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`That the Town of Barrie is in a particularly enviable position nan- cially is the net substance of the re- port of the auditors, presented to the Town Council on Monday night. This statement applies to assessment, tam- es and debenture debt per capita, as well as general accounts. mL- , - - -.----..v-n The `net improvement in the _Town s surplus for the year is $30,- 697.87. The total surplus at the- present time is 3454 am nn .. ....-- -Barrie s Surplus Gains and Financial Position Enviable. AUD HIGH sngwnnc HERE sacrlif` `PAGES! no Page Thrge; 13.` .. ua umu wnuu au_naIl(1S. Leomrrd was the third [son in 5 family of four boys and two g'i1-Is, all of whom reside in Barrie. He was born in Widness, Lanicashire, Engn, being but three. years old when his parents came to Canada. He was .-graduated from the Barrie Public Schools and Business '_Co'llege, `and _______________, to-4,. Hope `that, Leonard Lines might have survived the 'w1"e'c1~: of `the light- 7ho.use xtemiier Lambton, of 'wh'ich;'boat he was wheelsman, is practically abandoned,` a message from the De- partment of Marine having been "re- ceived `by 'h'is`paren1:s that "the steam- rer is lost with ail hands. T lots-vmnn-J -.... _ AL A "` ` Barrie (Continued on jaage 5) : 59tl:Year rrie Boy s T3;ight Futinrc Cut Short by `V -= recked,_ [C4-.. I ....-1_1 , LIEONAHJ LINES __vw---- `v\rI' lldlll Theveleaing date of the Bird. House V Contest under the auspices of _the ' Barrie Boys Work Board has been ' extended to Saturday, May 6, at 11 M o clock`a.m. Boys having bird houses `to enter will please bring them to the Department ofyAg'1-iculture, Owen St; (old __Public Library rooms), Friday, ` May 5,`from 4 to 6,. or on Saturday ' morning from 9 to 11. 1 J. -E. CARSON, Secy. 1 \ THE+ B/\RlE1+ EXAMl% 4. f ~ --------,-_--'-WITH WHICH lS,AMALGAMATED-`----,-- -----L -41soeonsi3-HE B k i - uau.5u|5 IL L V5 uuu. 10163- The girl was a ward of Beatty s,in Manitoba and worked for him and his wife there at the a`ge`of thirteen... The charge instituted by Inspector Murray of the Children s Aid, Dauph- in, was withheld, while a charge al- leging an offence in Ontariotwas pro- ceeded with. The girl was plainly ` confused early. in her testimony and _ there were repeated, objections by i counsel for the defence regarding form of testimony and mode of .pro- ' cedure. Most of the objections were ' over-ruled by the Court, but were en- tered in the Court record. When the case was finally brought to a` specic instance,` clear to the girl s mind, bet- ter progress was made. There were numerous lively tilts between `coun- sel, relative to points of law. Wit- , nesses for both sides were excluded till called, andithe Court was cleared of others than principals,_ the press, counsel and Court officials. Further trial was set for the "June `sessions. vuunv, cuav u JGIIIICI U1. JVLBUUIILG lp. The girl's own evidence was taken, 1 followed` by the sworn opinions of Dr. A. T. Little and Dr. Turnbull of Barrie-relative to the girl's condition. -Fred Bell, a former employee of Beatty at Grandview, Man., was a witness for the Crown. He told of the conduct of the guardian of the girl in the West as he had known it, alleging irregularities. VF]... ...:..`l ....... .. _--____1 .1 n, ,1; u - lvnnnvul UL uuc uluxurcub` cnemer. Mr. Beatty, a married man` of mid- dle age, was defended by B. Tud- hope of Orillia. Preliminary evid- ence was heard,. but Mr; Tudhope re-, served the right of election for trial and the defendant was bound over in two sureties' of $1000. each fur- nished by himself and his brother James, also a farmer of 'Medonte Tp. I VIVI... .....I!... -_.- --2J---~ --- - Beatty, Once Her Guardian, 5 Now Faces Serious . L Court Charge. Thos. Beatty, a Mdonte Township farmer, near Cqldwater, was charged ' with a serious offence against a girl ` un_der,sixteen years of age in Barrie Police Court before "County Magis- ` trate Clark, Tuesday morning`. W. 4 A. Boys, K.C., who arrived in Barrie _ from Ottawa for the weekend, pros- ; ecuted the case, with J. R. Cotter, K. ' C., on an information laid by an of- " cerof the (_3hildren s Aid Society of Manitoba, supplemented by a loca1.= officer of the Children's Shelter. I `M ... `D....u... .. ......._:-.'I . ' ' Manama FARMEE` I GIRL CASE HEARD) .... uvu -an J.uuUW5i--' . ` Hon. Presidents---I-Ion. E. C. Dru- _r_v, "W. A. Boys, M.P.. W. `T. Allan, M.L.A., E. J. Evans, M.L.A., and A. H. `Felt. ._ ' _ Pres.---"Dr. L. J. .-Simpson, Barrie. Vice-Pres.--'-T. H. Banting, Ivy. Secy.-Treas.--`-H. E. Welch, Thorn- t ` Schedule May 27--Barrie at Cookstown. May :31--Knock at klvy. June 5--Thornton at Barrie. June 7--`Cookstown at Knock. June 1V0--Ivy at Thornton June 14-.'Knock -at Barrie. June 15---Cookstown at Ivy. June 19-'-Thornton at Knock. June 21-Ivy 9at Barrie. ' June `.24-~iKnock at oown. June 28---Bar'1`ie at Thorrmton. June 29-_-Iv~y at Knock. July 5--B:ar.rie atIvy. - July 8--Cookstown .at Thornton. July 10--A-Barriie' _at Knock. July 15--Ivy at Cookstown. Jzy 19--Thorn`t_on' at Ivy. '. J1_.1'ly 22--'Knoc'k=_`at Thornton. July 26-Cooks't()wn at Barrie. Aug. 1--Thorn't_o, n at Cookstown. BIRD HOUSE CONTEST .....- vanc .......mg u1.'u very mu team. At the annual meetjng held in Thornton, Apr. 26. officers we're n'amed.as follows:-- ' `LY-.. `Pl--~3 J ~ ` " "` all an/u.Lo With `the reduced staf`. at Camp Borden, a team wearing the C.eA. F\ cdlors was out'of the .ques`tion, and Minesing`als'o declined to participate thig year.` Knock, however, came in to fill one vvacany and is 'said- to have the -making of .-a very fair team Q A1`. fthn annual -nnnni-:.. 1.4.: - There will be ve teams in the Centre Simcoe Baseball League this year, instead of the six which played in 1921. ' `- I `jg-[:11 ~.u .._- I. ..... w. u.yv :.ua_y.J.U. Lop -Dr. `Wm. M. Blakely" wishes to announce to the people of this town and vicinity that he is opening a den- tal oifice in the Bothwell Block, Al- landale,' and expects to be ready for practice. May 8. ' 18c ---Any school, Sunday School, church, society or otherorganization intending to hold`an outing this com- ing summer can do so at Tent City and have the use of dining-room with dishes and `hot water, as well as the i grounds and dancing pavilion, entire- ~ ly free of charge, between June 1 and 4 July 15. Opening night, May 23. For . information, apply to L.` D. Jacks, 1 _ Lefroy. 17-20c ' coats, work shirts, ne shirts, under- will mean that a dolla1"~will -g`o"as far -at 12 o'clock noon now every Wed- _ C. Hunter" Clothing Co., Barrie.` 18c -We have planned for big busi- ness for Thursday, Friday and Sat- ' urday. of this week. Our bargain tables are loaded with pants, over- alls, suits, raincoats, men's sox, over- wear; in fact, all men's and boys \ wearables at prices ,as cheap and cheaper than the largest stores" in Canada are selling at. Come and "see for yourselves and _save,.'- save. Oh, yes, we must not forget to remind you of the fact that to buy `staple drygoods in an upstairs department as_ one dollar and fteen cents} or even one dollar and thirty cents at other tores. We `admit you have to go upstairs, but it pays. We close nesday until further notice. ' The-W. FIVE To PLAY IN! CENTRE .SIMCOE;.LEAGUEl - vvunu uv vuncu. In connection with paving, it was I announced that G. Sherrom of Phil- adelphia will deliver and illustrated lecture on" this subject at the Town Hall tonight. ' On recommendation of Reeve Fisher and Ald. Byrne, a mo- tion was passed allowing the use of the Town Hall for ?'showing photo- ; graphs of highways on condition that the visitor bear the expense of the . permit for `insurance for the picture 1 machine operation. " 1 (1 (1. f _____ __I__j - - - , -.-..-_y av; ccvo. The Barrie Tanning Cornpany ask- : ed for a refund on electric light ac- . count amounting to $96.34, referring . to the agreement on the matter. A representative of another road and walk building company of Toron- to annodnced to the Council that his rm was in the eld for contracts. The Mayor told him the Town had _ not yet decided to go through with ; the matter, consequently` no action could be taken. _ ` 1.. --__- g -- u. uameu. m__ went to committee. The Bell Telephone Company ask- ed permission to open portions of Dalton street between Toronto and Mary streets. ` . "VI... I"l._A.!i 1!` ' f_ Ask Aid for Bugle Band )1` The committee of the fe, bugle 31 ,and drum band sent a communication asking for a liberal grant to equip the band. Contributions already 5. made by individuals were recognized, but moreis needed, the petitioners _ declared. Want Half-Holiday Compulsory A Wednesday -closing by-law was . asked for in a petition signed by 22 general merchants and another by 17 . grocers. The hours for closing asked for were from 12.30 noon to 10 p.m., during the months of May, June, July and August, excepting any week in which a legal holiday has already been set. The statute provides that when-three-fourths of the merchants make such _a petition,the Council may pass such a by-law. - V Building for Fair Grounds ` The Agricultural Joint Stock Com- 1 pany sought permission to remove a 4 building lately occupied by A. S. St. ' John in Bradford street over on to the grounds of the Prince of Wales 5 School and thence to the Agricultural 13 Park. It was promised that room for traffic would be provided while it was crossing Bradford street without de--F layingsame. Mr. Marr was present P to explain or answer any questions `P if asked. It went to committee. fl1L- 'n-n in-1,1 u - ...... I John:R. Hubbert and eight other property owners on Mary street pe-' titioned for a` cement walk on Mary street from Wellington northerly at least as far as No. 159. This stretch is described as impassable in spring and fall. ' *`" "" " "` "`"' ';the 7 dumping Alfred Morren, V.S., presented a `spreading in T claim for $21 for repairs to his car, Iiductory job for alleging damage caused by a bad con- s'pector_ dition of Blake street where it is ll-3 - John 30 : ed with bricks. It appears that the} The Fire and veterinary was making a professional call at the time and was delayed by the roadaccident and forced to hire `per month with a car to proceed with. land an overcoat Byng Portraits for Chamber ,inspector igto re Mayor Little announced that Their Chief of Police Excellencies, Lord and Lady Byng, gnorning `and to had presented to him a portrait of vision of and dire themselves which -he was agreeable`0`i(-er of Healt to handing over for the Councilacham- .3 Police, and to pe lber. . i I are laiddown h" vs __ __a4 commended Jo] pointed as sanit or uuc rausn-nan recently, which,i the notice reads, caused considerable I damage `and annoyance. i` Asks Flood Relief 1 ` On the subject of oods, T. J. Edge of 13 West Reid street petitioned I the Council personally for a ditch to 3" drain the water which is covering his " property two feet, he claimed. A If ditch attempted last year was _absol- :3 utely useless, he said. This was re- fl` ferred to the Board of Works, which t body later recommended a sum not: to exceed $18 be expended to open `C `a waterway on Reid street. H3] Ann I - ...-uu xuvuulululuttc. ' I Trinity . Church wardens notied, the Council that `Trinity Church will make a claim for damages from the` Town for the ooding of the cellar of the Parish -Hall recently, which 1 the ntl rnnu nnyunn n.-.--.-JA----"-`- 1 May Day Council session was pro-[ ' Vductive of some constructive legisla-I tion; also the occasion for hearing` claims for damage "from water ood- -ing and bad roadways. John Bow- man was engaged as sanitary inspect- ' or, and a decision to buy a new set of town weigh scales was reached. Also the matter of a grant for wo-. men s rest room was sent to the Fin- ance Committee. I ....:J._. tn I - V V w . . anyusnuc Ialldh (alley are an office at 80 Dunlop St., and will becready for practice by May. 10. 18p _'n.~ `W... -M m-1--1-~ Claims for. Damages from Spring Frfzshe Received, While` Further Flood Re `Sanitary Inspector Chosen; CO] Closing By-Law Asked; `MAY DAY COUNCIL TAKES ACTION oN NUMEROUS TOWN IMPROVEMENTS CANADA, THURSDAY, MAY 4,1922. Various Motions Passed Patterson--Wiles--That- the re quest of the Bell Telephone Company re Dalton s'treet_ work be granted, un- der supervision of the Works `Board. Byrne-'-Miller--That... the usual number of copies of the auditors re- 4 port be printed for distribution. 4 " '|'i`a'Inn-... D-ca...` 7"-AL 1` ..- nrvv, vv uc umuaucu LIBS OI C055, excepting that the town provide a platform; and if this is not accept-' able to the company that the Market Committee be authorized, with the Mayor, toaccept the contract of the 3 Wilson Scale Co. The bid was $325 complete. - ' --_------ ...._, calm. in quunpuu auu J.V1C1\lIl- non was adopted recommending ac- ceptance of a contract with the Fair- banks-Morse Scale Co. for a six-ton compound steel suspension `set of weighing scales,. eight by fourteen, lat $300, to be installed free of cost, esropnno H-m4 4-1... ;....-.. ..---_---J nccu uu us rasseu Indigent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $224.48 Public Works . .v . . . . . . . . . . . 212.62 . Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 280.00 L Miscellaneous,'Map Co. .. . . 406.00 Police Magistrate . . . . . .. 83.33 7 Minor accounts . . . . . . . . . 7.00 , Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.83 Board of Health . . . . . . . . 105.93 ~ Sewer connections . . . . . . .. 126.76 Board of Education . . . . . ..1500.00 Fire and Police . . . . . . .. 447.06 Public Works . . . . . . . . . . .. 188.11 Public Works (Scott Bros.). 465.00 ' Buying New Scales Following discussion of the scales subject in committee-of-the-whole, a motion by Ald. Paddison and McKin- nnn urna mlmu-...1 ....-......_---- 13-. ` pro-I Poucher and Paddison, the work to be Eisla- ldone undpr `H-In m........:-:-.. -2 n I ) s . Av UAUJI The Publicll}l orl~ re- , commended that Blake street be scar- ied and graded.- It recommended ;` that the request of A. Hay to remove a tree .in Mary street in front of his property be grantedgand that the re- quest of the Ball Planing Mill for " the removal of a tree in Maple av- enue be granted; and further, that the Clerk. having certied that the petition from ratepayers in Grove street for sewers between `Grove and 1 Owen streets is sufficently signed, be I instructed to have Mr. Ardagh pre- pare plans and that the approval of I the Provincial Board of Health be ob- 4 tained. : Do you buy cream from the Crearn Dairy? Phone 652, 50tfc W. A. Lowe & Son are sellingfelt mattresses at from $8.00 up. lltfc -Dr. G. R. Burns and Dr. Elsie A. Taylor, Chiropractic Specialists, wish to announce that they are opening office at 80 nnnlnn .q+ mu: ----m _ , V __ -wr\r-U --a l\4&\7`-Ill DU UIIC 1' at nine o clock each ', be under the super- E direction of the Medical a`O'i('er Health and the Chief of - perform such duties as {are by the "Public Health Act as required by the Chief Con- . `stable. A by-law conrmed the ap- ' pointment.. The Water and Light Committee ` . recommended an electric light bee ' placed in Berczy street north. of Pen- . ,.etang, and that a light be placed in 1 Grove street opposite Mrs. Bishop's : house. , 1 Fr;sh_e.ts and Bad Roads `l \.l9-. EIAAJ t .-....yu vv av upclalzc. A Ald. .Poucher drew attention to complaints he had received regarding of garbage without '- I spreading This may be the intro- - fductory the new sanitary in- ':spector. 7.1, 'V` A /I 3 Police Committee re- John Bowman be ap- sanitary inspector at $75 [per month, with one uniform a year and overcoat when required. The is` to report in person to the ` chm me p,.:;,... .. ..:... --a--=- M {- 7- ` `~- A communication from V. A. Hart, 'M.H.O. for Vespra Tp.', was read that la` a Town employee is committing a nuisance in Vespra Tp., from which the ratepayers of the township suf- fer. It was asked that the night soil practice be stopped, a warning being I ; in action. glsounded that continuance will result ' I Unlicensed Jitney Operating? Ald. Marshall complained that. glthere seemed to be something unfair J ;in connection with town jitney oper- Iations, He asked how many licenses 1 l there were. The answer was that , Huxtable has two and Marshall two, ] ',but that there are three additional gwhich, it is understood, are used I `principally in trucking. The sub- `stance of the complaint was that a I Ijitney car had been operated on at V -least one occasion which was not en- _titled to so operate. . a .' AIA `D......`|...... .'I_.--- -I " ` 7 , . .....ucx auu raumson, me work - ldone under the supervision 01 :'Board of Works. ' Vespra Threatens Action A _ us. drove Street Sewer Action L, '15:`: Ct Vli=(io;)c.17VI.::i;or`t``uH`:e`211\;dl; 1/xnnoq. f".....___ | `John Bowman Named 11 Accounts Passed V >3 m$&mmmmw&&$wm&$I `MAN... .._.I__ -|,- I 13224.43 . . .1500.00 0 . A . . , .An av UK: of th ,_ -_ -_-5 r- v....-an vv \.allu I 1 It has not been decided as yet who shall be chosen as jockeys for the en- tries in the King's Plate event. Ac- 3 companying Trainer Walker to Tor- ; onto will be George Grant, a veteran h. at the race game, Joe Prestwjck, Earl - Coswell, E. Renzett and Jimmie Gan- . non. The latter .four boys have al- 1 ready ridden races and they will like- 5 1y have'a chance this season to show , to good advantage what their appren- . _ ticeship has developed in them. W. 3 L Crowe, foreman, and Frank Fawcett, : . an assistant trainer who has ridden ; steeplechasers in England, will re- , , main with their assistants to look af- I ter the big horse family at the stables. I Four young foals are among the colts I that some day are expected to make i their mark on the turf. The race ~cir- '1 ~cuit after Toronto includes Ottawa, Montreal, Fort Erie, Hamilton, Wind- sor and a return over the circuit. 1-\_____ ___; 1 l v I s An enthusiastic crowd of rail birds and race lovers have been watching the performance of the Dy- - ment horses from the two-year-olds to the veterans for a week past at the Brookdale course. And,. although the course has been slow, the race followers seem agreed that most of the string promise well. TAL, - ` ` ' vv Vll\ 105\rCDu I - Corenzio, said to be the Dymentl - favorite, and Paddle. both sired by 1 the great Tippacanoe at the Brook- 3 dale farm, will be the Dyment can-, ; didates for the Canadian classic, the . King's Plate. to be run on the open-. - ing day. With George Grant up, Cor-` . enzio breezed a mile the other morn-I ; ing at a rate of about 2.17 for the E Plate distance of a mile and a quar- ter. Under restraint, the big colt n- ished strong, ahead of Nomis (Nich- ols) as running mate, with Fanatic (Renzett), the latter going three- quarters. Following Corenzio s work- out, Paddle, with Grant up, and Re- sarf, Nichols up-, breezed a mile in about the same time. Paddle resem- ;i bles his sire in color and looks a race I "I(\`ID 9]` +t\1vt\1~nnn1u nus: use cut: in CUI gorse all through. --...___ .. ...v....,,. 41400. , uv. eorge Walker, trainer for S. and A. E. Dyment, owners of Herendesy,_ the winner of last year's King's Plate, says the racers are in tip-top condi- tion to start on fast work preliminary ` to the races. I nAviA_ O. . - - I The Dyment string of seventeen horses will leave the Brookdale train- ing quarters for the Woodbine race track next Monday, May 8, to begin the season's racing, May 20. f!_______._ 11?, -' wwwwmww '10l0I0I0I0F*X4'F ANNOUNCEMISNTSE 'Brookda1e String of -17 Horses; Leave for Woodbine, I Monday. I DYMENT PLATERS ARE OFFLTO RACES}; aavvvlvll I/uCl.CVVIlalIo ` ' Alliston has announcedwits inten- tion to enter the Northern League` this summer. [I U, -. .. .......c, n. uruwluee. I Representatives to the Dominion` Lawn Bowling Assocn.--H. M. Lay, W. T. Stewart, , - It was decided that the club hold an open tournament at a date to be `fixed by the Executive Committee. Suitable prizes will be given in con- nection therewith. 4 AIL-L`__- `I ` ` ..,_y, 4:. u. LLGUUICK, Alex. mnclair. ` Audito'rs-'-C. R; Kendall, Alex. Brownlee. Representatives to the Northern League--J. D.-Milne, A. Brownlee. t '[),___,_____.A_;`- I vs auunvllu President H. M. Lay was in the 1 chair and the following officers were ' elected for the ensuing season :-- : Hon. Patron-W. A. Boys, K.C., _ M.P. ' H'on. President--A. Hay. President--P. T. Clark. . Vice-President--.Dr. Simpson. .Secre-tary--W. T. Stewart. Treasurer--Fred Marr. _ `. Executive Committee--Alex. Sin-11 clair. W. H. Kennedy, C." H. Beelby, D. W. Lennox. - T Grounds Committee--M. J. Fraw- ley, A. G. Habbick, Alex. Sinclair. 1 AiI!]'3frira__- (` `D. `If... J,-n A Barrie lawn bowlers held their an- nual meeting last Thursday night, and it was without doubtwone of the best in the history of the club, there being a large attendance. Quite a number of new members have been added to this year s membership. The reports made dlear not only that the past year was a successful one but that the-club is in excellent condition a and prospects are bright for a bump- T er SGESOH. ' T1,, , ' ` PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT FOR BOWLING IN BARRIE -1 .-. - I I6 PAGES {*________._. E:>X<>I0I0BDX<>X0I< >I0I0X0I0X0X0I4: _. - 4- -' -<'n"A"C !'I'IL_n1 r `V rA1 75* `Notices under this heading, 2c per ..-Ju;v .A.;uc\.v1u. \_JUull1S5lU, 8 aenclt of $1,109.64 as compared with the- surplus of 1920 at $6,628.41. w E3 `\`l ..4:..._ .-_.I-_ A- I - Sf causes anove mentioned-to $6,853.-' 29, against which is charged principal and interest on debentures paid of $3,476.93 and depreciation on plant and equipment of $4,486.00, show. ing, on the method authorized by the 'Hydro Electric Commission, a deficit: nf A no nnvn-us-o--1 --11-'- 4` ,{:_--------. ,-__ _--_, u.-. rvvvvla The net prot on operations for 1920-including the interest receiv-. ed on securities and other accounts--.' 1;vasA$14,338.84. For the year 1921, however, this dropped--due to the causes above mentioned-to $6,853.-' 29- against wlninln in ..1...........a ....:..-:..-x _-_-,. -...~.., vv .yx,-xuu.au nu 1:151. [ T'VIi`here is a very satisfactory in." crease in the gross prot on the sale of supplies shown, and this partial'Iy~ offsets the loss on power. TL- _-A r- ".t1".'.l.l;1 e`i`;1:3J;e2ase in the Town s `share of the decit of the Hydro EI- ectric Power Commission which, from In nraotinnllu nnmhnoi ..I........... :. -nan Iecbru: rower uommlssion which, a practically nominal charge in 1919 and 1920,. rose. to $4,408.73 in 1921._ rm....... :_ - _-.-- - `.lIl\lLU (5 `IL uuumug career. In company with -a Mr. Moberly of Buffalo, a draughtsman who resided here a while, Leonard went to Buffalo about three years ago, where, with Moberly,` he was engaged with the Sterling Marine Engine'Co. He at- tended the Buffalo Art `School at the same time and subsequently exhibit- ed drawings` and color sketches in Buffalo. Some of his drawings were also exhibited at the Barrie Agricul- 1 tural Fair last year, and his work . gave promise of positive success. He ` passed most of the last year in Bar- ' rie. .He was a memberof the Trinity Church choir and the Trinity Base- " hall Club. His parents reside at 66 John street. Arthur Lines, his fa- ' ther, is an electrician for the G.T.R. 5 His sisters are Gladys and Doris, and 5 the brothers, William, Arthur and Harvey. . - lI!-..L:... -- - J 1 I . 1 I 1. The refund authorized by the Hydro Electric Power Commission of one month's average charge. 2. The reduction in power ratea `for 1920. On account of only open. ating the latter part of the period of that year. the full effect was not felt: until 1921. I...-ya. `wus- , 3. The reduction in power rates jin June, 1921. ' I A rm..- :..-,.--,, - -- - ....l.. ......n Elrectric Light Department The consumption of power in 1921 ;was 15 per'cent. more than in 1920. `The gross profit, however, decreasezi .fr0m $17,198.52 to $9,448.96. This decrease in gross prot is due to four- causes:- H._..............,,_-, In] p1U\/IUC 101' U18 0Vl`- draft in the Wood Account. Waterworks Department The result of the operations for this department for the year shows an increase in the surplus of from $1,157.71.in 1920 to $2,799.92 in 1921. This increase is not only due to larger earnings but to decreaseci -operating expenses of nearly $1,000. The result is. therefore satisfactory from all aspects. l....--s_ : _._._.... ..,..u.uu5 crcuu, on me 1fQW_I.'i, 'Clerk s ability and thorou hness:,_ _ 8' Shows Improved Finances ` i It is with pleasure that we report- Ean improvement in the Town s cur- `rent nancial position. An overdraft rlon this account at Dec. 31, 1920, of $8.098.08 has been reduced to a de- 'cit of only $2,170.23. Another year: `of such improvement will ;~`.".ce the Townin a particularly strong narxs cial position._ We would, however, draw attention to the necessity of continuing to provide for the `draft in The auditors emphasize that all`: their requirements were fully com. plied with-, which implies their work`:-, was facilitated by accurate reports; from the Town's accounting depart- .ment. reecting credit on the Town, llClerk ability thoroughness; - 4- -"n'-g~A`vAuv 11:7 (SdMlNG Evniwsw ......... no nuaucquu L8. The insurance carried by the Town, totals $36,500, as follows: Town Hall` $15,000; Police Cou_rt, Council'Cham- lber and contents, $6,500; Fire: Hall, $6,000, contents $4,000, and $5,000 on the re truck,.covering motor can, re accident, etc. l'I'\1 To was his tweniy-fseconid year; His tragic fate is believed to have cut `short a promising career." In nnnnna-nu ....'J.L - 11-. an 1 - -