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CROIX * Continued from Tribune Jan. 16th Ist Member for Christiansted Town (Canegata): Mr. Chairman. | agree that it mnignt ve a very desirable matter to see Iwo or more streets in both towns paved with concrete gutters and caros, but | am not in favor of the procedure here outlined, and 1 nope that the Counecil, whier. is tne trustee of the funds, will think carefully and decide how they should ecast their votes this afternoon. | expressed my oginion as oot oeing if favor of the ordinance in the Muaicipal Committee and | snall state the . reasoas that led me to that conclusion, The Licutenant Govervor said just now that the total balances in the Hurri cane Loan Kund, the Reserve Fund and the Immigration Fund are $32,000.00 of which you are asked to expend $13,000.00, or alittle more than that. Now, let us look for one minute at the obligation of those funds and see if we are not ap proaching owards the day when we shall dispose of ail availaole cash the Munic pality has, If that be the case we are on the right road. | do not think that that shouid bve the intention of the Councrl, tor every one knows the purpise for which those funds were established. Let e state, the first time that ao at tempt was made on -the Reserve Fund ST. CROIIX TRIBUNE when there were s6o,oooin that fund was in I€l6. At that time when the Municipanty was about to spend its mouey the Dauish Government came to the rescue and said: ‘‘We are williag to stand by you and assist to repair dam ages caused by the hurricane and will do it out of our own mouey and you reserve your fund until it grows larger.”’ ‘l'he next time was in 1923, at that time moaey was takea from the funds to buv La Grange Factory, the Central Factory, and the Cotton Gionery, in ail somethiog itke $106,000 00, Leaving out of considaration several minor projects and passing on in rapid succession, in 1925 a nurricane Sstruck this island and tne public funds were the only funds availabie to save and saved the situation. [hen came the collapse of the Bathle hem Factory. At thattim2 th2 pub ic fuods were not sufficient to take eare of the situation and carry the burder. as In 1923, bat what could be spared was used to feed the people, establish gardens and avert a complete coliapse. [hatl think is a rough aod brief history of the pub lic fund'. This 1s a country subject to droughts as well as hurricanes. You may say that Congress will come to our rescue, but tne hurricane season ie from July rto Oc tover, and Congress meets in Jaouary; and oy the time you get a petition before that body th:ee mootas at least, or more, will have e lapsed after the damage has been doane. We come to the s*atus of tne funds as they are today, [ thing $32.000.00, the figure given, 1s the cash balances on hand, you cannot consider what the in vestments are worth, for this purpose you canouly deal with availabl =1 This Council passed anordinance rec. - ly snaking availzble up to $50,000.60 for loans to continue sugar cane cultivation if the total applications should reach that figure. Some may be loaned out and some remain. Since the last meeting of the Municipal Committee andthe in traoduction of this draft of ordinance the Municipal Committee has recommended about $4,000.00 in loans for the manufac ture of rum and this is expected to be in creased to $7,000 00. If honorable mem bers will take up the order of the day and look at item 3 you will see that it is contemplated to spend SI,OOO 00 for the purchase of East Hill School: and if I re member correctly the Lieatenant Gover nor says that $2,000.0C is obligated for playing fields. Let us gc further, there stiil is (a) sev eral applications pending for cane loans; there is (b) 2an ordinance pending before the Council to establish a loan fund for ihe improvement of private house-hold ers’ water supply If you look a little further you will see that (¢) the Council Las agreed to the holding of another field day in February and the Municipal Com mittee has pledged itself to stand . the expenses for that. Go a little further and you wiil see (d) that the Government is going to estab lish a bonded warehouse for spirits. The money for that must come from some where. | suppose that a further dedue ticn of the fuands have to be made for chat purpose. The amount called for in this bill is for the purchase of miterials and equip men: aasd the Civil Works Administra tion will pay for labor; provided, how ever, that the work could be done by Fetruary 15, 1934. If we purchase the materials and equipment and start the work and it 18 not completed before that time a furcther aporoporiation, | suppose, will have to be made to put it through (e) At the time when King’s Hill Poor Farm was established it was distinctly und:rstood that the Hurricare Fund should bear the exp2nse for tha equip meni of this institution and not the an nuil budget. The number of patients at the Poor Farm has increased from nine ty to one hundred and thirty; and recent ly the Municipal Committee saw piled up in a room, beds and other articles to be cashiered and replaced. Tne Hurri cane Fuand is to pay for the replacement of thyse article In 1930, through the in stramentality of Mr. Herbert D. Brown, Chief of th.e Bareaa of Effiziency, * $lO,- 000.00 was secured for the institucion, and this saved the Hurricane Fund the expanditures which ' woald otherwise nave had to b? made from it. * To' bz Continuead,