414.4 G. 1 his ieduces the avail
able income of the city for other
Imposes to $55,595 54. Out of
lllls last named sum all the de-
P' l ' -mi nts of the city must be
supported.
water works.
, [t is absolutely essential to the
1)1 uhh of the people of the city
that the splendid water works
• tl ui, which we have, should
be providednvith a filter. lam
’'■formed that it will take from
J lO ' 000 t 0 $15,000, to put in a
class filterer. The water
' "'mission cannot provide this
■ ll f‘ 0111 their own resources,
ecause they are obliged to pro
lue ‘or the interest on their out
"'g bonded indebtedness,
men/ 1 necessar y improve
thi i- S ’i a "d f° r th’ B reas on I
11. m ' ' <>ity CoUllc ’l should aid
•'•l/moo a " ! ' |,| "'" l ’ ra,ioll
ra : ’ - Ihe board can
saleofV' 111 .’ 11 amou,,t b y the
their i ‘ )oltlon °f the bonds in
act /. lands autll onzed by the
iu Ups* 11 * I ’® board, passed
That act authorized an issue
of $27,500 of 5 per cent, 10 year
bonds, for the purpose of retir
ing the debt contracted in the
construction of that portion of
the water works lying outside
of the city limits. The commis
sion has issued only $17,500 of
these bonds. I am informed
that they have cashed SO,OOO of
them and that they have paid
that amount of the debts referred
to in money.
Ii is the opinion of competent
attorneys that the water com
mission had the right to do this,
and that they became the ownir
of that amount of these bonds,
and that they may sell them for
the purpose of reimbursing them
selves for the money so expend
ed by them. This would enable
that board to raise, say SG,OOO
in money to buy a filter, which
added to the amount that in my
judgement should be raised by
the city and paid over to the
board, would make the sum of
SII,OOO.
If the filter should cost as
much as $15,000, the water
board could easily build one du
ring the year, and could legally
obtain credit for the balance of
the fund necessary to be expend
ed for this purpose. Nothing is
|so essential to the health of the
city as an ample supply of pure,
clean water. I have no doubt
that a good filterer would in
crease the income of the water
works largely, more than the
amount of interest that will ac
crue upon the whole amount of
money necessary to be expended
for this purpose.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I have obtained from the super
intendent aud trustees of the
public schools the following in
formation: The number of white
children now in attendance is 925,
of colored children 536. The
schools are provided with a super
intendent at a salary of $1,600.
The white school is provided with
one principal at $1 000, the seven
th grade, with two teachers, at a
salary of SSO per month for nine
months, the sixth grade with two
teachers with a salary of $45 per
month for nine mouths, the other
grades with thirteen teachers at a
of S4O per month for nine
months.
The co ored school is provided
with a principal at a salary of
S3OO per annum and with seven
teachers at a salary of S3O per
month for nine months. The
colored school building is in
adequate to seat all the chile ren
applying for seats in that school
and it became necessary at the
opening of the present term to
hold successive sessions in two
of the rooms of that building and
to have part of two grades taught
after regular school hours and
After the rooms had been vacated
by the children first applying
" for seats.
This required the principal and
Mr. Simuel to reuiuin after
school hours and teach these
children. Fur this extra service
they have been paid $75 The »g
--gregare of the salaries paid to sup- j
erinlendent and teachers of the
public schoo's f> r the year ending
the first day of April 1898 is sl2-
817 47. In addition to t hi’ there
was paid for year for superinten
dent’s brick office $612 50 insur
ance $237. 50 coal $B5l 92. rent of
old court house $l4O other miscel
laneous items 534 24. Aggiegating
for the year $1,606.75 making a
total i ggre-gata of ex
pended by the trustees in salaries
uud incidental expense connected
with the schools for their last fiscal
year.
There are 436 colored children
within the school age, in the first
ward, and 243 in the fifth ward
Another building should be pro
vided to relieve the overfle w now
in that building, At least two good
rooms should be built for that pur
pose, and two additional teachers
elected for the two first primary
grad s.
A building of the kind referred
to, together witt a lot. could be
provided I am informed, for about
SI,OOO, and the two teachers
could be had for $25 per month
for nine months in the year or
$450,000, in the aggregate. I cad
the attention of the council to
this matter that it may be well
considered, and that whatever is
best way be done, to relieve the
overflow in the colored public
building.
In my judgement it will rt
quire for the maiatence of the
public schools during the coining
year, including the building above
referred to, not less than $15,009.
The public schools are the pride
of the city. Ac present all teach
ers are iu accord and the con
duct of the schools is satisfact
ory to the general public.
By an act passed in December
last, tne Mayor and Council are.
required to levy for school purposes
whatever percentage the trustees
of the public schools may demand,
not, exceeding one fourth of one
per cent per annum. During the
present year there was paid to the
treasurer of the city from the
state school fund the sum of
$4,322,50. and we may safely ex
pect that much and more, for
the present year. The trustees have
paid the citv treasurer the sum of
$1,606.59, fees received from non
resident children attending the
puplic schools of the city, and it
is highly probable that he will re
ceive that much during the pres
year from this source, so that the
amount to be raised by direct tax
ation, of which we appropriate
$15,000 for school purposes and
allow the tru tees the benefit of
these two funds will be approxi
mately $9,000.
Continued on 7th page.
PAINS IN THE CHEST.
Until I began the use of Che
ney’s Expectorant I suffered fre
quently at night with difficult
breathing and pains in the chest.
I am now entirely . well and a
stout believer in your medicine.
Robt. Goodman Hughes, Dah
lonega, Ga.
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Be sure that your blood is
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digestion perfect.
To purify your blood and
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This medicine has accomplish
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diseases. It is the One True
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Hood’s Sarsaparilla has power
to make you well by purifying
and enriching your blood, giving
you an appetite, and nerve,
mental and digestive strength.
Talk About Fine Tea.—Ou
nigh grade goods at 40c lb never
was equalled in Rome before. Bran
new stock, and regular 75c goods.
I . Lloyd & C..
What is
Scott’s
Emulsion?
It is a strengthening food and
tonic, remarkable in its flesh-form
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digested, combined with the well
known and highly prized Hypo
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What Will It Do?
It will arrest loss of flesh and j
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will enrich the blood of the anemic;
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make this statement because the
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