SB 483 • B213 1901 Copy l SPECIAL ITEMIZED REPORT -OF THE BOW OF POM EINUHIIIEK -TO THE- JOINT INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE ■OF THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE CITY COUNCIL. Wm, J. C. Dulany Co., Printers, Baltimore, Md. 1901. Special Itemized Repor' ^r^ OF THE JoaV* ..vera,, OF Joint Committee of the Two Branches of the City Council, Appointed on October 17TH, 1901, for the Purpose of Investigating the Accounts of the Board. A PRESENTATION OF FACTS: Accompanied by Tabulated Statements in the Nature of Exhibits, Showing the Total Receipts— and from what sources derived— Since January ist, 1900, up to and including the 18th day of October, 1901; and showing the Nature, Purpose and Amount of all Debts, Paid and Unpaid, Contracted during that time, with References to Ledger Folios and thence to the Bills or Vouchers themselves for Verification. Placed in the hands of the Chairman of the Committee Wednesday, November 13th, igoi. Wm. J. C. Dulany Co., Printers, Baltimore, Md. >>^0| By transfer MAY 2 1910 SPECIAL ITEMIZED REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS. November 13th, 1901. To the Honorable the Joint Special Park Board Investigation Committee: Gentlemen: With this the Park Board of Baltimore City sends you, in compliance with the resolution passed by your body requesting it to be done, two tabulated statements marked Nos. 1 and 2, showing all the receipts of and payments made for bills contracted by the Board of the present adminis- tration during the year 1900 and the year 1901 up to and in- cluding the 1 8th day of October, 1901. CONVENIENT ARRANGEMENT. You will find the expenditures divided as to the different parks, and the different purposes for which the money was spent, with references opposite each item to the ledger folios, and thence to the bills themselves, which will enable such items and entries to be examined and verified. This state- ment is a transcript from our ledger, arranged in the way we thought most convenient for reference and verification. Statement "No. 3" is a copy of a list of bills aggregating $130,707.12, too lengthy for publication, paid during the year 1900, made by two employes of the city, one from the Comptroller's office and the other from the Tax office, who did so at the request of the Mayor. An examination of such bills, exclusive of those for in- terest and sinking fund, shows that to the amount of.... $23,139 55 They were contracted in the year 1899, and prior to the 1st of March, 1900, by our predecessors. It will also appear that the expenditures for salaries and labor in 1900, before our appointment, amounted to 20,797 30 Sinking fund and interest on loans for the year 1900 amounted to 53, 514 68 Making ' $ 97,451 53 The receipts for the year 1900 were 296,594 73 97,45i 53 And leaving.... $199,143 20 to be expended by our Board for salaries, labor and supplies con- tracted during the remaining ten months of the year. FIRST QUARTER RECEIPTS. By reference to the financial statement submitted to your Committee by the Comptroller, it will be seen that the receipts to March i, 1900, were $72,085.30, and a reference to the books, either in the Comptroller's or the Park Board's office, will show the receipts from rents, fines, etc., for the month of March, 1900, to have been $106.85, so that the entire receipts for the first quarter of 1900 were $72,877.82. Of this the previous Board, as shown by the Comptroller's statement, paid out $28,072.50 in January and February, 1900, and left a bal- ance of February bills due of $16,373.77, so that of the first quarter's receipts the previous Board in two months consumed $44,446.27 for expenses, exclusive of pay-rolls. Add to this $20,797.30, the amount paid out for services and labor during the two months of 1900 the previous Board had control, and you have a total of $65,243.57, or over nine-tenths (9-10) of the first quarter's receipts consumed in two-thirds of the quarter, leaving the incoming Board less than one-tenth (1-10) of the receipts to maintain for one-third of the quarter all the parks and squares maintained by previous Boards, and in addition thereto Eutaw Place, Broadway Squares, Harlem Park, Perkins Spring, L,afayette Square, Franklin Square, Union Square, Eastern City Springs, Madison Square, Jack- son Square, Fulton Avenue Squares, Park Place, Wilkens Avenue Squares, Mount Vernon and Washington Place, Lib- erty Triangle, Linden Avenue Triangle, and all monuments in the city. HANDICAPPED IN BEGINNING. Had the previous Board not contracted, in 1899, $21,780.93 more than it could pay for — which are the figures on the Comptroller's tabulated statement — the incoming Board would have had for one-third of the quarter, as it should have had, one-third of $72,877.82 (the first quarter's receipts), or $24,292.64, instead of only $7,634.25, so that the new admin- istration was handicapped in the beginning to the extent of $18,658.39, and necessarily carried over many bills from one quarter to another, until at the close of the last quarter it was necessary to carry over $18,751.68 into the first quarter of the present year. Statement No. 4 is a copy of a list — too lengthy for publi- cation — prepared in the Comptroller's office, of bills aggregat- ing $81,840.75, paid in the year 1901, and from which it will appear, with the corrections we have noted, that among them were bills contracted during the year 1900 to the extent of $18,751.68; so that in both 1900 and 1901 we have paid bills to the extent of many thousands of dollars contracted during the preceding year, and an examination as to other years will disclose the fact that this has been always done. OTHER STATEMENTS. Statement No. 5 shows in the minutest detail the amount expended for the construction of greenhouses to have been, in the four larger parks, $41,774.96, which will result in a saving of about $15,000 per annum, and in three years the structures, m which will all be of permanent and increasing value and use- fulness for all time to come, will have been far more than paid for by such saving. Statement No. 6 is a transcript of figures from the City Register's office, showing receipts and disbursements from 1890 to 1900, inclusive, from which it will appear that during those years the actual payments were nearly always more than the receipts. In 1891 the actual payments were $39,770.- 06 more than the receipts. In 1892 $12,442.70 more, and in six more of the eleven years they were beyond receipts, but for smaller amounts. This does not show unpaid bills in those years, because the Register's office only has figures of bills actually paid, but there always were unpaid bills carried over from year to year, which, without the payroll, as shown when our Board came in, amounted to $21,780,93, as shown by the Comp- troller's tabulated statement recently furnished you. This does not show on the Register's statement — No. 6 — for the. reason named, but even it shows the sum of $5,666.25 paid in excess of receipts. Statement No. 7 consists of extracts from the minutes of the Board from March n, 1897, to November 9, 1899, and shows the difficulties of former Boards, and that there never was a year when any of them could have paid promptly all the expenses of that year; and in addition to these state- ments, we have thought it might not be inappropriate to furnish some additional information, and, therefore, have added the following: INADEQUATE PROVISION. The history of the Park Board, almost from its inception to the present time, shows that it was frequently in need of money, for the reason that the provision made for it was in- adequate. The citizens of Baltimore have never been taxed at all directly or contributed in any degree to the funds used for park purposes, with perhaps a single exception as at present informed, in its early history, when the City Council t appropriated about $10,000 to build a barn and stable, now located near the Druid Hill avenue entrance to Druid Hill Park. With this exception, so far as we have learned, none of the Parks of Baltimore has cost the taxpayers a cent, and yet every now and then some person speaks of the expenditure of the park fund, as if it were money taken from the taxpayers and their interests were at stake. This idea that the tax- payer's money is used for park purposes has been repeatedly stated, and the citizens generally, who cannot be expected to know such things, are not at all to blame if they suppose the park fund is obtained, like other city funds, by direct tax- ation . FUNDS DIVERTED. The truth is that the United Railways, because of legisla- tion requiring it to be done, pays to the city for the use of the Park Board, with a view to its being expended in accord- ance with the provisions of the Charter for the maintenance and support of the different parks, about $300,000, and in addition to this the United Railways pay taxes to a large amount on its property. Instead of this sum of $300,000 being at the disposal of the Park Board to be expended as the Charter says it should be — for the maintenance and support of the parks — about $53,400 each year is deducted from it by the city authorities to pay interest upon loans made by the city for money used in the purchase of parks, and for the sinking fund, to pay the bonds or obligations given by the city, for the purchase of Druid Hill and other parks. This is done by Act of the Legislature, supplemented by ordinances, so that about $53,400 is not at the disposal of the Park Board for the maintenance and support of the parks, as the Charter says it should be, but is diverted and taken away to pay the interest upon these obligations of the city, instead of being used for the legitimate purpose for which it was intended. Of course, this is not the fault of this administration, which must administer the law as it finds it, but it is a fault which should be remedied, because the result, as stated, is that instead of the Park Board having $300,000 to pay the many expenses of all the parks and squares of the City of Baltimore, it has only about $246,600. UNJUSTIFIABLE STATEMENTS. It seems to us that the citizens of Baltimore should under- stand this situation and the responsibilities of the Park Board, and the demands it is necessarily required to meet; and if they do understand it, they should not countenance or endure the unjustifiable statements which have been made in refer- ence to park affairs. For instance, figures which were all true in reference to the Board's receipts and expenditures have been quoted and com- mented upon as if they showed at this time something entirely unusual and unheard of; while, in fact, such conditions have always existed. Having premised that Park Boards, from the time of the acquisition of the parks up to the present, found the amount from time to time at their disposal insufficient — especially at certain periods of the year — for matters absolutely necessary to be provided for, let us come down to a very recent period. The Board appointed under the present administration, in March, 1900, found that its predecessors had not paid all claims contracted by it, so that the Department of Parks under the present administration, taking the Comptroller's figures, started out with $16,373.77 of unpaid bills on hand, contracted before it took charge. FROM FORTIETH ANNUAL REPORT. The Fortieth Annnal Report of the Park Board, compiled by our predecessors, contains the following (pages 5, 6 and 7): "The present Board entered upon its duties March 1, 1898. During the year 1898 the Board was compelled to rigidly exclude nearly all permanent improvements, in order to accommodate itself to the reduced revenue of that year, as the City Passenger Railway Company had advanced to the former Board, in 1897, $15,000 of the Park Tax, which would otherwise have been paid in 1898, and been available for such purposes in that year." "By careful analysis of the Treasurer's report, it will be found that all these matters combined have required a larger expenditure than the year 1898. A portion of these Park improvements might have been left unfinished until the next year, but it was our judgment that it would be the truest economy to complete the same during the active season be- fore the approach of the winter months, although it necessi- tated the members of the Board personally advancing to the Treasurer $6,500." DEBTS OF PREDECESSORS. So that not only is the present condition not unusual, but the receipts of 1900 were depleted to the extent of over $68,000, including payrolls, interest and sinking fund due prior to March 1, to pay expenditures incurred by our pre- decessors; and in the year 1901 this present Board has paid debts of the Board of 1900 to the extent of $18,751,68, and in addition to this has had taken away from it by the Ordinance of Hstimates, about $15,000, for an electric lighting plant in Druid Hill Park, which is not yet installed, and the money for which has not yet been expended, but is in the hands of the city today, and in addition has had to pay its usual lighting charges, amounting, October i, to $19,588.37. IMPROVEMENTS BY NEW BOARD. The present Board found the larger part of Carroll Park to consist, instead of a park or ground at all, of a multitude of holes and excavations, from which clay had been taken for the manufacture of brick, all of which had to be filled up with a vast quantity of material, and probably 40,000 loads have thus far been put in — the refuse from buildings, such as the old Customhouse, for example, and other places — in order to level it and render it possible to be used for park purposes at all; by putting top soil upon it, and otherwise preparing it, but in spite of all this difference a large portion of such ground has been filled up and reclaimed, so that green grass now appears, and more of the ground is constantly being filled in day and night. INCREASING WORK. Clifton Park, while in a fine state during the life of Mr. Hopkins, has required an enormous amount of work in the way of widening and opening the roads and getting the ground in condition for park purposes, and an expenditure, which was not at all necessary in years gone by, when the parks of the city were only Druid Hill and Patterson, so that the situation is not only changed, in reference to what is necessary to be done in the parks named, but all the squares and streets and monuments and springs, and everything which has heretofore been in the charge of independent commis- sioners, have, since March, 1900, devolved upon the Park Board. The new Park Board has added six squares on Fulton avenue, and everywhere it has been necessary all over the city, and in every square in the city, to resoil them, so as to get even the grass to grow, a matter which had been neg- lected in all of them, with the exception, perhaps, of Park Place and some other notable instances. IO So far as the financial management of the affairs of the Park Board, under the Board appointed in 1900 is concerned, it was in charge of most competent and efficient men of the finance committee of that Board, namely Messrs. Douglas H. Thomas and John B. Ramsay. And as to the purchase of supplies, a thoroughly efficient and competent committee had that in charge, namely, Messrs. Edward L. Bartlett and Howard T. Williams. There was also committees on the different parks, each committee consisting of two members of the Board. THE NEW PLANS. As to next year, inasmuch as the greenhouses have been completed, or nearly so, and there only remains in contem- plation the new barn in place ot the old one, which it is de- sired to remove, and the extension of the Palmhouse at Druid Hill, it is evident that the receipts, especially when the increased travel is taken into consideration, will be en- tirely sufficient for all needs next year. Under the Rules of the Park Board, the secretary, in addi- tion to his other duties, is required to make a monthly report of payments, and this is faithfully done, and in addition an account is kept which shows the debts incurred daily, accord- ing to the requisitions and reports of the superintendents. Prior to 1901 the Park Board was not subject to the Board of Estimates, and hence until this year the manner of con- ducting business, which had always before prevailed, has been followed, so that no one was entirely acquainted with what was necessary, and the requirement was made this year for the first time to comply with the new plans. NEW SYSTEM OF CONTRACTING DEBTS. As to the Committee on Supplies, the rules required only that the members should certify to the bills as correct before they were paid, which they faithfully did, but there never was a requirement of any Park Board to certify to bills when ordered or the debts contracted. Nor was the secretary 1 1 informed of the amount before the bills were presented and certified to by the Committee on Supplies, and hence it was impossible for him to say daily, as can be done now, under the present management, what debts had been incurred prior to the time when the bills were presented for payment. Here- tofore, when there was not enough money in the receipts for any year, the bills were carried over into the next year, and paid out of the receipts of that year, a very simple process, which resulted in not confining expenditures to the year in which they were incurred, and a practice which it was the design of the new Charter and of this administration to prevent . In applying this change to this — the first complete year of the present Board — the contraction has been severe and sudden, in the sense that the occasion for it was not under- stood and known, but now that it has been accomplished, the expenditure of the park funds can be so controlled that the incurring of debts beyond the amount appropriated may hereafter be prevented. The Committee on Supplies consisted of competent and ex- perienced gentlemen, who only ordered such things as were proper and necessary, and certified to the bills when due, so that they did their duty properly in that regard. The duty of the Committee of Finance was to estimate the receipts and expenditures, which was fully accomplished by the requisi- tions to the Board of Estimates, and they were further re- quired to report the amounts used for improvements. DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT. The President's duties are also fixed by Rules, as follows: "The President shall preside at all the meetings of the Board, and shall have the power to decide upon all questions necessary. He shall sign all pay-rolls. He shall call special meetings of the Board whenever he deems it necessary, or when requested to do so by two members of the Board. He shall appoint all standing committees, and likewise all special committees, unless otherwise provided for by a resolution of the Board. He shall perform all other executive duties not otherwise provided for by the action of the Board, and pre- pare an annual report to the Mayor and City Council. ROADS IN DRUID HILL. When the present Board took charge most of the roads in Druid Hill Park were in bad condition — part of them worn out to the foundation and all needed repair — the Rotten Rock Quarry, the only source of supply for material to make or repair roads, had not been worked in winter, as was usually done in other years, and there was no material on hand; then the system was to have the stone cracked by hand, and we, as soon as practicable, put ail men possible at work getting out material; we doubled the gangs and worked them over- time, so anxious were we to repair the roads, as it was one of the first things determined upon after this Board was appointed, but with all that effort we were only able, in addi- tion to extensive repairs to many of the roads, which, of course, took many thousands of perches of material, to entirely reconstruct one road, viz., from the Columbus Statue to Pros- pect Hill, and that road we are willing shall be inspected and judged by anybody competent to do so. The rotten rock, which exists in abundance in the Sunken Quarry to the west of Prospect Hill, is, when properly put down, about the best material for a pleasure road, as it will pack, with the use of our new roller, hard enough not to wash or get in ruts, and still have enough elasticity to afford pleas- ant and smooth riding, in which it is superior to the hard Milestone at the western end of Druid L,ake and in front of the Wallace Statue. IMPROVEMENTS BEGUN. At the time we were appointed there was no proper road roller in Druid Hill Park, and never had been. There was a very large roller suitable for macadam or turnpike roads — so suitable that when the City Engineer's Department was repairing Pimlico or Park Heights avenue, or doing similar work, our roller was borrowed without compensation. It was always unsuitable for park work as it mashed down our material too much, and made the portion nearer the gutter lower than the gutter. Hence it was difficult to have rain water carried off properly, and as it was likely to settle at some spot and injure the road, it was almost impossible to keep them in proper order. To remedy this condition we arranged to have the City Engineer's Department buy our roller for $1,700, which was the price of a new six-ton roller suitable for our work. This we purchased, and with it con- structed the road from Columbus Statue to Prospect Hill. We now have the best sort of roller for our work to be gotten anywhere, and with it can and will put all the roads in first- class condition. We found that hand work would not get out rotten rock fast enough, even with increased force, and as there was a stone-crusher at the disused hard-stone quarry, we decided to have it re-erected at the Rotten Rock Quarry, because we could get four sizes of stone, and at least four times the quantity, with less men than we had been using. We invited bids for this work, which ran from two to eight hundred dollars, and we had it done for $200, built it, and had it, as well as the roller, in service repairing the roads, when we were obliged to stop and discharge the men. But for this all the roads in Druid Hill Park requiring attention would now be in first-class order. The cause and reason for this, or the lack of them, we do not mean now to discuss, but we had enough material crushed to do much needed repairing and to resurface entirely, recently, the South Approach road nearly up to the Lake Turn. We will shortly, and before the weather becomes severe enough to prevent road work, have enough material gotten out to resurface the entire eastern portion of Druid Lake drive, and repair such of the western portion as requires it, so that as we have gotten our payroll to such an average as to permit it, the crusher and roller will be run and used the balance of this season to the fullest capacity. During the winter months so much additional material will be gotten out and crushed of the size required, 14 to enable us in the next season to put in entirely perfect order all the roads in Druid Hill Park. We have lost about four and one-half months by the stoppage, but next season it will all be made up. The road round Druid Lake was not constructed by any Park Board. Hence this department is not responsible for its defects. It was constructed years back by the Water Board, and was always so low in the center that water would not run off, but all this will be remedied in the reconstruction we will make this season. CARE OF SQUARES. The squares, such as Franklin, Madison, etc., and places such as Eutaw, Fulton Avenue, etc., were placed in charge of the Park Board for the first time, when the present Board was appointed in March, 1900, and how to take care of them was a problem. We first divided them into six districts, with an assistant superintendent for each district, but after a few months' trial found it unsatisfactory, and then adopted the present plan of four districts, divided as nearly equal as prac- ticable, and each district in charge of one of our four park superintendents, with Riverside and Federal Hill in charge of an additional superintendent, the division being as follows: Druid Hill District. — Fulton, Eutaw, Harlem, Park Place, Brewer and Liberty Triangle Squares. Clifton District. — Johnston, Collington, Mount Royal Ter- race, Mount Royal, Bolton, Taney Place and Mt. Vernon Squares. Carroll District. — Wilkens Avenue, Union, Franklin, Lafayette and Perkins Spring Squares. Patterson District. — Broadway, Madison, Jackson and Eastern City Springs Squares. This has proved so satisfactory that in Druid District, for example, we have employed for the entire district less men than have heretofore been employed in Druid Hill Park alone, and in the other districts the result has also been equalty g-ood. 15 NOT THOROUGHLY REALIZED. But little more money has been spent in 190 1 than appro- priated; in fact, not as much up to October 18 as appears by Statement Nos. 1 and 2, but bills have been contracted which, because of the back expenditures of 1899 and 1900, would amount to more than the appropriation for 1901. The payment of these amounts, however, has all been pro- vided for in the Ordinance of Estimates of 1902, and hence not only will nobody lose anything, but there never was any prospect of anybody losing anything, and while the Charter and all laws should be strictly adhered to, we think we hazard little in saying that there are other departments and other people by whom the requirements have not been reali- zed or understood. Indeed, some of its requirements are not realized by the most experienced, of which frequent instances are constantly occurring, not that intentional violations would be thereby justified, but when this is the first year that such requirements have existed, it may not be sur- prising that they have not been thoroughly realized, and when it is understood that no one has lost or can lose any- thing because of the transactions of this Board, and that the city will be largely and permanently beautified and benefited by what we have done, we are content to have our inten- tions, plans, purposes and results passed upon. WORK ACCOMPLISHED. Among other things, we have done the following : Taken down the iron fence on North avenue on each side of the Mount Royal entrance, as well as stone posts and fence running north; had them sold and the money paid to the Comptroller. Established at Mount Royal gate one of the handsomest rhododendron beds in the country and another at Madison avenue gate, as well as five magnificent beds about Eutaw and Madison avenue, including azalea and roses, and a fine new one on Mount Royal avenue. A fine bed at Sea Eion i6 Pond, a large rhododendron bed at Green Spring avenue gate, and many new rhododendrons and other plants in the sunken ground near that gate. Opened about five miles of horseback paths through woods in Druid Hill Park. Made long new footpath north of Druid L,ake. Made new bridle path from Pumphouse west. Planted two rows of shade trees on South Approach. Removed wagon shed from opposite Evergreen Terrace. Opened new entrance to Druid Hill Park at the intersection of Fulton avenue and Evergreen Terrace, and many other things which can be shown upon inspection. At Clifton Park, finished new avenue to Belair road. Opened new road to Erdman avenue. Opened new avenue to Harford road, connecting Montebello with Clifton Park; so Clifton is now practically almost twice the size and amount of usefulness as when we took charge. Our Board inaugurated and continued the agitation, in conse- quence of which about thirteen acres south of L,ake Monte- bello was acquired by the city, and the uniting of Clifton and Montebello made practicable. Inaugurated and continued the efforts because of which Grasshopper Hill will be acquired. Completed the addition to Clifton Park at the corner of Erdman avenue and Harford road. Purchased addition to Carroll Park, corner of Columbia avenue and Bayard street. Restored conservatory in Patterson Park to use, after it had been closed a year or two. Brought Patterson Park, which was much out of order, into fine condition, including grounds and roads, and did in all of the parks and squares many things necessary to bring them all into a condition believed to be superior to that heretofore existing, all of which an inspection will show. Purchased and paid for Gwynn's Falls Park, which will become one of the most attractive and useful of all of the parks. i7 Purchased Fort Avenue Park, title now being examined by the City Solicitor. AS TO THE BILLS. The greenhouses were largely built by our own labor, and under the system pursued by the Board of Awards, contracts had been entered into between the City and the dealers fur- nishing all such material as brick, lumber, glass, paint, and, in fact, almost everything required, at the lowest prices, ascertained after competitive bidding, so that when it was determined to erect the greenhouses the Committee on Sup- plies, after ascertaining the material required, gave the order for it, and when the bills were presented approved them, if correct, so in building these houses the Board had the advan- tage of the lowest prices obtainable. It will be found that some of the bills were for more than $500, but, of course, where such bills were rendered by parties with whom the City already had contracts, awarded by the Board of Awards, the law as to the advertisement of com- petitive bidding had already been complied with, and no other advertisement was either required or would have been proper in reference to such materials. Again, bills beyond $500 may be found to include more than one order, and nowhere have purchases been made by the Committee on Supplies beyond the sum of $500. Prior to the Act of 1900 the expenditures of the Park Board were not subject to the Ordinance of Estimates, and the Ordi- nance of 1 901 (this present year) is the first one passed in which its expenditures have been allowed by Ordinance. Prior to that time they were regulated only by the Board, and paid by the City Officials, upon their approval, and even under the new Charter it was provided that the Board should have the disposal of its revenues; it being made subject to the Charter because of an amemdment to that instrument passed by the Legislature of 1900, at the request of the Mayor, as we have been informed. IS BILLS PAID BY COMPTROLLER. Another matter we wish to have understood is this, namely: That the Park Board keeps no bank account, has no money for any purpose, as all the money received from the railways is paid directly to the Comptroller, as well as money for the smallest articles sold, rents collected and any and everything. All bills must be approved by the Comptroller before they are paid, and are paid by checks signed by the Register and the Mayor, so that all those bills carried over from the year 1899, an ^ those contracted in 1900, before our Board took charge, amounting to $43,936.85, were approved and paid by those three officials; so also all bills of the present Board con- tracted in 1900 — last year — amounting to $86,830.53, were also approved and paid in the same way, so that their pay- ment was fully known to those officials. These are a few of the matters which we have thought would be of assistance to your committee, although many things we necessarily omitted on account of lack of space, but shall be glad to give all and any further information that you may desire. By order of the Board, (Signed) J. V. Kelly, Secretary. 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V M U") IH co r^ CT< iO CO O m M OfOO i-ii-.cn O >o O r-» U0 t^ OSCO <-T t>T CN~ 01 u cS w 2C 'O to 3 K „ o St) o 1-1 'a < ON CT> O ON in o_ -r ON N IN rO &) o to ">" 'S "53 o o u u « "cfi o o o o W o 8 o PQ onC o ■« ^2 ,15 Sh O +3 rt o S3 O ON o W M D 4j o ^ CT- O U o a a a H 00a — 'O rt ^ o -, oa o 37 EXHIBIT No. 5 Estimated Cost of Greenhouses in Each of the Parks, from the Beginning of their Construction in October 1900 to Date. DRUID HILL PARK. Material. Lumber and Millwork — Number. October, 1900, 40 Gill & Son $ 7731 November, 1900, 27 Duker and Co 102 55 November, 1900, 41 Gill & Son 5024 December, 1900, 24 Duker & Co 133 50 December, 1900, 42 Gill & Son 89 29 January, 1901, 39 Gill & Son 29 60 February, 1901, 61 Gill & Son 540 March, 1901, 62 Gill & Son 10208 March, 1901, 58 Duker & Co 4800 June, igor, File Gill & Son 34 73 July, 1901, File Duker & Co 21 60 August, 1901, File Duker & Co 453 10 August, igor, File Gill & Son 173 23 September, 1901, File Gill & Son 107 28 October, 1901, File Duker & Co 900 $1,436 9 1 Constructural Iron and Piping — November, 1900, File Crook, Horner $221 55 December, 15, 1900, 7 Crook, Horner 364 98 December, 31, 1900, 12 Crook, Horner 301 69 April, 1901, File Crook, Horner 21 18 May, 1901, File Crook, Horner 3 55 June, 1901, File Basshor Co 64 08 $977 03 Glass, Putty, Paint, Etc.— November, 1900 20 Bolton Bros $164 35 December, 1900 15 Bolton Bros 14 30 August, igor, File Bolton Bros r, 609 84 $1,788 49 Bricks- July, 1901, File September, igor, File Baltimore Brick Co. Baltimore Brick Co. $ 80 00 792 25 12 25 38 Cement — Number. March, 1901, 65 Clarke & Son $ 13 50 June, 1901, File Bullock & Son ior 30 Juh^, 1901, File Bullock & Son 102 50 August, 1901, File Bullock & Sou 165 30 September, 1901, File Bullock & Son 1 25 September, 1901, File Clarke & Son 35 00 $418 85 Hardware — August, 1901, File Brown & Son $10 55 September, 1901, File Brown & Son 15 51 $26 06 Boilers — November 14, 1900, (L. B.) H. B. Smith Co $47° 00 October 5, 1900, (Exp. Bk.) Crook, Horner 495 00 $965 00 Ventilating — November, 1900, 9 Crook, Horner $10 40 fio 40 Total cost of material $ 6,494 99 Outside Labor. Steam Fitting — November 9, 1900, to Feb. 7, 1901, 59 Crook, Horner $ 688 60 Aug. and Sept., 1901, File Crook, Horner 1,073 43 Bricklaying — January, 1901, 67 Burke |66 50 February, 1901, File Burke 21 00 April, 1901, File Burke 2841 May, 1901, File Burke 32 03 August, 1901, File Plaenker & P 805 26 September, 1901, File Plaenker & P 32 25 October, 1901, File Plaenker & P 32 64 Tinning — August, 1901, File Koehlepp $8400 Total of outside labor and material Labor (Park Payroll). Carpenters, 311 days, at $2.50 per day $777 50 Painters, 26 days, at $ 2.00 per day 52 00 Laborers, 542 days, at $1.66% per day 903 00 Foreman, 135 days, at $2.00 per day 270 00 Carts, 714 days, at $2.25 per day 1,606 50 Waterboy, 210 days, at 50 cents 105 00 Hntire cost of Greenhouses (estimated) 51,762 03 - $1,049 29 ,39° 3 1 $8,714 00 $13,104 31 39 CLIFTON PARK. Material. Lumber and Millwork — Number. October, 1900, 40 Gill & Son $12574 November, 1900, 41 Gill & Son 125 12 November, 1900, 29 Duker & Co 291 10 December, 1, 1900, 28 Duker & Co 373 70 December, 5, 1900, 30 Duker & Co 15000 December, 1900, 42 Duker & Co 255 18 January, 1901, 39 Gill & Son 190 76 January, 1901, 22 Duker & Co 2 75 February 12,1901, 61 Gill & Son 20 74 July 18, 1901, File Duker & Co 2280 $1-557 59 Constructural Iron and Piping — November 6, 1900, 4 Stebbens $ 49 43 December 1, 1900, 35 Crook, Horner 360 16 Decembers, 1900, 8 Crook, Horner 407 01 December 14, 1900, 6 Crook, Horner 10 80 January, 1901, 38 W. W. Kirk 228 43 February, 1901, 38 W. W. Kirk no 25 $r,i66 08 Glass, Putty, Paint, Etc.— November, 1900, 18 Bolton Bros $5 l 3 7° December, 1900, 17 Bolton Bros 674 97 February 1, 1901, 36 Bolton Bros 73 23 Feb. 6,-12, 1901, 37 Bolton Bros 3001 $1,291 91 Bricks — December 14, 1900, 45 Baltimore Brick Co.... $20 00 $20 00 Cement — January 17, 1901 51 Bullock & Son $10 06 April 30, 1901, 64 Bullock & Son 1009 $20 15 Hardware — December, 1900, 44 Brown & Son $ 4 68 January, 1901 43 Brown & Son 51 30 September, 1901, 12 Brown & Son 241 $58 39 Boilers — November 1, 1900, (L.B.) H. B. Smith $375 00 $375 00 Ventilating Apparatus- November 27, 1900, 66 Carmody $8900 $89 00 Total cost material $4,578 12 4 o Outside Labor. Steam Fitting — Number. November, 1900, 38 W. W. Kirk $ 53 89 December, 1900, Pile Crook, Horner 190 00 January, 1901, File Crook, Horner 191 00 January, 1901, 3S W. W. Kirk 233 95 February, 1901, 38 W. W. Kirk 165 00 Tinning — December 31, 1900, 3 E. Mills, Jr $10865 Total outside labor and material Labor (Park Payrolls). Carpenters, 328 days, at $2.50 per day $820 00 Painters, 138 days, at $2.00 per day 276 00 Bricklaying, 72 days, at $2.50 per day 180 00 Laborers, (special), 149 days, at $1.66% per day 248 33^3 Laborers, (general), 376 days, at $2.50 per day 626 6673 Entire cost of greenhouses (estimated) $833 84 $108 65 5.52o 61 $2,151 00 $7,671 61 PATTERSON PARK. Haterial. Lumber and Millwork — Number. October, 1900, 32 Matthews $ 152 07 October, 1900, 40 Gill & Son 281 24 November, 1900, 33 Matthews 11 55 November, 1900, 41 Gill & Son 419 S3 December, 1900, 23, 26, 21 Duker & Co 321 79 December, 1900, 42 Gill & Sou 78 29 February, 190 r, 61 Gill & Son 2200 March, 1901, 58 Duker & Co 75 40 March, 1901, 62 Gill & Son 568 03 April, 1901, File Gill & Son 199 18 May, 1901, File Gill & Son 2179 July, 1901, File Gill & Son 19484 $ 2,346 01 Constructural Iron and Piping — November, 1900, 48 Crook, Horner $ 16 22 December, 1900, 5 Stebbens 432 96 May, 1901, File Crook, Horner 38 41 July, 1901, File Crook, Horner 21 60 Aug., Sept., 1901, File Crook, Horner 262 64 $ 771 83 4* Glass, Putty, Paint, etc. — Number. November, 1901, 21 Bolton December, 1900, 14 Bolton 35 38 March, 1901, 57 Bolton 415 71 April, 1901, File Bolton 170 00 May, 1901, File Bolton 361 88 June, 1901, File Bolton 240 54 September, 1901, File Bolton 33 20 $ 1,679 93 Bricks — December, 1900, 53 Baltimore B. Co $15 50 April, 1901, File Baltimore B. Co 15 00 May, 1901, File Baltimore B. Co 20 00 August, 1901, 11, 9 Baltimore B. Co 3 50 $54 00 Cement — March, April, 1901, 64 Bullock $2259 May, 1901, File Bullock 10 00 June, 1901, File • Bullock 10 09 September, 1901, File Bullock 5 25 $47 93 Hardware — December, 1900, 44 Brown & Son $[S 26 Nos. 8, 25, 71, 76, Brown & Son 15 94 $34 20 Boilers — October 27, 1900, (L.B.) H. B. Smith $250 00 Ventilating Apparatus — November, 1900, 66 Carmody $18 00 February, 1901, 56 Kirk 20 13 April, 1901, 63 Carmody 21 00 59 r 3 Total cost of material $5,243 03 Outside Labor. Steam Fittings — September, 1900, 10 Crook, Horner $3^950 Nov., Dec, 1900, 50 Crook, Horner 300 21 June, 1901, File Crook, Horner 389 90 1,088 61 Total outside labor and material $6,331 64 4^ Labor Park Payroll). Laborers, $i.66 2 ^ per day, 147 days $245 00 Bricklayers, $3.00 per day, 37^3 days 137 00 Carpenters, $2. 50 per day, 161 days 372 50 Laborers, $i.66 2 3 per day, 29 4-8 days 49 09 (Painting and Glazing) Blacksmith, $2.00 per da}-, 37 days 74 00 Total cost of all the Greenhouses (estimated). $ S77 59 ,209 23 CARROLL PARK. Lumber and Millwork- October, 1900, October, 1900, November, 1900, November, 1900, December, 1900, February, 1901, March, 1901, April, 1901, July, 1901, August, 1901, Number. 34 40 25 4i 42 61 File File File File Constructural Iron and Piping- November 8, 1900, 55 November 13, 1900, 11 December 12, 1900, 47 February 28, 1901, File March 30, 1901, File April 11, 1901, File June, 1901, File July, 1901, File August, 1901, File September, 30, 1901, File September, 1901, File Glass, Putty, Paint, etc. — November, 1900, 19 December, 1900, 16 January, 1901, 52 April, 1901, 60 May, 1901, File June, 1901, File August, 1901, File naterial. T.Mathews $176 60 Gill & Son 344 94 Duker & Co 424 68 Gill & Son 58 36 Gill & Son 217 93 Gill & Son 45 41 Gill & Son 512 44 Gill & Son 592 86 Gill & Son 219 55 Gill & Son 226 24 $2,819 01 Stebbens $13908 Crook, Horner 57 08 Crook, Horner 69 00 Crook, Horner 40 78 Crook, Horner 6 30 Crook, Horner 5 79 Mallory 362 87 Mallory 39483 Mallory 466 69 Crook, Horner 314 69 Mallory 47449 $ 2,331 60 B olton $595 93 Bolton 20 64 Bolton 41 60 Bolton 85000 Bolton 68 00 Bolton 342 5S Bolton 105 05 $ 2,023 s° 43 Bricks — Number. AprilS, 1901, File Baltimore Brick Co.... $304 00 July 24, 1901, File Baltimore Brick Co.... 24 50 August 3, 1901, File Baltimore Brick Co.... 10075 $429 25 Cement — April, 1901, ' 64 Bullock $11990 July, 1901, File Bullock 1090 $130 80 Hardware — December, 1900, 44 Brown & Son $21 15 June, July & Aug. 1901, File Brown & Son 44 79 September, 1901, 34 Brown & Son 5 02 $70 96 Boilers — October 27, 1900, (L.B). H.B.Smith $375 00 June 19, 1901, (L.B). H. B. Smith 375 00 $750 00 Electric Wiring — December 7, 1900, 1 Walther & Co $3042 #30 42 Total cost of material $8,724 92 Outside Labor. Steam Fitting — September 30, 1900, 13 Crook, Horner $48 26 Nov. & Dec, 1900, 49 Crook, Horner 442 79 December 31, 1900, 46 Crook, Horner 118 41 April 16, 1901, File Crook, Horner 132 30 June, 1901, File Crook, Horner 240 00 July, 1901, File Crook, Horner 252 00 August, 1901, File Crook, Horner 234 00 September, 1901, File Crook, Horner 246 00 $L7i3 76 Bricklaying and Cementing — June, 1901, File Burk $179 1 Total outside labor and material $10,617 81 Labor (Park Payroll). 1 Boss Carpenter, 298 days at $3 00 per day $ 894 00 Carpenters, 426 days at 2 50 per day 1,065 00 Laborers, 345 days at 1 6673 per day 575 00 Carts, 96 days at 2 25 per day 216 00 Painters, 211 days at 2 00 per day 422 00 $3,172 00 Entire cost of Greenhouses (estimated) $ I 3,7S9 81 44 SUMMARY. Druid Hill Park- Materials $6,494 99 Outside labor 2,895 32 Park labor 3>7 r 4 00 $i3.io4 3i Clifton Park- Material $4,578 12 Outside labor 942 49 Park labor 2,151 00 $7,671 61 Patterson Park — Material $5,243 °3 Outside labor 1,088 61 Park labor 877 59 — $7,209 23 Carroll Park- Material $8,724 92 Outside labor 1,892 89 Park labor 3,172 00 $13,789 81 $41,774 96 EXHIBIT No. 6. Deputy Register's Statement. Cost of maintenance of Druid Hill and Patterson Parks, 1890, $127,- 305.35 from park tax; of all other squares and parks, $42,438.11 from direct tax (appropriation). Receipts of park tax, $170,130.37. Neither Collington Squares, Carroll Park, Federal Hill, Riverside Park nor Clifton Park were included in the above. In 1891 the cost of maintenance of above was $218,965.04, while the receipts from park tax were $179,194.98. Up to about this time the City Passenger Railway Company was accustomed to advance from $6,000 to $10,000 monthly, as far back as 1874, on account of the quarterly tax on which the city allowed five per cent, interest. Expenditures. Receipts. 1892 $211,66725 ($3,000 appropriated $199,23455 1893 218,953 37 for Music). 217,269 64 1894 224,691 81 225,80435 1895 237,462 38 238,675 15 1896 249,468 21 249,403 59 1897 266,844 92 266,449 98 1898 250,22808 251,69498 1899 277,306 49 272,858 28 I9°° 296,594 73 295,332 13 I hereby certify that the above is a correct statement, as shown by the records in this office. (Signed) J. SEWELL THOMAS, Deputy Register 45 EXHIBIT No. 7. Extracts from Minutes of the Board. March 11, 1897. Cost of maintenance to April 10, 1897 $12,448 00 Cash on hand 9.954 *4 Deficit $2,493 86 June 8, 1897. Cost of maintenance to July 10, 1897 $18,984^00 Cash on hand 5^32 Deficit $18,468 68 At this period expenses varied much, some months being about $12,000.00 and others about $19,000.00. On July 8, 1897, the deficiency of $12,432.96 was shown, and the sum of $1,523.57 to pay expenses from August to October, two months, about one-half enough. On November 11, 1897, the secretary was authorized to borrow the sum of $20,000.00 for sixty days on the best arrangements he could make, provided the Board had the power to do so, which question was referred to Mr. George R. Willis, who decided that there was no such power, but that an advance might be obtained from the railways, and on November 16, 1897, the secretary was authorized to obtain an advance of $15,000.00 from the railways and to pay six per cent, interest upon it, which was done and continued to be done from time to time until Mayor Hayes determined that it was illegal, and prohi- bited it shortly before the retirement of the predecessors of this Board, and required an advance obtained by them to be returned to the rail- way company, so that this Board never had the advantage of this practice. November 9, 1899. Bills awaiting adjustment $ 2 ,7 00 °° Bills for November, estimated 3>5°° °o Payrolls, November and December, estimated 15. 000 °° $21,200 00 Cash on hand 7, 178 3 2 Deficit, estimated $14,021 68 The treasurer's report of this date contains the following: "The increase in the amount of expenditures during the months of June, July, August and September was about $7,550.00, thus making an excess of expenditures over 1898 of $16,550.00, which amount would be covered by the estimated deficit for 1899, and provided a balance sufficient to carry this department until the receipts of the fourth quar- ter's tax in January next. "It was impossible to forsee this condition, as estimates were based upon the figures for 1898 for a basis, and we were not informed as to the extent of expenditures, and had called attention to the fact that 46 the money would not be sufficient to pay all the demands unless there was a decided decrease in the working force and the amount of material ordered. "The ratio of expenditures existing prior to July i, 1899, was not only maintained, but materially increased during the months mentioned and from the fact of the payment of bills being witheld during this period, this office had no means of determining the amount necessary to be paid out of the third quarter's receipts. "May I suggest that the payment of all billls be witheld and the working force in the separate parks be reduced to such an extent as to avoid showing deficit for the year 1899?" This was the official statement of the condition on that date, and the minutes containing that report were approved at the next regular meeting, held December 21, 1899, so that it can be readily seen what the condition was at that time — this was about three months before the present Board took charge. 000 883 299 7