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 CITY GOVERNMENT

MAYOR AND ALDERMEN

Elected Dec. 9, 1919 Inaugurated Dec. 15, 1919

Mayor
Hon. JOHN P. GRACE

Mayor Pro Tkm.

1920—DANIEL L. SINKLER
1921— H. R BARKERDING
1922—W. R LIVINGSTON
1923—NICHOLAS SOTTILE

Clerk of Council— ^CLIFFORD THOMPSON

Mayor's Secretary— *^=^ALBET HOOPER

ALDERMEN
Ward One —Daniel "^^^Oscar E. Johnson.
L. Sinkler,
Ward Two —A. Thompson, M. Robertson.
C. F.
Ward Three —John Michel, Vincent Chicco.
P.
Ward Four — Nicholas George Musladin.
Sottile, F.
Ward Five —Walter Livingston, John
F. Madden. J.
Ward Six— Harry Barkerding,
F. Campbell J. Bissell.
Ward Seven— FOn Rhett, John
L. J. F^urlong.

*Succeeded Joseph C. Barbot.

**SfUCceededAnthony J. McKevIin.
***Died October 10, 1923.
iv City Government

Ward Kiglit—A. J. VV. Gorse, G. J. Knobeloch.

Ward Ninc^-John F. Riley, D. L. Jervey.
Ward Ten— F. H. Bold, E. L. Jacobs.
Ward Eleven— ****John Wohltmann, H. D. Harken.
Ward —
Twelve C. W. Tollncr, H. G. Senseney.

Standing Committi:es of City Council

Ways and Means — Sinkler, Chairman; Barkerding, Liv-

ingston, Gorse, Riley, Sottile, Wohltmann, Rhett and the
Mayor.
— Livingston, Chairman; Bold, Jervey, Furlong,
Streets
Gorse, Wohltmann, Michel and the Mayor.
Sottile,
Lighting the City— Chairman; Michel, Chicco,
Riley,
Johnson and the Mayor.
Water Supply— Gorse, Chairman; Livingston, Musladin,
Tollner, Robertson, Jervey and the Mayor.
Sanitary Matters— Musladin, Chairman; Bold, Harken,
Furlong and the Mayor.
—
Railroads Barkerding, Chairman; Thompson, Sinkler,
Harken, Chicco, Tollner and the Mayor.
Electric Wires —
Wohltmann, Chairman; Madden, Fur-
long, and the Mayor.
—
Tidal Drains Michel, Chairman; Jacobs and Jervey.
—
Accounts Rhett, Chairman; Sottile and the Mayor.
Engrossed Bills and Official Bonds Robertson, Chair- —
manman; Senseney and Thompson.
—
Journals and Vacant Offices Bissell, Chairman; Tollner
and Furlong.
—
Printing and Legislative Matters Furlong, Chairman;
Bissell and Musladin.

—
City Hall, Clocks and Chimes Jervey, Chairman Har- ;

ken and Chicco.

—
City Lands and Public Buildings^ Tollner, Chairman;
Robertson and Riley.
—
Wood and Brick Buildings Madden, Chairman; Rhett,
and Tollner.

=Died Augush. 7, 1923.

 City Government v

Fire Escapes—Knobeloch, Chairman; Senseney and

Johnson.
Claims and Contracts— Senseney, Chairman; Musladin,
Thompson, Sinkler and the Mayor.
Steam Engines — Jacobs, Chairman; Riley and Madden.
Artesian Wells and Lots —
Johnson, Chairman; Riley,
and Bold.
—
Port and Harbor Improvement Chicco, Chairman, Bar-
kerding and Thompson.
Pleasure Grounds —Harken, Chairman; Michel, Gorse,
Livingston and the Mayor.
Public Charities —Bold, Chairman; Jervey and Sinkler.
Public Education —
Sottile, Chairman; Bold and Bar-
kerding.
Public Safety— Thompson, Chairman; Madden and the
Mayor.

CITY OFFICERS.

Clerk of Council Clifford Thompson

City Treasurer..... W. S. Smith
City Assessor A. H. Brouthers
Recorder Theodore D. Jervey
Corporation Counsel John I. Cosgrove
City Sheriff Theo. Poppen
Health Officer J. Mercier Green, M. D.
Food Inspector F. H. Bold, M. D.
Assistant Food Inspector .H. T. Soubeyroux
Assistant Food Inspector John J. Regan
City Engineer J. H. Dingle
Assistant Engineer Gedney M. Howe
Assistant Engineer B. M. Thompson
City Eletcrician I'On Simmons
Assistant City Electrician Martin J. Hanley
Inspector of Meters John A. Livingston
Building Inspector James Coles
Inspector of Plumbing Thomas F. Carey
City Bacteriologist C. D. Boette, M. D.
vi City Government

City Veterinarian .B. Kater Mclnnes, M. D.

Chief Sanitary Inspector George Hartnett
Chief of PoHce James R. Cantvvell
Chief of Fire Department Louis Behrens
First Assistant Chief of Fire Department J. J. Bennett
Second Assistant Chief G. H. Bencdikt
Third Assistant Chief J. H. Wohlers
Inspector of Licenses W. C. Hauck
Park Supervisor Wm. M. Jennings

CITY COURT

Recorder Theodore D. Jervey

Corporation Counsel John I. Cosgrove
Assistant Corporation Counsel Joseph A. Patla
Sheriff Theo. Poppen
Clerk - Clifford Thompson

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

Board of Equalization

Alderman Daniel L. Sinkler, Chairman; H. F. Barker-

ding, W. F. Livingston, A. J. W. Gorse, John F. Riley
and Nicholas Sottile.

Secretary —John C. Mehrtens, County Auditor.

Meets first Tuesday in March, at 12 M., in ever year,
at Fireproof Building.

Health Department

Board of Health —
A. P. Aimar, Chairman; (term ex-
pires 1924) J. Mercier
;
Green, M. D., Health Officer and
Secretary; A. Johnston Buist, M. D., (term expires 1925) ;

C. D. Boette, M. D., (term expires 1924) Isaac Marks, ;

(term expires 1925) H. A. Molony, (term expires 1926)

; ;

C. C. Tighe, (term expires 1924) and Alderman H. F. ;

Barkerding and the Mayor.

 City Government vii

—
Clerk of Health Department Lester Schwartzberg.
Public Health Nurse —
Miss Agnes E. Coogan.
The Board of Health meets first Tuesday of every month
at 5 :00 P. M.

Sanitary Inspectors.

George Hartnett, Chief; J. L. Hunt, M. J. Barry, R.

T. Cain, E. M. Barry, J. H. Mindermann, Geo. H. Zerbst,
Julius Von Santen and Frank Wierse.

Water Department.

Commissioners of Public Works J. Ross Hanahan,—

Chairman, (term expires December, 1925) Leland Moore,;

Vice-Chairman, (term expires December, 1927) Julius ;

H. Jahnz, (term expires December, 1923) Hon. John P. ;

Grace, Mayor, ex-officio, and Alderman A. J. W. Gorse,

Chairman of the Committee on Water Supply, ex-officio.

Secretary—Clifford Thompson.
Treasurer and Asst. Secretary— E. Earle Evans.
Manager and Engineer— E. Gibson.
J.

Attorney—Geo. H. Moffett.

Sewer Commission.

T. Grange Simons, M. D., Chairman, (term expires

1928) R. S. Cathcart, M.
; D., (term expires 1924) J. D.
;

W. Claussen,(term expires 1926) Maurice J. Hartnett,

;

(term expires 1925) George F. Scott, (term expires 1927)

; ;

J. Mercier Green, M. D., Health Officer, and the Mayor.

—
Secretary J. D. W. Claussen.
—
Sewerage Engineer J. H. Dingle.
Meets first Tuesday in every month at 1 P. M.

Board of Plumbing Examiners.

J. Merceir Green, M. D., Health Officer (ex-officio)

Chairman; Leo Simmonin and Joseph H. Due.
viii City Government

Board of Firk masters

John H. Steenken, Chairman; Henry P. Williams,

Vice-Chairman A. J. ; Riley, Julius J. Brown, John P.
Michel, D. L. Jervey, Theo. Poppen, John J. Madden,
and the Mayor.

Clerk, Chief Louis Behrens.

Meets first Wednesday in every month at 6 P. M. ,

Firemen's Insurance and Inspection Fund

John H. Steenken Chairman, Board of Fire Masters

W. S. Smith City Treasurer
Louis Behrens Chief, Fire Department
Herman Brunning (1924) Plenry P. Williams (1924)

Police Department

Chief of Police, James R. Cantwell.

First Lieutenant, Louis L. Miller.
Second Lieutenant, Frank A. Owens. •

Third Lieutenant, Julius E. Horn.

Police Pension and Relief* Fund.

Commissioners^ —Julius H. Jahnz, term expires Jan-

uary, 1925 ; M; V. Haselden, term expires January, 1926,
and the Mayor.

Management, Care and Custody of Convicts.

Commissioners —
Alderman John Wohltmann, Chair-
man; C.M. Gibson, Vice-Chairman; John M. Semken,
Secretary; Aldermen Vincent Chicco and A. W. Wieters.

Meets third Monday in every month, at 8:30 P. M.

at City Hall.
 City Government ix

Port Utilities Commission.

M. Rutledge Rivers, Chairman Walter Pringle, Joshua

;

L. David (term expires 1927), Albert Sottile and Henry

A. Molony (term expires 1923), elective commissioners;
A. Foster McKissick, Greenville, and Bright William-
son of Darlington (term expires 1923) appointive by the
Governor.
Hon. John P. Grace, Mayor, and Alermen H. F.
Barkerding, Chairman, Committee on Railroads of City
Council, (Ex-officio.)

Charleston Traffic Bureau

Aldermen, H. F. Barkerding Chairman; H. G. Leiding,

W. H. Logan, W. L. Douglas, and J. M. Whitsett, and
Aldermen W. F. Livingston, and Clifford Thompson.
Commissioner, Thomas J. Burke.

Harbor Commissioners.

Hon. John P. Grace, Mayor, ex-officio, Chairman ; H.

A. Molony, Vice-Chairman J. Palmer Denham, Louis D.
;

Simonds, Henry P. Williams, James M. Seignious, A. W.

John L. Sheppard, Capt. G. H. Swan, Robert
Litschgi, Sr.,
Wilson, M. D., and P. PL Gadsden.
Harbor Master and Secretary James Armstrong. —
Port Warden —James D. Lucas.

Bathing PIouse Commission

James Sottile, Walter Prause, Secretary;

Chairman,
Theo. W. James Cosgrove, Mrs. Ralph
Passailaigue, Mrs.
Elias, Mrs. Henry W. deSaussure, John F. Runey, Miss
Susan P. Frost.

Abattoir Commission.

John J. Miller, Chairman; Louis Karesh, Secretary; E.

W. Durant, A. Clifford Thompson and Wm. C. Kennerty.
X City Government

Marki'T Commission.

J. J. Miller, Chairman; C. F. Cade, Secretary; A. J. W.

Gorse, Charles Heffron, C. M. Benedict, Daniel F. Craig
and Vincent Chicco.

Clerk — Frank Scarpa.

Clerk of Weights and Measures — Louis Seel.
Meets first Wednesday of every month at 8 P. M.

Commissioners of Public Lands.

A. Clifford Thompson, Chairman Martin T. Powers, ;

Vice-Chairman A. Marion Stone, Secretary; Fred W,

;

Wagener, Patrick Carter, H. W. H. Buck, Harry J. Han-

cock, H. D. Harken, James P. Magrath, Harry Kangetcr,
G. D. Guida, and Plarry Wllensky.
Meets first Tuesday of every Month at 8 P. M. at
Market Hall.

Charleston Home.

Commissioners — ^John F. O'Rourke, Chairman ; Henry

Simonhoff, Secretary; John H. Steenken, W. J. H. Brandt,
Mrs. Patrick Carter, Leon S. Brux, Theodore Poppen,
Mrs. Annie S. Walker, Walter F. Livingston, Matthew-
McLaughlin, Mrs. J. Sumter Rhame and W. G. Stemmer-
mann.
Superintendent —W. H. Pieper.
Matron — Mrs. W. H. Pieper.
Clerk — Thos. J. Liddy.
Meets twice a month on alternate Mondays at 8 P. M.

William Enston Home.

—
Trustees Arthur Lynah, President; C. R. Valk, First
Vice-President; S. E. Welch, Second Vice-President; Geo.
W. Williams, E. H. Pringle, T. S. Wilbur, F. M. Robertson,
 City Government xi

Thomas W. Carroll, John D. Muller, Thos. S. Sinkler,

George H. Moffett, W. W. Shackelford, and the Mayor.
Secretary — F. M. Robertson.
—
Acting Superintendent Miss B. F. Colson.
Meets fourth Wednesday of every month.

Charlkston Orphan House:.

Commissioners —Walter Pringle, Chairman; Sidney S.

Riggs, Vice-Chairman ; W. Hampton Logan Vice-Chairman
Pro Tem; Andrew Murray, Henry A. Molony, Melvin
B.
Furchgott, Otto F. Wieters,I. W. Hirsch, A. Cramer
Koster, Robert H. Duryea, Henry H. Ficken, and Ellison
A. WiHiams.
Engineer —Ashley Barton. L.
Physician— T. Grange Simons, M. D.
Secretary and Treasurer — Edward H. Pinckney.
Meets every Thursday at 5:00 P. M.

City Orphan Asylum.

—
Commissioners W. J. Storen, Chairman; J. L. David,
Vice-Chairman Mrs. A. J. Riley, Secretary W. J. Condon,
; ;

A. W. Litschgi, Sr., W. H. Behrens, J. B. Fleming, John

J. Furlong, Mrs. Santo Sottile, and Mrs. Mary Cherry
Burke.
Meets first Wednesday in every month.

Shirras Dispfnsary.

Trustees —Robert Wilson, M. D., President of Medical

Society of South Carolina; M. Rutledge Rivers, President
of the St. Andrews Society, and the Mayor.

Juvenile Weleare Commission.

Mrs. Henry C. Cheves, Chairman; (term expires, 1923),

Mrs. Rex. Fuller, (term expires 1925), W. B. Wilbur,
xii City Government

(term expires 1923), John E. Gibbs, (term expires 1923),

P. M. Macmillan, (term expires 1925), Mrs. Katherine
Reynolds, (term expires 1925).

COLLI-GK OF ChARLKSTON.

Trustees (elected by the Board) Hon. John F. Fickcn,—

President, (term expires 1927) Hon. Henry A. M. Smith,
;

Vice-President, (term expires 1930) J. Waties Waring, ;

(term expires 1926) Montague Triest, (term expires

;

1928) M. Rutledge Rivers, (term expires 1929)

; Hon. ;

Huger Sinkler, (term expires 1923); J. R. P. Ravenel,

(term expires 1924) and E. H. Pringle, (term expires
;

1925).
Trustees (Nominated by the Alumni Association) Paul —
M. Macmillan, (term expires 1927) F. O. O'Neill, (term ;

expires 1923) ; and E. Kennerly Marshall, (term expires

1925).
Representatives of City Council — Hon. John P. Grace,
Mayor, term expires 1923) Hon. Theo. D.
(ex-officio, ;

Jervey, (City Recorder, (ex-officio) Alderman Jno. F. ;

Riley, (term expires 1923); John I. Cosgrove, (term ex-

pires 1923) ; and Dr. T. Grange Simons, (term expires
1923).
Secretary—J. C. Ball.

Charleston Museum.

Trustees — Charles P. Aimar, M. D., Richard H. Allan,

W. Roscoe Bonsai, A. Johnston Buist, M. D., Thomas W.
Carroll, David Doar, . H. Horlbeck, Colonel
Frederick
George P. Howell, Daniel E. Huger, Charles W. Kollock,
M. D., Oscar W. Schleeter, Jesse Sharpe, J. Betts Simmons,
Edward A. Simons, Thomas S. Sinkler, James Sottile,
Charles Stevens, Samuel G. Stoney, J. Swinton Whaley,
P^llison A. Vvllliams.

Ex-Officio

John P. Grace, Mayor, Aldermen John J. Furlong and

 City Government xiii

John P. Michel, Albert W. Todd, Senator, Charleston

County; The President of the Charleston Central Labor
Union, Lester Keller.
President— Charles W. Kollock, M. D.
Vice-President— Charles Stevens.
Secretary— Edward A. Simons.
Treasurer — Oscar W. Schleeter,
Director — Laura M. Bragg.

High School.

Trustees— M. V. Hasleden, President; W. C. Miller,

Vice-President; F. Q. O'Neill, Hon. Henry A. M. Smith,
M. B. Barkley, M. Rutledge Rivers, Aldermen Nicholas
Sottile, John Wohltmann, and the Mayor.
Secretary —Joseph C. Barbot.

Board of Public School Commissioners.

George H. Moffett, Chairman; Montague Triest, T. W.

Passailaigue, C. D. Boette,M. D., Joseph Y. McElveen,
W. C. Wilbur, F. O. O'Neill, E. Kennerly Marshall and
M. Rutledge Rivers.
Clerk —A. Burnet Rhett.
Meets first Wednesday of every month at 6 :00 P. M.

Industrial School for Colored Orphans.

Commissioners— F. R. Frost*, Chairman, (term expires

1925) rOn L. Rhett, (term expires 1926) A. J. Riley,
; ;

(term expires 1927) Joseph C. Dillingham, (term expires

;

1923) and H. F. Lewith, (term expires 1924).

;

Park Commission.

Samuel Lapham, Chairman; Howard J. Adams, Vice-

Chairman; W. J. Storen, Charles R. Valk, James Sottile,
Henry VonGlahn, Arnoldus Vander Horst, Norman S. Lea,

*Resigned January 24, 1922.

xiv City Government

M. Prystowsky, Mrs. Isaac Marks, Mrs. Jolin J. Furlong,

Mrs. Joseph A. Patki and the Mayor.
Secretary — Henry Von Glahn.
Park Superivsor — Wni. M. Jennings.
Meets third Tuesday in every month, at 6:00 P. M., at

City Hall.

Colonial Common and Ashley Rivkr Embankment.

Commissioners — R. P. Evans, Chairman; Robert C.
Richardson, Vice-Chairman; Robert C. Lebby, Secretary,
J. N. Nathans, Treasurer; John M. Rivers, A. W. Litschgi,
Sr., Edv^ard J. Murphy, Charles Cuthbert, Clarence C.
Waring, A. E. Baker, M. D., and the Mayor.

Marion Square.
—
Commissioners Col. H. O. Withington, Chairman; Col.
O. J. Bond, ex-officio; Capt. W. H. Hawkins, Capt. J. L.
Gantt, H. L. Erckmann, J. N. Nathans and Charles Mauro.

Municipal Playgrounds.
—
Commissioners Mrs. John C. Tiedeman, Chairman;
Mrs. Manning Simons, Vice-Chairman Mrs. J. PI. C. ;

Wulbern Secretary; Miss Louisa B. Poppenheim, Mrs. J.

,

S. Farnum, George C. Rogers, The Rev. S. Cary Beckw^ith

and H. F. Barkerding.
Meets first Wednesday in every month, at 4:30 P. M.,
at the City Hall.

Charleston Art Commission.

Hon. John P. Grace, Mayor W.
C. Miller, Carolina Art
;

Association; the Robert Wilson, D. D., Charleston

Rev.
Library Society Miss Laura M. Bragg, Director Charleston
;

Museum; Miss Eola Willis, Thos. R. Waring and Albert

Simons.

Examiners Motion Picture Operators

Louis Behrens, ex-officio; POn Simons, ex-officio; and
H. R. Meyer.
 Mayoc Grace's Annual Review

To the Gentlemen of City Council:

Called upon by custom to make an annual report to your

Honorable Body, I take this occasion to account publicly in
full for our stewardship, not for the past year only, but
for our whole administration.
I consented to become a candidate again only when it

was insisted by my friends that we were in the midst of

vital public enterprises conceived and established by us and
demanding our continued service. I hesitated to believe
these enterprises depended upon any man or set of men.
It would be bad indeed if they did. Men must come and
men must go, but our City must go on forever. The further
view, however, was urged that because of these enterprises
no one would oppose me and that unless I consented a
precious year would be lost in politics that should be devoted
to works of construction. I yielded to this suggestion to

prevent a mere scramble for office at this highly construc-

tive time. It was my extreme good fortune to have stood
with a Board of Aldermen, which in the essential appeals
of citizenship was above reproach. Man for man, ticket
for ticket, not by any mischance did it seem possible that
the common sense people of Charleston would prefer to our
ticket the ticket of our opponents.

THE KLAN AND THE MILITIA.

But alas, it was not to be so. A campaign was forced

upon us and our has passed through perhaps the bit-
city
terest year in its political history. Factions have been
drawn up in battle array and appeals made, not upon eco-
nomic grounds which should mainly influence elections, but
upon the challenge of our American right to worship God
in our own way. We have been faced in Charleston during
the past months with the Ku Klux Klan, and it has been
necessary for me to tear the mask from the face of bigotry.
XVI Mayor Grace's Annual Review

As bitter as the campaign has been I look back upon it

with regret chiefly because our City which has suffered so
much in the past from military despotism during Recon-
struction, saw at the polls on election day, while we were in
the midst of profound peace, the Militia of the State, clad
in all the accoutrements of War. We saw our election
booths, where our fair women were voting for the first

time in municipal elections, invaded by soldiers, and we

saw our wives and mothers, some of them on the verge
of new motherhood, casting their ballots with bayonets at
their breasts and under the muzzles of machine guns.
But as dastardly as was the stigma of the Militia, it was
all the more so Ijccause unnecessary. It was meeting peace

with violence it was overawing the electorate when it was

;

manifest by actual numbers that the election need not be

stolen. There was an over-readiness to commit fraud which
was not justified even by the poor excuse of defeat.
Eight years before, at an election in which the Militia
for the first time disgraced our City since the days of
Reconstruction but did not leave the Armories until after
the election was stolen, conceivably it might have been
thought necessary to preserve by force the fruits of fraud.
Then the vote was close, and to preserve the 'Victory" it
was necessary in the language of one of the contestants to
''throw out the Ward Ten Box at all hazards". This high-
handed theft of a ballot box was naturally expected to
arouse outrage, and the troops of a tyrannical governor
were ready for eventualities.
These circumstances, however, were absent from this
recent occasion. The election was not even close. No
boxes needed to be thrown out at any hazard; no blows,
not even hot words had passed, but the troops moved to
the polls early in the day, took possession of the balloting,
counted the votes, and accompanied the returns to head-
quarters.
Only twice in American politics during the one hundred
and fifty years of our independence and our thousands of
national, state and municipal elections has the Militia been
present at the polls, and then only when or after the country
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review xvii

was in the midst of War. In these cases our Courts prop-

erly held that if the presence of the Militia affected the re-
sult the election should be declared against those who by the
use of force violated the first principle of elections — free-
dom of the ballot. Rest assured that could I have been
convinced that the presence of the Militia had affected the
result I would have been the first to appeal from force to
justice. It was only because I saw, incredible as it seemed,
that we had been outvoted, perhaps, however, by illegal
non-resident Klansman votes, and that the Militia had not
entered materially into the result, that I made no protest.

I am by an analysis of the vote that there was

satisfied
wholesale fraud. Let us hope that an administration com-
posed of men and women, be they ever so good, elected
in this enlightened age practically solely upon the issue of
bigotry and willing to debase our institutions by the use
of the Militia to make fraud safe, can maintain for our
City that good will of our countrymen, without which
nothing American can prosper.

FOUR YE'ARS OF ACHIEVEMENT.

In laying down our power it is indeed gratifying that we
can look back upon four years of achievement. This ad-
ministration can be understood in all of those achievements
only by a review of the previous administration over which
I had the honor to preside, which began twelve years ago

and of which not all of the "present administration were a

part. It is necessary thus to go back, because questions are
involved more than those merely of administration.
Twelve years ago I was elected after a campaign in which
our public opinion had been aroused along new lines. We
cannot understand that campaign without a knowledge of
the history of Charleston. We
had been a city in America
for two hundred and fifty years. But we had not been a
city of America. On the contrary, we had developed a
unique status. As an American city we were in a class by
ourselves. It was precisely because I maintained that we
must become like unto our sister American cities that I led
xvili Mayor Grace's Animal Review

the revolution of twelve years ago, and that is probably the

reason why my course has been condemned by those who
cling to the established order of things and who were at all
times willing to invoke the power even of the Militia to
defeat me. It will be recalled that while the Militia was not
so employed in 1911 when I was first elected (Governor
Blease was then our Governor) every sinister use of force
by the Charleston Police, then in the hands of the old
regime, was resorted to. Had Governor Manning, the true
representative of the old bourbons, been governor, undoubt-
edly even then the troops would have marmed the polls.
He was governor in 1915, when against the protest of City
Council they were sent here for the first time. Governor
McLeod simply became his worthy understudy in the re-
cent election.
Let us consider our past. Not once, but times without
number, visitors have come to Charleston, and as they
looked around they saw on all sides the handiwork of God
in the making of a great seaport. Many of them had come
here with the idea that Charleston was a great metropolis.
We had bulked large in the story of the Nation we were —
—
known of in books school boys had read about us and we
had filled volumes in the debates of Congress. It v/as well
known that we were an important city measured by the
standards of those days long before the American Revo-
lution, in which we had played a conspicuous part. Not
only Boston, but we also had dumped tea into the harbor.
The Declaration of Independence which was proclaimed
here preceded the Declaration at Philadelphia. Our men
of renown helped largely to write the Constitution of the
United States, but alas, also, they forced into it the in-
stitution of human slavery. Here it was that the first
Naval battle of the Revolution w^as W'on, which was the
latest victory, but one, over a British Fleet until its defeat
at Jutland. was our Calhoun who more than any other
It

man brought on the War of 1812. In the bosom of our

City itself the mother of Andrew Jackson, the hero of that
War, lies buried somewhere in an unmarked grave. It was
our Palmetto Regiment that captured Chapultapac in the
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezu xix

Mexican War. And notoriously it was here that the Or-

dinance of Secession was signed, and the first shot of the
Civil War was fired. It was from here a hundred years

ago that the first railroad in the United States, and at that
time the longest in the World, was built, and more than a
hundred years ago we built the Santee Canal. I mention

these outstanding things because they are all correlated

with my theme and show the stature of the men who guided
our destiny until the close of the Civil War.

THE CIVIL WAR AND AFTER.

The reaction from all these mighty adventures, and es-
pecially the last, the Civil War left us a broken, despondent
and conservative people. At best, however, we had never
been a liberal people. Even in the days when we were de-
claring our independence, when we had the boldness to be
the first upon this hemisphere to set up a republic, when we
were doing afterwards those mighty things for the mastery
of this section, we were not animated exactly by the prin-
ciple of American liberty as commonly understood. If our
ideas were not indeed monarchial, after the manner of
the mother country, they were at least aristocratic. Farthest
from our thoughts was the language of the Philadelphia
Declaration that all men
are ''created free and equal and
entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." If we
were the first to strike for independence, if we were after-
wards to the point of War jealous of the sovereignty of
our State, it was because certain privileged families here
believed that through their superiority they had the right
to dispense government to the inferior masses, even among
the whites. Negro slavery was This
the natural corrolary.
I fear, is why we seceded, though unconscious to
it was all

the immortal soldiery of the Confederate Army during the

four glorious years of the Civil War. And when we were
forcibly brought back into the Union, with all our best
blood spilt, our fair countryside devastated and our City in
ruins, our leaders accepted the new order of things only with
great reserve. Government was still in their minds a thing
XX Mayor Grace's Annua! Review

of privilc£,^e. The masses were tolerated as having a part

in our economic life to play. But the ancient and selfish

aristocracy utterly contemned the idea that it was given by

Heaven that numbers should rule. The masses should be
the workers ; the hewers of wood, the drawers of water
fighters in time of War and common sufferers with them in

the hour of defeat, but not the rulers of Charleston. I do

not think I am misinterpreting the philosophy of our old
ruling class.

It was, therefore, not to be thought of that the chief

magistrate of this City should be a man in sympathy with
the masses. Just as this was the Charleston conception
of things, it prevailed also in the State, which in the earlier

scheme of things was Charleston. It was this Charleston

arrogance filtering through the State that brought on the
Tillman revolution. And it was because Tillman asserted
and vindicated the righteous power of the masses that he
w^s so bitterly condemned. But it was more an act of
audacity on my part twelve years ago, far more unpardon-
able for me, to stand for Mayor of Charleston than it had
been for him to stand for Governor of South Carolina.
Mine was an attack upon the citadel itself, while he only
stormed the outworks.

Our government was handed down from one coterie

city
to another for the sake of the honors of office and the con-
servation of things as they were. I cannot recall that under
the old regime government was ever used for progress. As
a city we lay dead, or rather inert, while the rest of America
moved forward. The first sign of our revival came when
the United States Government through the power of Senator
Tillman at Washington established the Navy Yard. Many
of our best people dubiously shook their heads Vs^hen be-
cause of it we began to see new faces on our streets for the
first time in our generation — strangers who thought in
American terms and ridiculed our conditions and our ''con-
servatism."
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review xxi

THE AWAKENING.
One of the first things demanded by the United States
Government as a pre-requisite for the Navy Yard was a
supply of pure water. We
had been living under the old
limited system of artesian wells —
when bath tubs were a
luxury, and the ordinary conveniences a curiosity when —
the town was without sewerage and the death rate was the
highest in the world among the poor and the innocent in-
fants. We were drinking cistern water. Because of our
abominable insanitary conditions every kitchen was a ren-
dezvous of flies and every bedroom was infested with mos-
quitoes. Our population, in which the negroes far out-
numbered the whites, had not increased from before the
days of the Civil War. When the government demanded a
water supply for the Navy Yard there was a characteristic
response. It did not take the form of self reliance. We had
then, as afterwards proved, the power within ourselves
it

of owning our water plant, but we hawked a franchise

around from pillar to post until private foreign interests
were induced to do the work.
When twelve years ago my first administration came into
power one of the standing unsolved problems was what to
do about Goose Creek water. The builders were crippled
without a franchise which the city had promised and the
City Council was incapable of deciding whether or not to
give them one. Council had been restrained from giving
the franchise only by popular clamor through mass meet-
ings of citizens and it was the general suspicion of Coun-
cil's intentions aroused by these meetings and certain inci-

dents connected with the refusal of the administration to

grant an electric railway franchise that swung the minds
of the electorate finally in our direction. This preference
for private over public interests was further manifested
when long previously the same regime, though of somewhat
different personnel,had given a franchise for thirty years
to the railroads tomonopolize our waterfront. It is well
known that again when those who were of that regime were
about to renew that franchise ''under conditions", we came
xxii Mayor Grace's Annual Review

back into power because the people wanted us to refuse

that franchise ''under any conditions" and REDEEM THE
WATERFRONT.
THE OLD STREETS.
Twelve years ago not one single street, except around
the Battery, was paved with smooth paving. Every square
yard of smooth paving in the city today, including the re-
paving of the Battery, has been laid down under laws en-
acted by us and the work done under either this or our pre-
vious administration, excepting only a slight yardage laid
during the administration of Mayor Hyde, but under our
laws and largely paid for by the present administration
when w^e came back into power. It is important to em-
phasize this because of the false propaganda spread con-
cerning the paving of our city, under which it has been
sought to prove that there should be in some mysterious
way a division of credit. There can be NO division of the
credit. It all belongs to us, not only because we conceived
and carried out the program, but because we did so against
the bitterest opposition.
We have preserved photographs of some of the old
streets —
cobblestone, Belgian block and so-called '*dirt"
streets in the very heart of the city.
Life under these conditions was pestiferous. Our streets
were noisy, filthy and impassable and those adjoining the
public market had the distinction of being the only streets
in the land infested by buzzards, seeking the carrion of the
market-place thrown to them as scavengers. Far from
being ashamed of these buzzards and their whimsical tricks,
our **best citizens" took visitors to show off this civic at-
traction and our newspapers copied articles from magazines
upon the subject. What could better express the state of
mind of Charleston of that period?
Our market was a disgrace and our food, milk and meat
supply a tragedy. The rejected meat of the nation was
dumped in Charleston. For our fresh meat supply animals
were slaughtered in back yards or at butcher pens within
 Mayor Grace's Animal Reviezv xxiii

where the familiar buzzard was parked on

the city limits,
fences. These were the busy buzzards which worked the
market down-town until noon and the butcher pens up-
town afternoon.

OTHER PRIMITIVE CONDITIONS.

The schools were dangerous to the lives of our children
firetrapsand disease centers.
We were cut oiT from communication by land but for
one impassable road and one ramshackle bridge over which
it was necessary to pay to walk out of town.

OUR MORAL CONDITIONS

The foregoing gives our economic and civic wretched-
ness in barest outline, with many omissions of detail. But
our moral conditions were the worst of all. Right in the
heart of the city on the high road to Memminger School,
where our innocent girls went daily, where the children
passed through on their way to Bennett School, and our
older boys to the College, and where on Sunday the people
of several denominations passed on their vv^ay to church-
publicly and vulgarly exposed to view lived denizens of the
underworld. It was testified at public hearings by dele-
gations of ladies and gentlemen appearing before me that
they had approached many of my predecessors for relief
from these abominations, but were told that Archdale and
Beaufain Streets complained of, were two of the oldest
streets in Charleston, and that the women of the under-
world inhabited I'them befoji'e the ,schools and churches
were built, and nothing would be done. It is with great
pride that I record that for the first tim.e in our history I
cleaned up these streets, and made them avenues of travel
fit for innocent girls and boys, and the church goers of Char-

leston.
I revive memories of these evil things onty to nail the cal-
umnies of my enemies, who have sought to associate wick-
edness with my name in politics. Parenthetically, let me
xxiv Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv

say that from the day of my first oath as Mayor the purely
moral responsibility of my office has weighed heavily upon
me. Never once was I responsible for social evil of any
kind. I found it rampant in many forms, and its suppres-

sion presented a problem that had to be worked out sanely

with regard to human nature; it was always my thought
that its dispersion was the worst of remedies. Keeping in
mind always what I inherited officially, and the deep-rooted
and far-reaching nature of some of these evils, it was ever
with m.e only a question of how far I might go in their re-
moval and yet keep within the bounds of realities. There
were some things which, though they had existed always,
I simply would not tolerate. Others I looked upon with a
less impatient but with an intolerant eye. By and large the
fact is that from the day on which to the amazement of the
incredulous I banished liquor from campaigns, while my

and sanctimonious adversaries wallowed in it, until

critics
now, when I am about to lay down responsibility under
my oath of office I have looked only with disapproval upon
vice in every form. I am not so hypocritical as to pre-
tend that vice does not exist in Charleston, for alas some
men and v/omen still love it and seek out haunts where they
may practice it. The best we can do is to live virtuously
ourselves, and thus by example prove that there is no such
thing as "necessary evil". It is the duty of those charged
with executive responsibility to preserve through the police
"outward decency", and as has been well said "to prevent
crime, not sin"; not to condone sin, however; but to draw
rigidly the curtain of authority around its obscenity.
Our city is freer from than ever, and
evil let us hope it

will never relapse into its former ways.

THE RIGHT TO A LIVING WAGE.

As an example of the views of our predecessors on the
right of the average man to live, I need only mention the
scale of wages and working conditions of the laborers on
the streets and in the public works, including also the pay
in the police, fire, park and other departments. It is not
 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviezv xxv

too much to say that the attitude of our ruling powers was
precisely such as we found in the old relation of master
and slave. It was considered enough that the laborer and
worker should be allowed a bare living. Policemen who
risked and often lost their lives were expected to raise and
educate families on Fifty Dollars per month, and white
men worked on the streets for a dollar a day. The teachers
in our schools made little more than their bread and cloth-

ing. In short, there was nothing generous, large-minded,

progressive or liberal in the outlook of those who ruled
Charleston and as a direct consequence thereof we had
failed to improve our glorious opportunities.

THE SECRET OF OUR DECAY.

This has been the secret of our decay it is the answer to
;

those who have come and inquired what has kept us back.
That answer is OURSELVES. It is not pleasant to say
these things, and less still has it been pleasant for me to
strike out during the better part of my life against the
principle of aristocracy which has ruined our city. It has

involved only too often embarrassment to devoted friends.

For we all have friends, good friends, who feel that we
are rude when we insist that upon this democratic soil of
ours there can be no room for privilege. To take umbrage
because I attack "aristrcracy" is of course to admit that
such a pretension exists, and that its privileges are claimed.
Charleston is the only place where such an absurd preten-
sion is set up in politics as reason for its opponent's defeat.
The pity is that our community has so succumbed to the ab-
surdity that resentment is felt not only by those whose long
background of honorable distinction has given them some
measure of ''aristocracy", but by all their nondescript servi-
tors, who by climbing into congregations, societies, or fra-
ternities feel entitled to out-herod them in reprisals. Until
Charleston can be cured of the disease of toadyism I can
see little hope for our future.
xxvi Mayor Grace's Annual Revien)

THE FIGHT FOR LIBERALISM.

Of course my cure for it has been the arousal of the
masses by showing
in disregard of their creeds or affihations
to them weary effort the right of their numbers
in years of
to rule. It was always a task to unite them even for one

day at the polls. It required not only an unfailing heart

but patience and capacity for agitation. Often in the work
of agitation, when even the very cobblestones were being
stirred to mutiny, harsh words were spoken and heated
thoughts expressed. It is very easy to say that this, that
or the other word should never have been spoken. But
when the problem is to keep united if only until election
day, and for the purpose of saving them from themselves,
a mass of otherwise heterogenous voters whose divisions
have meant the ruin of Charleston, much should be pardoned
to an apostle of progress. Let us have progress even though
harsh words must be spoken, and let the masses learn to
stand true to their side and not to rush to that of their
offended ''superiors" and Charleston will be saved. We see
from the recent election how easy it is for those who have
NEVER voted for progress and never will, to pass over
their quarrels to what they in their hearts despise as the
vulgar masses. My majorities have come from the wards
in which the poorer people live. It was, as I say, a union

of racial, social and religious units of all sorts and condi-

tions of life who were led by common intuition to feel that
their interests were safe in my hands and that my one pur-
pose was to be their sympathetic medium in wrenching
Charleston away from her reactionay masters. But those
of aristocratic pretensions whose sympathies were never
with my ''following", whose only hope was to DESTROY
my following, which consisted, not of the evil forces of the
community, as they affected to believe, but of the produc-

ing forces, deliberately blinded the eyes of many of that

following, and prevailed upon them through prejudice to

vote with those who despise them. Alas for the blindness
of prejudice.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review xxvii

THE PENDULUM WILL SWING BACK.

But I am not dismayed. The pendulum will swing back.
The people have had a taste of progress and of good gov-
ernment and will want more when the spell is broken. The
who have shown fel-
people will turn again to those friends
lowship for them and will turn sharply away from their old
enemy, the ''aristocracy", which fooled and used them for
one day by smearing their faces with the smoot of the
workingman.

THE SPIRIT OF ISOLATION.

The spirit or our rulers after the Civil War was isolation.
They wanted no contact with the outside world. In the
past we had been pioneers in railroad building, striving to
grow by communication. The leaders of Charleston after
the War complacently allowed the very railroads we had
built to pass out of our hands and be used against our citv.

After this, until twelve years ago not one new rail was laid
into Charleston. The Seaboard and the Clinchfield Rail-
roads had owned property here for years, but they were left
to find their way here or were met by obstacles. Certainly
nothing heroic was done to bring them in. Whatever rise
in value and whatever increasing prosperity attended the
years 1912-13-14-15, which will be fairly admitted as the
beginning of our real estate improvement, came entirely
by virtue of the advent of the Seaboard and the contracts
of the Clinchfield to come, to induce which we went out
and bought a right of way for seven miles into the city and
gave it to them.

WAR PROSPERITY ILLUSORY.

The War prosperity which we afterwards enjoyed was
wholly illusory. It rested on destruction, for which we and
the world must pay. Its temptations twisted the morals
still

and aroused the cupidity of some of our people, so much so

that twenty million dollars gathered in Liberty Bonds were
xxviii Mayor Grace's Annual Review

allowed to be wasted in terminals ten miles from the heart

of the city, but at a place close to the hearts of some of our
leading citizens. This deed will stand like a monument as
proof of what has been my lifelong charge, that when our
"best citizens" have had to choose between their own it cr-
ests and those of our city, the poor old city has been the suf-
ferer.
Having in the four years of our previous administration
by the advent of railroads and coal terminals put into the
city the first touch of real prosperity it had known in our
generation, our adversaries camped jealously on our heels
until they put us out by fire and sword. The quality of
their opposition is shown by the means employed. When
had it ever previously occurred that in order to rid a city
of good government the combined powers, including the
Militia of the State, must be concentrated upon it?

FOUR YEARS OUT OF POWER.

And going out in 1915 after four years of construc-
so,
tion, we every department in the highest efficiency and
left
the treasury on a sound basis. We were followed by tour
years of utter chaos. In 1919 when we came back into
power the wreckers had left fingerprints on every dev trt-
ment. The City was stripped to the bone. Even the patrol
wagon was useless because the tires had been stolen. The
City Hospital could buy neither medicine for the dying nor
food for the convalescent. The streets were filthy. The
City as a machine was running on one cylinder.

OUR FINANCES SOUND.

According to the statements of the City Treasurer touch-
ing the various departments for the current year, we are
leaving the finances of the City substantially on an even bal-
ance. This, however, cannot be determined with exact-
ness until the end of the year and until the various depart-
ments have rendered a full accounting.
It has been necessary for us to borrow large sums of
 Mayor Grace's Annual Revieiv xxlx

money against unpaid taxes. In due time these taxes when

collected will liquidate current lia1)ilities. Our alternative
was the sale of the property of the people fqr delinquent
taxes, which, notwithstanding we have threatened from
time to time, I have not been able to bring my heart to do.
Because of the enormous increase of State and County
Taxes, out of all proportion to the increase of City Taxes,
and because of the very heavy burden of visible and invisi-
ble Federal Taxes, the people are literally groaning under a
yoke of taxes.
Whatever increase in City Taxes was imposed by us
was principally to bring up to par the bankruptcy of the
departments as we inherited them from the previous admin-
istration. That administration had not imposed taxes in
rates anything like enough to meet the current needs of
these departments. While on the face of the books it left
the City finances about upon an even balance, there were,
on the other hand, huge concealed deficits in the depleted
physical administrative condition of the City. This deple-
tion of supplies,equipment and the necessitiees of govern-
ment had brought administration almost to a standstill.
Deficits in government may not always appear in bank
balances they may far more embarrassingly exist in admin-
;

istrative bankruptcy. A.nd this was the condition we inherit-

ed in the highest degree. And so likewise, while we in-
herited this below-par condition of the City government
(although financially the treasury was about at par) we are
now bequeathing a treasury about at par, but a City adminis-
tration far above par in every administrative division, mak-
ing unnecessary for our successors to maintain the rate
it

of taxes which we had to impose to repair the depletion of

the departments. Logically, therefore, there should follow
during the next four years a substantial reduction in taxa-
tion.

OUR RETURN AFTER FOUR YEARS.

This administration was therefore confronted by the
poverty of the departments and the crying need for their
relief. Even the police alarm boxes were out of commis-
XXX Mayor Grace's Annual Review

sion. One gallant officer had lost his life because in his
desperation for help he could only ring the fire alarm. He
had no way of calling for police help. When the engines
found the "fire", it was his corpse. Such was the fruit of
the ''business administration" which had fraudulently ous-
ted us from power. We have completely renovated and
brought to efficiency the Police Department under the direc-
tion of a chief whose work in handling criminals is famous.
I have no reason to believe that the promised police com-

mission will improve the department, and it will be quite

interesting to scrutinize the "non-partisan" commissioners
appointed to "take it out of politics".
We motorized the fire departmicnt in nearly every unit,
and placed it in the highest state of efficiency. We have es-
tablished the two-platoon system and raised the pay of the
rank and file to a living wage. The two-platoon system
required some increase in personnel, but the men are now
allowed to live at home, companions of their families, where
as under the old system they lived in the engine houses and
merely visited them.
It is hard to express the vast improvement which we have

accomplished in our street department. This department

was in a most wretched condition when we took it over.
The live-stock, the rolling-stock and the equipment were
near the zone point of depreciation.

THE PAVING PROGRAM.

We had our previous administration put through the
in
abutting owTiers lav/, under which the v/hole program of

paving the city was begun and partly carried through, l.»i:t
the law w^as in such form that the general taxpayer still
paid one-quarter the cost. An abortive attempt to change
thislaw was made while we were out of power to throw the
entire cost upon the owner. But this attempt only compli-
cated the law. The new law was unconstitutional. We had
to go all through the process of submitting a constitutional
amendment, before we were able to begin our program,
which is now in progress of paving the whole city. When
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reznew xxxi

our successors finish that part of it for which we have

already let contracts, incidentally at far lower prices than
anywhere in the United States, there will be little further
in street improvement to do. W
can then say at last vliat
Charleston is a paved city.

DRAINS AND SEWERAGE.

Preparatory to this was the need for drains and sewerage.

Meeting Street from Calhoun North was more than half the
time an abyss. Traffic was often abandoned for months
We laid a reinforced concrete drain and completed the
smooth paving on this, the main traffic artery from the
Battery to the boundary. Likewise Calhoun Street, which
was the main crosstown artery. The drain-work alone on
these two improvements cost approximately a quarter mil-
lion dollars. It was paid, as was all other drain work above
the twelve inch measurement, out of tax levies. A law
case involving the right to charge retroactively for drain
work was decided against the City by the Supreme Court,
although our law was copied from other jurisdictions in
which the precise principle was decided the other w^ay.
This decision threw an unexpected burden upon the general
taxpayer and somewhat embarrassed us in our work, wh ich,
however, we soon overcame.

Previous administrations had issued bonds for laying

sewerage in possibly one-half the city. For years before
that, however, that part of the city south of Broad Street
had been sewered. As sewerage is the basis of sanitation
and as sanitation is in turn the basis of health and even life,
it is hard to conceive except under the old Charleston con-

ception of privileged classes how any city government could

confine its regard for public health to favored sections.
When we began our city-wide paving program we dis-
covered in whole sections the underground work of sewer-
age was yet to be done. To meet this, we had to submit
a bond issue of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, under
which this work has gone forward and we are now about
xxxii Mayor Grace's Anmtal Review

to give to every householder within the corporate limits that

to which all are equally entitled — public health.

VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
Space not permit us to give a catalogue of the various
will
activities throughout the departments the Orphan Houses,
:

the Alms Houses, the playgrounds, the welfare work, the

lighting, the Parks and pleasure-grounds, and the many
others, in all of which we have left, we hope, the indelible
impress of generous progress and efficiency. Our pride is
that in all these things there has been nothing little-minded.

Nor has our work been purely internal. We have co-

operated most heartily with the National and State Govern-
ments. Witness the work we have done to help the Navy
Yard by contact with both houses of Congress and at the
White House, where we received from the lips of our lamen-
ted President himself assurance that the Yard would be
saved. Witness the effective efforts we put forth to en-
courage the use of Charleston as a torpedo base; recall
the harbor dotted with destroyers and the streets, the stores,
the homes and the hotels of the city filled for months with
thousands of officers and men. True hospitality keeps no
books. It was a pleasure
to invite these guests and to
mingle and personally with them, and to provide
officially
in the midst of so many problems of city government for
their unbroken entertainment. There is but one satisfaction
in this, the knowledge that Charleston did her part, and
one sufficient compensation, friendships formed that will
last always.

And likewise we cooperated with the State government.

We invited the Legislature and royally entertained it.

When the meeting of the Governors of all was held

States
herewe gave consideration to their well being and they went
away blessing our people. Nor did we fail to cooperate
with those activities in our midst which were not a part of
the city government. The Commissioners of Public Works,
who manage the municipal water-works which previously
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv xxxiii

we had fought to estabhsh, can testify if they will how in

all we rendered assistance.
matters
The Freight Bureau, which has done so much for the
prevention and correction of rate discrimination was helped
generously. We participated in many rate hearings, testi-
fied to facts and presented briefs for the city. We attended
the hearing in the Clinchfield Consolidation, and feel sure
that in the testimony given and the briefs filed we con-
tributed to the beneficial modification of the decree.
We estblished and provided liberally for the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce under the Chamber of
Commerce and brought here Dr. Roy S. McElwee, that he
might be able to restore our vanished commerce. This was
an expense of many thousands, but we were glad to risk it
upon one whose reputation was so high. We hope that
those who spoke dismally of him will be disappointed. If
they are right, however; if he cannot aid in bringing back
our commerce, we have at least tried.
When the Chamber of Commerce was itself upon the
rocks, and with absolutely no claim upon me to throw out
a life line, that body having been always as a whole the

bitter enemy of my policies, I turned to its rescue at the

earnest prayer of friends and did what I could to save it

from dissolution. Let me now publicly thank its leaders

for their grateful appreciation.
One
thing we have needed —
a tourist hotel, on the Bat-
tery. For half a century our newspapers had been building
a Battery hotel nearly every year on their front pages.
Meantime, Florida had become the tourist winterground.
With one tourist hotel ye.ars ago on the Battery and not in
the newspapers, others and still others would have followed
and we and not Jacksonville would by now be the southern
gateway. hard to exaggerate the changes in our des-
It is
tiny that timely action in this would have meant. But it
is never too late. We gave the site for a tourist hotel under
guarantee of its construction, and when the validity of the
act was doubted by some progressive citizens we defended
and won the case before the Supreme Court. And now
it is built.
xxxiv Mayor Grace's Anmuil Revie^v

Likewise when the completion of the Francis Marion

Hotel w^as in jeopardy, through the newly reorganized
Chamber of Commerce we threw our whole heart into
that successful fight and the hotel is finished.
I have faith in the Santee-Cooper canal. It will give us

a direct water route to Columbia for barge and steamer

traffic. It will bring to our doors an inexhaustible supply

of fresh water for unlimited industrial use. But above

all, as I am led to believe, it will give Charleston the bene-
fits of the largest Hydro Electric development south of
Niagara and east of Muscle Shoals. I have worked with un-
flagging hope for this project during the past four years.

COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION

Having stood always for good streets, it has been also
my policy to encourage the building of roads and bridges
to and from our city. The old "New Bridge" was a dis-
grace to our city. Considering it was the only route but
one out of the city, and that it led to that tourist's mecca,
Florida, was a standing advertisement of our spirit that
it

travelershad to pay to cross it. Years ago I advocated that

it be made free, and when this was at last the case, I went

in with the Sanitary and Drainage Commission by levying

a five mill tax for the city's part in a beautiful free bridge
to take its place. I rejoice that the work on the structure
has already begun.
Civilization is based upon communication. Christianity
has depended upon it. Commanded as the Apostles v/ere
to spread the Gospel, they could not have done so but that
men found ways even in those days to carry the Message
on land and The city which became the center of
sea.
Christian thought owed it to the roads that led to it. We
can do nothing unless we hold converse with our fellow man.
But of all species of communication, that which is greatest
is in the realm of learning. Nothing can equal the value
of education. And so it is the acknowledged duty of the
State to provide education for its sons, to COMMUNI-
CATE to them those things which make for citizenship.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review xxxv

Acting in eager sympathy with the High School Board and

the Trustees of the College it has been our good fortune

to have made education in Charleston at last absolutely

free. Whatever other monuments we leave it must always
be said that this administration made it simple for any
boy or girl to be educated from the kindergarten through
the College of Charleston. Moreover, we have cooperated
in opening up this college in many useful ways to students
at night, thus giving its benefits to those heretofore denied
them.
My one regret is that because of so many other absorbing
duties I have not been able to complete my purpose of
building and equipping a public library, although much
ground in public sentiment has been broken for this, the
only remaining educational facility unprovided. Like the
old bridge over which the public had to pay to walk, the
present library which the people have to pay to use is an
anachronism in our democratic age. There should be no
shrine in which the lamp of literature burns only for the
chosen few.

THE WATERFRONT REDEEMED.

These various activities of our administration, which I
have emphasized, have had as their central motive the
conception that Charleston was destined by nature for
greatness through her climate, her geography, and the
quality of her people, sprung from every virile race of
Europe; that she has been cheated of that greatness be-
cause from her foundation her dominant principle of gov-
ernment was aristocratic that this principle, especially
;

since the Civil War, has tendedto isolate her from Amer-
ican democratic progress and increasingly curtailed the
liberalism of her social life. Thus shrunken and isolated,
it was not unnatural that she finally surrendered the one

—
thing which gave her reason to exist her waterfront
and in this moment of despair gave away her birthright.
Having, therefore, proceeded in all directions on the idea
of the restoration of communication, one thing remained
xxxvi Mayor Grace's Annual Review

for us to do, and upon the solemn promise to accomplish it,

we were elected.

Currying favor, as of old, with those who are strong

our opponents promised to renew the surrender of our
waterfront "under conditions". What those conditions
were which were to justify the renewal of our bondage, the
people never knew. Evidently they did not care, for they
swept us into power while our opponents were seeking to
explain. Why our opponents connived at the spending
of Twenty Million Dollars at North Charleston while at the
very time they were planning to give over, in perpetuity,
the waterfront of our own dear city, upon which in days
gone by the very settlement of our city had rested, w e
cannot fathom. What else, indeed, was the reason for our
settlement if not our waterfront? This was the first
link in all the far-flung line of communication which
made Charleston once a household word. What
"patriotism" it was on the part of those who were again
willing to give it away
Our election was a covenant with the people to redeem
that waterfront. Hence when the franchise expired we re-
fused to renew^ it. But we had no intention to confiscate
private property owned by the railroads or to depress its
value. Our attitude was to meet them in fair negotiation
and arrive if possible at amicable figures. After some pre-
liminaries we agreed upon a reasonable price. But, under
the law this agreement required confirmation by the people.
In spite of the action of those who honestly and some who
factionally opposed it, in spite of the tricks of politics em-
ployed by unscrupulous politicians and malcontents, the
people spoke their approval.

THE WATERFRONT A SUCCESS.

The jeremiads of our opponents, in which they lamented
the prospect and predicted certain failure,
met with ridicule
by the people, and from the day the Port Utilities was or-
ganized, the project until now has been a conspicuous
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv xxxvii

business success. In spite of the systematic effort of its

opponents to depress the credit of the city by their wails

of overtaxation we sold our 4^/2 bonds practically at par,
this too when one of our neighboring flourishing cities was
selling a similar issue at considerable discount. In the gross
ultimate cost of the money we borrowed, as against that
of our sister city, we will save One Million Dollars for our
taxpayers in comparison.

We were fortunate indeed in the personnel of the non-

partisan commission chosen to operate this enterprise. Thus
far politics has been carefully excluded from its affairs.
Even under campaign pressure, when it was re-
the greatest
ported to me that men holding key positions were against
me, although their bread and butter came from an institu-
tion which I had done so much to establish, and that they
were actually using those positions to control votes, I re-
fused to complain to the Commission. Politics played even
against me did not justify me in raising a political objection.

PUBLIC OWNERSHIP A NECESSITY

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So much has been said about the waterfront and its ef-
fect upon our welfare that the subject may seen threadbare.
But I cannot close these last official words without renew-
ing, as it were, my vows and confirming my faith in the
scheme of public ownership.

All government is in part the restraint of private action.

The ideal state is one of absolute freedom of the individual.
If men had just regard for the rights of others, govern-
ment itself would be quite unnecessary. Government, how-
ever, from the beginning has been found necessary because
men cannot be trusted to deal fairly with one another. From
the days of Cain, man has refused to be his brother's keeper.

Modern government is designed to deal not only with

personal wrongs done by man to man but with intricate com-
munity injuries. Theoretically, under interstate commerce
and state railway comissions each community as well as each
xxxviii Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv

man is through government to equality before the

entitled
law. however, the function of communities, as
It is still,

of men, to advance their own welfare and to fall back upon

government only when met with wrongful interference.
It is not the function of transportation corporations to do

more than give equal service to and from seaports; it is

NOT their function to provide terminals at them. The
City of Charleston has nothing to sell but its gateway to
the sea. Transportation companies bought that gateway
on the bargain counter and kept it closed by years of dis-
criminatory neglect. The duty of opening it again was
ours the duty of keeping it open is ours. It is a duty that
;

must never again be delegated to others. It is also a

treasure that cannot be trusted to the keeping of covetous

strangers.

Let us be thankful that it was this administration which

rescued that waterfront from the hands of strangers, and
let us be doubly thankful that we have proved to those
who follow us that Public Ownership is a success. We
are proud of that success and shall watch the future with a
jealous, perhaps a suspicious eye, for already^ we. fear we
see the plans of the enemy afoot.

And now, my dear comrades, I bid you farewell.

JOHN P. GRACE
December 11th 1923.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF OFFICERS AND COM-
MISSIONS OF THE CITY OF
CHARLESTON.
Page
CITY GOVERNMENT iii

CITY TREASURER 1

ASSESSING DIVISION 22
TRAFFIC BUREAU 23
PORT UTILITIES COMMISSION 28
FOREIGN TRADE AND PORT DEVELOPMENT 29
CORPORATION COUNSEL - 35
CITY ENGINEER—
(a) To THE Mayor and City Council Zl
(City Engineer's Report Proper)
(b) To THE Committee on Streets „ 38
(Street Department Report)
Sewerage Department 50
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH—
(a) Health Officer ~ 59
(b) City Bacteriologist 63
(c) Food Inspector \ 64
(d) Chief Sanitary Inspector 66
(f) Mortuary Statistics 70
(h) Meteorological Statistics 80
WATER DEPARTMENT 82
CITY ABATTOIR 110
BUILDING INSPECTOR _ Ill
CITY ELECTRICIAN—
(a) Report on Lighting the City 114
(b) Report of Electrical Work 64
METER INSPECTION _ 116
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING 117
CHIEF OF POLICE- 118
BOARD OF FIRE MASTERS 121
BOARD OF MARKET COMMISSIONERS 137
PARK COMMISSIONERS—
( a) Chairman 138
(b) Supervisor of Parks 140
( c) Secretary 144
MUNICIPAL PLAYGROUND COMMISSIONERS— _ 146
COLONIAL COMMON AND ASHLEY RIVER EMBANK-
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 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 11

PUBLIC DEBT, DECEMBER 31. 1923.

Issue 4% Funding Bonds due 1937..: $1,850,000.00

Issue 4% Funding Bonds due _ 1938 1,500,000.00
$3,350,000.00
Issue 4% Sewer Bonds 1927 _ 263,000.00
Issue 4%% Funding Bonds due April 1928... $ 90,000.00
Issue A'Vi% Funding Bonds due October ...1928 ._ 10,000.00
100,000.00
Issue 5% Funding Bonds due ....1924 $ 62,500.00
Issue 5% Funding Bonds due ..1925 90,000.00
Issue 5% Funding Bonds due 1926... 55,000.00
207,500.00
Issue 4%% Water Bonds due 1957 1,447,000.00
Issue 4%% Port Utilities Bonds due ....1962. 2,500,000.00
Issue 4% Severage Bonds due.... 1963 500,000.00
Issue 5% Stock, College of Charleston 23,000.00

$8,390,500.00
NOTE :—
$ 263,000.00 Sewer Bonds paid from 1 Mill Tax.
1,447,000.00 Paid by Board of Public Works from Receipts.
2,500,000.00 Paid by Port Utilities from Receipts.
50,000.00 Sewer Bonds Paid from Levy.
3,680,500.00 Paid by Appropriation.

Series A— Abutment Street Paving Bonds 6% $ 183,000.00

Series B — Abutment Street Paving Bonds 5% 257,000.00
Series C—Abutment Street Paving Bonds 5%- - 375,000.00

Abutment Bonds paid from receipts, and they mature serially, same are not
carried on Public Debt Ledger.

RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS, POLICE RELIEF AND PENSION FUND,

JANUARY 1, 1923 TO DECEMBER 31, 1923.

RECEIPTS
To Balance from last statement:
$ 57,102.53
500.00 $57,602.53

Fines and Forfetiures on Pay Roll ....$ 782.71

Interest Account:
Interest on Deposit 2,984.34 3.767.05

Permanent Fund:
Fines and Forfeitures on Pay Roll... -$ 1,565.66
5% Fines, Recorders Court 679.85
Donation Account:
V. C C. Co. 300.00 2.545.51

CO $63,915.09
EXPENDITURES
Aged and Decrepit Fund:
E. F. Beattie $ 799.92
Wm. H. Charlon.. 679.92
Mrs. P. Buck... 1,146.00
Mrs. E. Duffy 618.00 8.248.84

Balance - - 60,671.25

$63,915.09
Balance Sheet, Dec. 31, 1924:
Cash $ 60,671.25
Permanent Fund $ 60.171.25
Aged and Decrepit Fund 500.00

$ 60,671.25 $ 60.671.25

Examined and Found Correct:

JULIUS H. JAHNZ,
Chairman, Committee.
12 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcznczv

BOARD OF TRUSTEES FIREMENS' INSURANCE AND INSPECTION FUND.

JANUARY 1.. 1923 TO DECEMBER 31, 1923.
RECEIPTS
Balance from last Annual Statement:
Pension Fund , $ 58,714.24
Disabled and Superannuated Fund _ 600.00
$ 59,214.24
Fines Pay Roll _ _ 86.00
Interest on Deposit _ 3,073.49
3,159.49
Pension Fund:
Premiums from Fire Insurance Cos $ 4,227.71
Broker Fee from Compt. Gen.,... _ 1.80
1% Assessment 1,357.11
5,586.62
Donations 430.00

$68,390.35

EXPENDITURES
Pension Fund
Pension to A. Myers $ 973.56
Pension to T. W. Halsall , 519.75
Premium City Treas. Bond 125.00
Printing By-Laws 20.00
5% on $4,227.71 to State Firemen 211.38
$ 1,849.69
Disabled and Superannuated Fund
Funeral Expense T .E. Watson _ .$ 100.00
Funeral Expense B. E. Bicaise. 100.00
200.00
Balance 66,340.66

$68,390.35

Funds have to their Credit, December 31, 1923:

Pension Fund _ .$65,410.66
Disabled and Superannuated Fund. 500.00
Donation Fund 430.00

$66,340.66

Examined and found correct:

JOHN H. STEENKEN,
LOUIS BEHRENS,
Committee.

RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE CITY TREASURER FOR THE

COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING JUNE 30th, 1923.

RECEIPTS
Balance from last Statement $ 89,923.88
County Treasurer 3 Mill Tax 59,465.62
Poll Tax-... - 6.885.69
Dog Tax - 404.91
Marriage License 447.25
Game Warden 1,122.70
State Department of Education ...- 10,801.50
County Superintendent 1,000.00
City Council 1,000.00
City Taxes 1917. -- - 16.25
C ity Taxes 1919 — 27.23
City Taxes 1920... _.. 3,564.33
City Taxes 1921 _.. 18,566.11
City Taxes 1922 .» -— 271,374.63
City Taxes 1923 .
54,293.42

$518,893.42
 Mayor Grace's Annual Revieiv 13

EXPENDITURES
Geo. C. Rogers Asst. Clerk— $374,659.98
Refund on Taxes.— _... '255!95
Commissioners Sinking Fund _.. 26,379!33
Teachers Retirement Fund ._ .Z.-^^Z''''Z'^^'. 2!o02.14
County Treasurer '25o!oO
Balance 115,346.12

$618,893.42

SINKING FUND, COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

RECEIPTS
Balance from last Statement _.. $ 7,986.45
1% Mill Tax- 26,879.33
Interest on Deposit. .^ _ _ 387.68
Interest on Liberty Bonds... 552.50
Interest on State Bonds 600.00

$35,905.96

EXPENDITURES .

Geo. C. Rogers, Asst. Clerk for Coupons $17,500.00

Geo. C. Rogers, Asst. Clerk for Expense. 61.26
Purchase on S. C. State Bonds... 9,903.89
Balance 8,440.81

$35,905.96

ACCOUNT OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD

GENERAL ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS
Balance, July 1, 1922 -.- $ 5,803.14*
From City Treasurer, on Warrants of Chairman or
Vice-chairman 374,659.98
Tuition Fees 500.63
Rent, Tract of Land, Burke Industrial School 117.00
From Sales .-.. _ 978.00
Return Premiums, Cancelled Tornado Policies 55.39
Textbooks Lost or Defaced 245.17
Refund Y. M. C. A., Hauling 2.50
Fines, Defacement School Property .91
Balance Unexpended, Appropriation Current Expenses
Burke Industrial School -.... 86.57
Amount Received from Sales in various Departments,
Burke Industrial School ..- 39.26
Sales Articles Made in Woodworking Department, White
Elementary Schools 52.74
Sale Articles Made, Vocational School 90.83
Sale Drawing Paper, Vocational School 8.56
— $382,640.68
Also, Received from City Treasurer, as Treasurer, Teachers'
Retirment Fund and Placed to Credit of that Fund 2,002.14

$384,642.82

This Balance includes Face of Note Cancelled and to be re-invested ($100.00)

and Accumulated Interest ($21.00 Brought from Special Account). Agricul-
tural Prizes, Colored (Burke) Industrial School.

ACCOUNT OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD

GENERAL ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
(Showing certain special accounts kept during the year)

Salaries - $282,836.37
Repairs on School Property* — 8,635.84
School Furniture and Apparatus, Repairs and Replacements 1,119.78
14 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

School Furniture and Apparatus, New _ " K ??7 IR

Furniture, Remodeled Bennett School ~ 8 00
Furniture, Remodeled Simon ton School ~ c'oq
Fuel and Incidentals
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Schoolhouse Sites ------^-ZZZIZZZZ'Z" 262 77
Building Schoolhouses, Rem. Bennett School. .
4 nr/eo
Building Schoolhouses. 1st Addition, Jas. Simons 5'934"86
School ""Z""!'
Books for Libraries _ _ '
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Other Purposes** .....ZZZ"" "'ZZ
Temporary Quarters, Bennett School
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Building Schoolhouses, Rem. Simonton Sch...
_ _ Z l'l93 81
. 8*005 03
Free Text Books. ......ZZZZZZ::Z 5:552:23
Medical Inspection* „ _ 5 g^S 42
Compulsory Attendance* .] [] ]^ 1*859 26
Expenses Bond Issue 1923 \
1" 1"
117 10

Total „ *** $373,332.72

Includes Salaries Special Employees.

Incorporated in Teachers' Retirement Fund, Amount Received from
City Treasurer 2,002.14

$375,334.86

**In this Exhibit, in the Account Other Purposes is entered the special
appropriation of $4,659.98 made by the City Board of School Commissioners to
cover the deficit in the income of the Teachers' Retirement Fund. In this Account,
also is carried the $16,000.00 paid to the Trustees of the High School of
Charleston.

'Current Expenditures $349,655.91

Outlays, Sites, Building Equipment 23,559.71
Expenses Bond Issue 1923 117.10

$373,332.86
ACCOUNT OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD
GENERAL ACCOUNT
SUMMARY
Receipts $ 382.640.68
Expenditures _ „ $373,332.72
As Treasurer Teacher' Retirement Fund, received and
incorporated in that Fund 2,002.14 2,002.14

$375,334.86 $384,642.82
Balance, July 1, 1923 9,307.96

MITCHELL MEDAL ACCOUNT

Interest on Bond:
Receipts $ 12.87
Expenditure $ 12.00
Balance, July 1, 1923 .17

ACCOUNT OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD

BOND ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS
Proceeds Bond ssue 1922 $209,998.67
Interest on Deposit. _ 3,151.22
Gift toward Vocational School _ 90,000.00

Total $303,144.89

EXPENDITURES
Expenses Bond Issue 1922 „ _ $ 500.00
Bennett School, Remodeling and Furniture 44,967.26
Simonton School, Remodeling and Furnitui-e — 70,686.11
James Simons School, Addition to Site ..._ _ - .$ 9,281.84
1st Addition, Building and Furniture 8,011.03
2nd Addition, Building and Furniture 1,762.03 19,054.90
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 15

Vocational School, Site $ 67.50

Vocational School, Building and Equipment 151,673.37 151.740.87

Memminger School, Fireproof Stairs 314.38

Administration Building, Site 3,805.00
Craft School, Addition to Site $ 2,841.20
Craft School Fireproof Stairs 302.18 3,143.38
Julian Mitchell School, Heating Plant and Fireproof Stairs 761.72
Burke Industrial School, Remodeling Main Building, Annex
and Heating Plant 6,248.52

Total $301,222.14
Balance, July 1, 1923 1,922.75

$303,144.89

BOND ISSUE INTEREST ACCOUNT

RECEIPTS
From City Treasurer, Sinking Fund Account, on Warrant of Chair-
man (Issue 1919) $12,543.76
From City Treasurer, Sinking Fund Account, on Warrant of Chair-
man (Issue 1922) 5,017.50

Total _ $17,561.26

EXPENDITURES
To meet interest on Bonds, (Issue 1919) $ 12,500.00
Exchange on checks and charges of Bank for handling
coupons, (Issue 1919) .. 43.76 $12,543.76

To meet Interest on Bonds, (Issue 1922) semi-annual, $ 5,000.00

Evchange on check and charge of Bank for handling
coupons, (Issue 1922) 17.50 5,017.50

Total $17,561.26

BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
The bonded indebtedness of the School District comprisins th« City of
Charleston on July 1, 1923, was as follows:

Amount of Bonds Rate of Interest Semi-Annual Bonds Mature

Interest Payable

July 15th
$250,000.00 5% & July 15. 1944
Jan. 15th

July 15th
$200,000.00 5% & July 15, 1947
Jan. 15th

The following is a Summary of the total receipts and expenditures, derived

by combining the account of the City Treasurer and the accounts of the Clerk
of the Board. This particular form of report is that required by the State
Superintendent of Education in the Annual Report of his office.

SUMMARY
CHARLESTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1922-1923

TOTAL RECEIPTS
Cash balance on hand from all sources, July 1, 1922:
City Treasurer, General Account $89,923.88
Clerk of the Board, General Account 5,803.14 $95,727,02

Poll Tax 6,885.69

Three-Mill Constitutional Tax 59,465.62
Dog Tax 404.91
Game Warden 1,122.70
16 Mayor Grace s Annual Review
Marriage Licenses _
447.25
Special Local Tax from City Treas.'($347;84i:97"Tess "refund .."
$255."95 j 321,206.69
District Tax for Bonds (Interest and Sinking Fund) 26,379.33
t.xtra County Aid _ „ _ 1.000.00
Extra State Aid, ( V
($10,801.50 less refund of $250.00 to County Treas. { 7,595.50
Federal Aid.
2,956.00
Tuition
_ j^ 500.63
Rents, Sales, Refunds—
Bond Issue During the Year
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1,431.76
209,993.67
J "".[..[..... _ L „ 245.17
City Council for Interest _. Z~ - '1
1 1,000.00
Interest on Funds in Bank.- 3,151.22
Gift
90,000.00

Total -$829,513. 16*

'Excluding Mitchell Medal Account.

TOTAL EXPENDITURES
For Both
White Negro Races
Administrative, excluding Superintendent— $ 2,761.82 1,578.18 $ 4.340.00
Teachers' Salaries (Men).. 32,495.75 9,673.33 42,169.08
Teachers' Salaries (Women) 171,380.05 55,830.03 227,210.08
Furniture and Apparatus _ _ _. 14,970.15 8,389.00 23,359.15
Fuel and Incidentals _ 15,168.35 5,860.36 21.028.71
Repairs on School Property 6,728.86 3,100.79 9,829.65
Expenses Bond Issue 1923 73.19 43.91 117.10
Expenses Bond Issue 1922. 333.33 166.67 500.00
Schoolhouso Sites 14,874.68 1,383.63 16,258.31
Building Schoolhouses _ *
207,272.01 78.512.16 285,784.17
Books for Library 86.74 4.36 91.10
Interest on School Bonds, 1919 10,035.01 2.508.75 12,543.76
Interest on School Bonds, 1922....: _ 3,345.00 1,672.50 5.017.50
Redemption of School Bonds or Additions
to Sinking Fund, 1919 6,005.90 1,501.48 7,507.38
Redemption of School Bonds or Additions
to Sinking Fund, 1922 873.79 436.90 1,310.69
Teachers' Retirement Fund
Treasurer $2,002.14
Clerk _ 4,659.98
239.53 2,422.59 6,662.12
Free Text Books 529.02 2,023.21 4,552.23
Medical Inspection 151.90 2,521.52 5,673.42
Compulsory Attendance 115.56 743.70 1,859.26
Other Purposes, * 054.38 3,068.24 27,122.62

Total ..-$521,495.02 $181,441.31 $702,936.33*

Uiider the head of Other Purposes is entered the $16,000.00 paid to the Trustees
of ^he High School of Charleston in accordance with the agreement between
that Board and the City Board of School Commissioners.
•Excluding Mitchell Medal Account.
TOTAL RECEIPTS, TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND BALANCES
Total Receipts $829.513.16«
Total Expenditures $702,936.33*
Balance. July 1, 1923 126,576.83*

Statement of Balances:
General Account, City Treasurer, July 1, 1923. -$115,346.12
General Account, Clerk of the Board, July 1, 1923. - 9,307.96
Bond Account, Clerk of the Board, July 1, 1923 - 1,922.75

$126,576.83

NOTE
Expenditures
1. Current ?349,655.91
2. Outlays -$ 23,559.71
300,722.14
224,281.85
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 17

Debt Service:
Interest, Exchange and Bank Charges, Bond
Coupons, 1919 $ 12,543.76
Interest, Exchange and Bank Charges, Bond •

Coupons, 1922 ..._. 5,017.50

Incorporated in Sinking Fund, Balance remaining
1% Mill Tax Collection 8,818.07
26.379.33
Expenses 1922 Bond Issue 500.00
Expenses Preparation 1923 Bond Issue 117.10
Incorporated in Teachers' Retirement Fund, Amount
Received from City Treasurer 2,002.14

$702,936.33*

"Excluding Mitchell Medal Account.

COMPILATION FROM ACCOUNTS HEREINBEFORE GIVEN

CITY TREASURER
Receipts: Expenditures: Balance:
Balance,
July 1, 1922 $89,923.88 Clerk Gen. Account....$374,659.98

Various ordinary Teachers Retirement

sources of income. Fund 2,004.14
(excluding refunded
$250.00 & $255.95) 402,084.36 Thru Sinking Fund
for Interest on
Bonds, Exchange
and Ban^ Charges
From 1% Mills Tax (1919 and 1922 Is-
for Sinking Fund & sues) 17,561.26)
Interest on Bonds )
(1919 and 1922)...... 26,379.33 Incorporated in Sink- )
ing Fund, balance )

1% Mills Tax Col- )

lection, (1919 and )

1922) 8,818.07)

$518,387.57 $403,041.45 $115,346.12

CLERK OF THE BOARD

GENERAL ACCOUNT
Receipts Expenditures : Balance :

Balance,
July 1, 1922 $ 5,803.14 Total, Current and
From City Treas 374,659.98 Outlays, Expenses
Other Sources 2,177.56 Bond Issue 1923 .... $373,332.72

$382,640.68 $373,332.72 $9,807.96

CLERK OF THE BOARD

BOND ACCOUNT
Receipts : Expenditures : Balance :

Proceeds Issue 1922._-_$209,993.67 Outlays $300,722.14

Interest on Deposit... 3,151.22 Expenses Issue 1922.. 500.00
Gift 90,000.00

$303,144.89 $301,222.14 $1,922.75

18 Mayor Grace's Annual Reinezv

CLERK OF THE BOARD

BOND ISSUE INTEREST ACCOUNT
Receipts: Expenditures: Balance:
From City Treasurer To meet Interest on
Sinking Fund Ac- Bonds, Exchange &
count, 1919 and Bank Charges:
1922 $17,561.20 1919 Issue $ 12,543.76
1922 Issue 5,017.50

1. Income, City Board of School Commissioners, July

City Treasurers* General Account
1, 1922 —July 1, 1923:
$402,084.36

A study of foregoing page shows the following:

Income, City Board of School Commissioners, July 1, 1922 — July 1, 1923:

City Treasurer, General Account .-,_ $402,084.36
City Treasurer Sinking Fund Account...., - _ 26,379.33
Clerk, General Account ._ 2,177.56
Clerk, Bond Account:
Proceeds Issue 1922, $209,993.67
Interest on Deposit ._ 3,151.22
Gift _ 90,000.00
303,144.89

TotaK $733,786.14

2. Expenditures, City Board of School Commissioners, July 1, 1922 —July 1, 1923:

City Treasurer, Teachers' Retirement Fund, Incorporated in

that Fund $ 2,002.14
City Treasurer, Thru SinkiAg Fund Account to Clerk, Expended
for Interest on Bonds, Exchange and Bank Charges 17,561.26
City Treasurer, Incorporated in Sinking Fund Account, Balance
Remaining 1% Mills Tax Collection July 1, 1922 July 1, —
1923 _-.... .- - _ 8,818.07
Clerk, General Account 373,332.72
Clerk, Bond Acocunt 301,222.14

Total -. - $702,936.33

3. Balance remaining. Fiscal Year

July 1, 1922 —
July 1, 1923 $ 30,849.81
To which should be added:
Balance as of July 1, 1922,
City Treasurer, General Account _ $89,923.88
Clerk, General Account 5,803.14 95,727.02

Total Balance, July 1, 1923 __ _ - -- $126,576.83

City Treasurer, General Acocunt $115,346.12

Clerk, General Account 9,307.96
Clerk, Bond Account - -.-. 1,922.75
.
$126,576.13

Note — The Sinking Fund Account is given in full on Page 2 of this Report.
The Mithcell Medal Account, is not included in page 11 and 12.
EXPENDITURES THRU JUNE 30, 1923 FOR:
1. Remodeling and Refurnishing Bennett School:
1921-22 _. ..- —$ 107.74
1922-23 _ 49,090.86
$ 49,198.60
Remodeling and Refurnishing Simonton School:
1921-22 - - $ 82.32
1922-23 ...- - _.. - 78,697.43
78,779.75
Addition to James Simons School, and Furniture for
same, (Complete) :

1922-23 _...l ._ . ^-.,^,,.^- 13,946.89

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4. Vocational School, Building, Furniture, Equipment and

Incidentals

1921-22 $ 28.57
1922-23 -_ 151,740.87
•
151,769.44

—
During the fiscal year July 1, 1922 July 1, 1923, the following school con-
struction was authorized A second additiion to the James Simons School the
: ;

remodeling of the Burke Industrial School an Annex to the Burke Industrial

;

School New heating plants in the Julian Mitchell and Burke Industrial Slhools
;
;

Fireproof stairways in the Crafts, Memminger and Julian Mitcheil School An ;

Administration Building for the School System. The expenditures for this work
during the year ending June 30, 1923, will be found in the Bond Account, page
6 of this report.

During the Fiscal Year 1922-1923, the City Board of School Commissioners
employed the following:

One Superintenent, One Assistant Clerk of the Board, One Office Steno-
grapher, One Superintendent's Secretary, One Superintendent of Repairs, One
Supervisor of Special Classes, One Supervisor of Colored Schools, One Supervisor
of Music, One Primary Supervisor, One Supervisor of Writing, One Compulsory
Attendance O cer. Six White Principals, One Vice-Principal, One Special
_

Teacher Manual Training, One Special Teacher Domestic Science and Arts,
One Treasurer, Three School Medical Inspectors, Three School Nurses, One hun-
dred and thirty-six White Wom.en Teachers, Six White Men Teachers, Tvi^o White
Principals Evening Schools, Five Teachers (White) Evening Schools, One Director
Vocational Evening Classes, Five Teachers Vocational Evening Classes, Four
Negro Principals, Two Negro Vice-Principals, Seventy-Five Negro Women
Teachers, One Negro Man Teacher, Eleven Janitors, Ten Janitors' Assistants.

TRUSTEES ORPHAN HOUSE FUND AND ESTATE

JANUARY 1, 1923 TO DECEMBER 31, 1923,

RECEIPTS
To Balance Trustees $ 7,455.70
W. J. Bennett Memorial Fund 14,818.26 $22,273.96

To Trustees:
12 Months Interest on $211,500.00 City 4% Bonds
July 1923 and January 1924 Coupons 8,460.00
18 Months Interest on $28,500.00 City 4% Bonds,
Jan. 1923, July 1923 and Jan. 1924 Coupons 1,710.00
1 Year's Interest on Deposit _ 435.23
Interest on Liberty Bonds 1,530.00
To W. J. Bennett Memorial Fund:
1 yr. Interest on $98,000.00 City 4% Bonds $ 3,920.00
1 yr. Interest on $10,000.00 4% Sewerage 400.00
1 yr. Interest on $11,000.00 5% City of Columbia 550.00
1 yr. Interest on Deposit 810.31 6,680.31

$40,089.50

EXPENDITURES
By Trustees
Paid over to City for Current Expense.. 10,170.00
Paid over to City for Current Expense 435.23
By W. J. Bennett Memorial Fund
Paid over to City for Current Expense 2,000.00
By Balance Trustees ._ $ 8,985.70
do W. J. Bennett Memorial Fund 18,498.57 27,484.27

$40,089.50

ASSETS
Trustees Cash $ 8,985.70
City of Charleston 4% Bonds 240,000.00
Liberty Bonds 11.000.00 $259,985.70
20 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviciv

W. J. Bennett Memorial Fund:

Cash $ 18.498.57
City of Charleston 4% Bonds,.. 98,000.00
City of Charleston 4% Sewerage Bonds 10,000.00
City of Columbia 5% Bonds.. _ 11,000.00
Liberty Bonds 25,000.00 $162,498.57

Examined and found correct:

WALTER PRINGLE.
Chairman Charleston Orphan House and
Trustee Orphan Funds and Estate.

W. J. BENNETT MEMORIAL FUND. DECEMBER 31, 1923.

1905 Bonds Purchased .....$ 2,000.00

1906 Bonds Purchased _ _. 2.100.00
1907 Bonds Purchased 2,200.00
1908 Bonds Purchased _ 2.300.00
1909 Bonds Purchased 1,000.00
1911 Bonds Purchased 5,400.00 •

1912 Bonds Purchased 1,500.00

1913 Bonds Purchased „ 2.500.00
1920 Bonds Purchased _ 25,000.00
1923 Cash in Bank 18,498.57
$ 62,498.57
Original Donation 100,000.00

$162,498.57
Cash in Bank drawing 5% Daily Deposit.

COMMISSIONERS SINKING FUND

JAN. 1, 1923 TO DEC. 31, 1923.

RECEIPTS :

Balance from last Statement $ 7,253.41

Interest Account:
Interest on 4% City Bonds $ 40.00
Interest on 4% Sewerage Bonds ._ 680.00
Interest on Liberty Bond 212.50
— 932.50
Interest on Deposit 380.17

$8,566.08
ASSETS
Cash $ 8,566.08
4% City Bonds ...._ 1,000.00
4% Sewerage Bonds 17,000.00
Liberty Bonds „ 5,000,00

$31,566.08

TRANSACTIONS OF SEWERAGE SINKING FUND FOR YEAR ENDING

DECEMBER 31, 1923.

RECEIPTS
To Balance from last Statement ...$ 2,390.28
Spcecial Levy
Mill Tax
1 -. 24,108.72
Interest Account
Interest on Deposit _ .— 214.87

$26,713.82
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EXPENDITURES :

Coupon Account
Coupons Paid on Bonds ..$ 10,650.00
Bond Account— -

Bonds Purchased 6,896.89

Balance .._ 9,166.93

$26,713.82

Balance Dec. 31, 1923-

Sinking Fund $254,643.07

Cash 9,166.93
Coupon Account 810.00
Bon d Account 268,000.00

$263,810.00 $263,810.00

Memorandum
Original Issue Bonds 1910.... _ $300,000.00
Additional Issue Bonds 1911.... 75,000.00
Additional Issue Bonds 1919 6,000.00
Total Issue $381,000.00

1910 Bonds Retired $ 6,000.00

1911 Bonds Retired 7,000.00

1914 Bonds Retired 10,000.00

1916 Bonds Retired : 5,500.00
1917 Bonds Retired 10,000.00
1918 Bonds Retired _. 5,000.00
1919 Bonds Retired.. .. 15,000.00
1920 Bonds Retired ._ 7.000.00
1922 Bonds Retired 45,500.00
1923 Bonds Retired.. 7,000.00 118,000.00

$263,000.00

Respectfully submitted,

W. S. SMITH,
City Treasurer.
22 Mayor trace's Annual Rcznezv

ASSESSING DIVISION

Charleston, S. C, April 15, 1924.

Mr. IV . S. Smith, City Treasurer,

Dear Sir
The following is a summary of the total assessed values
of real estate and personal property returned for taxation,
together with the amount of classified licenses issued
through the Assessing Division of the Department of Fi-
nance for the year 1923 :

Real Estate - -..-$17,150,335.00

Personal Property 8,252,804.00

Total $25,403,139.00
At 451/2 Mills $ 1,155,842.82

As compared with the assessments for the year 1922 the

following differences are shown :

Real Estate, decrease $ 170,740.00

Persona Property decrease.... 1,560,943.00

Total decrease for 1923 as com-

pared with 1922 $1,731,683.00
The amount of regular applications issued
for hcenses is.- $ 116,783.05
The amount of licenses assessed is 5,383.75
The amount of penalty assessed is 1,076.75

As compared with the regular license issued for the

year 1922 the decrease is $16,274.58.

Respectfully submitted,

JOHN P. SULLIVAN,
Chief Assessing Division,
Department of finance.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 23

CHARLESTON TRAFFIC BUREAU

To the Honorable, the Mayor and City

Council of Charleston, S. C. :

It is a pleasure to transmit the report of activities of the

Charleston Traffic Bureau for the period extending from
January 1st, 1923, to December 31st, 1923.
The report is of necessity in the merest outline and cannot
describe the amount of time and labor involved in the ac-
tivities reported upon. A
resume of the detailed report will
show that the Bureau has handled twelve cases before the
Interstate Commerce Commission and three cases before
the Railroad Commission of South Carolina involving the
adjustment of freight rates from and to Charleston. Four
of these cases have been decided by the Interstate Commerce
Commission in our favor, and the other cases are now
pending a decision.
In addition to these cases, it will also be noted that num-
erous rate adjustments have been handled with the carriers,
and a large number of reductions in rates have been secured
due to this handling.
In conclusion, I wish to direct attention to the fact that
the work which has been done by the Traffic Bureau in the
past few years is of a highly constructive character and has
proven of advantage to the shippers and receivers of freight
located at Charleston. During the ensuing year it will be
the purpose of this organization to continue in an aggressive
way the work that has been started and endeavor to bring
to a satisfactory conclusion the many important rate cases
which are now pending before the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Yours very truly,

THOS J. BURKE,
Commissioner.

The detailed report of the Charleston Traffic Bureau for

the period January 1, 1923, to and including December 31,
1923, is as follows:
24 Mayor Grace's Annual Revieiv

— —
Southern Class Rate Investigation (Docket 13494) The Traffic
Bureau participated in the Interstate Commerce Commission's Gen-
eral Investigation of Class Rates applying within the Southern Ter-
ritory, also between the Southern Territory and the Central Freight
Association Territory, Eastern and Interior Eastern Points and Vir-
ginia Cities. Evidence was submitted at the various hearings setting
forth the claims of Charleston for a readjustment of its rates. Briefs
were filed on August 1st, and the case is now awaiting a decision by
the Commission. This decision is expected the latter part of Novem-
ber.
Tobacco, Uimianufactured, from Kentucky and Tennessee Points
to Charleston — —
(Docket 14795) The Bureau filed and is prosecuting
a formal complaint attacking the export rates on tobacco, unmanufac-
tured, from Kentucky and Tennessee points to Charleston as compared
with the rates from these points to the Gulf ports. Briefs in the case
have been filed, and we are now awaiting the final decision of the In-
tersate Commerce Commission.
Import Rates from South Atlantic Ports to the Mid-West Terri-
—
tory (Docket 15291) —A formal complaint has been filed attacking
the rates on import traff'c from the South Atlantic Ports to points
of destination in the Central Freight Association or Mid-West Ter-
ritorv. In this comiplaint we arc asking the Interstate Commerce Com-
mission to establish the same rates from South Atlantic Ports as
at present in effect from Canadian Ports, Norfolk, Va., and Baltimore,
Md. The case has been docketed by the Commission and a hearing
will be had the first part of the year 1924. This complaint was filed
in order to supplement the revision in exnort rates which was secured
by the South Atlantic Ports during the Railroad Administration.
Oyster Shells (crushed) from Charleston to Ohio and Mississippi
—
River Crossings The carriers published, effective February 5th, 1923,
increased rates on crushed oyster shells from Charleston. The Bureau
filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a request for the sus-
pension of these rates. The tariff" was suspended and the case set for
hearing. Prior to the hearing of the case, the carriers cancelled the
inc Tended rates and restored the old rates. The description of the
commodity, by an agreement with the carriers, was changed to read
the same as the description from the Gulf Ports. This was one of
the requests made upon the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Handling Charges (Marginal Tracks and Switching — I. S. Docket
1737) —The carriers, effective December 2nd, 1922, revised the rates
for handling at South Atlantic Ports so as to provide a charge for
shipments that were unloaded on marginal tracks by use of the ship's
tackle. Upon complaint of the interested parties, the tariff was sus-
pended and a hearing was had at Mobile. In addition to the change
in the handling charge, it was also proposed to assess a charge for
the switching of the car from and to the marginal track. The Bureau
participated in this complaint, and, after hearing, the case was decided
in our favor on March 17th, 1923. The handling and switching charges
proposed by the carriers were withdrawn and the old charges restored.
— —
Port Charges Investigation (Docket 12681) The Interstate Com-
merce Commiission ordered a general investigation of wharfage, stor-
age and handling charges at South Atlantic Ports. The Bureau par-
ticipated in this complaint and .introduced evidence at Charleston and
supplemented this evidence with brief filed with the Commisssion.
The case was tentatively decided in favor of the shipping interests
by the Commission. At the oral argument on April 11th, before the
Commission the Charleston interests were represented by this organi-
zation. The case is now awaiting the final decision of the Commis-
sion.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 25-

Port — —
Case Boston Maritime Association (Docket
Differential
13548) — TheBureau intervened in this case, which was filed by the
Boston Maritime Association asking for a revision of the export rates
from the Central Freight Association Territory to all ports, Boston,
Mass., to Galveston, Tex., inclusive. In this case the Boston interests
asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to establish the same rates
on export traffic from this territory to all ports. The case has been
tentatively decided by the exarniner for the Commission, and an oral
argument was heard before the Commission on May 22nd at Wash-
ington. Charleston was represented at this oral argument, and the
claims of this port and the other South Atlantic Ports were presented
in regard to the continuation in effect of our export rates from the
Central Freight Association Territory. This case is awaiting the
final decision of the Commission.
—
Mississippi-Warrior River Barge Line Complaint (Docket 13290)
— In this complaint the port interests at New Orleans asked for the
establishment of water and rail rates from all points in the United
States to the port of New Orleans. The rates asked for by the port
interests were to be 80% of the rail rates where such carriers' lines
parellelled the water lines. The Bureau intervened in this case and
evidence was presented at New Orleans. We later filed a brief and ap-
peared at the oral argument before the Interstate Commerce Com-
mission. The Com^mission decided the case in our favor, sustaining
our contention that the Gulf Ports should not be permitted to draw
freight from our contiguous territory on a lower basis of rail and
water rates.
— —
Georgia Rates (Docket 13275) The Bureau filed and prosecuted
a complaint before the Interstate Commerce Commission asking for
a revision of the rates on classes and commodities from Charleston and
Jacksonville to Georgia destinations so as to place these two ports
in line with the Georgia ports of Savannah and Brunswick. _
This case
is now awaiting a final decision by the Commission. Prior to this
decision, the Railroad Commission of Georgia is revising its rates with-
in the State of Georgia and is removing, to a great extent, the dis-
criminations complained of by us in our case. This case will not
be decided until the Commission hands down its decision in the Gen-
eral Class Rate Investigation. The tentative report ,as stated above,
is expected in the General Class Rate Case, about the last part of
Novem.ber, and a decision in the Georgia Rate Case is expected about
the same time.
—
Cotton Transit Privileges (Docket -14978) —
This case was filed by
the Savannah Traffic Bureau, in which they complain about the cot-
ton transit privileges in the Southern Territory. This Bureau inter-
vened in the case and took part in the hearing at Savannah before the
Interstate Com^merce Commission on November 2nd-3rd. This case
has not been completed, and has been assigned for further hearing
at Washington on December 3rd.
C. C. & O. Railway Lease —
The Bureau co-operated with the Cham-
ber of Commerce and the City of Charleston in presenting our case
to the South Carolina Railroad Commission, also the Interstate Com-
merce Commission, asking them not to ratify the lease of the C. C. &
O. Railway by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad. The case has been briefed and is set for oral ar-
gument at Washington on December 29th, 1923.
Revision of Rates between Southeastern Points and South At-
lantic Ports —
The Bureau protested vigorously against the carriers'
temporary revision of rates between Southeastern points and the South
Atlantic Ports. A petition was filed with the Interstate Commerce
_

Commission asking for a suspension of these rates, but this petition

26 Mayor Grace's Animal Review

was dis allowed. The revised figures are now in effect but are only
temporary in character and are subject to further revision when the
Commission makes its decision in the General Class Rate Case.
& Carolina Steamship Company's Docks
Szvitching to the Baltimore
—An informal complaint was filed with the Interstate Commerce Com-
mission protesting against the assessment of a switcliing charge on
through business via Charleston in connection with the Baltimore &
Carolina Line. The Commission investigated the question and ruled
that there was no undue discrimination against Charleston and that
the switching charge assessed by the carriers was proper on through
business moving via Charleston in connection with the Baltimore &
Carolina Line.
Fertilizer and Fertilizer Materials — The Bureau co-operated with
other communities in presenting a complaint to the Interstate Com-
merce Commission in reference to the rates on fertilizer and fertilizer
material vvithin the vSouthern Territory. This complaint has not been
docketed, and is now awaiting such acdon by the Commission. Pend-
ing the hearing of this case, the South Carolina Railroad Commission
signified its intention of revising the rates on fertilizer within South
Carolina. The Bureau appeared before this commission but was unable
to prosecute the matter as the Supreme Court ruled that the Railroad
Commission had no authority to revise rates within the state. The
State Railroad Commission is seeking a reversal of the decision of
the Supreme Court, and the revision of rates within South Carolina
will have to be held up pending the disposition of this case. As soon
as this is decided we will again present our case to the Railroad Com-
mission for a revision of the South Carolina rates. On November
26th the Georgia Railroad Commission will have a hearing in refer-
ence to the fertilizer rates within Georgia. These rates have a direct
bearing upon the rates within South Carolina, and the Bureau will be
represented at the hearing before the Georgia Railroad Commission
—
Sand, Gravel and Stone Rates The Bureau has presented to the
Railroad Commission of South Carolina a revised scale of rates for
joint hauls on sand, gravel and stone within this state. This case is
being held up pending the determination of the status of the Railroad
Commission by the Supreme Court.
—
Lime Rates The Southern carriers have tentatively presented to
the shippers revised commodity rates for application on lime within the
Southern Territory. As soon as these rates are published in tariff
form it is the intention of the Bureau to ask for their suspension and
a hearing before the Interstate Comrtlerce Commission.
—
Cement Rates A revision has been secured in the cement rates
from Charleston to North Carolina points in an effort to equalize
tliis port with Wilmington in the distribution of cement within that
state. This revison was made effective June 10th, 1923, and the re-
vised figures were issued in compliance with the request of the Bureau.
—
Ice Rates The rates on ice in less than carload quantities from
Charleston to South Carolina points were increased by the carriers
during the first part of the year. The Bureau filed a protest with the
Railroad Commisssion of South Carolina and after a hearing before
this commission we were successful in securing revised rates on ice
in less than carload quantities within South Carolina. The new rates
were published effective March 15th, 1923, and have proved satisfactory
to the ice manufacturers within the state.
—
Export and Import Rate Adjustments ^A revision was secured
in the import rates on green coffee from Charleston to Southeastern
and Western destinations. The new rates are made the same as from
New Orleans, and are reductions in the figures formerly in effect.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviezv 27

Machinery and Boilers from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Charleston

Secured revision of these rates in line with the rates to the Gulf Ports.
(Reduction)
—
Drugs Chicago, 111., and Indianapolis, Ind., to South Atlantic
—
Ports We were successful in securing a reduction in these rates.
—
Tobacco Leaksville, N. C. to Charleston. (Reduction)
—
Barytcs, Carload Emerson, Ga., to South Atlantic Ports (Reduc-
tion)
Mine Cars —
Knoxville, Tenn to Charleston. (Reduction)
—
Cotton Card Strippings Charleston to Ware Shoals. (Reduction)
—
Cement Charleston to North Carolina Points. (Reduction)
—
Nezvsprint Paper Charleston to Southeastern Points. (Reduction)
—
AHtre Cake Charleston to Canton, N. C. (Reduction)
—
Tobacco Charleston to Carolina Points. (Reduction) •

—
Nitre of Soda South Atlantic Ports to Ohio and Mississippi River
—
Crossings The carriers proposed to advance our rates on this com-
modity, making them the same as from Baltinaore, Md., and higher
than from the Gulf Ports. Upon protest, the revised rates were with-
drawn and the old figures restored.
—
Flax Seed and Sesame Seed (Imported) South Atlantic Ports,
—
Gulf and Norfolk, Va., to Eiberton, Ga Charleston same as Savannah,
and less than all other ports. (Reduction)
—
Flax Seed (Imported) Charleston to St. Paul and Minneapolis,
—
Minn. Revised rate of 49^ cents published. (Reduction)
Linseed Oi/— Charleston to Ohio River and Virginia Cities New—
rates established in line wth rates from Savannah, Ga., and Norfolk,
Va. (Reductons)
—
Aluminum (Imported) Charleston to Birmingham, Ala. New- —
rate of 32 cents per 100 pounds established. (Reduction)
—
Burlap and Gunny Bagging Charleston to Nashville, Tenn. New —
Orleans, La., to Nashville, Tenn. (Reduction)

Miscellaneous Adjustments

—
Freight Service Handled for the Geer Drug Company their com-
plaint about the freight service to Andrews and Georgetown, S. C.
Induced the Seaboard Air Line Railway to establish package car service
to these two points. Delivery to Andrews is now made on the following
morning, and to Georgetown the following afternoon.
—
Cheese Rates Cheese from Wisconsin Points to Charleston. At-
tention of interested consignees called to the lower rates via Baltimore,
Md., in connection with the Baltimore & Carolina Steamship Company.
— —
Cotton Piece Goods Charleston to Eastern Destinations Handling
with carriers revision in these rates, and hope to have established
within the ensuing year special commodity rates applicable as above.
—
Cotton Piece Goods North Carolina Mills via Charleston and
—
Clyde Line to Eastern Destinations Handling with Clyde Steamship
Company and the carriers the question of establishing special commodity

— ...
rates on cotton piece goods from North Carolina mills to Eastern des-
tinations for m.ovement via Charleston in connection with the Clyde
Steamship Company.
Sugar Charleston and Savannah to Carolina Territory This
Bureau has intervened in the complaint filed by the Savannah Sugar
—
Refining Corporation attacking the rates on sugar from Charleston to
the Carolina Territory. This case has not been set for hearing, but it
is our purpose to protect the interests of the distributors located at
Charleston.
28 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

—
Cotton Batting Charleston to Ohio and Mississippi River Cross-
ings Northern and Western Points, and Southeastern Points Hand- —
Hng witli the carriers the question of estahhshing- special commodity
rates appHcahle as above from Charleston.
—
Grapes, less than Carload Charleston to Carolina Points — Secured
reduction in the present rates.
—
Scrap Metal Charleston to Eastern and Western Points — Secured
reduction in rates from Charleston and a realignment of our rates with
the rates from Savannah.
—
Cotton North Carolina Points to New England Mill Points via
—
Charleston in Connection with the Clyde Line New points of origin
have been added. We are still at work upon this adjustment and hope
during the coming year to increase this territory so as to enable our
cotton interests to draw cotton from as wide a terriory as the com-
peting ports.
—
Cotton Carolina Territory via Augusta Compress to Charleston
Rates revised permitting the movment of cotton via this compress to
Charleston from Carolina Territory at the same rates as in effect to
Savannah.
—
Rough Glass and IVindoiv Glass Buffalo-Pi tt.sburgh Territory to
—
Charleston Revision secured which makes our rates the same as those
in effect to Savannah. (Reduction)

—
Watermelons Seaboard Air Line Railway Stations in North Caro-
lina to Charleston — Secured reduction in these rates.
—
Talc Charleston to Nashville, Tenn. (Reduction)
—
Canned Goods Union, S. C. to Charleston.' (Reduction).
Respectfully submitted,

THOS. J. BURKE,
Commissioner.

PORT UTILITIES COMMISSION

The financial report of the Port Utilities Commission for the
year 1923 shows that operations for the year resulted in a net profit
of $63,555.08, and the statement of assets and liabilities shows the
former to be $2,668,341.56 and the latter $2,568,00L59, leaving a sur-
plus of $100,339.07.
The year's revenue from active operations, including railway,
wharfage and storage, amounted to $343,323.57, and deducting operat-
ing expenses of $197,235.05 a balance of $146,088.52 remains. Adding
to this the net revenue from rents, $n,067.22, brings the gross operat-
ing profits to $157,155.74. The administrative and general expenses,
$37,512.28, deducted, leave a net profit of $119,643.46, and other in-
come brings the total to $123,152.12. Subtracting other deductions
from this sum, $59,597.04, leaves the net profit of $63,555.08.
The surplus of $100,339.97 is arrived at as follows:

Balance December 31. 1922_ $ 31,912.31

Interest earned $ 57,867.11
Unrefundable ovei-charges _ 14.75
Insurance Collected _. 3,000.00
Net profit from operations— .-_ 63,555.08

Total ..._ --... 124,376.94

Total credits to surplus — ..$ 156,289.25

 Mayor Grace's Annual Revieiv 29

DEBITS :

Interest on bonds... _ __ 112,500.00

Less interest charge to operations 60,743.86
$ 51,756.14
Plus miscellaneous items _ 4,293.14

Total debits _. 55,949.28

Surplus — .__ $ 1 GO, 389 . 97

The following is the statement of assets and liabilities :

Assets (Current) :

Cash ...$1,097,841.40
Bills collectible 22,492.51

Total current assets $1,120,333.91

Investment in Permanent Assets:

Property, original purchase $1,255,953.22

Subsequent New construction 215,279.16
Additions to equipment 41,386.18

Total $ 1 ,512,618.50
Less disposals and retirements 10,886.15

Total investment in permanent assets .$1,501,732.41

Deferred charges 46,275.24

Total assets $2,668,341.56

LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable .....$ 65,774.72
Bonded indebtedness 2,500,000.00
Reserves for depreciation 2,226.87

Total $2,568,001.59

Surplus .-.- -- $ 100,339.97

BUREAU OF FOREIGN TRADE AND PORT

DEVELOPMENT

Purpose of Bureau :

Organized May 1, 1923 under joint auspices of the City of Char-

leston and the Charleston Chamber of Commerce
As the name implies an agency for the development of the Port
of Charleston through suitable publicity, the bringing here of new
carriers the attracting of new industries, the extension of foreign
trade and the providing of specialized service relative to matters ancil-
liary to shipping.
Because budget would not permit of direct newspaper and mag-
azine advertising, Bureau has been compelled to adopt an indirect camp-
aign along this line and through the following mediums Magazine :

articles relative to the port. Newspaper editorials, Weely and Monthly

marine letters. Exhibits, Port booklets, Surveys, Speeches and Lectures,
Correspondence, Personal interviews. Trade Conventions and business
trips. Not including news items nor newspaper interviews given the
amount of legitimate advertising secured through the country's press,
if paid for at standard space rates, would more than counterbalance the
entire operating cost of the Bureau to date.
30 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv

Articles Advertising Charleston :

Magazines and trade papers

Mannfacturercs Record "Iron ore through Charleston" IHuslrated
and "Port of Charleston" Ilhistrated.
Nautical Gazette "Port of Charleston like New York" Illustrated.
Carolina Industries, "Ancient Charleston Realizing Its Modern
Possihilties" Illustrated; South Atlantic Ports, Growth of South";
Shinper and Carrier, "Port of Charleston" Illustrated; Pacific Marine
Review, Monthly series on Charleston- Custom House Guide, Compila-
tion of port data with Capt. S. Olsen Marine Engineering, "Resolu-
;

tion concerning fair and equal treatment for outports" World's ;

Markets, *'An Ancient Crane"; Rand McNally Atlas, Port Data;

port and Teminal, "Port of Charleston, S. C."; Cotton Nev/s,
"Charleston and Its port", "Charleston's Coastwise Serxace", and
"Charleston's Foreign Trade".
Poster Magazine, "Charleston's Unique Exhibits".
Inland Waterways "Port of Charleston S. C"; Dock and Harbour
Authority, "Port of Charleston S. C." Dock and Harbour A.uthority,
;

"An Ancient Crane".

A 1923 Trade Resume of Charleston appeared in the following
publications.
Marine Review, Nautical Gazette, Tournal of Commerce, New
York Alaritime Register, World's Markets, Marine Engineering,
Shipper and Carrier Marine News, The Traffic World, Engineering
News Record, Commerce Reports, Manufacturers Record, Iron Age,
Export Trade & Finance, Pigott's Bulletin, Military Engineer, Com-
mercial News, Shipping Guide, Panama Canal Record, Guide, Com-
merce & Martime Record, Waterway's Journal, Marine Journal, Motor
Ship, Ocean Engineer, Ship News Commercial List & Maritime
Register.

Newspaper Editorials
3 special articles Charleston American, 6 special articles Evening
Post, 2 special atticles Columbia State Daily article News & Courier
(under Foreign Trade & Port Development) Issues widely quoted and
reprinted throughout 4he state.

Weekly Marine Letters :

Issued each Friday to 21 shipping and martime publications.

Monthly Marine Letters:

Issued monthly to 6 maritime publications.
Foreign Releases
Special items issued from time to time in French, Spanish and
German.

Exhibits : (Placards Posters and Charts)

C. P. A. Banquet, Charleston (June^i
Mid-West Farmers and Manufacturers Foreign Trade Convention
(June 29-30).
State Commercial Secretaries Convention Columbia (Sept. 9).
Made-In-Carolina Exposition, Charlotte (Sept. 27-Oct. 10) 500
185 cotton mill representatives reached.
special briefs distributed.
Third Annual Marine Exposition, New York (Nov. 5-10) 2 booths
provided. Several hundred special briefs distributed and contact had
with as many representatives of shipping and transportation concerns.
—
Walterboro Exhibit of posters in connection with address to
Business Men's League.
 Mayor Grace's Anmial Review 31

Port Booklets: (10 graphic charts, 11 pages descriptive data).

Brief addressed to CaroHna Shippers and Textile Manufacturers.
500 copies distributed. Brief addressed to general shipping industry.
500 copies printed for distribution. Collection forwarded through
German Consul to numerous shipping firms in his country.

Special Surveys
Brief and survey for U. S. Steel Corporation in reoperating ships
from Charleston. SS BANTU sailing from Charleston to Chilian
ports Feb. 8 first fruits of this contact.
Survey Southern cotton piece goods situation. Contact with 185
mills.
Survey coffee distribution point at Charleston.
Survey for Channel Steel Barge Company.
Survey for Ford Motor Company.
Survey John Barton Payne reshipment Far East relief goods
through Charleston.
Survey sea island routes in reservice Beaufort-Charleston Line.
Survey from German Consul in repiece goods.
Survey Navy Department retroop movement facilities through
Charleston.
Four surveys re-oil storage and refining depots at Charleston for
four large oil companies.
Survey for Suffolk Peanut Company re-location of plant at Char-
leston.

Speeches and Lectures:

Fifty-two public speeches and lectures relative to port of Charleston

Correspondence
Thirty-one hundred letters written relative to port development.

Personal Interviews
Over seven hundred interviews with commercial representatives
and others.

Foreign Trade and Shipping Information

Cooperation of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
at Washington secured. A file of foreign trade information maintained.
A file of shipping information maintained. Nucleus of a library on
port matters and shipping formed. Reading table provided with lead-
ing national and international shipping and trade magazines. Open to
public. List of trade opportunities published on bulletion board. Large
number of trade opportunities letters sent to individuals interested in
particular line.

Statistics
Current port statistics and other data compiled. Eight hundred
and thirty-two (832) government reports analyzed and filed.

Official Visitors Privately Bntertained byCommissioner:

Mr. Jackson of New York arranged trip to Navy Yard and Port
Terminals and address before Chamber of Commerce re St. Lawrence
Channel. Mr. Chas. A. McKean, Industrial Manager, Seaboard Air
Line Mr. William Brittain, General Mngr. Import and Export Board
of Trade. Mr. Baker, of Baltimore. Several officials from the "Esther
Weems". Mr. Ernest Shipman moving picture producer in re-location
Charleston. Two days lunch and to Folly Beach. Mr. J. C. Williams,
v32 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcinew

Southern (Industrial, Manager). Captain John Jackson

Railroad
(Commander U.S.N.) of the U.S.S. NORTH DAKOTA. Captain
Gherardi and Commander Leah}^ of tlie Air Squadrons and U.S.S.
WRIGHT on occasion of two different visits to Charleston. Mr.
Howard and Captain H. S. Wilkins U.S.A., Ordnance survey taken to
Port Terminals and other points of interest.

Conventions Attended by Commissioner MacBlwec

New Orleans National Foreign Trade Convention as delegate
from Charleston (Ma}' 2-6,) Contact U. S. Steel officials, Mr. Lilly, etc.
Cincinnati: Mid-West Fanners and Manufacturers foreign Trade
Convention (June 29-30).
Columbia: Commercial Secretaries Association (Sept. 11-12).
1. Endorsement State Port at Charleston (passed resolution). 2.
Endorsement of State Zoning Law.
Brunswick: South Atlantic Ports Association (Oct. 13). Put
through following resolutions. 1. Endorsing Charleston Navy Yard.
2. Cooperative Show at Boston, 1924. 3. Reaffirming policy of
cooperation.
Brunswick: Atlantic Coastal Highway Association (Oct. 13). New
York: American Marine Congress (Nov. 5-10). 1. Member steering
—
Committee of seven of resolutions committee. 2. Secured resolu-
tion equal and fair rail and water rates for all outports.
; 3. Chairman
Southern States Committee.
Norfolk: Atlantic Deeper Waterways Convention: (Nov. 13-16).
Trips Other than Conventions:
Washington (June 7-15) Interviewed Jas. A. Farrel who is inter-
ested in port. Conferred with Department of Commerce in re service
to exporters and to New York to see offic:als of the Clyde Line.
New York: (July 24- Aug. 4) Promise from large exporting and
ship operation corporation to use Charleston as a port. Many calls in
re coffee importation through Charleston. Interviewed number of ship
owners and started negotiation concerning pageant film.
Flat Rock: (Sept. 9-14) Conference and through upper part state
speaking. Clinchfteld hearing. Secretaries Convention, etc.
Washington: (Sept. 23-Oct. 1) In re Navy Yard and Navy Day
celebration. Secured U. S. S. WRIGHT and 20 seaplanes. Also to
New York in re Marine Association Exhibit. Saw Mr. Farrel re
port of Charleston.
New York: (Nov. 2-18) Marine exposition (coincident with
Marine Congress) and other matters. To Norfolk and to Washington
re follow up of Navy Day celebration and securing Major Division of
Pacific Fleet for anchorage at Charleston after manoeuvres. Secured
U.S.S. HENDERSON and Secretary Denby's party of newspaper
owners.

Drafting by Assistant Commissioner in Addition to Executive Duties:

15 standard posters made for use at exhibits. 14 graphs and maps
for use in briefs and with articles. 5 layouts U. S. Army Supply Bases,
for comparing advantages of Charleston base. Several miscellaneous
illustrations and cover designs for individuals to be used in port ad-
vertising.

Free Local Advertising Service

Bureau has prepared copy, designs, and estimates for several con-
cerns where direct port advertising was concerned. Prepared graphs in
cooperation with Port Utilities Commission relative to state port com-
mission visit. Secured a good collecton of commercial air views for
use in advertising.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 33

Bmployment Services
Contact made with a number of men specialized in certain branches
of work on behalf of certain local firms needing men of that type.

Local Industrial Assistance Other than Routine Rendered:

For Charleston Dry Dock and Machine Co: Secured U.S. Ship-
ping Board vessel for docking.
For Navy Yard Letters and telegrams to all South Carolina
:

delegates and to Navy Department in re scrapping battleships at

local yard.
At request of local coal firms: Sent telegrams to Coolidge and
other re threatened anthracite coal shortage.
For local advertising concern Presented plan before Rotary for
:

outdoor advertising.
For Mr. Doten: Prepared special letters of introduction to New
York carriers.
For Captain Olsen: Special port data and views for New York
trip.
For Mr. Von Dohlen Same as above.
:

For Mr. Ross Hanahan, and Mr. Visanska Letters of introduc-

;

tion to Consular and Departments of State and Commerce officials in

Europe.
For firm contemplating bus line to meet steamers Data con-:

cerning operating costs.

Contact for Chamber of Commerce in re motion picture industries.
Charleston Radio Club Advances to Naval officials re radio inter-
:

ference.
Marine Exhibit secured for Charleston museum.
For Port Terminals: Contact with skilled European Assistants for
trade extension.
Secured stop-over privileges from Clyde Line.
Contact with Navy Department re bringing of vessels from Pacific
Fleet.

Navy Day Celebration :

Idea conceived by Colonel Barnwell using Navy Day to aid Navy

Yard, threatened with discontinuance. Commissioner MacElwee to
Washington on U.S.S. NORTH DAKOTA re naval business, dis-
cussed status of Navy Yard with Secretary Denby, Asst. Secretary
Roosevelt, Admirals Eberle, Gregory, Russeau, Carpenter, with Cap-
tain McNamee, Commander Eppley, (National Navy Day Chairman)
the Navy League and others. Tentative naval program was mapped
out and additional features secured Bureau assisted Navy Day pub-
licity by preparing various news articles relative to celebration.

City Planning and Zoning with Special Reference to Port Developments

Inaugurated campaign for zoning and city planning in cooperation
with Manager of Chamber of Comm,erce. Delivered speech at Colum-
bia relative to State Zoning Law— drafted resolution passsed by conven-
tion State Commercial Secretaries Ass'n. Presented paper before
Society of Terminal Engineers, in New York, in re comprehensive port
and city planning, stressing Charleston.

Most Important Work Accomplished by Bureaus

1. Procuring assurance from Mr. James A. Farrell, President of Un-
ited State Steel Corporation that some of its vessels will be operated
through Charleston. SS BANTA sailing February 8 for Valparaiso,
34 Mayor Grace's Annual Rezicw

Tahira and Callao, Chile, with steel rails from Birmingham, initial
sailing. Isthmian Line to operate to far eastern ports.
2. Blanketing contry with special magazine articles and newspaper
publicity concerning port of Charleston.
3. (3rganization of Southern States Committee of the American
Marine Association covering all South Atlantic and Gulf ports with
the control of same vested in Port of Charleston through the appoint-
ment of Commissioner R. S. MacElwee as Chairman of this Committee.
4. Publicity obtained especially through the two port exhibits at
Charlotte, N. C, and New York; and other exhibits.
5. Obtaining support and interest of Navy Department and gov-
ernment officials in Charleston Navy Yard and Navy Day Celebration.
6. Survey of Southern Cotton textile industry with intensive follow-
up campaign relative to diverting shipping through Charleston. 185
firms reached.
7. Interchange of sales and publicity ideas wath development bur-
eaus of other ports.
In all these activities close cooperation with Commissioner Burke of
the Traffic Bureau and Mr. McDermid, County Agricultural Agent
whose assistance in supplying bases of facts, has been invaluable..

Work in Course of Completion:

At Mayor Stoney's suggestion worked out details of statewide
speaking tour re Port of Charlesston, Mr. Russell cooperating in
the forwarding of correespondence through the Chamber of Commerce,
Series of etchings of Charleston's industries and facilities to be
used on Port Booklet. The Assistant Commissioner, who in the
course of his practice has had more than 5,000 magazine and com-
mercial drawings published, is preparing these etchings at an estimated
saving to this city of $3,000, that being the price asked by an outside
firm tor the series.
Contact with Arbuckle Bros, who are in favor of shipping
coffee through here.
Contact Lawrence & Company re shipping textiles through
Charleston.
Contact with McMyler Interstate Company re estimate ore hand-
ling machines.
Negotiations with W. R. Grace Company.
Negotiation being carried on with New York barge building con-
cern relative to bringing plant to Charleston.
Preparation of a series of exhibits showing advantages of Char-
leston as a port, same to be sent to various schools conducting ship-
ping courses.
Contact with Luckenbach SS Company and Panama Line (I.M.M.)
and others making Charleston a port of call.
relative to
Preparation of large w^all map showing strategic location of
Charleston to center of world trade.
Preparation of folder for enclosure in Bureaus letters and for
distribution among interested firms.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 35

REPORT OF CORPORATION COUNSEL

To the Hon. the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Charleston, S. C.

Gentlemen :

I herewith file my Annual Report for the year ending

December 31, 1923, in accordance with the ordinances in
such cases made and provided.
As called on from time to time throughout the year, I
have advised the Mayor, Members of the Board of Alder-
men, Committees, City Council, and the heads of the various
departments whenever requested so to do, and at their re-
quest attended in person hearings before committees, and
have prepared ordinances and resolutions from time to time.

Pknding Suits and Claims

Claim of O. P. Ericson vs. City, $3,006.46, for damages
to personal property by alleged negligent operation of truck
belonging to City. This claim is still pending.
Claim of John L. Peacock by his Guardian ad Litem, vs.
City, $500.00 damages to automobile on account of hole
left open in street. Pending.
Claim of Amos Blidgen vs. City, for damages to wagon
by collision. Claim for $100.00. Pending.
Claim of Jason Brown, Et AL, vs. City. Claim for
$4,084.00. Complaint alleges damage by fire on March
11th, 1922, to dwelling and contents by reason of alleged
improper construction of fire hydrant and failure to keep
the same in repair. Pending.
Claim of Jo Whale, Administrator of the estate of Sadie
Whale, vs. City. Claim for $10,000. Complaint alleges
negUgent killing of minor, Sadie Whale, by fire truck on
November 8, 1922. Pending.
Claim of Joseph E. Jenkins vs. City. Claim for $26,026-
.13. Complaint demands reimbursement of plaintiff by
City for above amount, alleged to have been expended by
him for installation of drains at **Rutledge Heights". Pend-
ing.
36 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

Chiim of Edward J. Murphy vs. City. Ckiini for $61.50

for refund of taxes. Pending.

Claims and Suits on Bkhalf of City.

Claim City vs. Charleston Consolidated Ry. & Ltg. Co.

Amount of claim $20,051.52, with interest. The City in-
compel reimbursement of the cost of as-
stituted this suit to
phalt paving laid in 1919 on King Street from Hasell Street
on the south to Mary Street on the north, between and on
both sides of tracks of the Company. The Company denied
liability on the ground that, having once before, in 1911,
paid its proportionate share of the cost of the paving of this
streetwith vitrified brick, its franchise did not authorize the
City to compel it to pay for 'Vepaving." In other words
that it having once paid its share for a new pavement such
payment was exhaustive of its franchise liability. Settled
for $19,414.91, there being mecessary adjustments of cer-
tain items.
Claim City vs. Charleston Consolidated Ry. & Ltg. Co.
Amount of claim $1,500.00. Claim based on damages to
fire truck on December 8, 1922, on way to fire, due to neg-
ligent operation of street car. Pending.
have prepared briefs and examined titles on properties
I

to be purchased by City and advised thereon, and also I

have prepared and examined and approved bonds and con-
tracts of contractors in connection with paving, drain and
sewer work in the City.
Numerous claims in bankruptcy on behalf of the City
were filed and collected by me during the past year.
During the year 1923 I handled a number of bond issues
for the City. Among these was the issue of $500,000.00,
4% Sewer Bonds, dated March 1st, 1923. At the time of
the settlement for these bonds by purchasers a dispute arose
as to the construction of their bid, with the result that by
agreement it was submitted to arbitration. The Board of
Arbitrators met in the City of New York and a satisfactory
settlement was obtained for the City.
During the year the City issued three series of paving
bonds, as follows Series A, in the amount of $183,000.00,
:
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 37

dated August 1922; Series B, in the amount of $257,-

1st,

000.00, dated May

1st, 1923; and Series C, in the amount

of $375,000.00, dated November 1st, 1923.

The Series A paving bonds, dated August 1st, 1922, were
not sold and delivered until 1923, due to the questions raised
in the cases of Sullivan vs. City and Smitk vs. City, re-
ferred to in my report for the year 1922.
In many of these matters the Assistant Corporation
Council, Mr. Patla, rendered valued counsel and help.

Respect fuly submitted,

JOHN I COSGROVE,
Corporation Counsel.

CITY ENGINEER

To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen,

The City Council of Charleston, S. C.

Gentlemen :

In conformity with section 782, Revised Ordinance, I have

the honor to submit the Annual Report of the City En-
gineer's Department for the Year 1923.
Since the duties of this department are closely asso-
ciated with the work of the other departments or sub-
divisions of this department, for which reports are annually
made, this report has been prepared in condensed form, the
reader being referred for detailed information to the Annual
Reports of the Street Department, the Sewer Department
and The Tidal Drain Department.
Plans, and specifications have been prepared,
profiles
grade and line set, inspection furnished, and monthly
pegs
and final estimates for contract payments made for con-
struction of Drains, Sewers, Curb, Roadways and Side-
walks for streets as shown in the tables accompanying the
Street Department report.
38 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

EXPENDITURES— CITY ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT— 1923

Salaries :— City Engineer $ 6,000.00
Asst. City Engineer 2,700.00
Asst. City Engineer 2,400.00
Rodman 1.020.00
Stenographer 900.00
$13,020.00
Office :— Postage stamps $ 20.00
Car tokens 82.50
Bonds 10.00
Office supplies 5.95
Telephone 25.20
Insurance map 28.00
Typewriter 102.50
274.15
Printing and Stationery^ 142.75
Drawing and Reproducing Material 149.61
Instruments _ 73.38
Miscellaneous 14.84
$13,674.73
Balance .27

TOTAL APPROPRIATION 13,675.00

Respectfully submitted,

J. H. DINGLE,
City Engineer.

CITY ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT

Alderman Walter A. Renhcn, Chairman,

Committee on Streets,
Charleston, S. C.

Dear Sir:

For the operation, and expenditures of the Street

receipts
Department, during the year 1923, I have the honor to sub-
mit the following- Annual report covering ''Highway Im-
provement", ''Highway Maintenance", "Garbage Collec-
tion" and "Street Cleaning".
After due advertisement the following contracts were
awarded by the Committee on Streets
Sheet Asphalt Paving : Simons-Mayrant Co., Contractor, Charleston,
S. C.
Grading, per sq. yd $ .05
Concrete Base, 4" thick, per sq. yd 95
Concrete Base, 5" thick, per sq. yd. ..,. 1.15
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 39

Concrete Base, 6" thick, per sq. yd 1.30

Creosoted Wood Block, 3" deep, 16 lb. treatment per sq. yd .... 3.20
Sheet Asphalt Binder, V/i inches, per sq. yd 40
Sheet Asphalt Wearing Surface, IJ/2 inches, per sq. yd 59

Tearing Up and Hauling Old Pavement

VitrifiedBrick— First 1000' of haul, per sq. yd 08
Each additional 500', or fraction thereof 01
Granite Blocks— First 1000' of haul, per sq. yd 10
Each additional 500', or fraction thereof 01
Cobble Stones— First 1000' of haul, per sq. yd 08
Each additional 500', or fraction thereof 01

Hauling
(a) For each cubic yard of excavated material hauled from
streets about to be paved, for the first 500' or fraction
thereof, in excess of the 500' of Free Haul 40
(b). For each additional 500' or fraction thereof, per cu. yd. .03
(c). Hauling filling furnished by City (other than that
originating on streets to be paved) first 1000' of haul,
;

per cu. yd 35
(d). For each additional 500' of haul or fraction thereof 05

Broken Stone
(a). Crushed stone purchased by Contrator from City,
per cu. yd 3.37
(b). Binder stone purchased by Contractor from City, per
cu. yd _ 3.69
(c). Screenings purchased by Contractor from City, per cu.yd. 1.50

Drain Construction: Charleston Engineering & Contracting Co.,

Contractors, Charleston, S. C.
Rein-f^orced Concrete Drain, 3 ft. in. x. 3 ft. 6 in. Sheet No. 2, per
lineal ft.
Depth over 3', to and including 5' $11.50
Depth over 5', to and including 7' 12.00
Depth over 7', to and including 9' 13.00
Depth over 9', to and including 11' 14.00

Reinforced Concrete Manholes, for 3' 0''' x 3' 6'^ drain Sheet No. 2
per M. H.:
Depth over 1' to and including 3' $75.00
Depth over 3' to and including 5' 75.00
Depth over 5' to and including 7' 75.00
Depth over 7' to and including 9' 75.00
Sumps for Manholes, Sheet No. 2, per sump 50.00

Reinforced Concrete Drain, 4' 0-''' x 4' 0''-' Sheet No. 1, per lineal ft.
Depth over 3' to and including 5' $13.75
Depth over 5' to and including 7' 14.50
Depth over 7' 'to and including 9' 15.25
Depth over 9' to and including 11' 16.00
Depth over 11' to and including 13' 16.50

Reinforced Concrete Manholes for 4'

per M. H.
x 4' C 0''^ drain, Sheet No. 1,

Depth over 1' to and including 3' $75.00

Depth over 3' to and including 5' 75.00
Depth over 5' to and including 7' 75.00
Depth over 7' to and including 9' 75.00
Sumps for Manholes, Sheet No. 1, per sump 50.00
40 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcinew

Plank Foundation for Reinforced Concrete Drain 3' 0'^ x 3' 6'''', Sheet
No. 4, per lineal foot of foundation J$0.50
Plank Foundation for Reinforced Concrete Drain, 4' 0'' x 4^ 0^^, Sheet
No. 4, per lineal foot of foundation, $0.55

Pile Foundation for Reinforced Concrete Drain, 3' O''' x y 6'-', Sheet
No. 4, per lineal foot of foundation
Using piles 20' below cut off $2.50
Using piles 30' below cut off _ 2.90
Using piles 40' below cut off 3.50
Using piles 50' below cut off 4.00

Pile Foundation for Reinforced Concrete Drain, 4' 0''-'

x 4' 0''-', Sheet
No. 4, per lineal foot of foundation
Using piles 20' below cut off $2.60
Using piles 30^ below cut off 3.00
Using piles 40' below cut off 3.60
Using piles 50' below cut off 4.10

Vitrified Pipe Drains, per lineal eoot:

30''' double strength

Depth over 3' to and including 5' $6.60
Depth over 5' to and including 7' 7.00
Depth over 7' to and including 9' 7.85
Depth over 9' to and including 11' 9.25

24'' double strength

Depth over 3' to and including 5' $4.30
Depth over 5' to and including 7' 4.75
Depth over 7' to and including 9' 5.25
Depth over 9' to and including 11' 6.75
Depth over 11' to and including 13' 8.50

IS^^double strength
Depth over 3' to and including 5' $2.65
Depth over 5' to and including 7' 3.15
Depth over 7' to and including 9' 4.00
Depth over 9' to and including 11' 4.75

15" Pipe :

Depth over 3' to and including 5' $1.75

Depth over 5' to and including 7' _ 2.00
Depth over 7' to and including 9' 3.00
Depth over 9' to and including 11' 3.90

12" Pipe :

Depth over 3' to and including 5' $1.50

Depth over 5' to and including 7' 1.75
Depth over 7' to and including 9' 2.30
Depth over 9' to and including 11' 3.25

10" Pipe
Depth over 1' to and including 3' $0.95
Depth over 3' to and including 5' 1.15
Depth over 5' to and including 7' 1.35
Depth over 7' to and including 9' 2.20

8" Pipe :

Depth over 1' to and including 3' $0.75

Depth over 3' to and including 5' .-..-,.r-,= 0.90
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 41

Depth over 5' to and including 7' _ 1.20

Depth over 7' to and including 9^ 1.75

Depth over 1' to and inchiding 3' $0.40

Depth over 3' to and including 5' - 0.50
Depth over 5' to and including 7' 0.60
Depth over 7' to and including 9' 0.80

Additional for Substituting Cast Iron Pipe for Terra Cotta Pipe, if
ordered, per lineal foot
30'^ C. I. pipe, $6.35
24^^ C. I. pipe, (225 lbs.) 4.85
18^^ C. I. pipe, (150 lbs.) 3.35
15^' C. I. pipe, (125 lbs.) 3.00
12^' C. I. pipe, ( 75 lbs.) 2.00
10'^ C. I. pipe, ( 60 lbs.) 1.60
8^^ C. I. pipe, ( 45 lbs) - 1.20
6'^ C. I. pipe, ( 30 lbs.) 0.95

Bottom Plank, with accompany mud-sills, wedges and additional ex-

cavation, per lineal foot. Sheet No. 1
2 inches x 12 inches $0.30
3 inches x 12 inches 0.35
4 inches x 8 inches (doubled) 0.50

Concrete Bed for Terra Cotta Pipe, if ordered, per lin ft.. Sheet No. 1
30'^ pipe $2.50
24^^ pipe 2.00

Pile Foundation for Pipe, if ordered, per lineal foot of foundation.

Sheet No. 5, Sketch No. 1.

Using piles 20^ below cut off $2.30

Using piles 30' below cut off 2.75
Using piles 40^ below cut off 3.40
.Using piles 50' below cut off 3.90

Pile Foundation for Pipe, if ordered, per lineal foat of foundation.

Sheet No. 5, Sketch No. 2
Using piles 20' below cut off $2.25
Using piles 30' below cut off 2.70
Using piles 40' below cut off 3.35
Using piles 50' below cut off 3.85

Brick Manholes, 5' diam^eter, complete with castings, per M. H. Sheet

No. 3:
Depth over 5' to and including 7' $ 85.00
Depth over 7' to and including 9' 100.00
:

Depth over 9' to and including 11' „. 115.00

Depth over 11' to and including 13' 130.00

Brick Manholes, 4' diameter, complete with castings, per M. H., Sheet
No. 3:
Depth over 5' to and including 7' $ 80.00
Depth over 7' to and including 9' 90.00
Depth over 9' to and including 11' 110.00
Depth over 11' to and including 13' 120.00

Pile Foundation for Manholes, if ordered, per foundation, Sheet No, 5:

Using piles 20' below cut off $25.00
Using piles 30' below cut off 30.00
42 Mayor (j race's Annual Review

Using piles 40' below cut off 36.00

Using piles 50' below cut off 45.00

Cutting opening in old Manhole for connection with new drain :

Per opening $1.00

Cutting opening in old pipe drain for connection with new pipe :

Per opening $1.00

Removing old pipe drain, main line, per lineal ft $0.25
Removing old brick drain, per lineal ft $0.20
Removing old Pipe Drain Manholes, per M. H $5.00
Removing old Inlet Basins, per Inlet Basin $1.00

Brick Gutter Inlet Basins, complete zvith castings, Sheet No. 3, per I. B.
Depth over 3' to and including 5' $15.00
.Depth over 5' to and including 7' 17.00

Brick Curb Inlet Basins, complete zvith castings, Sheet No. 3, per I. B.

Depth over 3' to and including 5^ $22.00

Depth over 5' to and including 7' 24.00

Sheath piling left in place, if ordered by City Engineer,

Per M. feet B. M. in place $30.00
Extra Concrete, if ordered, per cu. yd. in place $12.00
Extra Brick Work, if ordered, per cu. yd. in place $20.00
Extra Lumber for Foundation, if ordered,
Per M. feet B. M. in place 6 $30.00
Extra Excavation, if ordered, per cu. yd $2.00

—
Concrete Sidezvalks Simons-Mayrant Co., Contractors, Charleston, S.
Taking up old pavement and piling same in gutter, per sq. yd.
Flagstone $0.04
Brick $0.04
Concrete Sidewalk, as specified, per sq. yd 1.32
Hauling old flagstone a distance not exceeding 500', per sq. yd .08
For each additional 500', yer sq. yd. per unit of 500' 02
Hauling excavated material a distance not exceeding 500''
per cu. yd _ 34
For each additional 500', per cu. yd. per unit of 500' 04
Furnishing and setting brass street name plates as specified .... 2.50
The following bids Vv^erc received for Terra Cotta Pipe, Building
Material and implements, but were not accepted

Terra Cotta Pipe and Building Material — Carolina Portland Cement

Co., Van-Smith Building Material Co., F. O. B. Charleston, S. C.

Pipe Fittings
6'^ per ft .$0,195 $ 1.00
8^' per ft _ . .325 1.75
10^' per ft . .42 2.00
12'^ per ft - .55 3.00
15^^ per ft . .81 4.00
18'^ D. S. per ft . 1.40 5.75
24" D. S. per ft _ . 2.50 10.00
30^^ D. S. per ft . 4.50 19.50
6 inch caps, 6c each.

Cement,
Per 95 pounds, delivered $ 0.85
Sacks, extra 10
Sacks, when returned allowed 10
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Sand,
(Pon Pon) f.o.b. Charleston 1.50

Brick,
"run of hard", per M 16.00
"Selected hard", per M 17.00

Furnishing Granite Curb —

F. H. Opper, Contractor, Savannah, Ga.
4^^X 16'''' straightgranite curbing, per lineal foot $0.33%
4" X 18^'' straight granite curbing, per lineal foot 41 ^/^
4" X 16'''' circulargranite curbing (any radius) per lineal ft. .38%
4" X 18'''' circular granite curbing (any radius) per lineal ft. 48^
f.o.b. Charleston, S. C.

Setting Granite Curb and Adjusting

tractor, Charleston, S. C.
Storm Inlets —James Begley, Con-

Taking up old brick curb, per foot ^0.005

Taking up old stone curb, per foot 02
Setting 14^^ Granite Curb, per foot 04
Setting 16^^ Granite Curb, per foot 06
Setting 18/' Granite Curb, per foot 06
Constructing, if ordered, Brick Curb Inlet Basins 32^^ x
26%'^ out to out, 3' to_5' deep, per basin $13.00
Constructing, if ordered, Brick Gutter Inlet Basins, 25" x
22y2^^, out to out, 3' to 5' deep, per basin 9.00
Constructing, if ordered. Manholes, per M. H $60.00

Laying Terra Cotta pipe for Inlet Basins and House Connections,
if ordered
6''^ cut 1' to 3', per lineal foot of pipe, $0.20
6" cut 3' to 5', per lineal foot of pipe, 23
8''' cut 1' to 3', per lineal foot of pipe, .30
8" cut 3' to 5', per lineal foot of pipe, 32
10''^ cut 1' to 3^ per lineal foot of pipe, 35
10'''' cut 3' to 5', per lineal foot of pipe, 40

Hauling Granite Curb — I. S. K. Ellsworth, Sr., Contractor, Charleston,

S C
'
Per "2000 lbs $0.90

—
Furnishing Castings, (General) I, S. K. Ellsworth, Sr., Contractor,
Charleston, S- C, per pound $0.02%
—
Special Greenwood Iron Works, Greenwood, S. C, Chas.
D. D. & M.
Co., Charleston, C, John S. F. Riley F. M. Wks. .03
Implements— M. H. Lazarus & Co.,

Hvass Brooms, 6 row, 16'''', double holes, without handles,

per doz $ 8.50
Handles for same, per doz 1.25
Forks, 6 tine, strapped, per doz 16.00
Handles for same, per doz 3.50
D. handle shovels, per doz 14.50

Removing Dead Animals —P. J. Aylward, Contractor, Charleston, S. C.

Per year $780.00

—
Harness Work A. R. Thomlinson, Charleston, S. C.
Wheelwright Work— 11. Steinken & Co., Charleston, S. C.
—
Horse Shoeing- Leonard & Magrath, Contractors, Charleston, S. C.
Per Head per month $2.50
44 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

—
Moving Boulevard Monument (Murray Boulevard and Rutledge Ave)
From Roadway to Seawall, Dawson Engineering Compeny, Con-
tractors, Charleston, S. C $293.00

IMPROVEMENTS
A tabulated statement on file in the City Engineer's of-
fice furnishes information concerning the improvement of
streets included in the 1923 schedule of street improvements
which has not yet been completed. The improvements em-
brace ''Drain Construction", ''Granite Curb", "Sheet As-
phalt Pa;ving", (with two stretcher courses of creosoted
wood blocks on each side of each rail on streets occupied
by street car tracks) and "Concrete Sidewalks."

Sheet Asphalt Laboratory Inspection was furnished by Parker Lab-

oratory, Charleston, S. C, at a cost of $0,025 to $0,032 per sq. yd.

HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE.
Expenditures for repairs to drains, sidewalks and roadways were as
follows

Drains - $25,868.31
Sidewalks: Brick, Concrete, Earth, Flagstone 5,592.28
Curb 655.75

Roadways :Sheet Asphalt, Wood Blocks, Vitrified Brick,

Granite Blocks and Cobbles, Macadam, Plank, Earth .$30,028.21
Miscellaneous Repairs to streets for Plumbers and Public Service

Corporations cost $7,698.29, while receipts for this service amounted to

$8,073.98.

ROCK CRUSHER
The cost of operating the Rock Crusher during the year, including
labor, power, lights, repair parts, etc., was $21,730.58.

Receipts from sale to paving contractor, of crushed rock and

screenings to December 31st, 1923, were $43,338.17
Receipts in January. 1924, for deliveries made in Dec. 1923.... 5,267.70
Material on hand at Crusher, January 1924:

Crusher rock, 2,780.17 c. y.at ^3.37 $9,369.17

Screenings, 1,453.18 c. y. at $1.50 2,179.77
11,548.94

GARBAGE COLLECTION
The following table sets forth the work of the Garbage Collection
Department, showing the number of loads of garbage hauled per month
the average number of carts working per day, morning and afternoon
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 45

for each month the average number of loads hauled per day, morning
;

and afternoon; and the average number of loads per cart per day,
morning and afternoon for each month.
Total 1
Aver, number
1923 loads Average number Average number] loads per cart
Garbage carts per day loads per day per day |

Month A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. 1

January 5323 28.1 20.7 110.0 87.1 3.9 4.2

Februar}^ 4663 28.5 20.0 111.0 83.2 3.9 4.1
March 5350 28.0 21.4 110.7 87.4 3.9 4.0
April 5102 27.9 22.2 112.0 92.0 4.0 4.1
May 5442 27.4 21.3 112.0 89.5 4.1 4.2
June 5219 26.7 21.7 110.5 90.2 4.1 4.1
July 5178 27.5 22.9 114.3 92.8 4.1 4.1
August 5371 26.7 23.1 110.5 96.0 4.1 4.1
September .. 5183 26.0 21.8 113.4 93.8 4.3 4.3
October 5061 28.1 22.4 119.3 91.5 4.2 4.2
November .. 5290 27.4 22.5 113.1 94.4 4.1 4.2
December .. 5038 27.8 22.6 115.6 94.3 4.1 4.1
Total 62220

Total Garbage moved 1922 (Loads 1 cubic yard each) 62.344

Total Garbege moved 1923 (Loads 1 cubic yard each) 62,220

Loads 1922 more than 1923 124

The reports of the Dead Animal Contractor show that the fol-
lowing numer of dead animals was removed during the year

Horses Cows Mules Calves Hogs Total

January 9 3 1 .... .... 13
February _ 9 2 .... .... 11
March 4 2 .... .... .... 6
April „.. 5 2 1 8
May 2 2 4
June 3 1 — .... .... 4
July 4 1 .... 5
August 10 1 .... .... .... 11
September 10 .... .... .... .... 10
October 15 3 18
November 9 3 .... 12
December 7 4 1 ..„ 2 14

Total 87 23 3 1 2 116

FORAGE
The prices paid for Hay, Oats and Corn, during the year 1923,
purchased monthly after due advertisement, were as follows

Per bushel Per 100 lbs. Per bushel

Oats Hay Corn
January $ .62 $1.18 $1.04
February .62i/^ 1.16 1.04
March 68 1.40
April 67 1.50
May 69 1.50
June 69 1.50
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July 64 1.45
August 66 1.50
September 66 1.55
October 68 1.64
November 68 1.65 1.38
December _ 69 1.70

The cost of Forage per head per month, during 1923, as reported
by Mr. Joseph L. Broughton, Clerk, City Stables, was as follows:

January $16.04
February 15.54
March 16.90
April 16.45
May 16 75
June 16.75
July 15.81
August 16.49
September 16.72
October _ 15.91
November 17.99
December 17.85

$199.20

The average cost per head by month (for year) was $16.60.

The Expenditures in the Garbage Collection Department were as

follows

Wages— General $35,880.30

Incinerator 1,092.00
$36,972.30
Maintenance 6,151.24
New Equipment 1,470.00
Forage 6,357.92

Total $50,951.46

STREET CLEANING
During 1923, the organization for Street Sweeping consisted of

Motor Equipment — Elgin Motor Svv'eeper (pick-up)

1
Elgin Auto Sweeper (for gutter)
1
Horse-drawn —
Equipment Two 2-horse combination Sprinkler-
Sweepers.
Eight dump carts.
Two foremen.
Twenty hand-broom laborers.
Patrol — 15 Patrol sweepers.

MOTOR SWEEPING REPORT— 1923

Working Length Area in Gasoline Oil in
Month Hours in yds. sq. yds. Gallons Quarts
January 141 183,395.1 2,237,519 239 32
February —
March 99 153,552.4 1,833,956 125 24
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April 129 189,036.4 2,374,339 205 36

May 24 33,018.9 405,653 30 7
June
July
August 56 73,549.9 1,024.541 90 24
September 154 214,139.3 2,655,910 215 67
October 113 163,704.4 2,149.673 160 52
November 125^ 205,857.4 2,495,632 180 59
December 120 184,956.1 2,342,952 200 56
Total 961>^ 1,401,209.9 17,520,175 1444 357

As reported by Mr.
J. J. Mclnerney, Inspector, the horse-drawn
broom gangs during the year, 12,764 loads (1 cu. yd. each)
collected,
of sweepings, and 912 loads (1 cu. yd. each) of grass.

The expenditures for Street Sweeping were as follows

Wages— General $47,366.80

Grass Gangs 7,897.85
$55,264.65
Maintenance 4,890.14
Forage 3,178.35
Sprinkling 475.31

Total $63,808.45

A complete list of the equipment, material and supplies, compiled

by Mr. Joseph Mclnerney, Garbage Inspector, in charge of the City
Stables, December 31, 1923, is on file in the office of the City Engineer.

The annual statement of receipts and disbursments as

prepared by Mr. A. N. Pundt, Chief Clerk and Bookkeeper,
from the books of Mr. Jacob Williman, former clerk, is as
follows:

STREET DEPARTMENT, ANNUAL STATEMENT

OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
FOR THE YEAR 1923.
EXPENDITURES
Scavengering :

Wages, (General) $35,880.33

Wages, (Incinerator) $ 1,092.00
$36,972.33
Maintenance $ 6,151.24
New Equipment .-.$ 1,470.00
$ 7,621.24
Forage _ $ 6,357.92

Total Scavengering $50,951.49

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Street Cleaning:
Wages, (General) $47,366.80
Wages, (Grass Gang) $ 7,897.85
$55,264.65
Maintenance $ 4,890.14
Forage $ 3,178.35
Sprinkling $ 475.31

Total Street Cleaning $63,808.45

Highway; Maintenance and Repairs:

Sidewalks $ 5,592.28
Curbing „ $ 655.75
Street Paving $19,900.17
Roadway $10,128.04
Drains $25,868.31
Miscellaneous $ 4,018.51
Lot Account $ 39.15
General Expenses (including sal-
ary of clerk; maintenace of auto-
mobiles maintenance and repairs
;

motor trucks printing and sta-

;

tionery ; tools ; claims for dam-

ages) $10,507.25 .

Total Highway Repairs $76,709.46

HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS (ABUTTING) 1923

Includes Sheet Asphalt Paving, Granite Curb, New Drains and

Concrete Sidewalks, laid on the following Streets

America street $ 77Z.72>

Anson street 15,137.53
Alexander street „ 25.25
Ann street 3,621.33
Amherst street _ 1,203.45
Bull street 3,897.96
Burns Lane 928.17
Bogard street 14,712.43
Beau fain street 22,821.54
Bee street 3,614.53
Calhoun street 16,168.47
Carolina street 15,149.32
Charles street _ 3,453.99
Chisolm street _ l,8o6.72
Church street 2,371.41
Cumberland street _ „ 620.11
Coming street 51,226.93
Doughty street 2,372.57
Elizabeth street 15,665.15
Fishburne street _ 16,294.95
Grove street 55,566.89
Hanover street 939.98
Halsey street 193.92
Hasell street 42.00
Horlbeck street 2,050.80
Huger street 3,865.25
John street 3,510.95
King street 23,919.16
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Legare street 1,860.61

Lenox street _ 31.90
Line street 8,448.64
Logan street 1,527.16
Lucas street 12,331.80
Magazine street _ 2,659.50
Market street (N) 9,659.70
Mill street 4,814.95
Montague street _ _ 1,283.87
Nassau street »... 1,821.84
New street 8,689.78
Ogier street 308.00
Percy street 7,784.16
Perry street „ 6.120.12
Pitt street 1,687.47
Queen street 18,469.50
Race street 5,705.11
Sheppard street 19,961.66
Simmons street 86.30
Sires street 2,153.54
South street 80.00
State street ..„ 2,425.97
St. Philip street - 6,137.11
Sumter street 14,203.10
Trapman street 2,828.86
Trumbo street 2,089.78
Vanderhorst street 21,741.56
Wall street 2,727.27
Warren street 20,096.11
Wilson street
Woolfe street
„ 1,229.04
57.15
General Asbestos Company 3,927.83
Special _ „ 21,584.50
$487,028.48

NON-ABUTTING, 1923

Highway Improvement —Boulevard (roadway) $ 434.35

Exchange street (new drain) _ 1,492.52
Halsey street (new curbing) 816.01
$ 2742.88

RECEIPTS FOR 1923

Cash Balance from Highway Improvement Ac-

count from 1922 $ 3,595.42
Cash Turned over by City Treasurer from
Abuttment Asessment 1923 1,227.84
Amount Realized from Tax Assessment for
Improvements 27,150.32
Appropriation for Highway Maintenance and
repairs „ 66,536.36
Cash received from Plumbers for Miscella-
neous Repairst to streets 375.69
Cash received from Sewer Dept 1,173.58
Cash received from Public Service Corp. Con-
tractors, etc., for miscellaneous repairs to
streets etc., for their Account 7.698.28
Cash received for sale of Crushed Stone from
Rock Crusher „ . , 43.338.17
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Cash transferred as unexpended Balance from

Scavenger Appropriation 4,594.05
Cash transferred as Unexpended Balance from
Street Clearing Appropriation 511.99
Total Cash received for Highway Mainten-

ance and Repairs $124,183.12

Appropriation for Scavenger 55,099.36
Received for Sale of Mules, rent, etc 446.18

Total _ $ 55,545.54
Less Cash Balance Transferred to fiighv^ay
repair _ 4,594.05

Total Cash received for Scavergering _... $ 50,951.49

Appropriation for St. Cleaning 63,870.44
Rec'd from American Spotless St. System for
Metal Trash Receptacle Concession 450.00

Total _ $64,320.44
Less Cash Balance Transferred to Highway
Repairs 51 1.99

Total Cash Received for St. Clearing $ 63,808.45

The Expenditures in Highwa}^ Improvement
as per Debit side of this Statement were
total $943,553.90
The Cash receipt for Improvements were a
Total of $402,482.20

All of which is respectfully submitted.

J. H. DINGLE,
City Engineer.

SEWER DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable, The Mayor, The Aldermen
and City Council of Charleston.

Gentlemen :

have the honor to transmit to you the 29th and final

I

annual report of the Board of Sewer Commissioners, as em-

braced in the comprehensive report of the City Engineer,
Mr. J. H. Dingle, and with this concludes the function of
the Commission.
I have thought it might be of interest to refer to the

early history of the Sewerage System. In 1893 Hon. John

F. Ficken, Mayor, instituted inquiry as to measures to re-
duce the heavy mortality rate in our community. With an
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51

imperfect water supply, the use of wells and cisterns furn-

ished water. The privy vaults, by gravitation of their con-
tents, loaded with intestinal germs, contaminated the under-
ground cisterns, and the water used carried disease and
death. Typhoid fever and other preventable diseases pre-
vailed toan alarming extent. To abolish these conditions
was a problem. The Board of Sewer Commissioners was
created and much opposition was encountered even the —
Municipal Board of Health had objections. The then ex-
isting Water Company was vehement in its objections, and
positive as to its inability to furnish water to flush the
sewers. The local topography presented difficulties, since
the sub-soil water prevented deep excavation necessary to
secure proper fall, by gravitation, to discharge the sewage.

A Topographical Survey was made and a contour map,

showing the levels and depressions was prepared and is now
in frequent use for all Civic Engineering purposes. Ex-
pert Engineers, such as Dr. Rudolph Herring and Mr.
Samuel Gray were employed and their advice received.
The several plans and systems were studied, visits to Chi-
cago and Memphis were made, and the plans adopted in
the latter city as prepared by Geo. E. Waring, consisting
of pipes of comparatively small diameter laid at self-cleans-
ing grades and over small districts, each complete in itself
and provided with proper apparatus for pumping or lifting
sewage. In its final analysis, the cost of lifting sewage by
means of steam pumps was considered excessive, and the
shone hydropneumatic ejector was employed. Two dis-
tricts south of Broad Street were constructed. The abolition
of privy vaults, the dry well and the tank on the roof abated
the mosquito nuisance, and disease and death rate were
materially reduced. The sanitary results were quite satis-
factory. With an improved water supply, Hon. R. G.
Rhett, as Mayor, took deep interest in the extension of the
sewers and a bond issue was made to cover the cost of the
extension of the Sewerage System, and the installation and
use of electrically driven pumping machinery. The con-
struction and maintenance of the system were the functions
of the Sewer Commission, but the sanitary regulations as to
52 Mayor Grace's Anniud Review

sewer connections and house plumbing were, by the City

Ordinance, made the duty of the Board of Health, and the
obstinate objection of the Board of Health detracted much
from the sanitary benefit that should have accrued. How-
ever the indignation of the community was aroused and the
Chamber of Commerce instituted a Sanitary Survey, and
assisted materially in the enforcement of the Health
Ordinance of the City.
During the World War construction was limited, but
Mayor John P. Grace secured a Bond Issue, and now the
beneficial results from the extension of the system well
justify the expenditure made for the reduction o fdisease,
for comfort, for convenience and for improved sanitary
The enforcement of City Ordinance
conditions generally.
however, by The Board of Health is very essential.
Respectfully submitted,
GRANGE SIMONS, M. D.
T.
Chairman Board of Sewer Commissioners.

CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE

Charleston, S. C, February 1st, 1924.

Dr. T. Grange SiniGns, Chairman,

Board of Sewer Commissioners,
Charleston, S. C,
Dear Sir :

have the honor to submit the twenty-ninth Annual Re-

I

port of the Sewer Department concerning the operation and

maintenance of the sewerage system during the year 1923.
—
Sezver Connections Total permits issued during 1923,
366.
This number includes connections laid by City from main
sewer to curb line at time of construction of sewerage and
charged to property holders at $15.00 each as follows:

43 connections at $15.00 $645.00

The total number of connections laid by city and utilized

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and paid for by property holders since construction of sew-

erage system is

1816 connections at 15.00 $27,240.00

The cost of maintaining and operating the system was as

follows — '.

EXPENDITURES— SEWER DEPARTMENT— 1923

Labor: Electrician $ 2,080.00
Electrician 1,248.00
Power House Engr 1,500.00
Power House Fireman 918.00
Labor East Side 1,396.30
Labor West Side 1,086.70
Labor Power House 82.90
$ 8,311.90
Office: Printing and Stationery 2.90

Power House : Coal $ 370.80

Kerosine 5.20
Lubricating Oil 24.90
Grate Bars 31.65
Albany grease 1.60
Lumber 30.33
. Roofing 9.75
Supplies 94.06
Machine Shop Work 105.84
Ice 14.40
688.53
Pump-Pits: Electric Current $ 2,241.42
Machine shop work & parts 2,072.88
Kerosine - 1.70
Lubricating oil 27.25
Albany grease 12.50
Boots 13.00
Repair fences 28.80
Miscellaneous _ 7.78
Supplies 172.91
4,578.24
System : Hose _ 65.40
Miscellaneous: Funeral Exp. Employee $ 201.00
Damage to private sewers 33.50
234.50
Secretary : ^ 300.00
$14,181.47
Balance _ 1,482.53

TOTAL APPROPRIATION $15,664.00

Sewerage Extension.
In 1922, bids were invited for extension of the sewerage
system, but, before a decision had been reached, the lowest
bidder withdrew his bid, a proceeding concerning the legali-
54 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviczv

ty ofwhich there was considerable doubt on the part of the

City authorities. In January 1923, the extension of the
sewerage system was commenced by day labor and con-
tinued until May, 1923, when a contract was signed with
the Charleston Engineering & Contracting Company for
the continuation and completion of the work. From Jan-
uary to May (both inclusive) 1923, the following amounts
were expended :

EXPENDITURES— SEWERAGE EXTENSION— DAY LABOR

JANUARY Mi to MAY 5th, 1923
Lafeor— Foreman @
$60.00 per week _..., $ 995.00
Time-keeper
•
@
$30 per week „ 270.00
Brick layer 45.42
Laborers, @ 15c, 17^c & 20c per hr 2,907.09
Team _ 22.50
$ 4.240.01
Sewer Pi>^ :— Material „ $ 7,189.26
" Freight 1,093.44
8.282.70
Cement 103.70
Sand 28.00
Miscellaneous Lumber, including wedges 40.05
171.75
Equipment including power and hand pumps, boots
mauls, pile-caps, plank puller, yarning
irons, etc 1,631.60
Lumber 1,287.77
100 Manhole Steps $ "23.25
Nails, Grease,Oakum, etc 160.45
183.70
Repairs to pumps „ 8.50
Printing and Stationery _ 75.00
Liability Bond 159.73

Total __ „ $16,040.76

The accepted bid for Sewer Pipe was as follows

Chattanooga Sewer Pipe Works: —
30 inch Double Strength Pipe, per foot - $ 3.445
30 inch Double Strength Wye, apiece 15.75
27 inch Double Strength Pipe, per foot ~ 2.65
27 inch Double Strength Wye, apiece - 12.60
10 inch Standard Pipe, per foot 338
10 inch Standard Wye, apiece 1.69
8 inch Standard Pipe, per foot 25
8 inch Standard Wye, apiece 1.25
6 inch Standard Pipe, per foot 15
6 inch Caps, apiece - .06
The day labor forces constructed on Grove street, between Tenth
and Eleventh streets the following:
27 inch T. C. sewer, cut 9 ft. to 11 ft 120.0 ft.

11 ft. to 13 ft 364.5 ft.

484.5 ft.
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Manholes, 5 ft. diameter, cut 9 ft. to 11 ft 1

Manholes, 5 ft. diameter, cut 11 ft. to 13 ft „ 1

When it was decided to discontinue the day labor method and to

contract with Charleston Engineering & Contracting Co., the contractor
agreed to take over the material, supplies and equipment which the
Department had provided, and a bill was rendered the contractor as
follows :

Sewer Pipe $ 6,693.32

Equipment and Supplies 1,946.29
$ 8,639.61

After conferences and correspondence, the Department accepted

the Contractors offer, as follows :

Sewer Pipe „ $ 6,315.97

Equipment and Supplies
— 1,803.69
$ 8,119.65
One-half difference between Contractor's and
Department's account ...„ 260.00

$ 8,379 66

In addition to this credit f(;r material and supplies delivered to

the Contractor, the Street Department took over some material for
which the Contractor had no ne(;d, to the amount of $410.20.

So that the amounts charged to construction should be as follows

Total expenditures $16,040.76

Credit from Contractor $ 8,379.66
Credit from Street Department ~ 410.20
$ 8,789.80
Cost of work $ 7,250.96

The Contract with the Charleston Engineering and Contracting

Company specifies the following prices :

("Depth" indicates distance from flow-line to under surface of

pavement or to surface of ground where there is no pavement.)

Vitrified Pipe Sewers, per lineal eoot.

30^' Double strength: —

Depth over 5 ft. to and including 7 ft _ $ 7.525
Pepth over 7 ft. to and including 9 ft 8.33
Depth over 9 ft. to and including 11 ft 8.98
Depth over 11 ft. to and including 13 ft 11.13
Depth over 13 ft. to and including 15 ft 15.80
Depth over 15 ft. to and including 17 ft 16.125
27'''' Double strength :
—
Depth over 5 ft. to and including 7 ft $ 6.18
Depth over 7 ft. to and including 9 ft 6.99
Depth over 9 ft. to and including 11 ft. 7.525
Depth over 11 ft. to and including 13 ft 9.41
Depth over 13 ft. to and including 15 ft 11.825
Depth over 15 ft. to and including 17 ft 12.90
24''^ Double strength :

Depth over 5 ft. to and including 7 ft $ 4.35

Depth over 7 ft. to and including 9 ft 5.05
Depth over 9 ft. to and including 11 ft 5.64
56 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

Depth over 11 ft. to and including 13 ft 7.525

Depth over 13 ft. to and inckiding 15 ft 9.675
Depth over 15 ft. to and including 17 ft - 10.21
22'^Donhle strength :
—
Depth over 5 ft. to and including 7 ft $ 3.92
Depth over 7 ft. to and including 9 ft 4.57
Depth over 9 ft. to and including 11 ft 5.11
Depth over 11 ft. to and including 13 ft 6.99
Depth over 13 ft. to and including 15 ft 9.14
Depth over 15 ft. to and including 17 ft 9.675
21^' Double strength :

Depth over 5 ft. to and including 7 ft $ 3.92

Depth over 7 ft to and including 9 ft 4.57
Depth over 9 ft. to and including 11 ft 5.11
Depth over 11 ft. to and including 13 ft 6.99
Depth over 13 ft. to and including 15 ft 9.14
Depth over 15 ft. to and including 17 ft 9.675
18^' Double Strength:—
Depth over 5 ft. to and including 7 ft $ 2.85
Depth over 7 ft. to and including 9 ft 3.49
Depth over 9 ft. to and including 11 ft 3.92
Depth over 11 ft. to and including 13 ft 5.375
Depth over 13 ft. to and including 15 ft 7.525
Depth over 15 ft. to and including 17 ft 7.79
15'' Pipe :—
Depth over 5 ft. to and including 7 ft $ 2.15
Depth over 7 ft. to and including 9 ft 2.69
Depth over 9 ft. to and including 11 ft 3.225
Depth over 11 ft. to and including 13 ft 4.84
Depth over 13 ft. to and including 15 ft 6.45
Depth over 15 ft. to and including 17 ft _ 6.72
12'' Pipe :—
Depth over 3 ft. to and including 5 ft $ 1.29
Depth over 5 ft. to and including 7 ft 1.61
Depth over 7 ft. to and including 9 ft 2.42
Depth over 9 ft. to and including 11 ft 2.69
Depth over 11 ft. to and including 13 ft 4.03
Depth over 13 ft. to and including 15 ft 5.375
Depth over 15 ft. to and including 17 ft 5.91
10" Pipe :—
Depth over 3 ft. to & including 5 ft $ 1.13
Depth over 5 ft. to & including 7 ft 1.45
Depth over 7 ft. to & including 9 ft 2.15
Depth over 9 ft. to & including 11 ft 2.53
Depth over 11 ft. to & including 13 ft _ 3.76
Depth over 13 ft. to & including 15 ft 5.11
8" Pipe :—
Depth over 3 ft. to & including 5 ft $ 0.97
Depth over 5 ft. to & including 7 ft 1.34
Depth over 7 ft. to & including 9 ft 1.88
Depth over 9 ft. to & including 11 ft 2.15
Depth over 11 ft. to & including 13 ft 3.225
Depth over 13 ft. to & including 15 ft 4.84
Depth over 15 ft. to & including 17 ft 5.375
6" Pipe:—
Depth over 1 to
ft. & including 3 ft _ $ 0.43
Depth over 3 to
ft. & including 5 ft 0.54
Depth over 5 ft. to & including 7 ft 0.81
Depth over 7 ft. to & including 9 ft. ....„., _ 1.34
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 57

Depth over 9 ft. to & including 11 ft 1.61

Depth over 11 ft. to & including 13 ft 1.88
Depth over 13 ft. to & including 15 ft „ 2.15
Additional for substituting Cast Iron Pipe for Terra Cotta Pipe, if
ordered, per lineal foot.
24 Inch Cast Iron Pipe, (225 lbs.) $ 5.375
20 Inch Cast Iron Pipe, (175 lbs.) 4.84
18 Inch Cast Iron Pipe, (150 lbs.) 4.30
16 Inch Cast Iron Pipe, (125 lbs.) 3.76
12 Inch Cast Iron Pipe, ( 75 lbs.) 1.77
10 Inch Cast Iron Pipe, ( 60 lbs.) _ 1.40
8 Inch Cast Iron Pipe, ( 45 lbs.) 1.075
6 Inch Cast Iron Pipe, ( 30 lbs.) 0.75
Bottom Plank, with accompanying mudsills, wedges and additional ex-
cavation, per lineal foot, Sheet No. 1.

2 inch X 12 inch @ $ 0.19

3 inch X 12 inch @ 0.27
4 inch X 8 inch (doubled) @ 0.38
Concrete Bed for Terra Cotta Pipe, if ordered, per lineal foot. Sheet
No. 1.

30 inch Pipe @ $ 2.69

27 inch Pipe, @ 2.15
24 inch Pipe @ „ 1.88
22 inch Pipe @ 1.34
20 inch Pipe @ 1.34
18 inch Pipe @ 1.34
Pile Foundation for Pipe, if ordered, per lineal foot of foundation.
Sheet No. 2, Sketch No. 1.
Using Piles 10^ below cut-off @ $ 1.72
Using Piles 15' below cut-off @ 1.88
Using Piles 20' below cut-off (S) _ 2.04
Using Piles 25' below cut-off (S) 2.20
Pile Foundation for Pipe, if ordered, per lineal foot of foundation.
Sheet No. 2, Sketch No. 2.
Using Piles 10^ below cut-off (a) $ 1.67
Using Piles 15' below cut-off @ 1.83
Using Piles 20' below cut-off @ 1.99
Using Piles 25' below cut-off @ 2.15
Manholes, 4 ft. diam. complete with castings, per M. H. Sheet No. 1
Depth over 3 ft. to and including 5 ft $ 64.50
Depth over 5 ft. to and including 7 ft 69.88
Depth over 7 ft. to and including 9 ft 75.25
Depth over 9 ft. to and including 11 ft 86.00
Depth over 11 ft. to and including 13 ft 107.50
Depth over 13 ft. to and including 15 ft 134.38
Depth over 15 ft. to and including 17 ft 134.38
Manholes, 5 ft. diam. complete with castings, per M. H. Sheet No. 1.
Depth over 3 ft. to and including 5 ft $ 69.88
Depth over 5 ft. to and including 7 ft 75.25
Depth over 7 ft. to and including 9 ft 80.625
Depth over 9 ft. to and including 11 ft 91.375
Depth over 11 ft. to and including 13 ft 118.25
Depth over 13 ft. to and including 15 ft 161.25
Depth over 15 ft. to and including 17 ft 161.25
Pile Foundation for Manholes or Flush Tanks, if ordered, per foun-
dation. Sheet No. 2.
Using piles 10 ft. below cut-off ^ 43.00
Using piles 15 ft. below cut-off 44.075
58 Mavor Grace's Annual Review

Using piles 20 ft. below cut-off 46.225

Using piles 25 ft below cut-off 48.375
Flush Tanks, complete with castings, hut not including water service,
per Flush Tank, Sheet No. 1.
Depth over 3 ft. to and including 5 ft $107.50
Depth over 5 ft. to and including 7 ft 112.875
Depth over 7 ft. to and including 9 ft 118.25
Taking up asphalt pavement, including concrete base
per sq. yd : $ 0.27
Taking up Granite Block Paving & Piling blocks in gutter,
per sq. yd 0.09
Take up Concrete Sidewalks, and pile slabs clear of work,
per sq. yd 0.54
Removing old Sewer in order to substitute larger pipe at lower grade.
Per lineal foot 0.27
Removing Old Manholes $10.75
Sheath Piling left in place, if ordered, per M. ft. B. M 21.50
Extra Concrete, if ordered, per cu. yd 16.125
Extra Brick Work, if ordered, per cu. yd 16.125
Extra Lumber for Foundation, if ordered per M. ft. B. M
26.875
Extra Excavation, if ordered, per cu. yd 2.69
Furnish and lay water service from corporation cock on main to inside
of Flush Tank, per lineal foot, 0.70
Furnish and set cock with nozzle inside of flush tank,
per cock and nozzle, 2.69
Taps in water main including corporation cock,
per tap cock 2.26
Cutting opening in old manholes, for connection with nezu sewer 5.375
From April to December 31, 1923 the following amounts were ex-
pended for contract work Sewerage Extension.
Inspectors $ 4,193.33
Charleston Engineering and Contracting C., Contract 56,091.90
Miscellaneous (Advertising, Printing Sewer Bonds, etc.) 619.90
Take up and haul old 10''''xl2'''' cast iron discharge pipe from
Aiken, Cooper and Drake Sts., to Grove St., and to stor-
age and to lay discharge line on Grove St 8,038.72
12'' valve for by-pass Grove St., 3 12'' 45 Bends _ :. 150.27
Cinders for back fill Drake St 180.00

Total - - $69,274.17

The discharge from the pump stations at Lee and Aiken Streets,
and at Drake and South Streets which formerly emptied at east end of
Calhoun Street, having, some years ago, been changed so as to empty
into Vardell's Creek and east end of Reid Street reducing the cost of
pumping and of maintenance of long line of discharge pipe, it was
determined to recover the 10" and 12" discharge pipe thereby rendered
useless and to remove this pipe from Aiken, Cooper and Drake Streets.
The 12" pipe was hauled to Grove St., and there laid as a discharge
line for the new pumping station, the 10" pipe was stored. The con-
tract prices were as follows:
Taking up and hauling 10" and 12" cast iron discharge pipe Aiken,
Cooper and Drake Streets and laying 12" discharge on Grove St., J.
H. James, Contractor, August 30, 1922.

Depths of pipe below level of street

Feet Feet Feet Feet
0-3 3-5 5-7 7-9
 Mayo7' Grace's Annual Review 59

Take up and haul 10" cast iron pipe

to Lee St. lot per foot .52 .62
Take up and haul 12-''' cast iron pipe
to Lee St. lot per foot 62 .82
Take up and haul 12'''' cast iron pipe
to Grove St. per foot .65 .85
Lay 12'''' cast iron pipe Grove St.
per foot 84 .89 $L18 $1.76
Mud-sills per M. ft. B. M. in place, $50.00^
The work of extending the sewers is still in progress.

Respectfully submitted,

J. H. DINGLE
City Engineer.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
January 1st, 1924

To the Honorable, the Mayor

and City Council of Charleston, S. C.

Gentlemen :

I have the honor to submit this, my Annual Report,

with the Meteriological observations and tables of Vital

Statistics, also reports of the varous departments under the
supervision of the Board of Health, showing the work
which has been undertaken for the general benefit of the
City, during the year 1923.
Our general death rate is a little higher than for 1922,
which year was the lowest on record. We cannot hope for
a decline each year, but we do want to reach a low stand-
ard, from which there may be slight variations each year
and that standard to compare with any in the Country.
There is good cause for congratulation as to our lowered
mortality which has come about in the last few years, and
our desire is to center on matters which directly affect the
public health, and make Charleston a place where people will
come to seek health.
We have had a decrease in Typhoid Fever with a slight
increase in Diphtheria, with Scralet Fever practically the
same.
An Epidemic of Measles for the last 3 months of the
60 Mayor Grace's .'hniual Rrviciv

year, made its appearance. The mortality from same has

been nei^li<;ible.

A sli<^ht outbreak of Diphtheria occurred in a section

of the City, but strict isolation of- the cases and prompt
dealing- with the carriers and contacts, soon controlled the
situation.
Two hundred treatments of Toxin-Antitozin were pur-
chased, and all were used up in a short time. Another two
hundred were purchased, making in all 400 treatments
have been furnished so far.
Up to date, there have been 118 immunized against Diph-
theria. All records are being kept. While this is but a
small proportion of children immunized against Diphtheria,
still it is a beginning and we hope to increase the number

greatly this coming yeiu'.

It is a duty incumbent upon every parent to have their

children immunized against Diphtheria. Nights of anguish

and anxiety may be saved, and above all, children can be
prevented from contracting this dreaded disease, by three
(3) harmless injections of toxin-Antitoxin.
For the control of Contagious Diseaases, we have had
printed new and Regulations, governing both the
''Rules
''Carrier" and also the Frank cases, and contacts. These
are sent out to each case as reported and instructions given
by our Nurse, who supervises the case from a public health
standpoint. We have no Contagious Disease Hospital, and
in lieu of this, this system seems to work well and the cases
and carriers seem to be under better control than formerly.
Of course we sometimes have trouble and always will until
such a time as an Isolation Hospital is established, and we
can send cases there. Home Quarantine or isolation, is
for the most part a make shift, and can never afford that
public health protection which is furnished by an Isolation
Hospital.
In view of the fact that the Bureau of Municipal Research
has been employed by City Council to make investigations
and plan a re-organization of this Department, I will with-
hold in this report any suggestions or recommendations for
1924.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 61

MORTALITY.
Population for 1923 (Official.)

White 38,403
Colored 32,842

Total 71,246

Ratio per 1,000 white : 11.08

Ratio per 1,000 colored 30.10
Ratio per 1,000 white and colored. 20.00

Number of Deaths

White 454
Colored 989

Total 1,443

Stillbirths excluded. U. S. Census July 1, 1923.

The reason for the increased mortality for Charleston, is due

we have included in our death rate, deaths from all
to the fact that
causes, with the exception of Stillbirths. This is done for 1923 in
order to accord with the standard of all other cities.

TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES.

TYPHOID FEVER.
No. Cases Deaths
White .._ 36 imported 4 40 White 3
Colored 22 imported 4 24 Colored 6

Total 58 imported 8 66 Total 8

DIPHTHERIA.
No. Cases Deaths
White 50 imported 1 51 White 2
Colored 5 imported 5 Colored

Total 55 imported 4 59 Total 2

i

SCARLET FEVER.
No. Cases Deaths
White 39 imported 1 40 White 1
Colored 2 imported 2 Colored

Total 41 imported 1 42 Total ^ I

62 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

TUBERCULOSIS
The number of deaths from Tuberculosis was:
White 19
Colored 89

Total 108

PELLAGRA.
There have been deaths as follows:
White 2
Colored 21

Total '
23

SMALL-POX.
No. Cases Deaths
White White
Colored 4 Colored

Total 4 Total

In 1922, we had but 1 case of Small~Pox. An error in printing

gives us 191.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR YEAR OF 1923.

Appropriation Expenditures
A.uto upkeep, Health Officer ..$ 200.00 $ 199.01
Salary, Bacteriologist 1,800.00 1,800.00
Slundry, Supplies Bacteriologist 700.00 677.21
Salary, Clerk 1,800.00 1,800.00
Contagious Diseases 3,000.00 1,132.83
Disinfectants 500.00 486.98
Salary, Chief Food Inspector 2,400.00 2,400.00
Salary (2) Asst. Food Inspectors 2,400.00 2,400.00
Supplies and Telephones, Food Dept 350.00 146.13
Salary Health Officer 4,000.00 4,000.00
Salary, Public Health Nurse 1,500.00 1,500.00
Telephone 12.60 12.60
Printing and Stationery 500.00 509.02
Salary, Chief Sanitary Inspector 1,800.00 1,800.00
Salary, (8) Sanitary Inspectors 8,640.00 8,640.00
Salary, Stenographer 720.00 720.00
Salary, Veterinarian 1,200.00 1,200.00
Office Expense 200.00 134.47
Salary Clinic Physician 100.00 100.00
Salary Asst. Bacteriologist 1,500.00 1,500.00
Auto upkeep. Public Health Nurse 300.00 299.82
Auto upkeep, Chief Food Inspector 200.00 200.00
Sewerage, City Property 147.00 147.00
Rent of Laboratory 300.00 300.00

$34,269.60 $32,105.07
 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviezv 63

Total Appropriation $34,269.60

Total Expenditures 32,105.07

Unappropriated Balance $2,164.63

To Income Account of City from Milk Licenses _ 289.00
To Income Account of City from Over Paying Bill 5.50

$2,459.03

A. P. AIMAR, Chairman J. Merceir Green, M. D.

Board of Health Health Officer

REPORT OF BACTERIOLOGIST

Dr. J Merceir Green,

.

Health Officer,
City.

My dear Doctor: —
I herewith have the hoonor to report work in the City
Laboratory during the Year 1923.

POS. NEG. Total

Blood for Widal Keaction. 51 409| 460

Blood for Para Reaction 126 126
Blood for Plas. Malaria 8 242 250
1

Sputums for Pneumococci 12 61 18

Sputums for B. Tuberculosis 37 160| 197
Sputums for Special Organisms. 3 3

Cultures for B. Diphtheria 86 889 975

Cultures for Misc. Organs- 3 10 19
Cultures for Staphylococci 2 2 4
Cultures for B. Tyhosus ... 2 2

Pus Smears for D. Gonnoccocci 55 350 405

Pus Smears for B. Koch Weeks 1 1
Pus Smears for Morax-Axenfields. 1 1

Feces for Uncinaria Americans. 8 113 121

Feces for Ascaris Lumbricoides. 1 1
Feces for Taenia Solim 1 1
Feces for Amoeba Hist 2 2

Water for Coli Group. 33

Milk for Routine 410

64 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

Laboratory Work— Cont. POS. NEG. Total

Dogs for Hydrophobia 11 12

Urines for Charity 78

Miscellaneous Examinations 89

Guinea Pig Inoc, Charity 5

Vaccines for Charity 2

Total 3212

Yours very truly,

Bacteriologist to Board.

REPORT FOOD INSPECTOR

January 1, 1924.

Dr. J Merccir Green, Health Officer,

.

Charleston, S. C.

Dear Sir :

I herewith submit to you my Annual Report for the year

ending Dec. 31st, 1923.
You will probably note that the condemnations for this
year are not as great as those of the past year, but I attribute
this to the fact that the merchants are inclined to co-operate
with us in our work.
You will also note that while our milk supply has varied
as to the number of Bacteria, you will find that our average
is within the prescribed ordinance.

Respectfully submitted,

F. H. BOLD, M. D.
Chief Food Inspector.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 65

TABLE No. 1.

INSPECTIONS.

Abbatoir 414 Candy Mfg. Plants 76

Meat Markets 676 Ice Cream Plants 63
Fish Markets 97 Bottling Plants 34
Packing HouSes 155 Lunches 25
Sausage Plants 143 Vegetables Stalls 44
Fruit Stores -. 960 Cookshops 361
Bakeries 441 Special Inspections 60
Restaurants 840 Mutton Killed 1,067
Grocery Stores 4,454 Hogs Killed 7,872
Soda Fountains 528 Beef Killed 8,627
Sotf Drink and Bottle Est..-2,282

TABLE No, 2.

FOODSTUFF CONDEMNED.

Oranges Doz. 201 Liver .Lbs. 18,000

Apples Doz. 347 Sausage Lbs. 64
Bananas Doz. 62 Meat Lbs. 2,510
Lemons Doz. 38 Potatoes Lbs. 380
Tomatoes Doz. 330 Carrots Pk. 1
Grape Fruit Doz. 29 Onions Bu. 2l^
Pears Doz 49 Sweet Potatoes Bu. 1%
Bell Peppers Doz. 3 Lettuce Heads 14
Eggs Doz. 31/2 Carrots Bunches 4
Watermelons Doz. 8 Radishes Bunches 4
Peaches Doz. 119 Cocoanuts '.

7
Canteloupes Doz. 23^/^ Persimmons 8
Plums, California....Doz. 3 Fish 6
Fried Fish Doz. 1 Mackerel 5
Loaves Bread Doz. 7^/^ Fish Cans 35
Dried Fruit Lbs. 25 Pineapples Cans 5
Currants Lbs. 16 Vegetablies Cans 35
Dates Lbs. 12 Pork and Beans ....Cans 28
Grapes Lbs. 121 Sardines Cans 127
Candy Lbs. 38 Salmon Cans 50
Raisins Lbs. 50 Tomatoes Cans 71
Lima Beans Lbs. 8 Tomatoes, Cans Doz. 133%
Cabbage Lbs. 30 Peaches, Cans 2-lb. each 24
Figs Lbs. 31 55 Cases 1-lb. Salmon,
Prunes Lbs. 10 Cans 2,640
Biscuits Lbs. 5 300 Cases Soda Water,
Chocolate Bars Lbs. 5 Tryme Bot. 7,200
Cake Lbs. 10 Bell Peppers Basket 1
Cheese Lbs. 5 Plums Quarts 4
Cranberreis Lbs. 20 Cows 5
Hamburger Siteak ..Lbs. 5 Hogs 1
Bacon Lbs. 5 Mixed Pickles Jars 18
Pork Loins Lbs. 300 Mustard Jars 20
Ham Lbs. 69 Fruit Jelly Jars 8
66 Mavor Grace's Annual Review

TABLE No. 3.

Condemnation of Milk:
Total Milk Condemned, 8 quarts, 1 pint; Chocolate Milk, half-
dozen bottles; Ice Cream, 23 quarts.

Police Court Prosecutions:

Summons to Court, 2; Convicted with i^lO.OO fiines, 1.

AVERAGE OF MILK TESTS FOR 1923.

Number Average Average

Name of Dairy of Average Specific Total Average
Tests Fats Gravity Solids Bacteria
Martins 12 4.1 1.029 12.35 20,112
Charleston 51 3.5 1.029 1L51 69,823
Farmfields 48 3.8 1.030 12.23 26,827
West End 51 3.6 1.029 11.81 25,710
Rephan 50 8.8 1.029 12.09 50,148
Coburg 52 4.0 1.030 12.50 14,398
Barkerding 52 3.5 1.028 11.72 59,268
Battery 52 3.6 1.029 11.83 45,145

GRADE OF MERIT.
Highest Highest Lowest
Name of Dairy Fats Total Solids Bacteria
Martins 1st 2nd 2nd
Charleston 5th 8th 8th
Farmfield 3rd 3rd 4th
West End 4th 6th 3rd
Rephan 3rd 4th 6th
Coburg 2nd 1st 1st
Barkerding 5th 7th 7th
Battery 4th 5th 5th

SANITARY DIVISION
January 1, 1924.

Dr. J. Merceir Green,

Health Officer,
Charleston, S.C.

Dear Sir —
I have the honor to submit this my Annual Report for
the Division of Sanitary Inspection for the Year ending
December 31st, 1923.
During the year. Eighty-four thousand five hundred and
were made as against
Nin-ety-six (84,596) visits to premises
Seventy-five thousand one hundred and seventy-seven (75,-
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 67

177) for the year 1922. An increase of nine thousand four

hundred and ninet-een (9,419) visits.

This Department co-operated to th-eir full extent with

the Plumbing Inspector and the Engineer Department in
locating drains that were connected with the sewer, im-
mediately notifying the owner to make the connection.

On the streets that have been paved as also on the streets

that are not complete, the Plumbing Inspector personally
visited with me and we have gotten in touch
in all cases
with the owners, and those that did not connect with sewer
at once assured us that they would do so.

In regards to taking cases to the Recorder's Court, it

is with much pleasure that I report that during the year I

had very little occasion to resort to that unpleasant duty, as

in most cases when I saw the parties concerned and explain-
ed matters, they readily complied with the law.
Constant attention was paid to places that are regarded
as bad and all Inspectors reported regularly on conditions
as they found them and owners were notified to correct or
personally appealed to, for such cleaning up as was neces-
sary.

All cow stables which are ver)'- few are found to comply
with regulations.

Some little trouble arose from time to time with negro

owners of horses, this being sloppy yards most of the
trouble being in bad weather and same was only of a few
days duration or until a few of dry weather.
Regarding dogs that are owned by negroes, I want to
call to your attention the menace they are to the Inspectors
who have to make inspections in congested negro sections
they are of the meanest type and most every negro has a
dog, in many cases I have counted a dozen where as a
matter of fact there was not enough accommodations for
the sleeping of as many persons. These same dogs are
responsible for much of the garbage that is scattered on the
streets in that they turn cans on their sides eating whatever
68 Mayor (j race's Ajuiiia! Revieiv

is edible and literally covering- the streets with what they

cannot eat. In this connection let me add that none of the
owners of dogs of this type pay any taxes, in fact as I
understand it, there is no city tax on dogs. There is how-
ever, a county tax that if same is not paid at the required
time, the owner of such dog is rec[uired to pay a fine and
I am satisfied they will not pay the fine, therefore I feel that

if the Inspectors are instructed to make this report the com-

munity will be rid of one of its worse pests.

In my report last year I recommended a more direct co-

operation with the Street Department regarding the garbage
containers. In some of the better communities, householders
are as lax regarding containers, as the very poor people.
We have done and are doing our utmost to make house
holders comply with the law in this respect but as I recom-

mended last year I feel the only solution is that garbage con-
tainers not in keeping with the law be taken away as gar-
bage and drivers of scavenger carts be instructed to do so.

As heretofore the Inspector in the First District kept

after owners of vacant Boulevard lots to keep down weeds
and grass and it is a pleasure to report how few vacant lots
there are that gave us much trouble during the past summer.

Again I recommend that Inspectors in the upper or

Northern part of the city be allowed car tickets.

Please find attached tabulation of year's work on follow-

ing page.

Respectfully submitted,

GEORGE HARTNETT,
Chief Sanitary Inspector.
 May 07' Gyacc's Annual Reviezv 69

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70 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

MORTUARY STATISTICS.
After The Bertiixon Ci.asssification op Causes op Deaths, First
International Decenniae Revision, Paris, 1900.
Deaths eor the Year 1923.

V)

B
<u
B SH
GENERAL DISEASES
(_ l-l

o
o o
O o 1

1. Typhoid F., Abdominal Typhus... 2 1 3 2 5 7 10

2. Eranthematic Typhus
3. Fever, Recurrent
4. Fever, Intermittent 1 3 4 4
5. Small-Pox
6. Measles 3 3 3
7. Fever, Scarlet 1 1 1
8. Whooping Cough 1 2 3 4 3 7 10
9. Diphtheria and Croup 1 1 2 2
10. Influenza 4 5 9 7 9 16 25
11. Fever, Miliary _

12. Asiatic Cholera

13. Cholera Nostros
14. Dysentery 2 21 2
15. Plague
16. Fever, Yellow
17. Leprosy
18. Erysipelas
19. Other Epidemic Diseases 1 1 1
20. Pyemia and Septicaemia I
2 I
4 1 6 I
6
21. Glanders
22. Anthrax
23. Rabies
24. Actinomycosis Trichinosis 1 --
25. Pellagra 2! "V? "271 29
26. Tuberculosis of Larynx "8 II I I
1

27. Tuberculosis of Lungs "ii 1911 301 371 67| 86

28. Tuberculosis of Meninges II I II

29. Tuberculosis of Abdominal II 11 Ill 1

30. Potts Disease II
1
II
."
31. Cold Abscess I 11

32. White Swelling 1 II

....„
"'211 3
33. Tuberculosis of other Organs 1
"i Ill 11
34. Tuberculosis General 1 111 81 11 1911 51ft

35. Scrofula If
1
(1

36. Syphilis 11- 111 Rl 8 1611 17

37. Gonorrhoea, Adults I. I-

38. Gonococcal Affection of Infants. 1.

Carried Forward I
11-
1 I.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Revieiv 71

MORTUARY STATISTICS.
A^ER The Bertiw^on Classsipication of Causes of Deaths, First
Internationai. Decennial Revision, Paris, 1900.
Deaths eor the Year 1923.

tn
en
to }

ca

E
:^ o
GENERAL DISEASES—Continued.
CO
1o
'o 1
1 U I
Brought Forward

39. Cancer and Other Maligant Tu- 4 5 9 1 1 2 11

mors of Mouth
40. Of Stomach and Liver 3 3 3 1 4!' 7
41. Of Peritoneum, Intest., Rectum 1 2 3 1 2 3| 6
42» Female Genital Organs.. 4 4 6 6 1 10
43. Cancer and other Maiigant Tu- !

mors of Breast 2 2 1 1 8
44. Of Skin
45. Of other Organs Unspecified 2 3 5 2 2 4 9
46. Other Tumors except Female 1

Genital Oragns 1 1 1
1

47. Acute Articular Rheumatism 1 1 2 2 4! 5

48. Chronic Rheumatism and Gout.. 1

49. Scurvy 1

50. Diabetes and Mellitus 2 1 3 2 2 5

51. Exophalmic Goitre
52. Addisons Disease """I
53. Lenkemia 1

54. Anaemia Chlorosis 1

55. Other General Diseases i 11 i

56. Alcoholism, Acute and Chronic. 1

57. Lead Poisoninp* 1

58. Other Chronic Poisonings of Oc- 1

pations I

59. Other Chronic Poisonings 1 I 4 1 5 j 2| 41 6 11

60. Encephalitis ll' 2\ 31 11 HI 4
61. (Bis) Epidemic Cerebro Spinal 1

Meningitis 1 11 2 1 HI 3
62. Prog. Locomator Ataxia 1
11

63. Other Diseases of the Spinal I

'1

Cord 51 51 31 5 811 13
64. Congestion and Hemorrhage 19! 17 36 461 45 9111 127
Spinal Meningitis I 1
l|

65 Brain, Softening of 11 11 1 1 111 2

66. Paralysis, Cause Unspecified SI 3 61 1 11 6
67. Paralvsis General I
' ' 1 11...

!
1

Carried Forward 1
I
1
72 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

MORTUARY STATISTICS.
After The Bertiu<on Classsification of Causes of Deaths, First
International Decennial Revision, Paris, 1900.
Deaths for the Year 1923.

(U
to
rt

S
y
U^
GENERAL DISEASES— Continued, !
IS
T? -d
(U (U

03 o o rt

O o o O
H O O H

Brought Forward.

68. Other Fornis of Insanity.... 1 1

69. Epilepsy I
21 2
70. Convulsions, no Puerperal
71. Convulsions of Infants 1
72. Tetanus 21 2
78. Cholera -I
74. Other Nervous Diseases...
75. Diseases of the Eyes , 1 1
76. Diseases of the Ears li 1

Diseases of the Circulatory System

77. Pericarditis 11 1| 2|i

78. Endocarditis, Acute 4 2| 7! 9||
79. Organic Heart Disease, Valvular 13 231 251 48li
80. Angina Pectoris 1 21 11 31
81. Diseases of the Arteries, Arthe-
roma, Aneurism, Etc 15 13 11
82. Embolism and Thrombosis
83. Diseases of Veins, Vareis, Hem- I

orrhoids, Phlebitis, Etc

84. Diseases of Lymphatics, Lym-
phantitis. Etc
85. Hemorrhage 1 21 211
86. Other Diseases of Circulatory I

System 22 561 30 371 671 123

I
! I

Diseases of Respiratory System

87. Diseases of Nasal Fossal.

88. Diseases of the Larynx...
89. Diseases of Thyroid Body.
90. Bronchitis, Acute 61 81 1411
91. Bronchitis, Chronic 1! II!
92. Pneumonia, Broncho 111 221 161 25 411
93. Pneumonia, Lobar 10 221 241 20 44;

Carried Forward
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 73

MORTUARY STATISTICS.
AfTiSR The Causes op Deaths, First
BERTII.I.ON C1.ASSSIFICAT10N OF
International Decenniai, Revision, Paris, 1900.
Deaths eor the Year 1923.

V)
<u
rt

6
GENERAL DISEASES—Continued. 4;
u.
<u en
rt
i~j

^ 1

Brought Forward.

94. Pleurisy Gl
95. Congestion of Lungs, Pulmonary
Apoplexy
96. Gangrene of Lung
97. Asthma
98. Pulmonary Em.physema
Other Diseases of the Respira-
tory System, Phthisis excepted..
Diseases of the Digestive System
Diseases of Mouth and Adnexa..
Diseases of Pharynx
Diseases of Oesophagus 1
Ulcer of Stomach 5
Other Diseases of Stomach, Can-
cer excepted 2
Diarrhoea and Enteritis, under
2 years 611 12 161 28 34
Diarrhoea and Enteritis over
2 years 14| 2311 23
"3
Intestinal Parasites 61 14|! 17
Hernia and Intestinal Obstruc-
tions 2| 611 10
Other Diseases of Intestines 6| 911 15
Acute Yellov^ Atrophy of Liver.
Hydatid Tumor of Liver
Liver Cirrhosis II 1
Biliary Calculi
Other Diseases of Liver II 3 311
Diseases of Spleen
Simple Peritonitis ...-

8| 21 31 5
-I
II I 1 7! 3| 10 I 11

Carried Forward J I I
74 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviczn

MORTUARY STATISTICS.
Aftkr The Berttu.on Classsification of Causes of Deaths, Firsi
International Decennial Revision, Paris, 1900.
Deaths for the Year 1923.

GENERAL DISEASES—Continued.

Brought Forward

Diseases of Genito Urinary Organ

119. Nephritis, Acute 31 5 28! 33

120. Brights Diseases, Chronic 211 37 69! 106
121. Other Diseases of Kidney and
Adnexa 2| 3 21
122. Urinary Calculus -!
123. Diseases of Bladder I
1!
124. Diseases of Uretha, Urinary
Abscess, Etc I I-

125. Enlarged of Prostrate 21 1 2!| 21 1 2!

\2Q. Non- Venereal Diseases of Male I !l I
I I

Genital Organs
127. Metritis
128. Uterine Hemorrhage, not Puer-
peral
129. Uterine Tumor, not Puerperal
130. Other Diseases of Uterus 31 81
131. Ovarian Cyst, and Others -! 11-

132. Other Disases of Female Geni- ! I I H

tal Organs -I I- J II.

133. Diseases of Breast not Puer-

peral, not Cancerous -I I-

Puerperal Diseases I
I !! I
I II

I ! II 1 ( n
134. Accidents of Pregnancy .1 II 111 II 21 311
135. Puerperal Hemorrhage .1 1-

136. Other Diseases of Labor .1 II HI 1 21 211 3

137. Puerperal Septicaemia .1 1
It 1 21 2!I 2
138. Puerperal Albumuria and Con- I I
II I I
II

vulsions
139. Puerperal Phlegmasia, Alba Do- I
I
I I

lerus -I I. -I I.

140. Other Puerperal Accidents Sud

den Death .1 2! 211 ! 5| 511

I I 11 I I II

Carried Forward -I I II I I !|.

 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 75

MORTUARY STATISTICS.
AmsR The Bertii.i.on Classsification of Causes of Deaths, First
International Decennial Revision, Paris, 1900.
Deaths for the Year 1923.

GENERAL DISEASES— Continued.

Brought Forward.

141. Puerperal Diseases of Breast..

142. Gangrene
143. Furuncle (Carbuncle)
144. Phlegmon^ Acute Abscess ,

145. Other Diseases of Skin and Ad-

nex -I 1| 1

Diseases of the Locomotor System

146. Diseases of Bones, Non-Tuber-

cular
147. Anthritis and Other Diseases of
Joints, T. B. excepted
148. Amputation
149. Other Diseases of Organs of
Locomotion

Malformations

150. Congenital Malformations, Still-

Births excepted
151. Congenital Debilitym Icterus
Selerma J J. 21 2 2
152. Other Diseases Peculiar to Early
Infancy 1
1711 18
153. Neglect
154. Senile Debility 211 8
173. Inanition (Starvation) 34 5411 56
175. Other Acute Poisonings I
1
177. Dropsy 1 2
179. Causes not Specified or 111 De- I I 1

fined -I 4 411 12

Totals 11,
 76 Mayor Grace's Animal R CVICW

MORTUARY STATISTICS.
Accidents and Premature Births, Etc., Within the City Limits,
WITH Ages, and in the Hospital, B>c., eor the Year 1923
(U
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ift

! 'c3

Causes 1^ i 1 'd -o
C/5
C| <u r-i 'd
73 o 'c3
(-;
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^ i? io e^ o
Suicide
Homicide 14| 2| 1611 20
Accidents 141 61 20il 38
Drowned 11 1 111 1
Burned I !
II

Hanged
Want of Vitality. lOj. 6! 1611 16
Premature Birth .
1| 14| 121 181 30il 44
Undeveloped I
21 61 61 1211 14
Still Born 141 26! 89| 210
95!184|I
Totals 243|211|4541147615131989|!1443

COMPARATIVE MORTALITY.

20.02
17.70
19.00
20.08
19.10
28.30
23.06
23.10
26.90
25.
24.30
27.91
27.32
26.70
23.50
24.50
24.42
27.41
26.60
27.51
26.16
20.83
29.09
^32.71
^
Populaton U. S. Census July 1, 1923.'
Still Births only excluded.
The reapon for the increased mortality for Charleston, is due to the fact, that
we have included in our death rate, deaths from all causes, with the exclusion of
still Births. This is done for 1923 in order ro accord v.'ith the standard of all
other cities.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 77

Number oi^ Deaths, With Ages for the Year 1923.

Ages.
1
'o 1
.^_

Under 1 Year. 62 191 253

From 1 to Years
5 24 82 106
From 5 10 Years
to 3 14 17
From 10 20 Years
to 12 50 62
From 20 30 Years
to 20 141 161
From 30 40 Years
to 26 135 161
From 40 50 Years
to 48 155 203
From 50 60 Years
to 70 115 185
From 60 70 Years
to 83 62 145
From 70 80 Years
to 69 28 97
From 80 90 Years
to 36 11 47
From 90 100 Years
to . . . . . 1 1 2
Over 100 Years
Unknown 4 4

Totals- 454 989 1443

Deaths in Hospitals, Etc.

Thompson Memorial 13 13
St.Margarets Home 4 4
^nston Home 1 1
Riverside Infirmary . 12 12
Baker Sanitarium 23 23
Seamans Home
Orphan House
Ropier Hospital 84 260 344
County Jail
Jenkins Orphanage
Colored Hospital 2 2
Old Folks Home 7 7
Franke Home 2 2
Porter Military Academv
St. Philips Church Home
St. Francis Infirmary 15 15
Ashley River Asylum
Mercy Maternity Hospital 10 10

Totals 164 269 433

78 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

MORTUARY STATISTICS.
Number of Death With Place of Nativity for the Yeai 1923
AND Burials Within the City Limits

Nativity.
o 3o
3
City of Charleston 102 203 305
South Carolina 245 734 979
North Carolina 6 8 14
Georgia 16 10 26
Alabama 2 2
Virginia 1 1 2
New^ York 5 4 9
Florida 1 1 2
Pennsylvania 9 1 10
Mississippi 1 1
Missouri 1 1
Massachusetts 2 2
Maryland 1 1
New Jersey 1 1
Kentucky 2 2
Tennessee 1 1
D. C 1 1
Haiti i 1
Scotland 1 1
Germany 19 19
Austria 2 ........ 2
Italy 3 3
Ireland 11 11
Russia 6 6
Greece 1 1
Sweeden 1 1
Roumania 1 1
England 3 3
Canada 1 1
Syria 1 1
Poland 1 1
Denmark 1 1
Unknown 8 "23 31

Totals 454 989 1443

 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 79

BURIAI.S Within the City Liuits

Burials.

St. Peters Church Yard

St. Johns Chapel Church Yard
St. Johns Lutheran Church Yard...
St. Michaels Church Yard
St. Philips Church Yard
First Presbyterian Church Yard
Sjecond Presbyterian Church Yard.
First Baptist Church Yard
Unitarian Church Yard
Bethel Church Yard
Circular Church Yard
Trinity Church Yard
The Cathedral Church Yard
St. Mary's Church Yard
Seaman's Ground
Century Fellowship Church Yard-
Colored Catholic Church Yard
Calvary Episcopal Church Yard
Ephrat Church Yard
St. Paul's Church Yard
Public (Potters Field) 257 263

Totals 22 260 282

MARRIAGES:
White 117
Colored 106
Total 223
BIRTHS:
White, Males 447
White, Females - 411
Total 858
Colored, Males 538
Colored, Females - 537
Total 1,075

Grand Total 1,933

TWINS:
White ~. 9
Colored 19
Total 28
TRIPLETS:
White
Colored 1
Total 1
Respectfully submitted,
LESTER SCHWARTZBERG,
Chief Clerk,
J. MERCIER GREEN, M. D., H. 0.
80 ,
Mayor Grace's Annual Review

WEATHER CONDITIONS CHARLESTON

IN
DURING THE YEAR 1923.
The year of 1923 was rather equable in Charleston,
there being no extremes of temperature at any season.
The winter and the early spring were mild, the late spring
and summer moderate and the fall fairly cool. The mean
temperature for the year was about normal. Rainfall was
deficient.

Summary by Months

January opened mild, with day temperatures betweens 60

and 70 degrees, continuing, with only a few breaks, above
normal all the month. Rains were mostly light and at
long intervals apart. The weather was mostly fair and
sunshine was above normal, averaging 74% of the possible
amount.
February was warm at the beginning and the end of the
month, but below normal most of the time between the
5th, and the 25th, with freezing temperature on 5 days.
Rainfall was very light and sunshine was above normal.
March was warmer than usual most of the time, with
day temperatures often between 70 and 80 degrees and
night temperatures generally above 50. Rains were fairly
frequent but light. The weather was mostly pleasant with
abundant sunshine.
April was normal, as far as temperatures were concerned,
and much below normal in rainfall. There were 3 thunder-
storms but no gales.
May was very equable, with no extremes of temperature,
and averaged 2.1 degrees below normal. Raninfall was
nearly double to normal amount and there were 14 rainy
days. Cloudy weather predominated and sunshine was
deficient. n

June was normal, with maximum temperatures above 90

degrees occasionally and the usual number of fair and
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 81

cloudy days. Winds were light and thunderstorms infre-

quent.

July was moderate with maximum temperatures seldom

above 90 degrees. Thunderstorms were very numerous,
occuring on 18 days, but winds were mostly light. Cloudy
weather predominated and sunshine was below normal.
August was rather hot frequent thundershowers afforded
considerable relief. Precipitation was excessive on several
occasions and the monthly total was nearly double the nor-
mal for August, Winds were light and the humidity
slightly above normal.
September was moderate, as far as temperatures were
concerned, there being only 3 days with maximum tem-
perature of 90 degrees or over. Rains were frequent but
totaled less than half the normal amount.

October was fairly cool with temperatures blow normal

much of the time. Rains were light and at infrequent inter-
vals. Cloudy weather predominated and sunshine was below
normal.

November averaged 3.1 degrees below normal and was

also deficient in rainfall with a drought from the 6th to
the 23rd. There were frosts on sevral days, with killing
frost on the 10th.

December was moderate with temperatures above normal

most of the time. Rainfall was slightly above normal and
well distributed throughout the month. Winds were light,
the weather mostly cloudy and sunshine deficient.

J. E. LOCKWOOD
Meteorologist.
82 Mayor Grace's Annual Rndcw

REPORT WATER DEPARTMENT

COMMISSIONERS:

J. ROSS PIANAHAN, Chairman

LELAND MOORE Hon. JNO. P. GRACE,
JULIUS H. JAHNZ Mayor.
A. J. W. GORSE
OFFICERS
J. E. GIBSON, Manager and Engineer.
F. B.McDowell, jr., Asst. to Mgr. and Engineer.
E. EARL EVANS, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary.
CLIFFORD THOMPSON, Clerk of Council, Secretary.
O. H. BISSELL, Contract and New Business Clerk.
C.BENNETT, Supt. Mains and Distribution.
SNELSON, Cashier.
E. G.
GEORGE H. MOFFETT, Attorney.
PARKER LABORATORIES,
Bacteriologists and Chemists.
T. E. FUSSELL, Engineer in Charge Pumping Station.

March 12th, 1924.

7^0 the Mayor and Aldermen,
of City Council of Charleston,
City.

Gentlemen:

herewith hand you report of Commissioners of Pub-

I

lic for the year ending December 31st, 1923. The

Works
report of Mr. J. E. Gibson,
Manager and Engineer, is full
and complete, covering in detail the work of the Commis-
sion for the past year, and is attached as a part of this re-
port.
The report of Mr. E. Earl Evans, Treasurer, shows the
financial condition of the Commission, and. is also attached
as a part of this report.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 83

The books of the Commission have been audited by Mr.

C. L. Vann, Pubhc Certified Accountant, and his audit is
attached as a part of this report.
I beg to commend the work of the Officers and Em-
ployees of the Commission, who have been very efficient
and loyal.
Commissioner Julius H. Jahnz's time having expired,
he was re-elected December, 1923, for another term expir-
ing in 1929.
Due to the resignation of our Chairman, Mr. J. Ross
Hanahan, made necessary by his election as Alderman from
Ward No. 1, Mr. M. B. Barkley was appointed to fill out
his unexpired term. The Commission was reorganized by
the election of the following Officers
Leland Moore, Chairman; Julius H. Jahnz, Vice-Chair-
man J. E. Gibson, Manager and Engineer E. Earl Evans,
; ;

Treasurer.
During the year the Commission has carried out its policy
of adding to, and improving the system in every way, the

details of which will be found in the report of the Man-

ager and Engineer.

Respectfully,

COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS,

LELAND MOORE,
Chairman.

Charleston, S. C, January 25, 1924

Mr. Leland Moore, Chairman,

Commissioners of Public Works,
Charleston, S. C.

Dear Sir —
I herewith submit mv annual report of the operations
of the Department for the year 1923.
84 Mayor Grace's Amiital Review

LABOR CONDITIONS
The continued depression of business in the southeast
and the exceptional demand for common labor in the north-
ern, central and eastern sections of the country resulted in
a wide spread migration of labor from this section. Gen-
erally it is only the better or more intelligent labor that
has the courage and ability to move to a new community
and **make good". This movement of labor not only de-
pleted the supply, but caused a raise in the scale of wages
in this vicinity, and we were no exception to the rule.

We were paying our employees above the prevailing local

scale of wages and all were satisfied; nevertheless, the al-
luring letters and statements of friends that had gone North
stampeded some of our oldest negro employees with the re-
sult that for a few weeks, early in the summer, we were
hard pressed to keep sufficient men to adequately run the
plant and maintain the pumping station grounds.
Wages were raised in some cases, especially the semi-
skilled men, but otherwise we have only met the local
scale, feeling that it was unwise and useless to try to keep
men that had been attacked with the North's ''high-wage
fever" by raising wages, realizing that nothing would
ultimately satisfy them but to try their hand in those labor
markets.
We were due to the greater efficiency of the plant
able,
and labor employed, and our policy of only meeting the
local scale of wages, to maintain the total increased outlay
for labor for operating the plant to less than $400.00 for
the year as compared with 1922.

INCOME AND DISBURSEMENTS

The report of the Treasurer, submitted herewith, shows
a continued healthly financial condition of your plant. The
gross annual income, $431,021.95, was $2,908.41 greater
than for the year 1922 and exceeded our previous banner
year of 1920 by $2,102.81. This excellent showing was
made possible only by constant effort, and the maintenance
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 85

of the distribution system, meters, etc., in a high state of

of efficiency that a maximum of the water pumped was ac-

counted for with a commensurate return.

Continued progress was made in effecting economies in
the mechanical plant at Ilanahan. The installation of the
new high service pumping engine in 1922 permitted the
overhauling of the steam ends of the two Snow Engines
installed in 1903 when the plant was built. These engines
had had only minor repairs made to the steam ends from
time to time, the major repairs being confined entirely
to the water ends.
They have done excellent service, but were in need of
general overhauling. The high pressure cylinders and all

valve chambers were rebored and fitted with new pistons,

piston rings and valves. The low pressure cylinders were
not rebored, but were fitted with new pistons, bull and
steam rings. All the valve gears, dash pots and link motion
rods and pins were trued up and bushed. New piston rods
with metallic packing were furnished, and when the repairs
were completed the engines ran as smoothly as if new.

The amounted to over

total cost of these repairs alone
$7000.00, and this was charged out as operating expenses
during the year although representing an accumulated de-
ferred maintenance for substantially twenty years.
Disbursements for labor and material for operation of
the Hanaham Plant was $5,054.86 less than 1922. This
saving was due partly to lower fuel cost and an increase
in the overall mechanical efficiency of the plant, but mainl)^
to a reduction in the amount of water pumped.

The disbursements for operation and maintenance of

the distribution system was $2,933.56 greater than 1922.
Of this increase $2,725.80 was due to repairs of service
pipes and is explained by our continued policy of renewing
all old iron service pipes in the streets and under sidewalks
to property line, with ''AA" lead pipe. In addition to
these expenses we spent $14,113.14 on the inspection, repair
and renewal (where required) of all mains, valves and
86 Mayor Grace's Anmml Review

service pipes in advance of new paving. This expense is

an increase of $3,840.31 over that of 1922.
The operating cost for maintenance at the Hanahan
Plant increased $10,391.10 over 1922 and is made up of
repairs to the Snow Engines heretofore mentioned.

We spent $2,481.29 on repairs, painting and otherewise

maintaining the property and huildings leased to our em-
ployees for residences.This item, while large, represents
a deferred maintenance of from six to eight years.

Fixed charges increased $6,754.62 due to increased in-

terest charges on surplus invested in plant. This increase
is returned as an earning in the income account under the

heading of Interest on Surphis Invested in Plant.

The net income or surplus, after paying all regular oper-
ating and extraordinary expenses, repairs, maintenance, de-
preciation, sinking fund and
on bonds and govern-
interest
ment county and fed-
loan, but exclusive of street, city,

eral taxes (Municipally owned water plants are exempt

from all taxes) was $121,484.73.
This surplus is being turned back into the plant in the
form of extensions and improvements as is more fully
shown in the Treasurer's report imder Schedule **H". The
total surplus earned during the six years and three months
of Commission operation of the water plant is $768,584.57.
Had we not been able to earn this surplus it would have
meant that a bond issue would have been required to make
these necessary improvements and extensions whereas we
tiow have these made and paid for, and no one has paid in
excess of his or her needs or demands and everyone has
paid without regard as to whether he is a permanent or
transient resident of the city.

WATER SUPPLY AND RAINFALL

The monthly and annual rainfall at Hanahan for the past
twenty years is given in Table 2.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 87
TABLE NO. 2.
RAINFALL GOOSE CREEK PUMPING STATION, WATER DEPARTMENT,
HANAHAN, S. C. TWENTY YEAR RECORD
u
o
Year >>
(1)
I
i a 3 1 1 i
O
I
I I I I, I

1904 3.94 3.571 1.54 0.17 4.42 2.65 6. 10.871 2.92| 2.04 1.58141.76
1905 I
1-011 3.391 3.03] 3.22 5.91 2.03 5. 3.03 2.50 1.27 4.65136.87
1906-._.,_. 1 4.38| 2.921 3.38| 1.14 2.23 8.11 9. 5.57 6.89 0.52 2.69 50.66
1907 I
1.14 1.90 1.23| 4.76 1.68 3.48] 5. 11.87 1.30 1.36 6.51148.25
1908 2.63 5.63 3.84 5.15 5.78 4.071 4. 6.90| 1.83 2.31 1.36|45.17
1909 0.60 3.07 6.40 4.64 3.01 3.81 8. 8.93 2.80 0.91 3.15 50.74
1910 2.51 4.17 1.43 1.92 1.83 6.75 7. 15.89 8.34 3.04 1.29 58.72
1911 1.33 1.50 4.38
1.38 2.15 0.23 3.16| 8. 9.86 2.27 2.60 4.02 46.31
1912 5.121 6.56 4.39 6.03 5.64 6.421 8. 3.54 1.43 1.55 4.24 68.71
1913 3.99 5.55 5.72
5.72 3.41 0.46 8.42 9. 6.82 10.25 1.65 4.15 63.84
1914 2.20 9.00 4.32
1.32 3.271 0.54 5.57 5.< 12.21 5.56 1.80 4.45|59.29
1915 10.77 3.63 2.78
2.78 5.72111.81 8.18 9. 9.94 7.35 2.581 6.58183.67
1916 1.54 1.87 2.50
2.50 2.22 1.26 8.62 28.^ 5.39 3.35 1.11 2.33|60.21
1917 2. 2.19 4.19
4.19 1.90 4.54 3.77 15. 7.48 0.12 0.11 1.26|51.25
1918 1.52 1.02 1.33 4.55 3.16 2.29 8. 5.56 1.61 3.16 4.64|41.32
1919 I
2.26| 6.66| 3.991 0.72 4.07 7.08 13.,61| 5.791 7.9| 0.08 0.11 0.47|47.64
1920 1.081 3.771 5.291 6.35 1.66 2.06 9. 20111.941 481 0.12 3.36 3.86|55.17
1921 2.751 2.19| 3.64J 2.62 8.45 2.49 15. 02| 9.96| 69| 1.32 1.89 0.96|56.98
1922 -_....
I
3.381 4.91 4.591 2.87 6.08 6.87 10. 79| 7.52 .10| 6.051 0.24| 8.23|r,5.63
1923 -
I
1-911 1.19 6.38 1.36 7.82 3.07 6. 911 9.211 .25| 2.20] 3.39| 5.04151.73

i. I,

Normal .___-.
I 2.85 1 3.731 3.721 3.2l| 4.031 4.94| 8.41| 4.871 3-41| 1-75| 3.57|54.25

The elevation and storage data for the Goose Creek Im-
pounding Reservoir for the past seven years is given in
Table No. 4.
It will be seen b}^ reference to the table that the maximum
darft on the reservoir occurred in November and amounted
to seven inches, a depletion of 381,600.000 gallons, equival-
en to 13.7% of the total storage available.
TABLE NO. 4.
STORAGE DATA GOOSE CREEK IMPOUNDING RESERVOIR, 1917 to 1923
INCLUSIVE. DRAINAGE AREA 42.5 SQUARE MILES. STORAGE
CAPACITY 2,781,660,000 GALLONS. FLOW LINE
ELEVATION 10.5 FEET.
Amount of Storage
Elevation Water Surface Million Gallons.
Date Above Elevation 0.0

1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 191' 1918(1919 19201 19211 1922] 192S
! 1

Jan. 1st 5.901 8.23 8.00 8.23 10.74 8.87 10.7P 325 1,40511, 290 38012, 940(1 ,750(2,980
Feb. 1st 6.39 7.82 9.28 7.78 10.71 8.93 10.62 505 1,190 2, 000 160|2, 93811 ,780(2,862
Mch. 1st 7.01 7.49 10.80 7.88 10.56 10.74 10.50 800 1,03013, 000 220|2. 830(2 ,94012,780
Apr. 1st 7.79 6.82 10.31 9.88 10.67 10.58 10.87 1,160 710|2, 660 380 2, 920(2 ,840(3,040
1

May 1st 8.79 6.62 9.76 10.77 10.22 10.25 10.40 1,710 6I0I2, 300 97012, 60012 620 2,720
June 1st 8.29 6.15 10.56 10.14 10.51 10.80 10.80 1,420 410|2, 820 540(2, 78512 990 2,990
July 1st 7.56 4.73 10.65 9.50 10.13 10.61 10.36 1,0451 147|1, 890 140(2, 540(2, 860 2,690
Aug. 1st 10.18 4.04 10.69 9.80 10.75 10.98 10.68 2,5801 120|2, 920|2, 320(2, 960 2,710
Sept. 1st 9.82 3.83110.50 10.51 10.50 10.54 10.92 '2.3401 118|2, 78012, 780(2, 7 S3 3,080
Oct. 1st 9.79 5.08|10.08 10.74 10.13 10.18 10.51 2,3201 170|2, 500i2, 940(2, 540 2,783
Nov. 1st. 9.20 3.811 9.42 10.08 9.55 10.43 10.24 1,950| 115|2, 09012, 500(2, 170 2,730 2,620
*Nov. 24th 8.76i*1.08| 8.87 9.97 9.37 10.02 9.92 1,6901 *35|1, 760|2, 430(2, 016(2, 2,400
Dec. 1st 8.69 1.85 8.75 10.03 9.29 9.96 10.21 1,640| 5511, 690|2, 480(2, 010(2 2.600
Jan. 1st 8.231 8.00| 8.23tl0.74l 8.87|10.79ll0.60 1.405ll,290|l 380|2, 940 1, 750(2 2.855
Minimum stage. Elevation Center of 30 in. Intake 0.0.
88 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv

PUMPING STATION RECORDS OF WATER

PUMPED AND FILTERED.
Table No. 5 gives the daily and monthly records of water
pumped from Goose Creek, filtered and pumped to the city.
It will be seen that there was an average daily pumpagf
of 5,600,000 gallons of water pumped from the impounding
reservoir to the sedimentation basin and of thisamount
there was delivered to the distribution system 5,430.000
gallons daily. The difference, 170,000 gallons per day or
3.07%, represents water used for washing filters dissolving
chemicals, making steam, cleaning reservoirs, sedimen-
tation basins, clear water basin and other incidental uses
around the plant.
Comparing this record with that of 1922, it will be not-
ed that there was a reduction of 730,000 gallons per day
pumped from the creek to the sendimentation basins and a
reduction of 700,000 gallons per day pumped to the city.
There was an increase of two hundred and two active
consumers during the year as compared with one hundred
and sixty for the year of 1922.

TABLE No. 5.

TOTAL MONTHLY AND AVERAGE DAILY PUMPAGE OF WATER FROM

GOOSE CREEK STORAGE RESERVOIR, 1923,
MILLION GALLONS.

1 1
Pumped to | Per Ct. of Water
Month Sedimentation | Water Filtered |
City after | Pumped from Creek
1 1
Filtration | Pumped to City

Monthly Daily Monthly Daily Monthly Daily Per Cent.

Jan. 176.68 5.70 176.63 5.70 173.30 5.59 98.1

Feb. 156.03 5.58 155.90 5.57 152.90 5.46 97.9
Mch. 174.70 5.64 175.02 5.65 171.15 5.52 98.0
Apr. 170.68 5.69 170.93 5.69 166.33 5.54 97.4
May ....-.._ 180.98 5.84 180.68 5.83 176.29 5.69 97.4
June _.... 181.91 6.08 174.62 5.82 169.42 5.65 93.1*
July ._- 171.87 5.54 171.57 5.53 166.72 5.38 97.1
Aug 169.79 5.48 169.69 5.47 164.80 5.32 97.1
Sept. 166.26 5.54 165.70 5.52 160.90 5.36 96.7
Oct. 168.82 5.44 168.97 5.45 164.14 5.30 97.3
Nov. ...... 163.36 5.34 163.31 5.44 158.77 5.29 97.2
Dec. 162.22 5.23 162.02 5.22 157.77 5.09 97.3

Totals
and 2042.30 5.60 2035.04 5.57 1982.49 5.43 97.1
Averages

•Washing Sedimentation Basin.

 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 89

OPERATION AND DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT

We have a total of 9,219 active consumers out of a
total of 10,314 on the system. This is an increase of 125
over that of last year..

It will be seen that we have a total of 9,219 active con-

sumers out of a total of 10,314 on the system. This is an

increase of 125 over that of last year.

There are no active fiat rate service and the item of 158
inactive flat services represents services that are at present
not being used, but that the Department feels will sooner or
later be called upon for service at which time they will be
metered. The abandoned services are those services that
have been disconnected from the main on account of
changes in property, or being too small in size are carried
for purposes of record only.

EFFICIENCY OF FILTRATION AND PURIFI-

CATION WORKS

Bacteriological and chemical examinations of the water

made dally by the Parker Laboratories show that the qual-
ity of the water delivered to the citizens has been m.aintain-
ed at an average high standard.

The treatment of the water during the year consisted of

sterilization of the raw water with liquid chlorine and
coagulation with sulphate of alumina, sedimentation and
filtration through rapid sand filters and the restoration of
alkalinity by the use of sodium hydroxide.

During the algae-growing season copper sulphate Is used

in the impounding reservoir together with small amounts
in the outlets from the sedimentation basins with a much

more restricted amount used in the clear water basin. It

is found that by an occasional small dosage of copper sul-
90 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

phatc in the clear water basin the growth of algae in this

basin can be controlled and rednced to a minimum.

The use of sodium hydroxide or caustic soda was first

commenced in the fall of 1922 and was continued through-
out the year 1923. The advantages obtained in this treat-
ment are that the water in artificially softened rather than
hardened as with the lime treatment, and the carbonic acid
content is more easily controlled.

Wehave adopted colorimetric tubes for the determina-

tion of the hydrogen-ion concentration, and during the year
we have maintained a hydrogen-ion value of not less than
7.2 in the filtered w^ater going to the city.

We method of treatment is very

find that the caustic soda
much more constant in its action and cleaner than
simpler,
the lime method and, while w^e estimated the cost to be con-
siderably greater than lime, we find that due to the re-
duction in pumpagc and other economies effected that the
gross cost has been immateriel, especially so when the
qi.iality and constancy of the product obtained are consider-
ed. Further, there is undoubtedly a material saving ef-
fected in the amount of soap and softening compounds re-
quired. The manager of one of our laundry companies
stated to us that he had been enabled, due
change in
to the
the treatment of the water, to entirely dispense with all
softening compounds.

Tables Nos. 10, 11 and 12 show the results of a typical

sanitary and mineral analysis and the hypothetical combina-
tions of the elements in the raw and filtered w^ater for the
past four years.

It will be noted from this analysis that the total solids

have averaged less than one hundred parts per million in

the filtered w^ater w^ith a hardness of below tw^enty-five parts
per million. This means that the w^ater is a very soft and
most excellent w^ater for domestic, manufacturing and steam
making purposes.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 91

TABLE No. 10.

SANITARY ANALYSIS OF RAW AND FILTERED WATER
PARTS PER MILLION.
Date Oct. 7, 1920 Dec. 3, 1921 Nov. 17. 1922 Oct. 18. 1923

Item or Element Raw I

Filtered Raw I
Filtered Raw| Filtered Raw |
Filtered

Color 140.00 25.00 30.00 115.00 25.00

Chlorine 15.00 16.00 15.00 16.00 17.00
Alkalinity 14.25 21.00 ti 15.50 16.00 22.00
Hardness 8.00 23.00 12.50 13.00 14.00
Free Ammonia 0.05 0.04 1 0.04 0.01 0.01
Albuminoid Ammonia 1.174 0.18 m 0.15 0.30 0.06
Nitrogen as Nitrites.. 0.00 0.00 0.001 0.00 0.00
>}
Nitrogen as Nitrates- 0.00 0.00 0.000 0.00 0.00
Free Carbon Dioxide — 5.00 2.00 fi 4.00 6.00 0.00
Total Solids 90.00 88.00 <: 75.00 96.00 77.00

TABLE No. 11.

MINERAL ANALYSIS OF RAW AND FILTERED WATER
PARTS PER MILLION.
Datt Oct 7, 1920 Dec. 3, 1921 Nov. 17, 1922 Oct . 18, 1923

Item or Element Raw Filtered Raw Filtered Raw 1 Filterec Raw Filtered

Sodium 0.98 2.36 3.14 V 14.43 5.97 10.13

Potassium 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.21 0.96
Magnesium 6 1.00 1.74 1.46 B 1.53 3.20 2.77
Calcium 4J 12.50 5.79 12.44 *? 3.34 4.79 5.65
Iron -_.. _ ^ 0.20 0.57 0.36 c 0.86)
1.55 0.80
Aluminum 1.94 2.08 1.14 2.34)
Chlorine 9.00 15.00 16.00 22 15.00 16.00 17.00
Sulphate Radical >f 19.85 4.08 17.34 3.40 2.02 15.06
Insoluble Matter _ c 4.00 5.30 2.90 1 4.00 4.55 4.35
Loss on Ignition < 20.00 35.75 31.15 < 14.10 31.90 22.90

TABLE No. 12.

HYPOTHETICAL COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS RAW AND FILTERED
WATER PARTS PER MILLION.
Date Oct. 7, 1920 Dec. 3, 1921 Nov 17, 1922 Oct. 18, 1923.

Element Raw Filtered Raw Filtered Raw [Filtered Raw 1

Filtered

Loss on Ignition 20.00 35.75 31.15 14.10 31.90 22.90

Insoluble Matter 4.00 5.30 2.90 4.00 4.55 4.35
Iron & Aluminum Oxides tj 3.95 2.65 1.50 Q> 3.20 1.55 0.80
Sodium Chloride 2.49 5.99 7.74 ^ 24.75 15.16 25.73
Potassium Chloride s 1.91 0.00 0.00 B 0.00 0.40 1.83
Magnesium Chloride t 3.91 6.80 5.71 +^ 0.00 8.87 0.71
Calcium Chloride c 5.76 9.91 12.62 c 0.00
Sodium Sulphate m 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.03
Calcium Sulphate 28.19 7.42 24.52 0.00 1.55 7.42
Calcium Carbonate CvJ
5.18 1.08 1.70 8.35 11.98 8.73
Sodium Carbonate 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.32
Magnesium Carbonate -=
< 0.00 0.00 0.00 < 5.29
Magnesium Sulphate — 2.52 12.79

EXTENSIONS OF MAINS IN DISTRIBUTION

SYSTEM.
On account of the continued high prices of cast iron
pipe, we made no extensions in the distribution system
except under an absolute necessity or in advance of new
92 Mayor Grace's Aiumal Review

paving rather than tear up this new paving later when the
extension was actually required.

There was a net addition of one and eight-tenths miles

of mains added to the system during the year, making a
total of 103.7 miles of distribution and supply mains.
There was added 62 valves and 20 liydrants making a total
of 1093 valves and 678 hydrants on the system.

Of the total number of 678 hydrants so classed nine are

paid for by private interests as a protection to their pro-
perty. All hydrants were inspected, repaired, painted and
numbered. Color adopted was an orange yellow with black
near pavement line to take the splash from rain water.
This color has proved very distinctive both by sun and
artifical light.

A survey of all valves was made to determine if they

were in working order and if open.

FIRE PROTECTION FOR SUBURBAN

COMMUNITIES
There has been a number of sub-developments, namely-
Chicora Place, Cherokee Place, Windsor Hill and Garden
Hill, thathave grown to such proportions that there should
be some means whereby these communities could cooperate
and form fire districts and make contract with the City
Water Department for fire protection having hydrants
placed on the lines for community use in fighting fires.

There has been a number of fires around the Navy Yard

in which the NavyYard has furnished water and the City-
fire engines have been called to assist. In each of these cases
the Navy Yard people have made demands that w^e malce
them a reduction in the bill, due to the water consumed for
fighting these fires. We can see no reason why these com-
munities should depend upon either the generosity of the
National Government or the City of Charleston for such
protection.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 93

The furnishing of water by the Navy Yard for this pur-

pose is in reality a violation of the spirit and letter of the
contract between the Navy Department and the Water De-
partment, although it may be classed as humanitarian. The
Water Department of Charleston is organized and main-
tained for the benefit of the citizens of Charleston. The
residents of the suburban communities are enabled to obtain
the same advantages as a citizen, so far as water supply
is concerned, of Charleston, without having to bear any of
the burden of increased taxation due to the operations of
the Water Department and, therefore, they are not entitled
to any additional benefits such as service heretofore render-
ed by the Navy Department in case of fire.

WATER FURNISHED MUNICIPALITY UNDER

THE TERMS OF CONTRACT, NOT TO EXCEED
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND GALLONS PER
DAY.

Table No. 19 gives the amount and value of the water

furnished the city for sewer flushing and other municipal
and Police Stations, Orphan Houses, the
uses, such as Fire
Roper Hospital and City Hall, under the provisions of the
agreement that the City is to receive 300.000 gallons of
water per day, equivalent .to 40,000 cubic feet, for muni-
cipal used as designated.

This allowance amounts to 14,600,000 cubic feet per

year and it will be noted from the table that the city has

exceeded this allowance every year for the past three years,
and it has only been by the most constant effort on the part
of the Water Department that this consumption has been
kept within the present limits. It is generally well recog-
nized that gifts are little appreciated ; for instance, the old
adage ''easy come, easy go" and this table fully bears this
out.
94 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

Note the consumption of water by the Roper Hospital.

During the year 1923 it has increased ahnost threefold over
1922 and twofold over 1921. We are not fully acquainted
with the developments in the hospital, but do not feel that
the activities during tlie past year has multiplied in any
such proportion and we are forced to the conclusion that
the great increase in water consumption at this institution
represents waste.
We further feel that in appropriations made such institu-

tions from the tax fund by City Council, there should be

included the amount of water furnished in accordance with
the schedule of rates as adopted by your Commission; or,
stated differently, if an institution is made an appropria-
amount of water used by this institution should
tion then the

be charged to them and credited to the account of the ap-

propriation for the fire hydrants and municipal uses of
water.
There is another abuse in connection with the wasting
of w^ater by the municipality, and that is the indiscriminate
taking of w^ater by the City Sewer and Street Departments
and contractors from the fire hydrants of the City. Gen-
erally speaking, a fire hydrant is a fairly simple piece of
apparatus, but it is not made or installed for any purpose
other than the fighting of fires, and the hydrants should not
be constantly opened and closed for the taking of water
for construction purposes, street sprinkling, sewer flush-
ing, etc., and especially by people unacquainted with the
mechanism and its method of operation.
The Police Department of the city does not seem to
realize that this is a part of the property of the city, and
w^e are yet to have any knowledge where an offender against
the City Ordinances for the Protection of Fire Hydrants,
has been apprehended or brought before the Recorder's
Court.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 95

TABLE No. 19.

WATER FURNISHED CITY INSTITUTIONS AND FOR STREET CLEANING

AND FLUSHING SEWERS.
Cubi( Feet
; |Vai. in Dollars
INSTITUTION 1921 I
1922 19231 I
1923

City Hospital, Roper __ 1,420,0001 ,057,900 2.821,490 3,453.64

City Sewer Station, Price's Alley 31,400| 21,500 10,790 19.96
City Stables, Line Street 131,000 150,970 136,277 234.42
City Supply, 134 Line Street 3,650 5,810 3,740 6.92
City Incinerator, Lee Street 7,930 5,200 33,300 61.60
City Lot, 139 Line Street 37,790 69,820 81,940 145.30
Engine House, 114-116 Meeting St 64,386 56,680| 35,000 64.75
City Eng. House, Meeting & Wentworth 51,907 38,620 51,830 94.11
Engine House, 46 John Street 21,350 23,910 26,090 48.27
Engine House, 7 Cannon Street 62,190 26,380 26,090 48.27
Engine House, 12-16 Huger Street 19,360 32.170 33,820 62.57
Wading Pool, Rutledge A. & Fishburne St 240 1,380 2.55
City Hall, Broad and Meeting Streets 10,790 13,670 21,450 39.68
Charleston Home, 63 Columbus Street 198,780 219,520 197,400 326.10
Charlesston Orphan House, St. Philip St.-. 545,894 337,080 566,510 846.46
City Orphan House, Queen Street 301,320 145,430 186,550 809.82
City Public Market 160,302 58,889 46,350 85.00
Police Station, St. Philip Street 193,150 158.850 243,120 394.68
City Park Commissioners, Hampton Park 1,467,744 ,205,652 623,880 921.04
City Sewer System, Flush Tank and Street
Cleaning (Estimated) 12,000,000 12,000,000 10,000,000 10,450.00
Drinking Fountain, Meeting and Calhoun
Street (8 Months)^.- .'
76,4381 135.94

TOTAL 16.729,183 16.629.951 15,228,445 $17,761.08

EVAPORATION FROM THE STORAGE

RESERVOIR.
The Water Department has for years maintained evap-
oration gauges at theHanahan Pumping Station to deter-
mine the loss of water from the storage or impounding
reservoir, by evaporation from the water surface. This
record now covers a period of nineteen years, and we have
been asked on several occasions for copies of it. We,
therefore, feel that as a matter of engineering interest and
to preserve the record from being lost that it is advisable
to put it in this report.

There are two gauges maintained; one known as the

Water or Reservoir and the other known as the Land Guage.
The evaporation gauge, located in the storage reservoir,
consists of a cylinder six inches internal diameter and
thirty inches long. This cylinder is supported inside of
a pan approximately twenty-four inches in diameter that
has its outer rim about two inches above the water surface.
96 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

The top of the six inch cyHnder in which the evaporation

is measured is approximately five inches above the water
surface. The remaining length of this cylinder, or two
feet, is therefore submerged in the reservoir and the water
of the reservoir is free to circulate around it without pro-
tection other than the walls of the vessel itself. The entire
apparatus anchored off shore about twenty feet on sup-
is

porting frame work, pulleys and counter weights so that

it rises and falls with the water surface.

The land gauge is a similar vessel as to size and length,

without the twenty- four inch supporting pan. It is sup-
ported in a large cast iron pipe fitting approximately thirty
inches above the ground. The space between the evaporation
cylinder and the fitting is filled with soil to within two
inches of the top of the cylinedr. There is then placed
over this vessel a piece of plate glass approximately two
feet square, about one foot from the top of the vessel. This
permits free circulation of the air, but prevents the entrance
of rain into the vessel proper.

These evaporation gauges are fitted with hook gauges and

are carefully calibrated. The number of cubic centimeters
of water required to filldetermined and each
an inch is

morning at eight o'clock the quantity of water required to

again bring the elevation of the water to the proper elevation
of the hook gauge is noted, and from the constants deter-
mined in the calibration the inches of evaporation is ob-
tained.

The land gauge is located in the open about fifty feet

from shore and probably at an elevation ten feet above the
water surface of the reservoir.
In case the record is lost for any particular day, due to
high winds or malicious tampering with the gauges, the
record for that particular day is averaged upon the record
for the month.
The results of the ninteen years' records in monthly and
yearly averages are given in Table No. 20.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 97

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98 Mayor Grace's Annual Reznew

IMPROVEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS—

HANAHAN PUMPING STATION
It will be recalled that in June 1919 a special report pro-
posing a systematic program of improvements to the
pumping station and distribution system was adopted.
Under this program of improvements there have been com-
pleted to date the new filter plant, installation of a new
high service pumping engine, the replacement of the engine
room wooden with concrete, and a portion of the
floor
proposed duplication of 24'^ discharge main from the pump-
ing station to the city, together with the improvement of
the service in the western section of the city, by the con-
struction of a 16'^ pipe linefrom Mt. Pleasant Street south-
ward. It was, therefore, deemed advisable to consider the
next improvement of most vital importance and a report
was submited to you under date of June 19, 1923 recom-
mending the installation of a new intake from the impound-
ing reservoir to supply the low service pumps, and the in-
stallation of a new low service pumping engine of ten million
gallons capacity.
It was proposed to construct a new concrete intake on
the shore of the impounding reservoir and dredge from
this point to the original channel of the creek an open
channel. From the proposed intake there was extended a
30'^ pipe to connect with the existing 30'' pipe from the
old intake,and upon completion the pipe line leading to
the old intakewould be permanently disconnected. The
new intake was to be designed so as to, at all times, take
water from the surface of the reservoir and was to be ar-
ranged so that as the water in the reservoir receded the
crest of the w^ir at inlet to the intake could be low^ered.

The approximate estimate of the cost of this work was

$16,513.60 made up as follows:

Shoring and excavation of intake crib proper $ 568.60

Excavations 1,290.00
Concrete in place 1,907.00
Screens and stop logs 768.50
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 99

Approach channel from intake to original creek channel.. 5,300.00

30" pipe from new intake to junction wiuh old intake line,
including intersectng manhole 3,679.50
—
Incidentals and contingencies Small tools, etc 1,500.00
Engineering 1,500.00

TOTAL. $16,513.60

At the June meeting, 1923, of the Commission the De-

partment was authorized to proceed with this work with
its own forces, and the work was commenced early in July,
or just as soon as the necessary material and construction
plant could be assembled. At the first of the year the con-
crete intake chamber proper was completed, together with
the approach channel, and there remained only the connect-
ing link of 30'' pipe with inter esecting manhole at junction
with the old intake pipe. The total expenditure to the first
of the year was $10,246.07, and it was estimated that 70%
of the work was completed and 60% of the expenditures
made.

LOW SERVICE PUMPING ENGINE.

The question of installing a low service pumping engine

was carefully considered, and we were authorized to prepare
plans and obtain bids on a Vertical, Triple Expansion, Low
Service Pumping Engine of ten million gallons capacity.
Preliminary plans were completed and bids were received
from the AUis-Chalmers Company, of Milwaukee and the
Worthington Pump & Machinery Corporation of New York
and were considered at the meeting in October. The Chair-
man and Manager and Engineer was authorized to proceed
with the closing of a contract with either of these companies,
based upon which ultimately developed to be the most ad-
vantageous from engineering and cost considerations.
After carefully considering all of the engineering fea-
tures, floor spaceoccupied and price, contract was awarded
to the Worthington Pump & Machinery Corporation of
New York, for a ten million gallon Vertical, Triple Ex-
pansion Pumping Engine having 14 inch high pressure, 24
inch intermediate and 36 inch low pressure steam cylinders
 100 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

direct connected to single acting plunger pumps of 25 inch

diameter, and a common stroke of 24 inches. The contract
was signed November 21, 1923 for shipment to be made
in five months.
The estimated cost of this improvement to pumping plant
is as follows

10 Million Gallon Low Service, Vertical, Triple Expansion

Engine, delivered and erected on foundation $46,511.00
Foundations, including excavation and razing of present
low service pump, and removing of engine room floor... 1,155.00
Replacing engine room floor 625.00
Suction, discharge and steam piping 2,760.00
Incindentals and contingencies 1,500.00
Engineering 1,000.00

TOTAL $53,551.00

It is expected to have this engine erected and in operation

by the early summer. With this installation we will have

a complete modern plant of undoubted high efficiency.

IMPROVEMENTS TO BOILER FURNACES.

It was necessary to make some repairs to the boiler set-
tings of the: three, two hundred horse power Stirling Boilers.
Our experience with the Detrick Arches had been so satis-
factory that we thought it advisable to take advantage of
the necessity of repairs and make some changes in our
boiler settings.

On account of the small combustion chamber with the

old setting of the Stirling Boilers it was decided to extend
*

the fronts and set the boilers with 'Dutch Ovens" using
Detrick flat arches. To reduce the cost of these repairs it

was determined to use the same boiler front castings that

were originally installed, so the entire lower or furnace
portion of the setting was moved forward a distance of
four feet six and one-half inches and a flat Detrick suspend-
ed arch eight feet nine inches in length by seven feet in
width was installed. At the same time a seven foot length
by six foot width McBurney inclined hand fired stoker and
Vulcan Soot Blowers were installed.
 Mayor Grace's Anmtal Reviezv 101

The total cost of these repairs amounted to $5,798.20 of

which amount $1,432.72 was charged to repairs, the re-
maining portion to improvements. It is expected that with
these changes we will be able to effect an economy of from
five to ten per cent over the old furnace settings. Work
was completed just after the first of the year, and we have
not been able to make any comparative tests, although there
has been a material reduction in the amount of smoke
produced.

AREATION OF WATER SUPPLY.

Analyses made during the summer months showed that
our raw water supply was devoid of dissolved oxygen. We
have accounted for this by the fact that our intake pipe
submerged some ten feet below the surf-
in the reservoir is
ace where the water is free from wind action and the sun-
light never penetrates. Our new intake, as before stated, is
arranged to take the water from the surface where there
will be a maximum of agitation due to wind and plenty of
sunlight. This, we think, will overcome, in a large measure,
the deficiency of oxygen in the raw water or at least analy-
ses so indicate.

The absence of dissolved oxygen in the filtered water

supply caused complaints from some of our consumers that
the water smelt and tasted musty or spoilt, and from others
that the fish in their aquariums were dying. To overcome
these troubles we pumped during the late spring, summer
air
and early fall months into the raw water suction wells, efflu-
ent from fiters and the clear water reservoir. The results
were only partially successful and very expensive and in an
;

effort to further improve these conditions we installed in

the spring of 1923 an areator on the discharge from our
filters into the clear water basin. This areator was made
by means of turning the 30'^ effluent pipe upwards bringing
itto a point about twelve inches above the surface of the
water in the clear water basin. On this outlet there was
constructed an umbrella platform approximately twelve and
102 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

one-half feet in diameter. On the upper surface of this

platform strips of wood orwere fastened, and below
riffles

each riffle a line of holes were bored through the decking.

All water entering the clear water basin flowed up through
the center of this umbrella platform and thence over the
surfa.ce and riffles, and finally a free fall of fifteen inches
into the clear water basin was obtained by lowering the flow
line of basin six inches.

The effect of the water passing over the riffles created a

vaciuim sucking air up through the small holes bored in the
deck. The fmal result was that we obtained an average of
approximately 60% saturation in the filtered water under
the most adverse conditionswhen the raw w^ater contained
no dissolved oxygen, and we were able to dispense with all
other methods of areation.
The residt was so gratifying that it has been made a
permanent feature of the operation, and there is no ad-
ditional cost other than the first cost of installation as the
head lost in areation was otherwise lost in friction.

EXPERIENCE WITH CEMENT LINED

CAST IRON PIPE

In 1923 the Department adopted cement lined cast iron

pipe as the proper material for all future extensions of
mains, and all extensions m.ade of new pipe during the
past year were of this class of material.

In our Sixth Annual Report we gave the results of some

tests m.ade on 6'^ cement lined pipe to determine
and 16^'

the value of the Coefficient "C" in Hazen's and Williams'

formula for the flow of water in mains. To supplement
these tests and further to determine if there had been any
reduction in these values, the tests were repeated on the
W^ pipe just one year later. It was not possible, except
and expense, to repeat the
at considerable trouble 6'' tests

on account of changed paving conditions.

 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 103

The original test results and the new results are given
in the tabulation below

VALUE OF COEFFICIENT "C" IN HAZEN'S AND WILLIAMS' FORMULA

AS DETERMINED FOR CEMENT LINED CAST IRON PIPE.
CHARLESTON, S. C.

Value of "C" in
Flow— 1000 Gallons |
Velocity in feet 1 Loss of Head in || Hazen's and Wil-
per 24 hours H per second ( feet per 1000 feet || liams' Formula
1923 1924 II 1923 1924 11 1923 1924 ||
1923 1924
6" 16"
1 16" 1
6" 1
16" 1
16" 6" 1
16" 1
16" II
6" 1
16" 1
16"
1] II

134.4 766 1.20 I

0.89 1.08 0.27 141 128
185.26 768 1.66 0.89 2.34 0.21 128 133
299.44 1066 2.68 1.24 4.97 0.41 138 128
1127 1.31 0.46 128
369.45 3.31 1.34 7725 0.44 139 134
457.78 1342 4.11 1.56 10.76 0.64 139 128
496.34 1505 4.45 1.75 12.55 0.80 139 127
1623 1.89 0.77 140
1726 2.01 0.89 137
1958 1 2.28 1.34 125
2100 2.44 II
1.45 128
Average .. 137 185 128

It is noted that there has been an apparent decrease in

the value of "C" of about 5%. We feel that this reduction
may be accounted for in the errors of observation and test.

The section of main tested, 500 feet, included one 16^' valve
and one 16'''xl6'''xl6''xl6" bell and spigot cross.

The internal surface of the main shows no growth, tuber-

culation or rust.
Standard cast iron pipe uncoated is used in making the
cement lined pipe. The thickness of cement lining is 3/16^'
for pipe with nominal diameter four to ten inches and Vh^^
for diameters of from twelve to twenty-four inches.
The department is very much pleased wdth the results of
these tests, and the action of the pipe in service and especial-
ly so when compared with the results he'*etOLore obtained
from standard coated cast iron mains.

ANNUAL AUDIT.

Mr. C. L. Vann, Certified Public Accountant, has been

employed to audit the accounts of the Commission for the
year 1923, and his report is now ready for your consid-
eration.
104 Mayor Grace's Annual Revieiv

APPRECIATION OF COMMISSION AND

EMPLOYEES
At December 11, 1923, our former
the municipal election,
Chairman, Mr. Ross Hanahan, was elected Alderman
J.
from the iirst ward and assumed his duty on December 17,
1923. This made necessary his resignation from the Com-
mission, and I cannot close this Report without expressing
my appreciation of the many courtesies, cooperation and
able advice given me during the years of our association.
I wish also to express my appreciation to the members of
the Commission, individually and collectively, for their
continued support, advice and cooperation.
To my fellow officers and associates, and to the employees
of the Commission wish to express my appreciation for
I

and team work, and have to assure

their continued support
them that whatever measure of success has been obtained
is due to their unstinted cooperation.

Respectfully submitted,

J. E. GIBSON,
Manager and Engineer.

Charleston, S. C, January 9, 1924.

Mr. J B. Gibson, Mgr. and Bngr.,

.

Conimissioners of Public Works,

Charleston, South Carolina.

Dear Sir:

I am submitting herewith a report of the status of the

accounts of the Comniissioners of Public Works for the
year ending December 31, 1923, for your information.

Respectfully submitted,

(Signed) E. EARL EVANS,

Treasurer.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 105

Sche:dule: "A"
Financial Report as of December 31, 1923.

ASSETS
Current :

Cash: {See "B")

General Funds _ _ _ $ 84,139.43
Petty Cash...._ 200.00
Treasurer's Account „ _ 200.00
84,539.43
Bonds
Sinking Fund _ 106,276.40
Depreciation Fund _ „ „.. 39,812.50
146.088.90
Accounts Receivable
Customers' Water _ ^ 18,276.71
Accrued Charges to Customers 30,000.00
Miscellaneous Accounts (See "F") 11,406.03
59,682.74
Inventories
Stores — Ashley 705.26
Stores — Hanahan 29,610.79
Stores— George Street _ 11,220.74
Tools and Equipment 2,52067
Autos and Trucks 4,192.35
Meters —
Stores _ 4,112.85
Engineering Instruments and lyaboratory
Supplies _ 2,490.00
54,852.66

Total Current _ 345.163.73

Fixed
Plant— Original Cost 1,360,000.00
Additions to Plant,1917 3,490.25
Additions to Plant,1918 118,328.93
Additions to Plant,1919 101,329.08
Additions to Plant,1920 657,408.65
Additions to Plant,1921 _ 85,173.76
Additions to Plant,1922 „ 131,392.83
Additions to Plant 1923 (See "H") 49,243.76

Total Plant to date _„ 2,506,367.26

Office Equipment _ 3,548.00

Total Fixed 2,509.915.26

Deferred :

Prepaid Insurance _ _ 1,419.88

**Services Water.— ^ 543.60

Total Deferred 1,963.48

Total Assets 2,857,042.47

* This item represents estimated value of water supplied to customers through

meters which have not been read. These nneters will be read during the months
of January, February and March, 1924.
** Several water services have been installed in anticipation of the need of
same. These will be paid for by consumers who apply for them in the future.
106 Mayor Grace's Annual Rroiciif

LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS

Current :

Accounts Payable (See "G") _ __$ 1,486.78

Total Current _ 1,48678

Fixed :

Interest on Bonds 16,278.75

Deposits — Guarantee for water bills 13,724.89

Total Fixed- 30,003.64

Bonds:
City of Charleston, S. C 1,447.000.00
1,447,000.00
Reserves :

Depreciation (See "M") 208,692.37

Sinking Fund (See "L") _ 111,978.28
Insurance 3,752.79
Interest on Government Loan 5,524.97

Total Reserves „ „.. 329,948.41

Deferred :

U. S. Government (Ashley River

Extension) 252,458.50
Chlorine Cylinders (Electro Bleaching
Gas Company)- 420.00
Real Estate Contracts (See "K") 27,140.57

Total Deferred 280.019.07

Total Liabilities 2,088,457.90

Surplus: {See "C")
Total Surplus to date 768,584.57

Total Liabilities and Surplus 2.857.042.47

Schedule ''B"

Statement of Earnings and Expfnses for Year 1923.

EXPENSES
Distribution System:
Operation — —$ 3,881.82
Maintenance _ ^ 15,553.75
19.435.57
Plant:
Operation-- ^ 67,537.73
Maintenance — - 16, 165. 10
83,702.83
General: 39,656.72

Total Operating Expenses 142,795.12

Fixed Charges:
Interest on Bonds
Interest on Government Loan
— 65,115.00
10,893.30
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 107

Sinking Fund . 15,785.16

Depreciation » 22,716.00
Special Insurance 1,000.00
Interest on Surplus Invested in Plant 32,085.00
.
147,594.46
Bxtraordina/ry Expenses 14,147.64

Total Expenses- 304,537.22

Net Earnings to Surplus •
— 126,484.73

431.021.95

EARNINGS
Water— Net...„._ _ 379,482.70
Rent - ™ 1,729.00
Interest on Deposits - 3,857. 16
Interest on Surplus Invested in Plant
—
Sales Supplies and By-Products
Testing Meters „ _
— — 32,085.00
139 60
10.00
Fees for Turning on Water. _. _^ 658.00
Rental of Truck __ _ __ 1,568.22
Discounts Earned _
Miscellaneous
„
— — 164.63
11,327.64

Total Gross Earnings _ 431,021.95

(For detailed statement of above see Schedule "I")

Schedule "H"

Improvements and Betterments to Plant

October 1, 1917 to December 31, 1923.
New mains, hydrants and valves Installed $ 210,070.99
Improvements to 20" & 24" pumping mains 11,322.00
New consumers meters installed, 89,919 77
Condensation receiver, .— . 135.00
Venturi meters, 2,380.84
Pumping machinery „ 632.35
Chlorinating plant _ 554.91
New dam at Hanahan „ 98,124.91
Stand pipe and piping, _ 9,280.07
Engine room floor concrete, „ 9,279.57
New Filters „ _ 1 16,845.09
Cottage No. 5, — - „ _.. 2,830.67
Alterations to Hanahan Pumping Station, 2,407.15
Ashley River extension, _ 496,089.41
Land purchased (including cost of surveying & plotting) 27,626.05
New Engine No. 3, ..... 39,998.51
Duplicate discharge piping, 6,279.34
Independent discharge to Engine No. 1, 1,191.53
New intake, 10,246.07
Lighting plant _ 2,484 94
Boiler Furnaces, . 3,728.20
Miscellaneous improvements, „ 38,668.18

Total imi^rovements, ._41,180,09SSS

108 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

De:ductions from Plant

Old tub filters charged off on account of obsolescence, 18,000.00
Old Engine No. 3 charged off on account of obsolescence, 3,200.00
Wood pipe removed on account of obsolescence,™ 6,840.00
Material previously charged to Plant, recovered and placed
in Stores or sold, 5,688.29

Total Deductions 33,728.29

Net Increase to Plant, _ $1,146,367.26

Improvements and Betterments During 1923.

New mains, hydrants and valves installed, 27,988.44

New consumers meters installed, 2,194.55
Engine room floor concrete, 564.01
Land purchaser, (cost of surveying & plotting) 1,106.30
New Intake _ _ 10,246.07
Lighting plant, _ „ 2,484.94
Boiler furnaces, _ 3,728.20
Miscellanceous improvements, 931.25

Total Improvements, .$ 49,243.76

Schedule "L"
SINKING FUND:
Amount which should be in this account as shown in
Schedule "A" $ 111,978.28

Amount Actually in this Fund:

BONDS. Par Value. Book Value.

26 Water Works Bonds, Num-

bers 1422 to 1447, inclusive,
4y2%, due October 1 ,1957...-$26,000.00 $ 26,000.00
26 Water Works Bonds, Num-
bers 761 to inclusive
786,
4^%, due October 1957 1, 26,000.00 24,700.00
25 City of Greenville, S. C. Bonds,
Numbers 1 to 25, .inclusive,
5%, due 1961 25,000.00 25.125.00
3 City of Anderson, S. C,
Bonds, Numbers 13 to 15, in-
clusive, street paving.
5%, due May 1, 1945
5 City of Anderson, S. C, Bonds,
Numbers 59 to 63, inclusive,
permanent improvement, 5%,
due May 1, 1945 — 8,000.00 8,274.40
7 City of Anderson, S. C, Bonds,
Numbers 41 to 47, inclusive,
street paving, 5%, due March
1, 1947 — - - 7,000.00 7,252.00
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 109

30 City of Charleston, S. C.
Bonds Numbers
, 1 to 30, in-
clusive, 4j/2%, due April 1,
1928 _ -- 15,000.00 14,925.00

107,000.00 106,276.40
Cash'
South Carolina Loan and Trust
Account - 5,701.88
Total „ _ $111,978.28

Schedule **M"

DEPRECIATION FUND
Amount which should he in this ac-
count, as shown in Schedule A $208,692.37
Amount actually in this funds
BONDS. Par Value- Book Value.
10 City of Florence, S. C, School
District Bonds, Numbers 142
to 151, inclusive 5^/4% due
April 15 1955 - -10,000.00 10,300.00
10 City of Charleston Water
Works Bonds, numbers 1386
to 1395, inclusive, 4^% due
October 1, 1957 10,000.00 9,950.00
15 City of Charleston Water
Works Bonds, numbers 832
to 846, inclusive, 4><%, due
October 1, 1957 15,000.00 14,700.00
5 City of Charleston Water
Bonds, numbers 1401 to
1405 ,inclusive, 4^%, due
October 1, 1957 5,000.00 4,862.50

40,000.00 39.812.50
Cash,
South Carolina Loan and Trust
Company account 47,132.62
Portion of the cost of the Ashley
River Extension borne by the
U. S. Government 121,747.25

(This extension is carried on the

books at its full cost; therefore,
above amount has been set
as a reserve to offset the por-
tion of cost not borne by the
Commission.)

Total 208,692.37
110 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

CITY ABATTOIR

Mr. Clifford Thompson,

Clerk of Council.

—
Dear Sir: Attached you will find tabulations covering killing
records for Year 1923, found on books here, also income, expendi-
tures and appropriations, given me by Mr. Smith, City Treasurer.

Yours Truly,

D. S. MOTT,
Superintendent City Abattoir.

INCOME 1923 Stationery & Printing.... 205.63

Water 987.27
January 31st $ 1,883.73 Electric Current 803.63
February 28th 1,703.64 Miscellaneous — 228.42
March 31st 1,647.96 Hauling 37.60
April 30th - 1,964.78 Supplies 1,094.65
May 31st 1,709.60 Repairs 4,588.87
Tune 30th 1,509.40 Advertising 124.00
July 31st 894.97 Insurance 1,306.33
August 31st 651.83 Automobiles 294.62
September 30th ..._ 1,077.95 System _ 45.00
October 31st 1,559.86 Legal & Attorney Fees.... 180.00
November 30th 1,837.84 Telephone 83.60
December 31st ...: 3,164.76 Fuel _.. 1,118.36
Power _ 403.23
$19,606.22 Handling Cattle -
Shipments 1,000.00
EXPENDITURES Refriperation 1,250.00
Analysis _. 20.00
Director $ 3,000.40
Superintendent 1,984.56 $25,015.06
Clerk 520.00 Turn-back to income 359.58
Butchers, Etc 5,641.98
Officers _ 97.463 Appropriations ~ - ....$25,474.64

1923 Cattl Calves Dicks Hogs Lambs Goats Total

January 518 214 8 1465 1 13 2219

February 482 276 6 1118 3 8 1893
March 540 351 6 1105 20 9 2031
April ...._ 415 284 3 325 153 5 1185
May - 416 369 1 183 156 1 1126
June 361 365 12 72 163 8 981
July 268 310 28 41 76 14 737
August 385 354 17 80 120 18 974
September 381 348 11 245 81 1066
October -.- 484 367 10 909 79 11 1860
November 346 240 11 1201 61 19 1878
December 372 218 6 1129 14 15 1754

4968 3696 119 7S73 927 121 17704

 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 111

REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR

To the Honorable Mayor and City Council

of the City of Charleston, S. C.

I have the honor to submit for your consideration, the

details of the business of this office for the year ending
December 31st, 1923.

The total number of permits issued was 274, of which

99 were for new construction and 175 for repairs. The
classification of the buildings is as follows

RESIDENTIAL BUIEDINGS no. estimated cost

One family residences 72 $182,150.00

Two family residences 2 5,600.00
Combination store and dwelling 1 1,500.00
Hotel — 1 400,000.00
Dormitories 1 44,222,00

NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
Gymnasiums _ _. 1 52,000.00
Churches _ 5 41,785.00
Garages, Public .•. __ 2 10,000.00
Garages, Private 5 920.00
Gasoline Service Stations _ 1 4,500.00
Office Buildings _.. 1 11,500.00
Public Works and Utilities 2 563,430.00
Schools __ 2 14,750.00
Sheds 2 230.00
Stables 1 175.00
Stores 10 14,735.00
Cooling Tower _ 1 150.00

REPAIRS
On Residential Buildings 110 $ 55.675.00
On Non-Residential Buildings 57 185,691.00
Signs, etc 12 2,025.00

The total estimated cost of the buildings for which permits were
issued was $1,547,238.00 of which $1,383,959.00 was for new construc-
tion and $163,279.00 for repairs. The itemized list of permits issued
by months is as follows:
112 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

BUILDING PERMITS — CHARLESTON, S. C.

JANUARY 1, 1923 to JANUARY 1, 1924.

NEW ] REPAIRS TOTAL

-a
^5 5 1
^1
o i
ll ll ll
January
Brick Buildinpra 2 $ 518.00 2 $ 518.00
Frame Buildings 10 $ 8.715.00 11 4,905.00 21 13.620.00

Total 10 8,715.00 13 5.423.00 23 14,138.00

February
Brick Building3 1 500.00 7 19.750.00 8 20,250.00
Frame Buildings 14 43,950.00 10 4.280.00 24 48,230.00

Total _._ 15 44.450.00 17 24.030.00 32 68.480.00

March
BrickBuildings — 1 3,000.00 8 20.600.00 9 23.600.00
Frame Buildings 7 8,700.00 13 4.425.00 20 13.125.00

Total 8 11.700.00 21 25.025.00 29 36,725.00

April-
Brick Buildings 8 465.500.00 2 5.150.00 6 470,650.00
Frame Building 4 11,800.00 11 3.540.00 15 15,340.00

Total 7 477.300.00 13 8.690.00 20 485,990.00

May-
Brick Buildings 1 18,792.00 6 5.115.00 7 23,907.00
Frame Rnildings 10 15,525.00 12 4.205.00 22 19,730.00

Total 11 34,317.00 18 9.320.00 29 43.637.00

June
Brick Buildings 10 36,744.00 10 36,744.00
Frame Buildings ..._ „ _. 8 9,250.00 6 3.530.00 14 12,780.00

Total 8 9,250.00 16 40.274.00 24 49,524.00

July-
Brick Buildings 2 15,000.00 4 16,525.00 6 31,525.00
Frame Buildings 3 66.175.00 7 2,520.00 10 68,695.00

Total _ _.. 5 81,175.00 11 19,045.00 16 100,220.00

August
Brick Buildings 3 62,100.00 2 2,150.00 5 64,250.00
Frame Buildings 4 10,450.00 9 2.100.00 13 12,550.00

Total -. 7 72,550.00 11 4,250.00 18 76,800.00

September
Brick Buildings 2 510,930.00 3 3,500.00 5 514,430.00
Frame Buildings 5 5,700.00 12 3,585.00 17 9,285.00

Total 7 516,630.00 15 7,085.00 22 523,715.00

October-
Brick Buildings 2 38,000.00 4 4,322.00 6 42,322.00
Frame Buildings . . . 9 22,965.00 13 4.650.00 22 27,615.00

Total 11 60.965.00 17 8,972.00 28 69,937.00

November
5 4.040.00 5 4,040.00
Frame Buildings 4 'l'5.700.'00 10 3,050.00 14 18,750.00

Total.. 4 15.700.00 15 7,090.00 19 22,790.00

December
Brick Buildings 1 44,222.00 4 3,300.00 5 47,522.00
Frame Buildings 5 6,985.00 4 775.00 . 9 7,760.00

Total 6 51,207.00 8 4,075.00 14 55,282.00

99 $1,383,959.00 175 $163,279.00 274 $ 1,547,238.00

1
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 113

The appropriation for this office for the year was $2,675.00 which
was expended as follows
Salary __ $2,400.00
Stationery and transportation 91. 50
Expenses to Building Officials Conference.... 175.00

Total _ - 2,666.50

Unexpended Balance -$ 8.50

The amount collected by this office for the year was $156.00.

have furnished the County Assessor's Office with copies

I
of permits issued from time to time for the purpose of
facilitating the business of his office. Also different Govern-
ment bureaus have been furnished with the monthly figures
as compiled by this office. Several private firms who are
engaged in the compiling of nation wide statistics have also
been furnished with these figures.
In January 1923, I was requested by City Engineer Din-
gle to make an itemized estimate of repairs necessary for
the Charleston Museum. I prepared this estimate and later
carried out the repairs specified.
On April 24th, I attended the Conference of Building
Officials at Toledo, Ohio. Active membership in this Con-
ference is limited to Officers charged with the enforcement
of Building Laws, and associate membership is granted to
manufacturers of building materials.
This Conference was well attended by men from most
of the important Cities in the country, and the questions
discussed were of the utmost importance to the building in-
which was to my mind the prop-
dustry, the principal one of
er arrangement of a uniform building code. At this Con-
ference I was appointed membf^r of a Committee on the
uses ofLime in Construction.
During the year I have continued to act as "Special
Agent" in the Employment Division of the Department of
Labor.
Hoping this report will meet with your approval, I am,

Yours respectfully,

JAMES COLES,
Building Inspector.
114 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

REPORT OF CITY ELECTRICIAN

To the Mayor and Aldermen

of the City of Charleston, S. C.

Gentlemen :

I beg" leave to submit for your consideration my Report

on lighting the streets of the City of Charleston, for the
year 1923.

Lighting the City.

The streets of the city are now lighted with 629-600

candle power type ''C" street light, 442 automatic Gas
lights of 60 candle (normal) power, 6-32 candle power
series incandescent lights, and the ornamental lights on
King from Broad to Line Streets.
Street
During the year we installed 122 additional Type "C"
street lights, and we discontinued 72> automatic Gas lights.

STATEMENT OF LIGHTING ACCOUNT.

629 Type "C" Street Light $29,638.75
Deduction, per Police Report 28.06

Amount paid $29,610.79

442 Gas Street light $13,820.78
Deduction per Police Report 43.08

Amount paid $13,777.70

Ornamental lighting King Street from Broad to Line Streets 5,620.08
Material for Boulevard lighting 2,696.70
6-Series Lights 180.00
Miscellaneous _ 165.79

$52,050.96
Appropriation $54,249.75
Expenditures _ _ 52,050.96

Balance to income acct $ 3,198.79

Electric Wires.

There has been a great deal of work done by the Char-

leston Consolidated Railway and Lighting Company dur-
ing the year on account of the abutment property law, such
as moving poles inside of the curb line. Th Southern Bell
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 115

Telephone and Telegraph Company has been doing the same

work on account of the abutment law.
There has been a great deal of repair work done on the
electricand telephone lines during the year.
The Charleston Consolidated Railway and Lighting Com-
pany have done a great deal of track work during the year
and same has been inspected by the Department in regards
to the bonding of the rails.

Inspe:ctions of Theatres.

Under the ordinance this department has inspected the

moving picture houses and theatres and examined the elec-
trical apparatus used in same.

Municipal Inspection.

During the year this department issued 1,138 permits to

do electrical construction, made 1,821 inspections including
old and new installations, issued 858
certificates covering
8,455 incandescent lights, 77 cut 116 meter loops, 42
in,

re-wiring, 9 fans, 1 generator, and 101 motors (eqivalent

to 572 1-2 horse power).
Temporary permits 27, certificates 27, and inspections 27
covering 644 incandescent lights, 3 picture machines and 9
motors (equivalent to 58 horse power)

Statement of Examining Board.

Expenditures $ 8.50
Appropriation $10.00
Expenditures 8.50

Balance to income account . $ 1.50

Statement of Inspection Account.

Salary City Electrician „ $ 2,100.00
Salary of Asst. City Electrician _ 1,400.00
Salary of Eineman . _.. 1,200.00
$ 4,700.00
Supplies, sundries and wire - 2,114.53
Labor __ _ 356.96
Miscellaneous 1 18.50

$ 7,299.99
116 Mayor Grace's Annual Rrdicw

Appropriation $ 7,300.00
Expenditures _ 7,299.99

Balance to income account $ 01

Police Alarm Telegraph System.

During the year the Police Alarm Telegraph Switchboard
known as Type "B" open circuit has given perfect satisfac-
tion as will be seen by the number of calls that were received
during the year. There has been minor repairs made to the
board during the year. We have had a great deal of trouble
keeping this system going on account of the amount of work
that has been done by the Charleston Consolidated Raihvay
and lighting Company and the Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company in moving thir poles inside of the curb
line on account of the abutment law.

CALLS RECEIVED OVER THE SYSTEM

Telephone calls 83,748
Wagon calls 5,716

Total calls 89,464

Very respectfully submitted,

TON SIMONS,
City Electrician.
R. L. RODGERS, Chairman,
Committee on Electric Wires.

METER INSPECTION.
From records available at this date, it appears the fol-

lowing inspection of gas, electric and water meters were

made from December 28, 1922, to January 1, 1924:
Gas 191 ; Electric 61 ; water 12 ; total 264.

C. C. SCHIRMER, Jr.
City Electrician.

May 1, 1924.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 117

CITY PLUMBING INSPECTOR

Charleston, S. C, January 8th, 1924.

To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen

of City Council, Charleston, S. C.

Dear Sirs :

I beg leave to submit, for your consideration, my report

for the year 1923 :

During the year there were issued

403 Plumbing Permits.

166 Sewer Permits.
5 Final Certificates.
725 Inspections of old and new work.
121 No sidewalk connections.
43 Paid connections, $15.00 each $ 645.00
36 Master Plumbers Licenses, $50.00 each 1,800.00

Statement of Plumbing Inspector's account

T. F. Carey, Salary, Jan. 1st, 1923, to Dec.

31st, 1923 $2,100.00
Car tickets and Office supplies 100.00

Appropriation $2,200.00
Expenditures ; 2,200.00

Balance 0.00

Respectfully submitted,

T. F. CAREY,
Plumbing Inspector.
118 Mayor Grace's Annual Reinciv

POLICE DEPARTMENT

Report of the Chief of Police to the Mayor and City

Council for the year ending December 31, 1923:
Amt. of Forfeitures
Amt. of Fines Amt. of Fines Deducted from
Imposed Paid by Pay of Police for
at Police Court Prisoners Lost Time
January $ 1,908.00 $ 1,49600 $ 423.66
February _ 1,831.00 1,147.00 161.91
March 1,77200 1,110.00 203.84
April 1,967.00 1,115.00 174.11
May -.. 2,092.00 1,098.00 134 30
June _ 1,591.00 994.00 239 27
July 1,930.00 1,397.50 137.00
August 1,724.00 1,208.00 215.99
September 2,255 00 1,409.00 190.14
October 3,152.00 2,632.00 211.88
November 1,491.00 1,121.00 1&4.79
December 1,783.00 1,463.00 71.48

Totah "$23^496"00 "$i6il9a50 "%"2,m.Z7

DISPOSITION OF PRISONERS
White Colored
Males Females Males Females Totals
Bail Forfeited 310 27 463 94 894
Dismissed _ „ 683 42 440 118 1,283
Delivered to Magistrate.... 38 5 110 2>7 190
Delivered to Warrant 10 14 2 26
Delivered to Coroner 10 21 22 9 62
Delivered to Chain Gang 124 255 379
Sent to Hospital 153 18 304 158 633
Sent to Jail 24 5 29 149 203
Delivered to other States 2 2 4
Sent to Juvenile Court.... 1 1
Sent to U.S. Commissioner 1 1

Totals 1,355 118 1.633 570 3,676

MISCELLANEOUS
Still Alarms 5
Calls sent in by Police 81,684
Prisoners brought in by Patrol 3,692
Prisoners brought in by Police 167
Reported Cases 157
Times Miles
Alarms responded to by Police 4,588 9,176
Auto sent to Jail with Prisoners 250 500
Auto sent to Magistrate's Court 162 324
Wagon sent on Special Calls - 635 1,270
Auto sent to Fire - 129 258
Auto sent to Hospital 603 1,206
Auto sent -on Special Calls - - - 7,428 14,856

13,795 27.590
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 119

PROPERTY RECOVERED AND DISPOSED OF

January $ 1,669.80
February 263.00
March 2,877.50
April 2,071.55
May 1,391.70
June _ 984.75
July 1,600.00
August 2,000.88
September _ 1,540.00
October , 1,192.91
November 1,762.60
December 2,208.41

$19,563.10

—
Taken Up, Running at Large 1 Calf, 4 Ponies, 2 Kids, 45
Horses, 51 Goats, 16 Mules, 9 Dogs, 2 Cows, 1 Colt, 1 Bull.
—
Shot at Owner's Request 62 Dogs, 13 Horses, 2 Mules, 1 Cow,
3 Cats.
Found Open, Owner NotiEied, Same Secured — 1 Filling Station,
24 Stores, 13 offxes, 2 Banks, 3 Laundries, 1 Theatre, 1 Garage.

RECORDS OF ARRESTS FOR 1923.

White Colored
1
OFFENCES.
il
J 13
1 1^

Assault 6 2 8 11
Assault Aggravated 13 i 52 20 86
Allowing Dog to Bite 6 2 1 2 11
Allowing Dog to Run at Large 1 1
-^
1 2 5
Assaulting Police 1 2 3
Allowing Monkey to Bite— - - 2 „ 2
Applied for Lodging 177 24 201
Burglary 2 2
Burglary and Larceny 1 1 2
Burglary and Grand Larceny 4 4
1 2
Carrying Concealed Weapons 5 89 4 48
2 7 9
Detained — 401 26 837
"
70 834
Drunk 4S 29 5 77
Drunk and Disorderly 176 11 194 124 505
89 3 168 96 356
Disorderly Houses 1 11 1 12 25
DiDsorderly Persons 8 16 22 32 73
Driving Auto under influence of Liquor 9 8 12
Destroying City Property 1 1 3
Found Killed 2 9 1 14
Found Sick - 78 10 119 39 246
33 4 74 22 133
Found Wounded 28 5 97 63 193
Found Dead 7 10 3 20
Found Insane 11 2 12 29 54
Found Scalded . 2 2
3 3
Found Burnt 1 1
Found Overcome by Gas — 1 1 2
120 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviczv

RECORDS OF ARREST FOR 1923. — (Continued.)

2 2
1 1 2
Firinp- Firp Arms 11 1 12
Gambling - 113 11 124
House Breaking and Larceny 2 2
House Breaking and Grand Larceny _ 4
Highway Robbery . 5 7 1 13
1 1
Hauling Women for Immoral Purposes 1
1
Impersonating an Officer .,_ 1
K eping a Gambling House.. 1
Keeping a Disorderly House 1
1
"27
T.aropny Potty 9 86
Larceny, Grand ._ 11 1 28 8 48
Lndfed on Warrant , ,
10 6 14 2 32
1 1 2
Mutilating Tres 1 2 3
~
Reckless Driving 2 1 13 16
1 1
6 16 22
5 4 9
Sending in False Alarms 1 1
Selling Drugs without License 1 1
Selling without Standard Measure _ 1 2 3
4 4
Unlawful Weapons 1 9 10
Violation License Law 1 1
Violation Section 243 1 1
Violation Section 704 .._ 1 1
Violation Criminal Code 606 ... 1 1
Violation Sunday Law 1 1
Violation Board of Health 2 2
Violation Traffic Law 198 15 161 4 378
Violation Prohibition Law 1 1
Violating Plumbing Law 3 1 4
1355| 118|| 1,633| 570|| 3.676

I certify that the foregoing is a correct Report as per

Recorder's Morning Reports.

THOS. P. RUTLEDGE,
Chief of Police

Official
MRS. O. W. COLLINS,
Asst. Clerk of Police Department.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reznew 121

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE-MASTERS

Office of Board of F^ire-Masters,
Charleston, S. C, January 1, 1924.
To the Honorable the Mayor and City Council,
of Charleston, S. C.
The Board of Fire-Masters respectfully submit the opera-
tion of thisDepartment for the year 1923, and its condition
at this date, as contained in theannexed statements
The Force of the Department.
Condensed Expenses.
Summary of Expenses by Companies.
Inventory of Property and Location of Same.
Amounts drawn from City Treasurer from 1st January,
1882, to 31st December, 1923, and actual cost of maintain-
ing the Department for Forty-Two Years.
Comparative Statement of Property at Risk, Insurance
and Loss. .

Report of Chief to the Board.

Report of Lineman Fire Alarm Telegraph to the Board.
Report of Surgeon to the Board.
Report of Treasurer of the Pension Fund.

JOHN H. STEENKEN,
Chairman, Board of Fire-Masters.

THE FORCE AND EQUIPMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT,

DECEMBER 31, 1923.
108 Officers and Men.
7 Steam Fire Engines.
3 Motor Triple Combination Pumping Engines,
1 Motor Combination Pumping Engine and Hose Wagon.
1 Motor Combination Chemical, Hose Wagon, and Tractor.
2 Motor Cycles.
1 Chemical Engine.
13,700 Feet Serviceable 2^/2 inch Hose.
800 Feet Serviceable IVo inch Hose.
2,150 Feet Chemical Hose.
1 Deluge and Cellar Pipe.
2 Monitor Nozzles.
1 Lungmotor
2 Fuel Wagons.
2 Carts.
122 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviczv

2 Combination Hose Wagons.

7 Hose Wagons.
2 Aerial Truck and Equipment.
1 Truck and Equipment.
2 Life-nets.
24 Extinguishers.
4 Tarpaulins.
2 Automobiles.
5 Smoke Helmets.
13 Horses.
1 Training Tower, with complete equipment.
3 Alarm Bells, 158 Fire Alarm Boxes, and Complete System
of Fire Alarin Telegraph.
1 Motor Truck, Fire Alarm Telegraph.

CONDENSED EXPENSES OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,

JANUARY 1st to DECEMBER 31st, 1923.
Pay Roll $135,430.98
Forage 1,962.35
Coal and Wood 1,748.96
Horse Shoeing and Medicine 378.00
Synchronizing Clock 15.00
Light and CuiTent „ 464.96
Saw Dust *.

22.00
Telephones 633.72
Bed Clothing 415.66
New Bedsteads 616.25
Renewing Mattresses 237.00
Surgeon 400.00
Rubber Boots - 486.25
Medical Attention to Horses 45.00
Ice for all Stations 112.50
Chief's Expenses to Convention 203.90
Insurance --- 19.20
Hose and Suctions 3,335.79
Soda and Acid 142.78
Painting Houses 582.07
Fire Alarm Boxes 514.00
Printing and Stationery 640.02
Contingent Fund \ 718.85
Gongs for Assistant Chief's Residence 103.58
One Horse ($115.00 and one old Horse in exchange) 115.00
Battery Plates 300.00
Wire Fire Alami Telegraph 558.54
Poles, Labor, Fire Alarm Telegraph 298.54
Renewing Switchboard 251.50
Repairs due to unavoidable accident to Automobile 373.55
Repairs to Queen Street Reserve House 600.00
Two Indian Fire Apparatus 1 513.00
Part payment upon 75 foot Motor Aerial Truck 8,350.00
Jars, Fire Alarm Telegraph 25.20

$161,614.15
 Mayor Grace's Animal Review 123

Renewals—
Oil, Waste and Engine Supplies $1,672.35
Repairs Chief and Assistant's Automobile 121.26
New Tires Chief and Assistant's Automobile..- 123.68
Repairs to Apparatus 2,818.22
Repairs to Houses 1,292.69
Repairs to Harness 21.40
Repairs to Heaters 129.86
6,179.46

Amount Expended $167,793.61

Appropriation Fire Department $168,370.72

Amount Expended $167,793.61
Balance unexpended returned to Treasurer.. $ 577.11

PENSIONS FOR WIDOWS, ORPHANS AND SUPERAN-

NUATED FIREMEN
Appropriation $5,132.00
Am.ount Expended $4,228.66
Balance unexpended returned to Treasurer.... $ 903,34

INVENTORY OF PROPERTY ON HAND, DECEMBER 31, 1923.

AND VALUE OF SAME
1 Motor Triple Combination Pumping- Engine $ 10,500.00
2 Motor Triple Combination Pumping Engine 25,000.00
1 Motor Combination Pumping Engine 8,250.00
1 Motor Combination Chemical and Hose Wagon.... 6,000.00
2 Steam Fire Engines 10,000.00
5 Steam Fire Engines 15,000.00
7 Hose Wagons 2,800.00
2 Combinations Wagons 2,000.00
1 Chemical Engine 2,000.00
1 Aerial Truck and Equipment _ 2,500.00
1 Truck and Equipment 1,500.00
1 75 foot Motor Aerial Truck and Equipment 16,000.00
2 Automobiles 2,500.00
2 Motorcycles 1,600.00
13 Horses 2,600.00
13,700 Feet Serviceable 2^^ inch Hose 10,275.00
800 Feet Serviceable 11/2 inch Hose. 400.00
2,150 Feet Chemical Hose 1,075.00
2 Wagons 400.00
1 Lungmotor 170.00
1 Motor Truck 700.00
Deluge Set, Cellar Pipes, and Monitor Nozzles.... 750.00
Fire Extinguishers, Life-Nets, Smoke Helmets
Etc. 1,200.00
Harness 700.00
13 Engine Houses, Water Works, Heaters, Etc. 70,000.00
Drill Equipment and Training Tower 1,000.00
Fire Alarrn Equipment, Bell Towers, Boxes, Etc. 36,000.00

Total $230,920.00
124 Mayor Grace's Annual Rez icw
AMOUNT DRAWN FROM CITY TREASURER FROM
JANUARY 1, 1882 TO DECEMBER 31, 1923
Real Estate received from the city, without charge.... $ 10,000.00
During the year 1882 $92,000.00
1883 _ 59.115.23
1884 51,008.82
1885 43,319.90
1886 43,311.43
1887 44,000.00
1888 82,000.00
1889 43,968.16
1890 47,659.91
1891 43,845.19
1892 47,005.53
1893 48,500.00
1894 46,500.00
1895 49,845.25
1896 44.964.14
1897 49,939.03
1898 47.900.00
1899 48,100.00
1900 52.500,00
1901 50,839.20
1902 57,445.00
1903 - -.52600.00
1904 52,000.00
1905 54,000.00
1906 52,000.00
1907 60,500.00
1908 _ 59,000.00
1909 70.075.00
1910 75,000.00
1911 74,679.13
1912 78,258.55
1913 82,890.34
1914 80,963.31
1915 95,136.49
1916 87,135.00
1917 87,840.22
1918 95,616.85
1919 106,140.34
1920 - 166,478.70
1921 149,663.45
1922 153,556.52
1923 167,793. 61 $2,995.094.30
Total Amount $3,005,094.30
Deduct Property on hand as per Inventory 230.920.00
Leaves balance of -..-. $2,774,174.30
Being actual cost of maintaining the department for forty-two years,
or an expense of $66,054.15 per annum.
Amount drawn from City Treasurer, 1923 $167,793.61
Amount paid to City Treasurer, in accordance with City
Ordinances repuiring proceeds, sale of old Hose, Junk, etc. $93.88
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 125

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF PROPERTY AT RISK

INSURANCE AND LOSS.

Property Loss on Loss on

at Insurance Real Personal Total Loss
^S Risk Estate Property
^<
1882 34 293,500.00 106,205.00 $ 12,539.09 $ 20,087.52 $ 32,026.61
1883 72 1,229,885.41 1,112,-350.00 50,261.19 243,699.11 293.960.30
1884 43 412,163.00 305,238.54 31,665.00 70,494.98 102,159.98
1885 50 394,802.14 251,100.00 5„103.80 22,359.79 27,463.59
1886 57 431,774.43 356,024.43 46,325.55 62,216.09 10^,541.64
1887 43 1,191,577.00 1,125.025.00 5,081.00 42,455.17 47,536.17
1888 35 1,256,991.88 1,241,085.00 17,127.00 86,042.88 103,169.88
1889 52 941,975.00 898,555.00 17,413.00 50,47500 67,888.00
1890 38 521,275.00 341,850.00 16,431.00 31,125.00 47,566.00
1891 64 1,549,725.00 1,420.350,00 12.086.50 27,928.17 40,014.67
1892 66 380,887.00 243.262.00 42,102.40 20,989.25 63,091.66
1893 50 1,306.406.79 1,148,958.49 21,336.41 119,084.73 140.421.14
1894 81 499,942.00 267,540.00 35,264.20 31,184.50 66,448.70
1895 80 811,561.12 586.321.12 14,909.20 16,895.77 31,804.97
1896 81 387,690.51 11,318.85 25,001.60 36,320.45
212,442.61
1897 79 1,271,817.00 9,284.00 11,982.83 21,266.88
803,900.00
1898 121 784.111.00 14,788.80 17,695.87 32,484.67
514,975.00
1899 94 456,500.00 17,749.21 11.826.50 29,576.71
320,750.00
1900 118 371,360.00 213,700.00 11,237.70 6,356.17 17,592.87
1901 151 1,025.122.42 260,426.00 33,199.49 33,610.86 66,810.35
1902 145 663,020.00 412,325.00 18,998.43 13,381.77 32,380.20
1908 189 579,705.00 293,756.00 13,065.75 15,784.60 28,850.35
1904 183 994.355.00 569,400.00 11,535.29 35,686.83 47,222.12
1905 186 1,502,015.69 1,226.250.00 16,744.40 24,426.86 41,170.26
1906 181 475,hl6.04 264,975.00 12,999.78 6,099.73 18,099.51
1907 204 1,028,600.61 671,947.10 26,385.90 50,415.53 76,801.43
1908 185 584,823.60 349,432.65 25,760.96 31,413.43 57,174.39
1909 233 1,555,788.53 727,415.00 18,682.17 30,661.79 49,243.96
1910 275 1,951,837.03 1,407,561.00 84,396.20 188,956.29 273,351.49
1911 304 1,401,949.00 1,067,698.83 15,026.36 23,111.21 38,137.57
1912 267 1,587,075.00 1,039,220.00 11,951.63 26,212.50 38,164.13
1913 207 1,596,524.72 1,350,861.00 64,194.56 23,460.75 87,655.30
1914 247 968.940.00 700,190.00 16,647.60 20,393.56 37,041.16
1915 227 786,510.12 628,510.12 16,912.15 78,607.00 95,519.15
1916 221 914,146.52 677,150.00 23,172.52 12,216.15 35,388.67
1917 225 1,110.075.00 748.600.00 28,633.32 7,368.28 35,991.60
1918 236 1,401,231.73 883,827.00 44,687.35 28,207.75 72,795.10
1919 279 2,467,477.84 1,974,131.00 116,016.45 54,243.22 170.258.71
1920 377 2,480,040.00 1,513.400.00 37,011.65 31,874.27 68.8^5 92
1921 343 4,751,003.32 3,977,944.00 313,685.02 516,847.75 830,632.77
1922 305 840,389.00 536,800.00 57,098.23 56,723.60 113,821.73
1923 330 1
1,360.686.00 902,414.00 47,947.72 29,632.69 77,580.41

$46,510,976.16 644,455.79 $1,446,575.86 $2,266,223.36 $3,712,799.21

Average for 42 Years.

Property at Risk $1,107,404.19

Insurance 801.058.47

Loss on Real Estate $ 34,442.28

Loss on Personal Property 53,957.70

Average Loss per Annum $ 88,399.98

126 Mayor Grace's Animal Review

KEPORT OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT TO THE BOARD

OF FIRE MASTERS.
Charleston, S. C, January 1, 1924.

To the Chairman and Members of the Board of Firemasters:

Gentlemen :

I herewith respectfully submit to your Board my Annual Report

of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1923,
and incorpo]-ate in it reports of the lire alarrr^. telegraph lineman,
surgeon, and trustees firemen's insurance and inspection fund,
and have made such recommendations as I deem essential to keep
the Fire Departm.ent abreast of the gTowing needs of our city.

ALARM, LOSSES AND INSURANCE

During the Year the Department responded to 330 alarms,
this being 25 more than in the year 1922. There was 38 false
alaiTns, and 3 calls for assistance outside of city limits.
We have used during the year for extinguishing fires 17o
three gallon extinguishers, 42 chemical tanks, 3,681 feet of ladders,
and laid 61,000 feet of 21/2 inch hose.
The most serious fires during the year were:
January13, 1923— Box 181 at 2:50 a. m. Nos. 13-15-17 Hayne
Street, one and four story brick store houses. Loss to building
and contents ?20,500.00. Insurance on building and contents $62,-
000.00. Cause unknown.
March 22, 1923— Box 14 at 1:04 a. m., No. 45 State Street,
three story brick store and dwelling. Loss to building and contents
$6,611.19. Insurance on building and contents $11,500.00. Cause
unknown.
November 10, 1923.— Box 181 at 1:16 a. m., No. 67-69 State
Street, tv/o story frame work shop and extended to 51-59-58-60-62
State Street, 43-45-47-49-51 Market Street and 2-5 Linguard Street.
Loss to buildings and contents $6,080.00. Insurance on building
and contents $16,200.00. Cause unknown.
November 23, 1923— Box 94 at 2:08 p. m. One story brick
ware house. Loss to building and contents $7,100.00. Insurance on
building and contents $13,100.00. Cause: Friction.
The total loss in these fires aggregate $40,291.19, leaving a
balance of loss on all other fires of only $27,289.22.
On several occasions during the past year there v/ere at least
two fires in progress at the same time, the double calls being hand-
led promptly and efficiently under the system in force. In addi-
tion to the effoi-t to minimize fire losses, due regard is always
had in keeping down loss from wat€_, and great care is taken to
use chemicals and water only in quantities necessary for exting-
uishing purposes, moreover, tarpaulins are invariably used to pro-
tect house furnishings and goods when conditions require a fr^e
use of water.
The figures for the year 1923 for losses both in insurance and
valuation of buildings together with contents as nearly as could
be ascertained are:
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 127

VALUATION OF PROPERTY AT RISK

Value of buildings where fire occurred $ 963,950.00
Value of contents where fire occurred 396,735.00

Total value of property at risk $1,360,685.00

INSURANCE AT RISK
Insurance on buildings $ 668,510.00
Insurance on contents 233,904.00

Total insurance involved $ 902,414.00

'J

UNINSURED LOSS
Loss on buildings $ 3,345.00
Loss on contents 6,160.00

Total uninsured loss $ 9,505.00

LOSS INSURED AND UNINSURED

Loss on buildings $ 47,947.72
Loss on contents 29,632.69

Total loss for year $ 77,580.41

DEPARTMENT BUILDINGS
Minor repairs, and improvements were made to each of the
several stations at a total cost of $1,292.69, the firemen being,
wherever possible, employed in making such repairs.
We have men who can do most any kind of work around the
houses, and at any time that repairs are necessary, seldom we
have to go out of the department to have it done. The work
these men accomplish has saved the Department many thousands
of dollars.
With the exception of the truck house in John Street, the
Department buildings are in good condition.

APPARATUS; AND EQUIPMENT

The annual inspection of apparatus and equipment, including
hose, was made and the necessary repairs made to bring same
up to the p<roper standard of efficiency, but owing to long service
the steam engines are liable to give out at any time, and should
be replaced with new and up-to-date motor engines.

MOTOR DRIVEN APPARATUS

On,e seagrave triple combination pumper, 1,000 gallon cap-
acity.
Two American La-Prance triple combination pumpers, 750 gal-
lon capacity.
One Webb combination Hose Wage and pumper, 700 gallon
capacity.
 128 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

One Seagrave combination hose wagon and chemical engine,

towing second size Silsby engine.
Two Indian Fire Apparatus, for Still Alarms.
One 75 foot American La France aerial ladder tinick.
Two Chief's cars; one Dodge and one Ford.
HORSE DRAWN APPARATUS
One second size Metropolitan engine.
One third size Silsby engine.
Two combination hose wagon and chemical engines.
One fuel wagon.

MARINE DIVISION
In this division, without cost except when actually ac work, are
the tug boat Hinton, V/arban and Cecilia, equipped with pumps of
large capacity and fitted with hose, nozzels, etc. These boats
have already demonstrated their value and have been the means
of saving much property not only wharf property is protected,
but hose is held in reserve that their use may be extended to the
cotton warehouses and the East Bay wholesale district.

RESERVE APPARATUS
Four steam fire engines are in reserve; also one chemical
engine with two 80 gallon tanks; four hose wagons; one fuel
wagon; one city truck; and one 65 foot aerial truck; all are kept
in readiness for instant service.

HEATERS.
All heaters used by the Department are in good order.

HORSES.
There are thirteen horses in the department. Nine of these
horses are in active service, and two used as extras, Tw^o of the
horses will be sold, or given in exchange as part payment for one
new horse as some horses in service are failing and should be
replaced by younger ones.

HARNESS
All harness used by the Department is in good condition.

HOSE
There is on hand 13,700 feet of 2^^ inch rubber lined double
jacket cotton fire hose; 800 feet 1^/^ inch rubber lined cotton fire
hose and 2,150 feet of chemical hose; all of w^hich seems to be in
excellent condition.
All of the 2^^ inch hose is tested annually under 150 to 175
pounds hydrastatic pressure and these sections that indicate a
weakness are condemned and sold, and the proceeds from such sale
are paid over to the City Treasurer.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 129

During the year 1,250 feet of 2l^ inch hose was condemned,
some having been in service about seven j^ears.
With the new hose that will be purchased this year the supply
should prove ample.

SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION.
Under the efficient direction of the instructor, Second Assitant
Chief G. H. Benedikt and Capt P. Verde, of Engine Company No.
2 school work was continued according to the usual program, with
individual work from June to September.
The men were instructed in the use of all tools and appliances,
and the purpose and use of ^each one explained to them. The use
of life nets, care and use of pipes, couplings, fittings, etc. tying
regulation knots under various conditions, raising and lowering
ladders, hoisting ladders to roof, using rope and hose hoists, carry-
ing ladders vertically from one position to another, the use of
smoke helmets and all other tools in the Department being sub-
jects of instruction.
Each company is also required to maintain weekly drill in
the use of the apparatus, tools, and appurtenances of the Depari>
ment. These drills are held under the supervision of the captains
and lieutenants of the companies.

FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.

This branch of the service in fair condition. During the year
much work has been done department in placing wires, new
in this
poles, crossarms, extendng the lines and adding five fire alarm
boxes to the system.
Part of the underground system has been placed overhead, and
during 1924 balance of underground will be placed overhead.

SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS
The service improvements for the past year may be summed
up as follows:
One 75 Foot American- LaFrance Motor Aerial Ladder Truck.
Two Indian Motor Fire Apparatus; For Still Alarais.
Twenty-five hundred feet 2^/^ inch rubber lined cotton fire hose.
Three hundred feet 1^/^ inch rubber lined cotton fire hose.
Five fire alarm boxes.
New front rubber tires Engine No. 2.
New rear rubber tires Engine No. 3.
New suction to Engine No. 3.
New suction to Engine No. 6.
WATER MAINS.
The water service for the protection of the city has been
improved. The* report from the water department for vhe year
1923, shows the water supply increased by the laying of more than
two miles of six inch, and larger mains, the replacing of 48 old
style hydrants with improved hydrants, and the addition of ten
improved hydrants ,also 58 valves in the distribution system, there-
by restricting the territory closed down in case of accident, all
contributed materially to a much better water supply service.
 130 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION OF PUBLIC AND

SEMI-PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
^
A systematic inspection of buildings, with regards to business
interest and the examination of premises, is an important feature
m the daily routine of the Department. The idea is not only to
seek out and correct conditions that contribute to the fire hazard,
but to familiarize the men with the interior of buildings, giving
them that knowledge that is most helpful to them in handling
that might occur therein.
fires
^During the year the monthly inspection of buildings totaled
10,521 and the annual inspection which included all buildings within
the limits of the city, covered 14,386 places, a total of 24,907
buildings inspected.
Headquarters, officials and men of the Department have investi-
gated 339 complaints from different sources. Inflamable rubbish,
stove pipes and defective chimneys constituted the majority of
these complaints; mostly coming from dwelling houses of which
only one inspection is made during the year.
As a part of fire prevention Vv^ork, all fires have been carefully
investigated to determine their cause and origin.
The inspections are of great benefit to the citizens and property-
owners in general and I respectfully ask their further cooperation
in this important work.
These inspections are also of great value to the Department,
allowing the members to familiarize themselves as to the nature
of contents and construction of different buildings within their
district.
During the year there has been
in attendance at all p,erform-
ances at the Academyof Music, Victory Theatre, and other places
of amusement, as required by the city ordinances, a detail of firen
men, whose duty it is to see that no chairs are placed in the aisles
or passage way, to prevent smoking in any part of the house,
excepting on the stage by actors for scenic effect; to keep all
exits free from obstruction and to generally safeguard the public.
Inspections are frequently made of the moving picture houses
in the city lo make certain that the booths and picture machines
comply with the Ordinances. In fact, very possible precaution has
been taken to guard the safety of citizens against fire danger at
places of public amusement.
I am pleased to state that the management of all theaters
and moving picture screens and illustrated use and method of send-
ing in alarms from the fire alarm boxes.
The cooperation of the public generally, through a widespread
educational campaign emphasizing the danger from fire, is be-
coming more and more apparent, and I am glad to report that
not in a single ease was it necessary to resort to the courts in
order to secure the removal of inflammable or combustible material.

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.

During the week ending October 13th, 1923, in addition to the
usual inspection by company officers, a member from several compa-
nies also made an intensive drive through the ''High Value District"
for the purpose of causing the removal of combusible rubbish
articles blocking egress, and other simple but hazardous conditione
tending to create a fire menace.
 Mayor Grace's Anmial Review 131

Lectures on fire, prevention were delivered by an officer of the

department in the Public Schools, also fire drills witnessed in the
various public schools throughout the city.
The Department during the week utilized one of the depart-
ment's hose wagon, displaying floats showing the various causes
of preventable fires, and giving practical demonstration of the
proper way to send in a fire alarm.

DISCIPLINE.
It is gratifying to state that the efficiency and discipline of
the Department are first class, the officers and members being
ever ready to perform their duties and obey orders, whatever
measure of credit this Department may be entitled to is due to
the faithful and intelligent cooperation which has always been
cheerfully rendered by the men under me. Such transfer orders
as were issued from company to company were made for the
purpose of increasing the general efficiency of the organization.

KETIPvEMENTS.
T. W. Halsall, Engine Co. No. 3. Appointed Assistant Engi-
neer, March 15, 1882. Appointed as Engineer, October 7, 1885.
Retired on accounlt of length of service and physical disability,
April 1, 1923.
H. C. Ford, Truck Co. No. 1. Appointed, August 3, 1890.
Driver, appointed Ladderman, March 16, 1911, appointed Lieuten-
ant, February 16, 1917. Retired on account of length of serviqe
and physical disability, December 31, 1923.

CASUALTIES TO FIREMEN ON DUTY.

Casualties to firemen, none of which proved fatal, were un-
usually heavy among members of the Department during the past
year, due chiefly to injuries incurred by Motor Engine No. 6 over-
turning responding to fire Burton Lumber Mills outside city limits
—
March 7 Following is a list of members of Engine No. 6,
injured and the nature of their injuries:
—
March 7 Lieutenant R. Mansfield bruised head and shoulders.
Off duty six days.
—
March 7 Engineer J. E. Due, bruised leg. Off duty five days.
—
March 7 Fireman J. H. Graham, bruised leg, shoulder, and
arm. Off duty six days.
—
March 7 Fireman C. C. Barrinneau, bruised left arm. Off
duty two aays.
—
March 7 Fireman J. W. Hendricks, broken left ankle. Off
duty eight months.
—
March 29 Fireman A. C. Grooms, Company No. 7, broken
leg, still under care of Department surgeon.
—
August 27 Lieutenant H. Rosofsky, Motor Engine No. 3, over-
come by siewer gas. Off duty seven weeks.

CASUALTIES TO CITIZENS.
—
July 25, 1923, Telephone alarm fire Mrs. Walburger Elder,
received bums on face, arms, chest. Passed away July 25, 1923.
Cause, trying to light a charcoal iron with kerosene oil.
 132 Mayor Grace's Anniuil Reviczi'

GENERAL REMARKS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

I am only recommending what I regard as
essential, for I
realize that it may not be practical to acquire at once everything
that we need to make our department fully adequate to protect
our city.
1st, I would respectfully urge a m.otorizatlon of the entire
department, as it would greatly add to its effectiveness and econ-
omy. The experimental stage of the motor fire engine has been
passed, and the machine of today is depmdable in eve^y particular.
I would recommend that $13,000 be appropriated each year,
to replace our two horse-drawn steam fire engines with motor
engines, and I am prepared to show from our records that in five
years the expenses would be saved in maintenance cost, and there
after the purchase would continue to add to the economy of the
administration of the department.
The first motor engine placed in our service more than thirteen
years ago, today pumps to its rated capacity, and in comparison
with the expense of the horse-drawn appara'uus, has several times
paid for its cost.
The displaced steamfire engines are kept in prime condition,
in reserve, ready at a moment's notice to respond to any call that
might over-tax our regular force, for which emergency we keep
constantly prepared, watchful and expectant.
2nd, to keep up with the growth of the city, I would recommend
the establishment of hydrants at the following locations:

One on Pritchard near Concord Street.

One at Concord and Pinckney Streets.
One on Church opposite Linguard Street.
One at.N. E. Corner State and Broad Streets.
(Above four hydrants to have AV-z inch openings.)

One at N. E. Corner Boulevard and Council Streets.

One on Boulevard, 200 feet west of Hotel Sumter.
One at S. W. Comer Sheppard and Ashe Streeits.
One at S. W. Comer Sheppard and Coming Streets. .

One at N. E. Corner Fifth Ave and Grove Street.

One at N. W. Comer Peach and Darlington Streets.
One on South side of Columbus St., west side of Railroad Track.
One on North side of Reid Street, west side of Railroad Track.
3rd. The appeal for assistance to extinguish fires ouside of
the city limits causes us expense and much concern, and I would
recommend that an ordinance be passed, fixing a charge for such
service, simlar to charges in effect in other cities. We could detail
a reserve engine to respond to such calls, and thus not unduly
impair our regular force.
4th. While I am appreciative of, and full recognize the value
of assistance often rendered by the public at fires, yet the crowding
of apparatus by automobiles on their way to fires, is a constant
hindrance and menace, and I would ask that an ordinance be passed
that would prohibit automobiles from following the fire appartus
at a distance of less than 500 feet, and from parking near the
fire grounds.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 133

I would recommend that all public schools, theatres, hospitals

and hotels be required to install, at their expense, standard fire
alarm boxes, to be thereafter maintained and tested by the depart-
ment, and that all fire alarm boxes be indicated at night by a red
light, visibly far away.

At no distance time a fire station in the north-western part

of the city should be established to protect that growing area; but
as economy, as well as efficiency, is our aims, we will do the best
we can for the present with our existing equipment,

CONCLUSION.

In concluding my annual report, I acknowledge with grateful

appreciation the valuable assistance the Chairman and Members of
the Board rendered me at all times. Your hearty cooperation has
been a sustaining influence while the many suggestions which you
have made have enabled me to improve the character of my work.
To all the officers and members of the Department under my
charge, I tender my sincere thanks for their loyal support, and for
the efficient manner in which they have performed their public
serivce and for th,e courage and efficiency they have displayed in
their calling.
The Chief of Police and various other department heads, have
at all times been eager to render such aid as was in their power
for which I am deeply indebted.
To the foremen and linesmen of the Consolidated Company
I wish to acknowledge my thanks for their promptness in responding
to alarms and in giving us ail desired assistance.
To Mr. James E. Gibson, manager and engineer, and to Mr.
Comfort Bennett, superintendent of distribution and mains, of the
City Water Works, for their watchful care of hydrants, kept always
in readiness for use, I wish to expres appreciation.
To the citizens and to the local representatives of the Insurance
Companies, I wish to extend my thanks for the information received
relative to the amount of insurance paid on losses at fires; also to
the members of other departments who have been in touch with
ths department, and to the representatives of the press for their
fair and impartial reports of the Fire Department work.
Finally I desire to state that I have scanned carefully fire
department reports from many of the cities in the United States.
I have listened with a great deal of care and attention to debates
in the Conventions of the International Association of Fire Chiefs,
as to the progress which other cities are making in fire department
work and from results accomplished, by our own fire departmenl, I
can say without fear of contradiction, that the department of the
City of Charleston today is equal to that of any city of like size in
this country and one of which our citizenship may well feel proud.

Respectfully submitted,

LOUIS BEHRENS,

Chief Fire Department.

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REPORT OF LINEMAN OF FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.

Charleston, S. C, January 1st, 1924.

To the Chairman and Board of Fire Masters.

Gentlemen :

I beg leave to tender my report for the past year as follows:

The Fire Alarm have been working fairly well, and considerable
new work has been done during the past year.
All troubles and calls from other companies have been at-
tended to promptly.
The following new Boxes have been installed:
—
25 South Bay and Rutledge Avenue,
233— Church and Atlantic Streets,
—
422 ^"Gadsden and Bennett Streets,
—
817 President and Fishbume Streets,
844—Ashley Park,
10 Boxes have been installed in the various public schools,
and 1 Box at the theatre as follows:
—
35 Craft School, Queen and Legare Streets,
—
37 Memminger School, Beaufain and St. Philip Streets,
—
54 Shaw School, Mary and America Streets,
—
56 Buist School, Calhoun, east of Meeting Streets,
—
64 High School, Rutledge Avenue, opp. Vanderhorst Street.
—
432 Bennett School, St. Philip and George Street,
—
622 Simonton School, Morris and Jasper Streets,
—
816 Burke Industrial School, President and Fishburne Streets,
—
852 Mitchell School, Perry and Sheppard Streets,
—
46 Victory Theatre, Society Street.

SIGNALS:

Fire Alarms 140

Noon Signals 312
Test Alarms 120

NUMBER OF INSTRUMENTS ON EACH CIRCUIT:

Circuit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Totals
Boxes
Gongs 112
5542-. ....
21 25 19 17 26 19 17 17 161
20
Indicators
Bells
3 1
2.1
1 1
-.
1
-.
7
3

Total 191

Respectfully submitted,

H. BROWN,
Lineman, Fire Alarm Telegraph.
136 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

REPORT OF SURGEON.
Charleston, S. C, January 1, 1924.

To the Chairman and Board of Firemasters.

Gentlemen :

I have the honor to submit the following report of work done in

the Department for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1923.
J. W. Hendricks —
Fracture of right leg.
C. C. Barrineau —
Contusion of head.
J. A. Graham —
Contusion of back.
J. E. Dues —Contusion of left leg.
A. C. Grooms — Fracture of left femur.
H. Brown — vSprain of right thumb.
T. G. Mclndoe— Shingles.
A. Posofsky— Overcome by gas.
Fifteen or twenty men examined for the Department.
Total number of hospital, house and office vsits, 305.

Respectfully submitted,

EDWARD RUTLEDGE, M. D.,

Surgeon in Charge.

RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OF THE FIREMEN'S INSURANCE AND INSPECTION
FUND, JANUARY 1, 1923, TO DECEMBER 31, 1923.
Receipts

Balance from last annual statement:

Pension Fund $58,714.24
Disabled and Superannuated Fund 500.00
$59,214.24
Fines per Pay Rolls 86.00
Interest on Deposits 3,073.49
3,159.49
Pension Fund
Premiums from Fire Insurance Company 4,227.71
Broker's fee from Comptroller General 1.80
1 Per Cent Assessment from Pav Roll _ 1,357.11
5,586.62
Donations „ 430.00

$68,390.35

Expenditures

Pension Fund
Pension to A. Myers 973.56
Pension to T. W. Halsall _ 519.75
Premium City Treasurer's Bond , 125.00
Printing Bv-Laws 20.00
5% on $4,227.71 to State Firemen's Association 211.38
1,849.69
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 137

Disabled and Superannuated Fund :

Funeral expense T. E. Watson 100.00

Funeral expense B. E. Bicaise 100.00
200.00
Balance - - 66,340.66

68,390.35
Funds have to credit December 31, 1923
Pension Fund 65,410.66
Disabled and Superannuated Fund 500.00
Donation Fund 430.00

$66,340.66

Respectfully submitted,

W. S. SMITH,
Treasurer.
Examned and found correct:
John H. Steenken,
Louis Behrens,
Committee.

REPORT OF MARKET COMMISSIONERS

Charleston, S. C, January 1st, 1924

To The Commissioners of Public Market,

Charleston, S. C.

Dear Sirs :

I hereby submit my Annual Report, in reference to ex-

penditures, etc., that have been incurred in this office during
the year 1923 with itemeized statement attached.
;

To Budget for Year 1923 $6,447.36

To Budget for Repairs, 1923 800.00

Total $7,247.36
Paid Expenses and Repairs 6,718.81

Balance (Returned to City Treasurer) $ 528.55

FRANK F. SCARPA,
Clerk.
Examined and found correct,
VINCENT CHICCO,
Chairman Board of Market Com.
138 Mayor Grace's Annual Rczncw

BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS

December 31, 1923

To the Honorable the Mayor

and City Council.

Gentlemen :

The Board of Park Commissioners respectfully presents

to you, and through you to the people of the City, its 28th
Annual Report for the year ending December 31st, 1923.
The Condensed Statement of Receipts and Disbursements
is hereunto annexed and all vouchers are on file in the office

of the City Treasurer. Report of the Park Supervisor ac-

companies this Report showing in detail the work done
in the Department of Parks.
—
Roadway Around Hampton Park This is again brought
to the attention of City Council, as in previous years, and
so far without success as to an appropriation therefor. The
present dirt roadway is entirely out of keeping with an
ideal City Park, a continuous item of expense, and subjects
the Board to much undeserved criticism, they being with-
out funds for an Asphalt Roadway, until, City Council
makes an appropriation therefor. Until an appropriation
is made for this purpose the present roadway will continue
to be a detriment to Hampton Park. This roadway when
built should be properly lighted.
Tennis Courts —The present Tennis Courts are in such
demand that reservations are made a month in advance if

use of the same is desired. Urgent requests are daily being

made by players for additional courts, but no request for
an appropriation will be made in the estimate of require-
ments for 1924, as understood matters of this class would be
determined by a Board of Experts as to the granting of
same.
—
Base Ball Grounds At the entrance to Hampton Park,
on the South, and the former College grounds on the North,
having been placed by the City Council, in the first instance
to a Special Committee, and in the second instance, to the
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 139

Play Grounds Commission, the attention of City Cuncil is

called to these two grounds which are located on the ap-
proaches to Hampton Park, as to placing them in proper
condition, so as to make attractive the approaches to Hamp-
ton Park at Cleveland Street, as now the City is responsible
for their appearance and not the lessees.
Music — Few Free Band Concerts were given the past
year, as only a limited appropriation was made therefor,
and the increased price for bands per concert.
Horticulture —
It is the aim of the Board to make inter-
esting and attractive floral displays in the parks, especially
at Hampton Park, where a Green House has been estab-
lished.

—
Comfort Stations The Board feels that when the City
can afford the outlay and maintenance. Comfort Stations
should be established and an appropriation will be asked for
this purpose at Plampton Park.
Police —The Park Police Force consists of only three
men and its purpose is primarily to protect children in the
Park. Its work is also to prevent the commission of any
offense. The Police are instructed to watch diligently for
a certain class of offenders, and the hours of the parking of
automobiles is under consideration. The regular city police
force co-operates in every way with the Park Police Force.
Damage to Parks, etc. —A lack of respect for public prop-
erty by some of the visitors to the Parks and of youths and
children for the palmettos planted on the streets, causes con-
siderable damage. The destruction of trees, palmettos,
shrubs and plants in late years (and this year has been no
exception) is an added, and, it would seem an unnecessary

expense to the city.

It is suggested that the Public Schools devote a few min-

utes each week to teach children a v^^holesome respect for

property rights^ for '*as the twig is bent the tree inclines"
and principles instilled in the minds of youth, become more
or less permanent.
Appropriations —The Board is of the opinion that in
view of the increasing use of the Parks, if they are to be
140 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

properly maintained and improved a recjuisite appropriation

must be made available tberefor.
—
Donations Were received from and the thanks of the
Board extended to
William M. Bird & Co., Inc., for flag for the Band Stand.
Dr. J. C. Wieters for back stops for the Tennis Courts.
With the continued co-operation of the Mayor and City
Council the Board feels it can look forward td having Parks
that will be ornaments to the city and Parks that all citi-
zens can point to with pride.
All of which is respectfully submitted,

SAMUEL LAPHAM,
Chairman, Board of Park Commissioners.

REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF PARKS

To the Honorable Board of Park Commissioners,

Gentlemen :

Please accept my annual report herewith which com-

pletely covers the activities of the Forestry
and Park Depart-
ments for the Calendar year Nineteen Hundred and Twen-
ty-three.
Hampton Park —The
Band Stand which was badly in
need of attention, v/as put in first class repair, the work con-
sisting of new concrete founation, Pillars and new string-
ers, al old and decayed wood benig replaced with new ma-
terial.

A new tin roof was put on the dome of the Stand, to-
gether with new and the entire Stand was painted,
flag pole,
inside and out, the regular Park Department colors of
white and green being used.
Looking from the band stand southward, stands the new
concrete bridge, this bridge is ten feet longer than the two
bridges built last year and carries lights to conform with the
other bridges. The completion of this last bridge marks
the opening of the three entrances to the Sunken Gardens.
The next important step w^as the concrete walk around
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 141

the fountain between the east and west bridges, this walk
has a twofold purpose, it does away with the lowest part
of the Sunken Garden and connects the east and west bridges
giving the center of the Garden the finished appearance
which it lacked before.
An eighteen inch wire fence was built completely around
the Sunken Garden, the object of this fence being to keep
the ducks out of the Sunken Garden.
The flower beds in the Sunken Garden were kept filled
with a show of flowering plants throughout the year. The
fountain in the center of the Sunken Garden was covered
with an undercoating of red lead and painted.
The bungalow at the picnic grounds was in a very poor
condition and it was necessary to paint the ceiling, side walls
and stain the floor of the interior. The toilets were re-
paired, new tin put on the roof and the outside of the
building was painted, all evergreen trees removed from
around the base of the building and lattice work built in
between the brick pillars at the foundation.
Eight new swings were erected at the picnic ground, new
chains and swingboards being included. Proper attention
was given the grounds and the trees looked after and dead
wood removed where necessary.
Nine hundred feet of wire fence was erected on the south
side of the Park on the edge of the shrubbery border, the
purpose of this fence is to prevent the public from cutting
across flower beds at this point. The roses were fertilized
and pruned back, climbing roses were treated in like manner,
all walks kept in clean and orderly condition and the grass

sections trimmed at regular intervals during the year.

A number of young rabbits were raised at the Park and
also one hundred and seven ducks. Several thousand plants
were raised in the green house for Park planting. The pri-
vet hedge was given special attention and kept in splendid
order. This was the greatest year ever experienced in the
tennis courts. The courts were constantly in use, and at
present there are many people who wish to play tennis and
unable to get a booking.
The small cottage was painted and the roof repaired.
142 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

Two months were consumed in pruning, thinning out and

removing all dead wood from the Oak trees on each side
of the road around Hampton Park. This work will greatly
improve the condition of the trees and add much to their
appearance.

UPPER WARDS
Hampstead Mall — Every was made to keep this
effort
Park in order as this Park
one of the most trying pro-
is

blems of our Park system, the spirit of destruction seems to

prevail in this Park at all times. However, all care was
exercised in keeping the hedge trimmed and straightened up,
the lawn was kept cut and in first class appearance through-
out the entire season. The paths v/ere properly edged and
kept in order. Five diseased trees were cut down and the
balance of trees trimm^ed and dead wood removed.
Wragg Square —The Park was looked after throughout
the season. The lawn was fertilized and the grass cut and
raked regularly. The paths were edged and kept clean,
all trees pruned and dead wood removed. The fence was
repaired where it was in need and the privet hedge cut and
kept in order. The fountain was scraped and repainted.
Allen Park —With much regret I must report that the
venture in improving Allen Park has fallen short of expec-
tations. The Fountain suffered severely, at the hands it
is presumed of the children of the neighborhood, the water
jets being twisted off and destroyed. This will necessitate
filling the basin in with soil. Two concrete benches were
placed in this Park, the balance of the benches there repair-
ed. Twelve Palmetto trees were planted, the grass was cut
and the grounds kept up.

LOWER WARDS
—
Battery Strict observance was given to White Point
Gardens throughout the year, especially the palms, trees
and evergreens, that were planted last year. The walks
were kept in first class condition and likewise the lawns.
The purchase of a horse mower, proved to be of great
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 143

advantage over the hand mowers used heretofore. Fifty

new concrete benches were placed on the battery and all
of the old broken benches and the damaged ones were
removed. Those worth saving were put in first class con-
dition. A number of diseased trees were removed and dead
wood cut out of the live oak trees.
—
Washington Park A considerable improvement was
made in the Park by planting a number of Washington
Robusta Palms in the open spaces of the lawns with a brick
ground of Abelis Grandiflora. The latter being used to
screen the brick wall which is the boundary line between
the Confederate College and Washington Park. Bluegreens
were planted about the base of the monument in the center
of the Park. The lawns were fertilized, mowed and kept
in first class condition through the entire year. The old
diseased trees were removed and the balance of the trees
properly trimmed.
New concrete benches were placed at the entrances to
the Park on Meeting and Broad Streets. All old benches
were repaired and painted. The nut grass gave an unusual
amount of trouble during the year and is a source of con-
siderable expense to keep down. The grass grows between
the bricks and has to be cut out with a knife, which is a very
tedious and costly process.
—
Cannon Park The lawn around the Museum was kept
in good order. The horse mowing machine from the Bat-
tery used for this purpose. All walks shaped up and kept
clean. Twenty palmettos were planted around the grounds
of the Park and carefully looked after, the old palmettos
properly trimmed up and the privet hedge at the entrance of
the Museum was pruned back and kept in order through
the growing season. Benches were repaired where it was
found necessary.

SHADE TREE DEPARTMENT

All dead laurel oaks were replaced by the Glen Saint
Mary Nursery Company, as set forth in their contract. All
new trees were fertilized, cultivated and watered, tree pro-
144 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

lectors were placed on all new trees set out. One hundred
and thirty-one dead trees were cut down throughout the
city and all brush wood removed by the carts from Hamp-
ton Park. Three hundred and thirteen shade trees were
trimmed in various parts of the city, this work is on the
increase and requires our best attention throughout the
year.

RECOMMENDATIONS*
I would recommend that a new asphalt road be built
around Hampton Park. The need of a good road in this
Park has been most urgent for many years, and now that
the new^ hotel will bring a great number of tourists to the
city, it becomes necessary that steps in that direction be
taken at once. The present road is a discredit to the Board
and a reflection on the City. The Park is also greatly in
need of a lighting system, as at present there are no lights
on the roadway around the park.
I would also suggest that two lights be placed in Wash-

ington Park as the illumination in this Park at present is

inadequte.
I wish to express my Board of
heartfelt thanks to the
Park Commissioners for and co-opera-
their loyal support
tion, also to my employees who so faithfully performed their
numerous duties through a most trying year.
\VM. M. JENNINGS,
Supervisor of Parks.

COUSOLIDATED STATEMENT RECEIPTS AND DISBPRSE-

MEXTS, 1923.
HENRY VON GLAHN, Secretary

ADMINISTRATION
Super\-isor's Salary $ 2,400.00
Secretar>-'s Salary- „ 300.00
Police - _„ - 3,432.14
Printing and Stationery „ 102.50
Telephones „ „ _ _ 67.39
Advertising „ „ _ 12.90
Insurance „ _ 134. 14
Incidentals „ _ 82.76
Music 227.50
$ 6,759.33
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 145

CARE
Pay Rolls $16,490.15
Transportation, Car Tickets 50.00
16.540.15

MAINTENANCE
Materials and Supplies $ 4,568.32
Forage and Feed 554.80
Fuel, Green House 228.53
Allen Park 34.77
Shoeing
Auto Tires
Auto Repairs
— 27.00
135.00
92.80
Texas Co _ - 28.13
5.669.35

UGHTING
—
Electric Lighting 3 years. Transferred without
notice by City Electrician from the usual
—
account Lighting the City $ 691.80
691.80

REPLACEMENTS
Exchange of Mules $ 400.00
Air Dome Removal 75.00
475.00

EQUIPMENT
Spraying Machine $ 1,406.75
Automobile ~- 1,050.00
2,456.75

SHADE TREES
Pa- Roll $ 2,206.72
Freight 262.99
Replacements 100.00
Tree Guards 720.00
3.289.71

IMPROVEMENTS
Band Stand, etc. .._ 920.00
Bridges, etc 2,022.75
2.942.75

SHRUBS AND PLANTS

Seeds, Roses, etc _ $ 745.90
745.90

Total Expenditures per books of City Treasurer ., - $39,570.74

Unexpended to General Income Account City. 679.26

Appropriations ^ .^ „ - $40,250.00
146 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

MUNICIPAL PLAYGROUND COMMISSION

To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen

of the City of Charleston, S. C.

In making this report for 1923, I shall leave most of the

detailwork to our Supevisor, Miss Corrine Jones. She can
cover the ground more fully than I can. Altho reduced
in members, we have held regular meetings, all through the
summer, with only two exceptions, one being due to the lack
of a quorum, the other on account of the absence of several
members and myself from the City. The four playgrounds,
three white, one colored are all in good running order, but
sadly in need of new equipment. Repairs are made and the
apparatus kept in good condition and safe for the children.
Our staff is well organized, consisting of a Supervisor,
with two directors, one for girls and one for boys, on each
playground. During the summer months, a director of
athletics is needed. During the winter all playgrounds
are open every afternoon, and on Saturdays, during the
summer, in accordance with the opening and closing of the
schools, morning and afternoon schedules are maintained.
Through the courtesy of the Y. M. C. A. boys have the
privilege of the swimming pool and the girls go to the
Y. W. C. A. Many
have learned to swim, and this brings
me to a subject that awfully disappointed about, and
I feel

that is, that another year has passed and we, as yet, have
no Municipal Swimming Pool. It is a crying need. A
shame that Charleston can not give to the young people a
place that would do so much for their well being. Another
thing we need is an Athletic Field, one under the Play-
ground commission for Junior Athletics, it belongs with the
recreational facilities so necessary for growing youth. Play
and a place to play are the breath and life of our people.
Owing to the congested condition of the colored Play-
ground, permission was obtained from City Council to
move the apparatus to the corner of Line and President Sts.,
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 147

this has been of great benefit, the large space making it bet-
ter for the huge numbers that gather there. It is hoped
that some day that whole square will be given over for this
playground allowing for its growth and expansion. A
group of colored people headed by Dr. Huldah Prioleau,
has offered to the Playground Commission, the old African
Burying Ground on Hanover, to be used as a Playground.
This was referred to City Council, who in turn referred it
to the Committee on Pleasure Grounds. Without permis-
sion from City Council we can not accept it. The Police
Department has fully co-operated and their assistance is
sometimes needed.
I wish to thank the Members of the Commission for their

efforts and advice, I fully appreciate their co-operation. It

is pleasing to note the opening of another playground in

Charleston, St. Phillips, in a district where one is very

necessary. I wish it were possible to have one in every

available space to keep the children out of the streets.

It was with real regret that I declined Governor McLeod's
appointment to represent the State of South Carolina at the
10th- Recreational Congress held in Springfield, 111. Oct.
8th, 1923. This honor came to your Chairman as a real
compliment to the Charleston Municipal Playground Com-
mission.

"The child is our real wealth, its care our highest Duty."

Respectfully submitted,

ELIZABETH KLINCK TIEDEMAN.

(Mrs. John C.)

Chairman Municipal Playground Commission
148 Mayor Grace's Annual Rev lew

REPORT OF SUPERVISOR.
Mrs. John. C. Ticdeman, Chairman,
Municipal Playground Commission,

My dear Mrs. Tiedeman :

I herewith submit to you the report of the work done on

the Municipal Playgrounds during the y^ar ending Dec-
ember 31, 1923.
The work of the Playgrounds has shown a healthy growth
during the past year. The number and variety of the many
activities, embraced our playground work, are both phy-
in
sical and having a most decided moral up-
social, besides
lift among those frequenting the different centers. The
number of attendants has been increased. The records
show an increase of fifteen thousand, eight hundred and
thirty-three (15,833) over last year; and one-hundred and
seventy-five thousand, four hundred and ten ( 175,410) over
the year nineteen eighteen (1918).

Aggregate Attendance.

Number Total Total Total Ave.

Playground of days boys girls daily
open atten.
Mitchell 293 41,619 28,568 70,187 247
Marion 293 56,361 40,800 97,161 332
Mall 293 30,832 22,214 53,046 181
Colored 244 15,289 7,958 23,247 95

Grand Totals 144,101 99,540 243,641 855

NOTE— Marion has the larger attendance, because of it's

central location and the fact that most of the base-

ball games were played there this Summer. Mall
has a smaller attendance but more regular one, the
boys and girls using this ground are always there as
soon as we open up. The Colored playground was
closed for two months and of course that cut down
the attendance records. The reason will be explain-
ed further on.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 149

It is a source of great satisfaction to note the increas-

ing interest of the citizens at large in the recreation move-
ment as a whole and in the playgrounds in particular. \¥c
would appreciate it if every organization in the City would
send a representative to visit each playground at least once
a year We need the interest and cooperation of every
I

individual to make the playgrounds the gi*eat success wc

desire.

It is necessary every year, particularly where the appara-

tus and equipment has been standing for several years, to do
much repair work. This is due to the constant use and to
the exposure to all kinds of weather. Each piece of appara-
tus is closely watched, in order that it might always be safe
for the children to use. A new fence replaced the tumbl-
ing one at Mitchell on the Rutledge Avenue side. Concrete
posts were used this time, making this repair work more
permanent. AH of the shelter houses and the parts of the
apparatus, requiring it, at least two coats of
have had
paint. The was replaced. All of the
flooring at the Mall
needed repairs on the apparatus were made. All of the
basket-ball back-boards had to be made over. Two tennis-
courts were made at Marion. The necessary equipment v/as
looked after and replaced when needed. The largest job wc
had to accomplish, in the way of repairs and installation,
was the moving of the Colored Playground from the Color
ed Industrial School yard to a piece of land on the corner of
Line and President Streets, this piece of land being set a-
side by City Council for that purpose and given by them to
the Playground Commission to be used for this playground.

Believing that the problem before us today is the proper

use of the leisure time of our children, as it also is of all

citizens, we try thru organization of leagues and organized

keep as many busy doing something highly bene-
athletics to
both as a means of developing physically, morally
ficial

and mentally and as a safety-valve for pent-up energies,

of which a boy and girl is literally full. Below will follow
a brief out-line of some of our activities.

k
150 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

Each year we organize and this year

basket-ball leagues
we begun, for the two leagues for boys and girls
first time,
of what we call junior age (14 years and under). These
two leagues have proven very satisfactory and gives more
experience to the players who are to make our Senior teams
and those of other organizations in the City in a few
years. This means that six teams, consisting of seventy-
two (72) girls and boys, had regular practice and match
games thoroughly and efficiently managed* We have had
two leagues for boys and girls, of what we call senior
age (over 14 years of age), for several years. (The boys
since 1917 and the girls since 1922). These boys and girls
play a fine game of basket-ball. They have regular coach-
ing and practice periods. There are seven teams in these two
circuits, with eighty (80) boys and girls taking part. The
Senior Leagues end their season with a banquet, given to
all of the teams by the commission, at the Y.M.C.A Most of
the members of the Commission attend. The Mayor always
lends us his presence when it is possible. Rev. S. Cary
Beckwith acted as Toast-Master at the past banquet, and
did it in his usual pleasing manner. Speeches were made
by the Mayor, Mrs. Tiedeman, Chairman of the Com-
mission, Mr. H. J. Scofield and the prizes were awarded by
Miss Louisa Poppenheim. These prizes were given to each
member of the winning teams and the teams were given
pennants. Sixty (60) games of basket-ball were played
the past year under our supervision. The Junior Leagues
were given an outing at Folly Beach as Finale. We have
begun four leagues for the coming year, the first games be-
ing played during the first week in December.
Towards the last of March we put on an Athletic Meet
for the boys and girls separately. Full entries, in the four-
teen events, prove the interest taken. Ribbons for the first,
second and third places were given. The playground win-
ning the greatest number of points in both meets won a
silver cup. Mitchell came into possession of the cup, hav-
ing won it for three successive years, the required number
of times. A and bronze medal were given the
silver in-

dividuals winning first and second places.

 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 151

Our May Festival, for the past year, took the form of
''An Old- English May Day/' We had this on the Pictures-
que campus of Charleston College. Many of the spectators
said it was the prettiest we have yet had. Little Miss Inez
Arnholter, of Mitchell Playground, was the Queen, with
Thelma Johnson of Marion and Ruby Herzog of Mall as
Maid of Honor. These were chosen by popular vote.
Dances of the different nations were featured, with the
stately Minuet rounding it up. Three hundred and fif-
ty (350) children took part and approximately seven-
hundred spectators witnessed it.
Base-ball plays a very important part in our programme.
We begin playing at the close of school in June and continue
into September. The past year we had four leagues for
boys and two for girls (the girls playing with a playground
base-ball). This means that we played one-hundred and
eighty (180) games, with three-hundred and fifty (350)
boys and girls taking part. Some days seventy-four (74)
boys and girls were engaged in regular games of base-ball,
besided the number of spectators the games drew. Pennants
were awarded the winning teams, with individual trophies
to the members of the teams. Mr. Charles de Vincau suc-
cessfully handled the boys part of the programme this year.

For several years we have rented the Y.W.C.A. pool

fortwo mornings a week, during the warm months. Girls
from the playgrounds (for white children) were given
the privelege of using the pool, free of charge, and of
learning to swim under the direction of one of the swimming
instructors of the Y.W. Seventy-five per-cent of those us-
ing the pool regularly learned to swim. We
had a regular
attendance of one hundred and eight (108) each day. We
closed the Summer's work with a swimming Meet, in which
there were six events contested. Ribbons were given to
those winning first, second, third and fourth place in each
•event. Mitchell won the team honors and came into pos-
session of the first pennant given for swimming by the
Playgrounds.
Foot-ball was most popular with the boys this Fall, so
152 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

much so, had goals put up on Mitchell, as it was the

that I

only playground large enough. There were match-games

three days out of the week. These were closely directed
on account of the danger of accidents. Next year we are
going to introduce Soccer ball, as it seems to me to be par-
ticularly suited to our needs.

During the year we have individual events on each play-

ground these take the form of Kite-tournaments, At-Home
afternoons, hikes, truck rides, Christmas celebrations, Labor
Days programmes etc. This is to stimulate community pride
Quite a lovely donation was made the Mall Playground
this Summer. Miss Henrietta Durant presented us with a
libarary of one-hundred books. We have named the library
for her. Miss Lucas, Director, has a regular system of
letting out the books. This is filling a need, with even the
Mothers and older members of the family as well as the
children. Other donations to the Library have been receiv-
ed lately and we now have one -hundred and fifty books.

The past year stands out unique in that we had our first

Inter City Playground encounter. Orangeburg Playground

sent a delegation of thirty-five (35) children with their
Directors and several interested citizens to us in September,
to engage in match games of dodge-ball (both boys and
girls), volley balland tennis (boys). We won all except
the boy's dodge ball. All of the games, except tennis, were
played on Mitchell. After these games we came to the
Y.W. on George Street, where the Directors and interested
mothers served an appetizing dinner to the visitors and the
local teams, who acted as hostesses and proved them-
selves very fine at the job. After the tennis games at the
Y.M.C.A., a swim was enjoyed in both the *'Y" Pools. It
was a most successful day and will long be remembered by
all.

Story-telling and folk-dancing play an important part in

our daily schedule, while knitting, crochet work and sew-
ing are engaged in during the long Summer mornings. The
Director gives advice and makes suggestions when needed.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 153

The Colored Playground has begun the second stage in

it'shistory. In the late Spring, we found it necessary to
close the Playground, until we could get it in a permanent
home. This was made necessary by the building of class-
rooms in the yard, where we had the apparatus, thus taking
up most of the play-space. It became dangerous to have
the children play around where they were doing the work.
After a request to City Council from the Commission, the
North-west corner of president and Line Streets was given
the Commission for a Playground.. We moved the appara-
tus in less than a week and the playground was in full
swing again by the last of July and was taking care of
many more children than ever before. It is used to it's cap-
acity every afternoon that the weather permits. This has
met a great need in that section in keeping the children
occupied and off the streets and thus out of mischief. The
children have improved in their manners to a great extent
also. We have a good worker as Director there. We find
the colored children more careful of the equipment than
the children on the white playgrounds. Little is lost or
taken. We have match games among teams made up of
boys on the playground and also contests of different kinds
much interest is taken in the work by the colored people and
they are very helpful to us.

We would recommend for the coming year the establish-

ment of kindergarten work for the small children, during the
morning hours of our Summer session, this work to be
directed by the Directors and Supervisor. This will give
the small children something definite to do with their morn-
ing hours and is very helpful also.

We also recommend the establishment of carpentery,

basquetry, weaving, sewing etc. for the older girls and boys,
who are not interested particularly in the sports engaged
in at that time and who find sun too hot to play in. The
Directors v/ould carry this on.
We also recommend the carrying on of the leagues and
all other organized athletics we have hitherto engaged in,
with a broadening in any direction we can.
154 Mayor Grace's Animal Rcinew

The personnel of the Playground staff is as follows :

Mitchell-Miss Hallie Snowden and Mr. George Owens.

Marion-Miss Emmie Mayberry and Mr. David Hart.
Mall-Miss Betty Lucas and Mr. Andrew Kelly.
Colored-Beulah Crawford.

We are fortunate in having such a splendid corp of workers,

who are always intensely interested in the work and the chil-
dren under their supervision.
We are looking forward to the w^ork during the coming
year and a joy to be a factor in this great work to make the
Playgrounds a social center in the neighborhood.
Respectfully Submitted

CORRINE JONES,
Supervisor.

Financial Report, December 31, 1923.

Am't. Am't.
Budget Items Expended Allowed
Salaries 5,200.00 5,200.00
Equip. & SuppHes 800.00 800.00
Repairs \ 1,400.00 1,400.00
Meets and Festivals 200.00 200.00
Miscellaneous 400.00 400.00

Total 8,000.00 $8,000.00

Budget for 1924

Salaries $ 5,200.00
Repairs - 1,400.00
Equipment & Supplies 1,000.00
Meets & Festivals 200.00
Miscellaneous 400.00

$ 8,200.00
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezu 155

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF COLONIAL

COMMON AND ASHLEY RIVER
EMBANKMENT

To the Honorable Mayor

and City Council

The Board of Commissioners of Colonial Lake and Ash-

ley RiverEmbankment, respectfully submit the following
financial report for the year 1923

ANNUAL REPORT OF TREASURER FOR THE YEAR 1923

Receipts

Balance turned over by R. P. Evans, Treasurer $ 300.68

Rent Anderson Spool & Bobbin Company,
June 11, 1923 250.00
Rent Anderson Spool & Bobbin Company,
October 10, 1923 .- _ 250.00
Rent Anderson Spool & Bobbin Company,
November 10, 1923 250.00
$ 1,050.68

Disbursements

week ending April 28, 1923, to

Salary, Peter King,
week ending December 29, 1923 $ 720.00
Chas. Dry Dock & Machine Co., repairing flood gate 8.40
Adam Roessler, sharpening lawn mower and shears
July 11th 2.50
Adam Roessler, sharpening lawn mower and shears
September 29th 2.50
Ball Supply Co., new lawn mower, wheelbarrow
and -^arts for mower _ 30.90
$ 764.30

Balance in Bank January 1, 1924 $ 286.38

R. C. RICHARDSON,
Treasurer.
156 Mayor Grace's Annual Revinv

COMMISSIONERS OF MARION SOUARE

Charleston, S. C, January 14, 1924

To the Honorable Thos. P. Stoney, Mayor

and Members of City Council of Charleston

The Commissioners of Marion Square wish to report

number of improvements
that during the year 1923 quite a
were made which added to the looks of Marion Square.
The matter of lighting Calhoun Monument which had be-
come almost a public nuisance, has been solved. All curb-
ing was taken up and reset. Trees were trimmed for the
first time in years. Drains opened and new gratings placed.
We were handicapped in cutting grass due to our not hav-
ing a mowing machine and lack of funds to secure one. It
was necessary for us to buy all new tools due to the Citadel,
whose tools we had been using, moving to their new site.
We wish to recommend the following special appropria-
tion for 1924 in viev/ of the early opening of the Francis
Marion Hotel: that Fifteen hundred ($1500.00) Dollars
be allowed for placing ornamental poles on the inner edge
of each grass plot, the wires to be placed underground. We
believe that this will prove a wonderful improvement. Our
regular expenses can be taken care of by the following
amounts

Keeper $ 900.00
Lights 250.00
Labor 100.00
Supplies 1 50.00
Incidentals 100.00
New Lights 1,500,00

$ 3,000.00

H. O. WITHINGTON, Chairman,
Commissioners of Marion Square.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 157

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
Report of College Trustees.

To the Honorable
The City Council of Charleston :

The Board of Trustees of the College of Charleston beg

leave herewith to submit the Annual Report of the work
accomplished at the College during the year 1923. This
report was prepared by Dr. Harrison Randolph, the presi-
dent of the College faculty, and fully sets forth the trans-
actions for the year above mentioned.
The situation at the College is most encouraging. The
capacity of the institution to accommodate the very great-
ly increased number of students seeking an education has
been severely strained, and if the number continues to in-
crease additional accommodation will become necessary.

Respectfully submitted,
Board of Trustees of College of Charleston

JOHN F. FICKEN, President

There is submitted herewith the annual report of the

College for the year ending December 31, 1923.
The conspicuous feature of the recent development of
the College has been its rapid expansion since becoming a
free institution for residents of the city and county of Char-
leston. The enrollment of students is the largest the Col-
lege has ever had. There are 194 students in the college
classes and 179 students in the Night School of Commerce,
making a total enrolment of 373 students. In the College
classes thre are 112 men and 82 women; in the School of
Commerce there are 126 men and 53 women; thus of the
total attendance 238 are men and 135 are women. In the
School of Commerce the entire enrolment of 179 students
represents the city or county of Charleston. In the College
158 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcznezc

classes 149 students are from the and 45

city or county,
from other places. Of from the interior
the latter, 36 are
of the State, representing 22 counties; 4 are from Georgia;
and 1 each from \'irginia. North Carolina, Louisiana, Mis-
souri and Massachusetts.

To provide for this largely increased attendance there has

been such increase in the facilities and teaching force of the
College as its resources have permitted. There are now four-
teen professors in the Faculty, eight student-assistants, and
seven officers of administration including the registrar, li-

brarian, secretaries, etc. For the college classes there are

ten departments of instruction with thirteen professors giv-
ing sixty different courses. In the Xight School of Com-
merce This pro-
six professors give nine different courses.
gramme of free public instruction costs the city and coimt}"
of Charleston annually for the 328 Charleston students in
attendance the amount oi S144 per student. It is interest-
ing to note that statistics show this amount to be less than
one-third the amount per student expended by the the State
in the various State colleges.

With the gratification which is naturally felt at the ex-

pansion of the College and its greater opportunity for public
sen'ice, there is also the fear that gro^\-th at the present rate
may put too heavy a burden upon the College f-acilities and
teaching force, unless m.eans can be found to increase these
and provide adequately for a growing student-
facilities
body which has in the last four years more than quadrupled
itself.

Maixtexaxce of Standards.

Another problem which the increased enrolment has

brought is the greater difficult}* in m.aintaining the high
standard of scholarship of the College. With a small care-
fully selected student-body there was greater opportunit}- for
personal contact oi teacher and student and, wherever need-
ed, special, individual auention could be readily given. With
greater numbers the same sort of contact is impracticable.
 Mayor Grace's Anmial Review 159

and yet a rigorous maintenance of standards is more than

ever necessary. Naturally, there are many who are attrac-
ted to the College as a pleasant place to pass a year or two.
Such students soon reveal a negligent attitude towards their
collegework that is contagious and demoralizing. In order
to keep up the traditional standard of scholarly work the
College regulations require that every student's record shall
show at the end of each year a general rating of at least
50 per cent excellence; otherwise, the student is dropped
for scholastic deficiencies. Last June, fourteen such stud-
ents were dropped from the regular classes. This was 10
per cent of the enrollment at that time. The same test^ will
be enforced in June of each year, and any student whose
work fails to measure up to this required standard will be
dropped.

Night School of Commerce:.

The enrolment of 179 students in the Night School shows

a substantial increase over the enrolment of last year. The
higher entrance requirements which were exacted this year
did not cut dovm the enrolment the experience of the year
;

has shown on the contrary, that in consequence of this

higher admission standard the attendance has held up more
steadily than last year. An encouraging feature has been
the re-enrolment of a large percentage of those who success-
fully completed the courses offereed last year. Forty-four
out of about sixty such students returned for other courses.
The expansion of the scope of night instruction has greatly
widened its appeal. Instead of two courses, as given last
year, nine courses have been offered this year embracing in-
struction in accounting, economics, advanced marketing,
money and banking, business law, foreign trade, business
Spanish, business English, and industrial chemistry. Among
the School of Commerce, there are 34
students in the
managers (men in head positions,) 47 clerks (including
bookkeepers and salesmen), 15 teachers, 23 stenographers,
4 technical men, 3 city officials, 1 state legislator, and 4
farmers. The gratifying response from business circles to
160 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

this new development in the instruction offered by the Col-

lege,shows that it is meeting a definite need in the life of the
community.

Faculty and Officers.

In June, 1923, Professor Thomas della Torre resigned

from the chair of classics, and in October Professor N. W.
Stephenson resigned from the chair of history. The pro-
fessors elected by the Trustees during the spring of 1923
assumed charge of their departments at the beginning of the
session, namely, C. A. Graeser, M. A., professor of romance
languages; Horatio Hughes, Ph.D., professor of chemistry;
and P. G. Moorhead, Ph.D., professor of Latin and Greek.
Later in the summer Professor A. L. Geisenheimer was
elected professor of economics, Professor P. R. Weidner,
acting associate professor of English, Dr. R. S. MacElwee
was secured on
to deliver lectures during the present session
foreign trade, and Acting-Professor J. H. Easterby was
elected professor of history. In order to relieve in some
measure the heavy strain put upon some of the departments
of instruction by the rapid increase in the number of stud-
ents, it has been necessary to increase the list of student-as-
sistants.These positions are held by the following students
L. S. Miles, biology J. Addlestone, physics S. K. Johnson,
; ;

chemistry; H. S. McGillivray, Jr., chemistry; M. E. Mc-

Laughlin, history; M. A. McLaughlin, Jr., mathematics;
C. E. deVineau, Spanish; A. Walsh, library-assistant in
history.

Scholarships.

The award of scholarships in October, 1923, was as fol-

lows On the Boyce foundation, to L. S. Miles, S. K. John-
:

son, Sarah Griswold, Laura O. Roberts; on the O'Neill

foundation, to D. C. Barfield and on the Cohen foundation,
;

to W. H. Cross. Anastasia Walsh was continued as the

 Mayor Grace's Annual Review , 161

holder of the Miles scholarship, and F. H. Bailey as bene-

ficiary of the Julian F. Nohrden fund.
Respectfully submitted,

HARRISON RANDOLPH,
President.

REPORT OF COLLEGE TRUSTEES

Cash Transactions of the City College fund January 1, 1923
to December 31, 1923.

In Account with City Treasurer of Charleston January 1,

1923 to December 31, 1923:

To Cash received from City Treasurer

Appropriation for necessary ex
penses of Maintenances over and
above Income derived from In-
come from Endowment Fund as
follows $24,507.59
By Cash paid for Salaries and
Expenses $24,507.59

$24,507.59 $24,507.59

Respectfully submitted,

G. L. B. RIVERS,
Treasurer Board of Trustees, College of
Charleston.
162 ' Mayor Grace's Annual Rcz'iew

THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM

Charleston, S. C, January 15, 1924

Hon. Thomas P. Stoncy, Mayor,

and the City Council of Charleston.

Gentlemen :

In compliance with your request, I have the honor to

forward the report of the Director of the Charleston
Museum to the Trustees, giving an account of the work of
the Museum for the year 1923.

Very respectfully,

CHARLES W. KOLLOCK,
Board of Trustees,
President,
The Charleston Museum.

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM

FOR THE YEAR 1923.

To the Trustees of the Charleston Museum :

I have the honor to submit the following report for the

year 1923:
This has been the biggest year in the one hundred and
fifty years of the Museum's history. Taking up first the
question of attendance —
with not only pleasure but as-
it is

tonishment that I am able to report to you an increase of

over 7000 in the number of visitors to the Museum during
1923 as compared with 1922. In my last report I gave
you figures by months for attendance since 1919. Omitting
the detail, the attendance for the last five years is as follows

1919 1920 1921 1922 1923

30,341 38,717 49,103 50,536 57,971

The increase this year is the more remarkable since we

have had very few special openings since the spring. During
 Mayor Grace's Annual Revieiv 163

the anniversary meeting in April we did not register at-

tendance after the first day, so as to avoid counting visitors
more than once.
The outstanding feature of the year is, of course, the
celebration of the Museum's one hundred and fiftieth an-
niversary in April. As all Charleston knows, the American
Association of Museums held its eighteenth annual meeting
in Charleston, April 4th to 8th, for the observance of this
most significant date in American museum history. Char-
leston extended the warmest hospitality to the Museum's
Guests and I am happy to report to you that without excep-
tion,no one in Charleston or Charleston county refused to
help the Museum in any one of the many and varied ways it

asked for assistance. And the assistance volunteered was

most valuable and at times surprising.
Most important for the preparation of the Museum for
this anniversary was the special appropriation of $4000
granted by City Council for repairs and improvements to
the building. With this appropriation the building was
painted outside, the roof, with the exception of a strip on
the north side, was coated in with the Southern Cotton Oil
Company's roofing preparation, the original faulty construc-
tion of the windows around the galleries was corrected as
far as possible, a new chimney was 'ouilt, gutters were re-
newed, and the north door steps were repaired; inside, the
south gallery was floored and finished, the rear hall leading
to the lecture room was sheathed in, and the entire build-
ing re-kalsomined, plastered and painted wherever necess-
ary.
With these improvements and the building once more
tight it becarne possible to install all the galleries, to re-ar-
range the main hall so that the existing exhibits could be
logically placed, and the new exhibits can be added
where the cultural or natural history story they are to
tell calls for them. The general culture exhibit down
developed according to plans worked
stairs is therefore, to be
out several years ago. Upstairs, the north gallery is as-
signed to the South Carolina industrial exhibits, particular-
ly those of Charleston County. The east and south galler-
 164 Mayor Grace's Annual Revinv

ics can now be devoted to the preservation of whatever

pertains to the part Hfe of the people of South Carolina.
The first work ofnew year in the galleries will be on
the
The additions to the galleries during
the industrial exhibits.
the past year and the new material given for installation
during 1924 would require a report of their own for ade-
quate description.
In anticipation of the Museum's anniversary, the Cliarlcs-
ton county delegation gave proof of its consciousness of
the value of the Museum's worth to the community by a
special appropriation of two thousand dollars for prepara-
tion for and entertainment of the American Association
of Museum's. Among other things this provided the en-
tertainment of the convention not privately contributed by
individuals and nearly three of the six plate-glass Library
Bureau-built exhibition cases erected during the year; the
other cases were purchased from the regular county appro-
priation. Included in the county entertainment of our
guests was the Santee house-party, which was generally pro-
claimed the most delightful single episode in the history of
American museums. Charleston visitors to the north and
west this summer brought back word of delighted appre-
ciation of what Charleston did for its anniversary guests
and always with special reference to two phases of her hospi-
tality, the opening of the homes of Charleston for their re-

ception and the house party on South Santee.

This house party was made possible by the unprecedented
kindness of the Santee Gun Club which placed its club house
and grounds, its superintendent and attendants, and its
boats and reserves at the disposal of the Museum. The
owners of the plantations up the Santee entertained all
guests beyond the capacity of the Gun Club, and the Bish-
op of Lower South Carolina arranged for a special service
in Old Wambaw Church as a fitting conclusion to the whole
anniversary meeting. Guests to this meeting had come to
Charleston from the farthest limits of the United States and
from Canada. They were of the type of people who can
best appreciate what Charleston has been, is and stands for.
They went back to their homes telling an enthusiastic story
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 165

of Charleston and their days in it. They have not stinted

to give printed expression to this enthusiasm. Local papers,
metropolitan papers, magazines, and reports and publica-
tions of museums and learned societies have alike published
the story of the Charleston meeting for the one hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of its Museum. In numberless
ways the Museum is already experiencing benefits from
this bringing of the museums of the country to Charleston,
and with enlarged hotel service the city is going to add
many thousands to its tourists as the result of the publicity
this anniversary has broadcast.

The trustees of the Museum and the director personally

have made an effort to express their very deep and lasting
appreciation to each of the many individuals and organiza-
tions who assisted the Museum in preparation for, and en-
tertainment of, the Museum's anniversary guests. Char-
leston made this anniversary a community celebration and
the Museum extends to the people of Charleston its thanks
and its pledge of service to them.
A delightful aftermath of the convention is the so-called
Poe Group, by Dwight Franklin. This is a miniature model-
ed scene of Edgar Allan Poe on Sullivian's Island. Poe
had come to Sullivan's Island in the artillery service, hav-
ing enlisted under the name of Edgar A. Perry. January 1,
1829 he was raised to the rank of sergeant-major. On
January 12th he reached his twentieth birthday. Mr.
Franklin has chosen this month and has created a concep-
tion of Poe which satisfies our feeling of what he must
have been during this troubled period of his life. The Poe
Group is number of the visitors
the gift of a at the anniver-
sary meeting. Our warmest thanks is theirs :

A group of ladies in attendance from the Women's

Auxiliary of the Children's Museum of the Brooklyn In-
Members of the American Association of Museums
stitute,
on the Santee houseparty.

Miss Caroline Sinkler,

Mr. John D. Mcllhenny,
Mr. James L. Coker.
166 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

Illustrations of the Poe Group have been published in the

Literary Digest, The New York Evening Post's pictorial
supplement, in numbers of Southern newspapers, in the
Year Book of the Poetry Society of South Carolina, and in
Paris.
The Museum has two other examples of Mr. Franklin's
art: a spirited figure of an Iroquois Indian which is Mr.
Franklin's anniversary gift to the Museum, and a ''daylight
group" illustrating in the general culture exhibit an Egyptian
trading vessel in a Cyprus harbor exchanging pottery and
copper implements for lumber and copper ore. This is the
gift of Miss CaroHne Sinkler.
An important gift following the Santee houseparty is a
large cellection of wrought iron, including plantation-made
implements and a pair of beautiful gates. These, a ten-
bushel rice measure made from an old wine cask, a huge
trough-like tub for washing blankets, and a quaint old baby
xarriage are among the articles from The Wade. Mr. David
Doar, our trustee from South Santee, has added to his
valuable gifts a coach box, a sort of suit case in the days
of coach travel, and a drawer to the implements contributed
by himself and his brother, Mr. Samuel C. Doar, to the
turpentine industry exhibit for w^hich Mr. W. T. Harper has
presented a pine tree boxed in both old and modern fashion.
One of the most valuable gifts of the year is from Mrs.
Charles H. Bassett, of Summit, New Jersey, in recognition
of which Mrs. Bassett has been made a life patron of the
Museum. The gift makes an interesting costume exhibit
by itself and, combined with the Museum's already distinc-
tive exhibit and with other new material presented this
year, will form a collection excelled only in the larger
museums.
The and deposits during 1923 number over 487 ac-
gifts
cessions representing some 1200 catalogued items. A few
of general interest will be described in the forth-coming
numbers of the Quarterly, such as the gift of culture mater-
ial made in the name of Miss Anne T. Colcock, twenty-four

4-foot logs presented for the timber exhibit by the A. C.

Tuxbury Lumber Company, the Francis W. Holmes collec-
 Mayor Grace's Annual Revieiu 167

tion of deer antlers, the marine exhibit, and the World War
exhibit, material for which has been deposited by members
of the American Legion.
With one exception this report will not discuss the changes
in exhibits made during the year since these were so exten-
sive as to cover practically the entire Museum, the work of
installation being not confined to new exhibits but to the
improvement and re-arrangement of the old and a more
systematic grouping of the whole. The exception to which
I wish to call special attention is the new Library Bureau
case in the entrance hall, which contains the specimens
which have been longest in the Museum, presented, in fact,
before any other Museum now surviving in America, was
founded. There is now on hand a remarkably interesting
lot of material for installation during 1924 and the Museum
will start the year well equipped for development of its

exhibits and for more work.

efficient public instruction
Included in the work already under way is a series of
miniature, artificially lighted groups illustrating the Drama
of White Civilization. The first three of these will be ex-
hibited in January, the others will follow. They are to be
placed in a room by themselves, dark except for the light
within the groups, and will form a fascinating introduction
to the general culture exhibit. They are being made by Mr.
Edward I. R. Jennings and the interest on the William M.
Bird bequest for part of 1923 and for 1924 will be devoted
to them.
While not a regular member of the Museum staff, Mr.
Jennings is further doing valuable public instruction work.
His Saturday morning hand-work class in the making of
historical stage settings has worked truly astonishing re-
sults among the boys and girls,and the new series of
school exhibits by him will be the delight of the children
throughout the county. Two already finished show, with
paint and modeling, a Cherokee Indian village and a theatre
of the time of Shakespeare.
I am happy to report that Mr. E. Burnham Chamberlain

and Mr. Alexander Sprunt, Jr., have become regular mem-

bers of the Museum staff, Mr. Chamberlain as chief of the
168 Mayor Grace's Annual Revieiv

preparation department and Mr. Sprunt as ornithologist,

under Mr. Arthur T. Wayne, our honorary curator of or-
nithology. Through the kindness of Mr. W. deC. Ravenel,
Mr. Chamherlain has been studying in the National Museum
for the last seven months and Mr. Sprunt was there for two
months during the summer. We are greatly indebted to
the National Museum for the assistance thus extended to
us and also to Mr. Wayne for the kindness he has shown
in teaching Mr. Sprunt the fine points of ornithological
preparation which have made Wayne bird skins unique for
excellence in the collections of the country. Mr. Wayne
has expressed himself as willing to "back Mr. Sprunt's
work" and we are, therefore, certain that we can have no
one more skilful to develop the Museum's bird exhibits.
Mr. Sprunt's first work in 1924 will be the re-installation
of the South Carolina water birds on the plan followed in
his installation of the land birds last spring. Meanwhile
he will be collecting material for a large duck group to
show the species a sportsman may hope to see on an old
South Carolina rice field.
Mr. Chamberlain has specialized in the mounting of the
smaller mammals as well as deer. We have just received
enthusiastic thanks from Mrs. Dan Denny of the Young
Harriman, Tennessee, museum, for a marmoset which Mr.
Chamberlain mounted for her from a skin provided by the
National Museum. The Harriman Museum is one of the
small, new southern museums which has called on the
Charleston Museum for aid and it is good that we have
been able to furnish loan exhibits which have helped while
the museum was building up collections of its own.
Mr. Chamberlain's first large work will be exhibits for
the north gallery illustrating the industries of Charleston
county. With Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Sprunt on the
stafY, the Museum will be glad to fill requests for the motmt-
ing of birds and animals such as have been coming in for
years. All outside work undertaken by the Museum will be
done with the Museum's guarantee for quality.
As had been expected for some time, Mr. Edward A.
Hyer resigned in the spring and is now working indepen-
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 169

dently, having recently completed a series of beautiful

bird groups for the Nashville museum.Mrs. Hyer has
been granted an indefinite leave of absence in order to assist
Mr. Hyer. An announcement of Mrs. Hyer's attractive
book of poems, Santee Songs, will appear in the next num-
ber of the Quarterly.
Miss Bessie P. Ravenel has been transferred from the
volunteer to the regular staff and is in charge of the gal-
leries. During the summer months, Miss Helen McCormack
acted most acceptably as assistant in the children's work, and
Miss Virginia Rugheimer was in charge Sunday afternoons.
Miss Azalea H. Willis and Miss Susie W. Henderson have
continued as part time assistants.
Except for the changes noted above the staff remains the
same as last year. Miss Porcher has extended her excellent
work with the children, increasing the amount of reference
w^ork with schools, and broadening the activities of the
Boys' and Girls' Room. Aside from her innumerable duties
at the Museum, Miss Richardson has found time to build
up for the Museum a catalogued collection of over five
thousand different stamps and to contribute a valuable re-
search article to the Quarterly on Charleston fire marks.
This article has given rise to an active correspondence show-
ing a surprising interest in these little-known survivals of
the early insurance companies.
The honorary curators have been particularly active this
year. Mr. Wayne
has assisted and contributed constantly.
Mr. Mazyck has laid out for exhibition as much of the Dr.
Edmund Ravenel shell collection as the three fine new Lib-
rary Bureau cases will hold. This exhibit is to have attrac-
tive additions and to be completed during the coming year.
Professor Earle Sloan has spent months in the preparation
and installation of the South Carolina geology collection, a
large part of which is of his own gathering. Special publica-
tions in regard to both the Ravenel Shell and the South
Carolina Geology collections will appear later. Mr. Bennett
has, as usual, been indefatigable in his interest. His know-
ledge of South Carolina culture material, and that of the
experts from the big northern museums so kindly and con-
170 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

tiiuiously tendered, make available for ns a type of informa-

tion to be gained only tbron^h lon.^ years of study on the
part of the specialist.
Notable amon^" the publications of the Museum is Mr.
Bennett's brochure published in the spring as Contribution
No. 4 from the Charleston Museaun, under the title Apoth-
ecaries' Hall, a Uni([ue l{xbibit at the Charleston Museum.
An Ancient Drug-Shop whose Business Survived Plagues,
Wars, Great Fires and Karthciuakes for One Hundred and
Forty Years. Aside from the extensive demands for it in
this country, numbers of recjuests for copies have come from
Europe. The Museum has several interesting contributions
ready for publication early in the year but of widest appeal
and of inestimable value for the preservation of a South
Carolina story which might otherw'ise be lost, is Mr. David

Doar's history of rice culture in South Carolina, particularly

on lowxr Santee. This was written for the Museum and
carries a human interest as beautiful as it is tragic.
As have said before, 1923 was the Museum's biggest
I

year. For 1924 we shall have more restricted resources and

will need to choose with great care the lines of work to be
pursued so as to secure large returns from limited income.
At a hearing before the Charleston County Delegation in
November, the president of the Museum and the director
asked for the continuance for 1924 of the usual ^ mill
tax for theMuseum, this being the equivalent of the amount
granted in 1923 with out the $2000, special appropriation
so kindly given. Your representatives further asked for a
separate appropriation for ''the establishment and mainte-
nance of a free library for all^ Charleston County; free to
every man, woman, and child of sufficient age in Charleston
County ; this library to be known as the Charleston County
Public Library and funds administered by the Museum
its

on a budget separate from the Museum budget, wath a sep-

arate annual report and accoiuiting to the County delega-
tion all books purchased from the library appropriation
;

to bear a separate book-plate to distinguish them from the

10,000 books already in the Museum library and from such
books as the Museum may in future purchase or have
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezu 171

given it; the distinction between library and Museum prop-

erty to be carefully maintained, so that a separation of the
library from the Museum could be easily made, if in future
the two institutions outgrew each other or became, for
it

any reason, desirable to maintain them under separate

roofs."
The plan for this library was carefully outlined in the
Evening Post of December 3rd, and will be further discussed
in the Director's report to the County Delegation. Up to
the present, members of the Delegation have expressed
themselves as earnstly in favor of this plan and the grant-
ing of the appropriation requested for it.

In conformity with the action of the trustees at their meet-

ing of December 28th, I would recommend that City Coun-
cil be asked for $6000, for the maintenance budget. This
will be$3000, than was granted the Museum last year
less
and $90.00 less than the maintenance appropriation 5 years
ago. The item.s of expenditure for maintenance are given
in detail on the copy of the budget to be sent to the Ways
and Means Committee of City Council.
With $6000, from the City for maintenace, mill from %
the County for educational work and growth, and with the
appropriation asked for the organization and maintenance
of The Charleston County Public Library it should be possi-
ble with strict economy to maintain the two institutions on
an efficient basis. With less the undertaking of the Library
would be absolutely impossible.
In conclusion, I wish to thank the trustees collectively
and individually for the way in which they supported and
assisted me in the strenuous days of preparation for the an-
niversary celebration, and to add a special word of grati-
tude to the secretary for the many which
responsibilities of
he relieved me and Mr. Ellison A. Williams for the effici-
to
ent way in which he provded transportation for our guests
from the time they arrived until they left.

Respectfully submitted,

LAURA M. BRAGG,
Director.
172 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

Statement of Expenditures of City Appropriation

EOR THE Year 1923

Extracted from report of the treasurer of the Charleston

Museum.
Expenditure of $9000, appropriated by the City of Char-
leston for special repairs and part maintenance expenses of
the Charleston Museum for the year 1923, educational work,
new exhibits, and installation being supported by a county
tax and by contributions.

Special repairs $4,000.00

Maintenance salaries (in part)

Director, secretary, and one janitor 2,860.00

Building Maintenance
Including light, heat, water, plumbing, and roof
repairs, stove piping, kalsomining and paint-
ing beyond work provided for in special re-
pairs, extra cleaning, cleaning material, laun-
dry and incidentals 1,619.39
Carpenter Shop Maintenance 54.15
Administration Maintenance 220.50
Library Maintenance 245.96

$9,000.00
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 173

HIGH SCHOOL OF CHARLESTON

To President and Trustees

of ihe High School of Charleston.

Gentlemen :

I have the honor to make the following report in regard

to the work and condition of the High School for the past
year.
The following table shows the number of pupils enrolled
and their distribution in the three departments of the school
during the last six months of the 1922-23 session and the
first three months of the 1923-24 session

January 1st to June 20th

Classical Scientific Com'l. Total

First Class .... 28 24 23 75
Second Class 30 24 49 103
Third Class 94 56 150
Fourth Class 140 68 208

Total 292 48 196 536

September 24th to December 31st.

Classical Scientific Com'l. Total

First Class 27 28 13 68
Second Class 35 36 19 90
Third Class 77 70 147
Fourth Class 107 103 210

Total 246 64 205 515

Of the 536 pupils in attendance during session ending in

June, 472 were from the City Public Schools, under a con-
tract with the City Board of School Commissioners and the
amount paid for their tuition was $16,000.00. The number
of pupils enrolled whose parents reside outside of the city,
was 47, and the amount paid by the State Board of Educa-
tion for their tuition was $2,335.00.
174 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

The City Council has continued its interest in the insti-

tution and has pursued its customary liberal poHcy in mak-
ing generous appropriations for the support of the school.

The following are the sums voted for the year 1923 :

Contract with Board of Trustees $ 4,000.00

Maintenance and Repairs 3,000.00
Teacliers' Salaries 20,800.00
Clerk to Principal 720.00
Athletics 1,000.00
Coach for Major Athletic 1,200.00

$30,720.00

The Trustees elected the following teachers for Session

1923-24.

Robert V. Roy all, Principal.

Thomas F. Mosiman, Vice-Principal — English.
Clyde O. Ackerman, History.
Hervey Allen, English.
Paul G. Anderson, Latin.
Geo. A. Byrd, Science and English.
Norman A. Chamberlain, Jr., Latin.
W. Hoyt Cook, Latin and Greek.
A. C. Corcoran, English.
Leopoldo Doltz, Spanish.
Horace H. Early, Mathematics.
John B. Farrow, History.
Hal S. Fewell, Physics and Chemistry.
Geo. D. Grice, Com'l Subjects.
J. Earle Griffin, French.
Robert B. Jarvis, Com'l Subjects.
Harold E. Jervey, Science.
Albert Kahrs, Mathematics.
J.
Geo. W.Mclver, French.
Fred S. MuUer, Mathematics.
J. Alvin Tiedemann, Com'l Subjects.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 175

At the closing exercises of the eighty-fourth annual ses-

sion of the school held in the auditorium of the institution
—
on June 23rd a class of 34 young men the largest in the
history of the school —
having met the requirements for
graduation, received from the President of the Board, Mr.
M. V. Haselden, the certificates showing that they had com-
pleted the course of study required in the several depart-
ments.

The following are the names of the graduates

Robert Waller Achurch, Jr.
Jacob Tabor Bair, Jr.
David Coulson Barfield
Ivon Hayes Blackman, Jr.
Charles Rossiler Burbage
William Henry Burton
John William Douglas
Francis Ferdinand Drowota,
Arthur Franklin Edwards
James Clark Fletcher
Walter Guerry Green, Jr.
Mona Samuel Harris
Carl Frederick Heins
Willard Newman Hirsch
Joseph Hutchinson
Henry Walker Jordan, Jr.
Andrew John Kelly
John Hasel Knobeloch
Donald Hope McCall
Kenneth Prothro MacMillan
Henry George Mencken
Joseph Richard Moorer
James William Nantz
Johannes Vilhilm Nielson, Jr.
Jr. Sherrod Harvey Owens
Theodore Hamlin Petterson
Isadore Schreiberg
Holmes Alfred Semken
Joseph Abraham Shahid
Albert Stemmermann
William Harold Stender
Albert Prince ^aylor
William Bay VanNess, Jr.
Vernon Wylie Weston

The Colcock Conduct Medal, by the vote of his class-

mates,was awarded to Albert Stemmermann. Both the
Walter M. Whitehead mathematics medal and the Rene
Jervey Scholarship medal were won by D. Coulson Barfield.
The medals were presented by Col. Alfred Huger, who
gave the history of each medal and exhorted the recipients
to live up to the high standards of manhood and character
symboHzed by these emblems.
E. Willoughby Middleton, Esq., a High School graduate
in the class of 1908, delivered a forceful, instructive address
to the graduating class.

Respectfully submitted,

R. V. ROY ALL,
Principal, High School of Charleston,
176 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

REPORT
CITY BOARD OF PUBLIC SCHOOL COM-
MISSIONERS

for the City of Charleston for the year ending June 30, 1923,
pursuant to Act of the General Assembly, approved
February 24, 1908. (27 Vol. Statute, page 1349)

The City Treasurer is by law the custodian of the funds

coming from ordinary sources to the City Board of Public
School Commissioners for the City of Charleston. The
following account of the City Treasurer for the year ending
June 30, 1923, shows the amounts received by him for the
Public Schools of the City as well as the amounts paid by
him to the Clerk of the Board during the same period. The
account of the Clerk of the Board hereinafter given shows
the disbursement of these funds. The account of the Clerk
of the Board shows further the proceeds and disbursements
of the special Bond Account. The accounts of the City
Treasurer and of the Clerk of the Board further show the
transactions in connection with the debt service, viz., in-

terest on bonds, and sinking fund.

By special arrangement this session, the Board of Public

School Commissioners paid to the Board of Trustees of
the High School of Charleston $16,000 for which any boy
who had graduated at one of the White Elementary Public
Schools was entitled to attend the High School free of
charge and was allowed his choice between the Classical
and Commercial Courses.

A. B. RHETT,
Superintendent
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 177

CHARLESTON ORPHAN HOUSE.

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
GEO. W. WILLIAMS, Chairman.*
JWALTER PRINGLE, Chairman.
HAMPTON LOGAN, Vice-Chairman ProTem.
Robert H. Duryea Henry A. Molony
Henry H. Ficken Andrew B. Murray
Melvin Furchgott Walter Pringle
Isaac W. Hirsch Sidney S. Riggs
A. Cramer Koester Otto F. Wieters
§ Ellison A. Williams.

Principal and Executive Head

Mrs. ELIZABETH L. PAYNE.

Superintendent of School

J. P. SMITH.

Teachers

Miss Mary E. Hamlin Miss Lula B. Ham

Miss Emma McCallman Miss Lucia P. Hutchinson
Miss Barnwell R. Williams Miss Alice Smith
Miss Verona Harrelson Miss Anna Cory

Organist and Instructor of Music

Miss ELLA I. HYAMS.

Librarian
Miss MARY E. McNEiLL
* Died April 27, 1923.
t Elected May 3rd, 1923.
§ ElecJted May 8th, 1923.
178 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviczv

Serving Department

Miss DORA SWEATMAN.

Matro'its

Miss Eulalie Escoffier Mrs. Annie Gruber

Miss Josie Seabrook Mrs. Lula Miles
Mrs. Eliza Wyndham Mrs. Eliza Gardner
Mrs. Lottie Catterton Mrs. Letha Minis
Miss Stella Brunson

Housekeeper
Mrs. R. N. BANNER.

Engineer
ASHLEY L. BARTON.

Assistant Engineer
W. G. HOFFMAN.
Medical Faculty

Dr. T. GRANGE SIMONS

Dr. CHARLES W. KOLLOCK
Dr. R. McIVER WILBUR

Secretary and Treasurer of the Board

EDWARD H. PINCKNEY.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review
STANDING COMMITTEES:
COMMITTEE ON IMPROVEMENT AND
DISCIPLINE.
WALTER PRINGLE,
Sidney S. Riggs
Henry A. Molony
Otto F. Wieters
Andrew B.
COMMITTEE ON SCHOOLS
Henry H. Ficken, Chairman
Sidney S. Riggs
Ellison A. Williams
COMMITTEE ON REPAIRS
Sidney S. Riggs, Chairman
Henry H. Ficken
COMMITTEE ON RETRENCHMENT
AND REFORM
Henry A. Molony, Chairman
A. Cramer Koster
COMMITTEE ON PERVEYANCE
Otto F. Wieters, Chairman
A. Cramer Koster
COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS
W. Hampton Logan, Chairman
Robert H. Duryea
COMMITTEE ON CHAPEL
A. Cramer Koster, Chairman
Robert H. Duryea
BINDING OUT COMMITTEE
Ellison A. Williams, Chairman
Sidney S. Riggs
COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY
Andrew B. Murray, Chairman
Robert H. Duryea
179
Ex-Officio Chairman.
W. Hampton Logan
A. Cramer Koster
Ellison A. Williams
Murray
Andrew B. Murray
W. Hampton Logan
Ottdf^. Wieters
Henry A. Molony
Melvin Furchgott
Isaac W. Hirsch
Ellison A. Williams
Henry A. Molony
Isaac W. Hirsch
Henry H. Ficken
Andrew B. Murray
Isaac W. Hirsch
Henry H. Ficken
W. Hampton Logan
Otto F. Welters
Mevlin Furchgott
180 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

CHARLESTON ORPHAN HOUSE.

Charleston, S. C, January 1, 1924.

To the Mayor and Aldermen

of the City of Charleston :

Gentlemen : I have the honor to present herewith the

statement of Receipts and Expenditures of the Charleston
Orphan House for the year 1923, statement of the trans-
actions of the Trustees of the Orphan House Funds and
Estate; statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of the
private Fund of the Commissioners; also the report of the
various Standing Committees for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 1923, together with my report as Chairman.
All of which is respectfully submitted,

WALTER PRINGLE,
CJiairman Board of Commissioners
of the Charleston Orphan House

Statement of Receipts and Expenditures of the Charleston

Orphan House for the Year ending December 31, 1923.

RECEIPTS.
To amount received from interest on Public
Funds $ 10,605.23
To amount received from interest on W. Jef-
ferson Bennett Memorial Fund 2,000.00
To amount received from Commissioners Trust
Fund 4,067.78
To amount received from estate of Dr. R. L.
Brodie 1,400.00
To amount received from City Council 37,995.74
Street Paving 2,151.34

$58,220.09
 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcvieiv 181

EXPENDITURES.
By amount expended as per returns to City
Council $ 50,552.31
By amount Physician salaries 2,200.00
By amount expended from Commissioners Trust
Fund - 5,467.78

$58,220.09

EDWARD H. PINCKNEY,
Treasurer B. C. C. 0. H.

TRUSTEES ORPHAN HOUSE FUND AND ESTATE

JANUARY 1923, TO DECEMBER 31, 1923
1,

Receipts

To balance Trustees $ 7,455.70

W. J. Bennett Memorial Fund 14,818.26
$ 22,273.96
To Trutsees:
12 months' interest on $211,500.00, City 4%
Bonds July, 1923, and January, 1924. coupons 8,460.00
18 months' interest on $28,500.00 City 4%
Bonds, January, 1923; July, 1923, and Jan-
uary, 1924, coupons 1,71000
1 year's interest on deposit 435.23
Interest on Liberty Bonds 1,530.00
To W. J. Bennett Memorial Fund
1 year's interest on $98,000.00 City 4%
Bonds $ 3,920.00
1 year's interest on $10,000.00 4%
Sewerage.... 400.00
1 year's interest on $11,000.00 City5%
of Columbia 550.00
1 year's interest on deposit 810.31
5,680.31

$ 40,089.50

Expenditures
By Trustees:
Paid over to City for Current Expenses $ 10,170.00
Paid over to City for Current Expenses 435.23
By W. J. Bennett Memorial Fund
Paid over to City for Current Expenses 2,000.00
By balance Trustees $ 8,985.70
By balance W. J. Bennett Memorial Fund 18,498.57— 27,484.27

$ 40,089.50
182 Mayor Grace's Annual Revieiv

Assets

Trustees Cash _ : _ 8,98570

City of Charleston 4% Bonds 240,000.00
Liberty Bonds...._ ^ _ 11,000.00
$259,985.70
W. J. Bennett Memorial Fund
Cash „- _ $ 18,498.57
City of Charleston 4% Bonds _ 98,000.00
City of Charleston 4% Sewerage 10,000.00
City of Columbia 5% Bonds , 11,000.00
Liberty Bonds _ 25,000.00
162,498.57

Respectfully Submitted,

W. S. SMITH,
City Treasurer.

Examined and found corret:

WALTER PRINGLE,
Chairman Charleston Orphan House and Trustee
Orphan Funds and Estate.

W. J. BENNETT MEMORIAL FUND. DECEMBER 31, 1923.

1905 Bond purchased , $ 2,000.00

1906 Bond purchased „ 2,100.00
1907 Bond purchased _ 2,200.00
1908 Bond purchased _ _ 2,300.00
1909 Bond purchased : _ 1,000.00
191 Bond purchased 5,400.00
1912 Bond purchased _ 1,500.00
1913 Bond purchased 2,500.00
1920 Bondpurchased.... 25,000.00
1923 Cash in Bank. 18,498.57

$ 62,498.57
Original Donation _ 100,000.00

$162,498.57

Cash inBank drawing 5% daily deposits.

Respectfully Submitted,

W. S. SMITH,
City Treasurer.

Examined and found corret:

WALTER PRINGLE,
Chairman Charleston Orphan House and Trustee
Orphan Funds and Estate.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 183

List of Stocks, Bonds and other Securities belonging to

the PrivateFund of the Commissioners of the Charleston
Orphan House examined by Walter Pringle, Chairman,
Edward H. Pinckney, Treasurer, W. Hampton Logan,
Henry H. Ficken, Isaac W. Hirsch and Robert PL Duryea,
and deposited in lock box at the Atlantic Savings Bank,
thisOctober 30th, 1923.

?>^ City of Charleston 4% Bonds, each $1,000.. $38,000.00

7 City of Charleston 4% Bonds, each $500-. 3,500.00
3 City of Charleston 4^^^% Bonds, each $500 1,500.00
2 City of Columbia 4>4% Bonds, each $1,000 2,000.00
4 City of Florence 5% Bonds, each $1,000.... 4,000.00
Property of the Francis J. Pelzer Memorial
Fund —One (1) Registered Bond, 2nd
Liberty Loan 4j4% Converted 5,000.00
Property of the Adolph F. C. Cramer Memorial
Scholarship Fund —
One ( 1 ) Registered
Bond, 4th Liberty Loan, 4^4% Converted 5,000.00
Property of the Dr. William H. Huger Scholar-
ship Fund — 5 City of Charleston 4% Bonds
each $1,000 5,000.00
Property of the Bennett Medal Memorial Fund
One (1) City of Charleston 4% Bond 1,000.00
1 Certificate for 5 shares Walker, Evans &

Cogswell Co., Stock, par 500.00

1 Certificate for 14 shares Bank of Charleston

Stock, par 1,400.00

1 Certificate for 20 shares Magnolia Cemetery
Stock, par 2,000.00
1 Deed for 6 lots in Magnolia Cemetery

TRUST ESTATE OF DR. ROBERT L. BRODIE. '

In October 1923, the Hon. Joseph W. Barnwell, Trustee

of the above estate, rendered a statement of its affairs to

the Board of Commissioners, showing that he held at tha:t

time investments as follows:

184 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

In Bonds and Mortgages on Real Estate $99,715.00

In Bonds of municipalities in South Carolina.... 38,000.00
On Deposit in Banks 214.05

The securities were examined and the accounts of the

Trustee were approved by Walter Pringle, Chairman of
the Board of Commissioners of the Charleston Orphan
House and Geo. B. Buel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees
of the Connie Maxwell Orphanage. There are living at
this time four annuitants, who receive annually $4,000.00
from the net income of the estate, the balance, under the
terms of the then paid each year, one-half to the
will, is

Trustees of the Connie Maxwell Orphanage, and one-half

to the Commissioners of the Charleston Orphan House.
Upon the death of all tht annuitants the estate is to be
divided between the two above named Orphanages.
Abstract of Receipts and Expenditures of the Private
Fund of the Commissioner of the Charlestson Orphan
House, for the Year ending December 31st, 1923.

RECEIPTS.
To balance from last account $ 813.46
To Interest on Securities 2,924.85
Tc Income from Estate of Dr. R. L. Brodie 1,400.00
Loaned by Mrs. Payne from Revolving Fund.... 336.69

$5,475.00

EXPENDITURES.
By Paid salaries of Officers and Teachers $ 1,771.25
" expenses of College Students 1,180.20
" care of Lot Magnolia Cemetery 41.00
''
bank box rent, Directory (City) and
Newspapers 40.61
" Otis Elevator Company, inspection of
Elevator - 79. 59
" Printing Annual Reports 68.00
Repairs to Organ 10.00
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review . 185

Floral Tributes 45.00

Books, Music and Printing 144.85
Supplies Etc 266.71
Special Nursing 147.00
Expenses Christmas Dinner 200.19
Donations to Officers and Employees.. 678.00
Glasses for Children 164.08
Memorial Tablet 137.60
Repairs 88.70
For Anniversary 15.00
Expenses Teachers Summer School.... 150,00
Anesthetics 7.00
Adding Machine 125.00
Summer Outings 58.00
Christmas Toys 50.00

$5,467.78
Balance in Bank 7.22

$5,475.00
Examined and found correct,

W. H. LOGAN, Chairman HENRY H. FICKEN,

ISAAC W. HIRSCH, ROBERT H. DURYEA,
Committee on Accoimts.

WALTER PRINGLE,
Chairman.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE SCHOOL

The one hundred and thirty-third anniversary exercises
commemorating the founding of the Charleston Orphan
House were held on the 18th day of October 1923 in the
Chapel on Vanderhorst Street.
His Honor, Mayor Grace was present, as well as the
Commissioners and many friends of the institution.
Mr. Walter Pringle, Chairman of the Commissioners,
presided.
186 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcz lew

The singing- and recitations of the children reflected great

credit on the institution and showed the results of the care-
ful and expert instruction given them by Miss Ella I.
Hyams, their Musical Director.
The record of school attendance at the Orphan House
showed :

Highest number of pupils on the register during the

year 1923
Boys 114
Girls 125

Total 239
Average attendance during the year
Boys 105
Girls 112

Total 217
Admitted during the year
Boys 28
Girls 23

Total 51
Discharged during the year
Boys 30
Girls 29

Total 59

Ralph Millings entered the Charleston High School in

September 1923.
James Fletcher Mazyck left Clemson College in the Fall
of 1923.

BOYS' INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT.

The Boys' Industrial Department was operated most
satisfactorily during the year.The department installed
the one hundred and forty-six new desks and repaired
more than four hundred chairs and stools during the year.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 187

Two of the boys took lessons in cane wor]<: and are now
qualified to look after work of this kind. They have re-
caned a number of chairs, etc.

GIRLS' INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT

The Girls' Industrial Department, as usual, did a most
creditable quantity of work and the neat and tidy appear-
ance of the children showed the thoroughness and efficiency
of this department.
Its report shows that besides the mending of all stockings
and garments, and the marking of all articles worn or used,
there were made 676 dresses, 631 boys' shirt-waists, 124
pairs rompers, 1,110 suits of underwear, 889 sheets and
pillow cases, 996 table cloths, doilies and towels, overalls 27,
bed ticks, 16,702 dresses and suits altered and repaired.
The Laundry work which was done by four women, with
the help of the girls, amounted to 1,175,231 pieces during
the year.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY H. FICKEN, Chairman,
ANDREW B. MURRAY,
W. HAMPTON LOGAN,
ELLISON A. WILLIAMS.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RETRENCHMENT

AND REFORM.
Your Committee has been mindful of the necessity to
make what retrenchment are possible to meet any reduction
in appropriations that the City may find necessary for the
year 1924 and with this in view, are endeavoring to curtail
expenses where possible, tho' there appears to be already
rigid economy practiced in all departments.
H. A. MOLONY, Chairman, MELVIN FURCHGOTT,
A. CRAMER KOSTER, ISAAC W. HIRSCH.

REPAIRS BY OUTSIDE LABOR.

The following necessary and important repairs and
improvements have been made during the past twelve
188 Mayor Grace's Aiuiual Rcviezv

months, under the supervision of Mr. Barton and Mr.

Hoffman.
Childrens' Dining Room and Officers' Dining- Room, dish
washer room repaired and painted, school room and one
class room, two office rooms and parlor repaired and
painted, parlor furniture upholstered and varnished five
bath rooms painted. Back gate made and put up, front gate
reset, shed built between kitchen and milk pantry, three
new doors in basement put up, flooring in three entries
repaired. Stairs on west wing rebuilt, vallies on house, and
copper roof in cupola, two gas ovens, flush tanks in boys'
toilet, and two boiler furnaces repaired, ventilators cleaned

and replaced.

IMPROVEMENTS.
Permanent improvements were made to the plumbing
system as per plans and specifications of J. D. Newcomer,
Architect, and the work was ably done by A. J. Riley.
This consisted of the installation of lavatories, toilets and
baths in four rooms and fixtures were taken out of eight
rooms and reset in strict conformity with the city ordinances
governing such work.

REPAIRS BY INSIDE LABOR.

Mr. Hoffman with the assistance from the boys.
An enclosure made between bath house and main build-
ing— 390 ft. of 5 ft. and 49 ft. of 10 ft. picket fence built
and 8 gates made for same. 194 window lights, 18 sash
cords put in, 865 ft. steam pipe renewed, 42 leaks stopped,
27 toilets and 10 lavatories unstopped and foot troughs un-
stopped 14 times, 16 window screens and six screen doors
rebuilt, 110 electric cords, 39 electric irons repaired, 10 new
locks put on, 21 doors and 35 locks repaired, 26 chairs and
6 tables repaired, 1 safe repaired and painted, 64 shelves and
2 wheelbarrows built, 4 wheelbarrows repaired, dish washer
repaired and unstopped, 4 toilets taken up cleaned and reset,
2 faucets put on drinking fountain, 2>6 ft. of drain pipe and
2x2 sand pit dug and bricked for fountain. Play ground
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 189

apparatus overhauled ; 9 repairs to the pump ; 1 to the en-

gine and one to the small heater.
; 1 table and 1 desk cleaned
and varnished, 1 blackboard put up. Steam pipes in bath
house repaired and hand sink reset. 12 mattresses made
and 1216 pairs of shoes were mended. Platform put up
in chapel several times, pipe frames made for curtain and
several minior things made which were necessary for the
various school programs carried out during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
SIDNEY S. RIGGS, Chairman,
HENRY H. FICKEN,
OTTO F. WIETERS,
HENRY A. MOLONY.
REPORT OF PURVEYANCE COMMITTEE.
The Committee on Purveyance begs to submit the follow-
ing report for the year 1923
Bread $ 2,454.86
Books Etc 74.77
Dry Goods, Shoes 8,131.70
Drugs 408.34
Fuel 3,173.12
Groceries 5,102.12
Insurance 411.05
Lights 241.89
Meat 1,151.97
Milk 1,759.55
Miscellaneous 689.73
Petty Cash 1,500.00
Repairs 3,493.65
Salaries 20,223.02
Physician's Salaries 2,200.00
Paving 2,008.70
Plumbing 4,504.61
Architect's Fee 225.23

TOTAL .„ $52,752.31

The garden this year contributed the follov^ing vegetables

to the food supply :

134 dozen Squash.

53^ Bushels Snap Beans.
117 Dozen Ears of Corn.
285 Bunches of Beets, 10 to the bunch.
190 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

17 Bushels of Carrots.
7^ Bushels of Onions.
157 Dozen Tomatoes.
74 Dozen Egg Plant.
19^ Bushels Okra.
Respectfully submitted,
O. F. WIETERS, Chairman, ELLISON A. WILLIAMS
HENRY A. MOLONY, A. CRAMER KOSTER.
REPORT OF BINDING OUT COMMITTEE.
The Binding Out Committee respectfully submits the
following report of admissions to and discharges from the
House during the year ending December 31, 1923.
Boys admitted 27 Girls 23
; Total 50.
;

Boys discharged 28; Girls 28; Total 56.

ELLISON A. WILLIAMS, Chairman, H. H. FICKEN,
W. HAMPTON LOGAN, SIDNEY S. RIGGS.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY

The Committee on Library begs leave to report that there
arenow in the Library 5,595 Volumes and 762 Pamphlets
and Magazines.
Since the last report there have been added to the Library
22 Volumes, 141 Magazines and Illustrated Papers.
The children drew from the Library regularly throughout
the year, but in the summer vacation, devoted more time to
reading under the supervision of the Librarian, the teachers
and older girls assisting by reading suitable books to the
younger children.
One thousand seven hundred and eighty-one books have
been drawn during the year.
The Library is opened fifteen hours during the week for
research work and during that time the higher grades have
;

read 836 Magazines and Illustrated Papers, thus keeping

in touch with the current events of the day.

MURRAY, Chairman,
A. B. R. H. DURYEA,
OTTO F, WIETERS, MELVIN FURCHGOTT.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 191

IN MEMORIAM.
GEORGE WALTON WILLIAMS.
MR. GEORGE W. WILLIAMS, the eighteenth in order
of Chairman of the Commissioners of the Charleston
Orphan House since its organization in 1790, after an
illness of nearly four months in Philadelphia, Pa., where
he had gone for medical treatment, died in that city on
Friday, April 27th, 1923, in the sixty-fourth year of his
age, having been born on January 20th, 1860, in Charleston.
He was mourned by the citizens of Charleston,
sincerely
where all who knew him loved him, and by his many friends
throughout South Carolina, and far beyond the borders
of the State.
MR. WILLIAMS was elected one of the Commissioners
of the Orphan House on January 13th, 1903. On July
30th, 1908, he was made Acting V^ice Chairman Pro Tem
On January 14th, 1909 Vice-Chairman Pro Tem. On April
6th, 1916, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Com-
missioners and continued to fill that position with con-
spicuous ability until the day of his death. Although MR.
WILLIAMS was officially Chairman of the Board for
only seven years he actually performed the duties of Chair-
man for nearly fifteen years, or from the time of his being
elected Acting Vice-Chairman Pro Tem. on July 30th, 1908;
the other officers being prevented from attending to these
duties because of ill-health. MR. WILLIAMS' service
on the Board was for a continuous period of twenty years.
WHEREAS, it has pleased Almighty God to remove
from amongst us our highly esteemed and much beloved
Chairman, MR. GEORGE W. WILLIAMS, be it Re-
solved by the Board of Commissioners of the Charleston
Orphan House:
That, in the death of MR. WILLIAMS we have suffered
the loss of a sincere friend, a man of sterling worth, a
charming companion and a co-worker of the most earnest
and devoted character.
192 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviezv

That, the City of Charleston has lost a citizen of the high-

est type, who served as Alderman for twelve years, from
December 14th, 1891 through 1903, during the term of
office of Mayor John F. Ficken and Mayor J. Adger Smyth,
and has worked for Ikt interest at all times. He further
served as one of the Trustees of the William Enston Home
and on the Board of Park Commissioners. He was also
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Epworth Orphanage
of Columbia, S. C.
That, the Charleston Orphan House has lost an ideal
officer. One who, of independent financial means, was
able to give and did give almost and attention
his entire time
to the manifold duties devolving upon the Chairman of
the Board of Commissioners, and by his thoughtfulness,
foresight, good judgment and never-failing interest, the
have been conducted successfully
affairs of the Institution
and happily, and numerous alterations, improvements and
additions to the buildings, and betterment in the work,
have been accomplished during the many years that he has
served as Commissioner and as Chairman of The Board.
That, the children of the Orphan House, the principal,
all others connected with
superintendent, and teachers, and
the institution, have lost a loving and devoted friend and
counselor, and one whose happy disposition, smiling counte-
nance and kindly address will long be missed.
That, these Resolutions be inserted in the Minute Book
of the Board.
That, a page in the Minute Book be inscribed to his
memory.
That, a copy of these Resolutions be sent to the widow
and family of MR. WILLIAMS, with the assurance of
the sympathy of the Commissioners in their bereavement.

W. HAMPTON LOGAN,
ROBERT H. DURYEA,
A. CRAMER KOSTER.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 193

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHAPEL.

During the year 1923, services were held regularly in
the Orphan House Chapel on Sunday afternoons, with
the exception of four Sundays. January 18th when the
chiljdren attended the "Children's Serivce" held by Dr. R.
—
N. Torry in the 2nd Presbyterian Church, April 29th when
the children attended 'the funeral of George W. Williams,
—
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Nov. 3rd when
services was held in the Schoolroom on account of the in-
—
clemency of the weather, December 16 when the children
attended the "Billy Sunday serivce" held in the Tabernacle.
The Committee wishes to express thanks and appreciation
to the following members of the Clergy and friends who
so cheerfully responded to the requests to officiate at the
services in the Chapel:
Rev. A. M. Rich, Rev.J. E. Bailey, Rev. Harold Thomas
(2), Rev. S. Cary Beckwith (2), Rev. J. Howard Worth
(2), Rev. J. H. Danner (3), Rev. D. N. Bushbee (2),
Chaplain E. W. Davis, U. S. N (2), Rev. F. E. Buddin (3),
Rev. Geo. A. Nickels (2), Rev. Raymond Browning, Evan-
gelist, Rev. Wallace Martin (2), Rev. J. W. Hickman (2),

Rev. C. C. Coleman (2), Rev. H. D. Bull, Rev. Geo. L.

Gongaware (2), Rev. Carl S. Smith, Rev. Homer W. Starr
(2), Rev. Alexander Sifton (2), Mr. C. F. Nesbitt, Y.
M. C. A., Rev. Alexander Sprunt (2), Mr. C. R. Boucher,
Y. M. C. A., Mr. Bartow Harris, Rev. P. H. Anderson,'
Rev. C. F. Wimberly, Mr. Lewis Buckley, Y. M. C. A.,
Rev. A. S. Thomas, Mr. J. P. Winningham, Rev. F. H.
Shuler, Rev. I. E. Long, Mrs. Wm
Asher, and Mr. J. D.
Cappelmann.
The services in the Chapel on the afternoon of Sunday,
July 15, were of more than ordinary significance to all
who hold a deep interest in the Charleston Orphan House
in that they were conducted entirely by former Orphan
House pupils. Mr. Bartow Harris, who was graduated
from the Institution in 1916, preached the sermon. He
is at the present time a ministerial student at Furman Uni-
versity, Greenville, S. C. At the organ for the service was
194 Mavor Grace's Annual Rcz lew

Miss Jennk Oplan, who is also a former pupil of the

Orphan House, she is at present studying piano at the
Peabody Conservatory of Music at Baltimore. Added to
this unique and gratifying incident was the fact that Mr.
A. B. Murray, also a former pupil of the Charleston Orphan
House, was the Commissioner of the week and as such was
also connected with the sei'vice, making it one exclusively
handled by former Charleston Orphan House pupils.
On Easter Sunday an appropriate program of hymns and
recitations was enjoyed by a large congregation.
On December 23rd, the traditional Carol Service was
given under the direction of Miss Ella I. Hyams, Mr.
Arthur Speissegger assisting at the organ.

CRAMER KOSTER, Chairman

A.
ANDREW B. MURRAY, ROBERT H. DURYEA,
ISAAC W. HIRSCH.

REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN.

As Chairmanof the Board it becomes my duty to submit
to you the foregoing financial statements and the reports
of the Standing Committees of the Board of Commissioners
of the Charleston Orphan House for the year 1923.

On January 1, 1923, there w^ere in the House:

Boys, 106; Girls, 115; Total 221.

Admissions during the year

Boys, 27; Girls 23; Total 50.

Withdrawals during the year:

Boys 28; Girls 28; Total 56.

Highest number on register during the year

Boys 119; Girls 127; Total 246.

On December 31, 1923, there were in the House:

Boys 105; Girls 110; Total 215.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 195

The year ending December 31st, 1923 has shown a con-

tinued forward step in all directions pertaining to the wel-
fare and efficiency of the Institution.

The health of the children has been good as

; in previous
years,it is a matter of sincere thanksgiving that no deaths

have occurred among them.

During the month of January an epidemic of Influenza
of a fairly mild type, enveloped the house, but by the un-
tiring efforts of our own able corp of workers, the situation
was kept under control.

To Dr. T. Grange Simons, house Physician, whose un-

tiring watchful care, and to Dr. R. Mclver Wilbur, Dental
Specialist, and to Dr. Chas. W. Kolloch specializing on
the eye, ear, nose and throat. The Board of Commissioners
wish to extend their appreciation for their conscientious
attention and the good results especially noticeable among
the new childrencoming in during the year.
Among the prominent visitors to the Institution was that
W. S. Sunday and party, who paid several visits
of Rev.
during their celebrated campaign in our City. All of them
were generous in their praise of the spirit of orderliness,
intelligence and good health exhibited by the children.

Sunday School, under its faithful Superintendent, Mr.

C. O. Getty has continued regularly in its good work.
The Department of Music, under the direction of Miss
Ella I. Hyams deserves special mention. Those who heard
the singing of the children's Christmas Carols on December
21st, were enthusiastic in their praises.

To the Rotary, Kiwanas, Elks and other clubs and in-

dividuals, who have so kindly entertained the children dur-
ing the year, the Commissioners, desire to express their
grateful apprtciation.
It is with deepest regret that we report that on the 27th,
of April 1923, the Institution received a great loss in the
death at Philadelphia, Pa., of their beloved Chairman of
the Board, Mr. Geo. W. Williams. The remembrance of
which continues to be deeply felt by those acquainted with
 196 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

the Institution and who are constantly mindful of his un-

tiring eliorts in its behalfand continue to speak their ad-
miration of his unselfish devotion and love for the children
and all its inmates.

Mr. Williams, left a generous legacy to the Orphan House

Private Fund of $5,000.00, v^hich will come under official
notice in the coming year. The Board of Commissiontrs
adopted resolutions and a tribute of respect to Mr. Williams
memory, which will be found elsewhere in this report.
The Board also gratefully acknowledges receipt during
the year of a very generous bequest of $5,000.00 to the
Private Fund
in the will of the late Miss Mary L. LeQueux,
Principal whose death was recorded in our Year Book of
1922. The Board desires also to acknowledge the bequest
of one City of Charleston 4% $1,000.00 Bond, thru' Mr.
A. B. Murray, from the Estate of the late Mrs. A. B.
Murray, this to be known as the Bennett Memorial Medal
Fund, interest on same to be appropriated each year to the
purchase of the Bennett Medal, given annually to the school.

The Board desires to take this opportunity to express its

genuine gratification and to commend the able and untiring
services and watchful care of the Principal of the house,
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Payne, the successor to the late Principal,
Miss Mary E. EeOueux. The competant and conscientious
corps of teachers and matrons, the healthly and attractive
appearance of the children, their efficient and orderly con-
duct and the general progress that the children and the
Institution has made, all demonstrate how ably Mrs. Payne
has handled this difficult task.

I feel it is a duty in this report to draw attention and pay

a tribute, so justly due, to one who has for 47 years devoted
his whole life to most efficient and loyal service in the in-
terests of Charleston's childrtn as a conscientious, faithful,
honest City employee, Mr. Ashley L. Barton, (age 73),
should be placed prominently with all the others. For nearly
half a century, Mr. Barton, now assisted by Mr. Hoffman,
who is an able and earnest worker likewise, has taken care
 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviezv ^197

of the heavier duties and work of the Orphan House House-

hold, day in and day out, Mr. Barton has seen to the com-
forts of the children and inmates, warming their bodies

and souls in the cold winters of almost half a century, min-

istering to their other physical wants and with an untiring
earnestness and simplicity that never wearied. I feel it a
duty, as well as a pleasure to call your attention to this
faithful employee, an honor to be a citizen of the City that

produces such worthy characters. I am reversing the usual

order of such matters and not waiting to give this just com-
mendation when it could no longer reach him here.

I am deeply indebted to the Board of Commissioners, that

thru' their great assistance, thru' their sympathetic, earnest

and intelligent judgment, the affairs of the Institution are

working steadily forward and I feel that the one-hundred
and thirty-third year ' The Charleston
in the history of

Orphan House, has shown advancement and continues to

reflect great credit to our City.

All of which I have the honor to submit,

Respectfully,

WALTER PRINGLE,
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners,
Charleston Orphan- House.
198 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

CITY ORPHAN ASYLUM

ACCOUNT OF MONEY RECEIVED FROM CITY TREASURER

FOR CITY ORPHAN ASYLUM, FROM JANUARY 1st,
DECEMBER 31st, 1923.
RECEIPTS

To received from City Treasurer, regular appropriation $ 9,000.00

To additional appropriation for repairs 1,000.00

$10,000.00

EXPENDITURES
By Paid for Bread $ 1,364.65
Groceries 1,407.94
Meat, Butter and Lard :. 1,302.27
Dry Goods 670.95
Drugs 155.40
Fruit and Vegetables 386.58
Ice 111.60
Milk 204.41
Coal and Wood 995.50
Books and School Supplies 85.00
Chicken food 154.90
Stationery, Combs and T. Paper 22.39
Electric Supply Co 173.12
Paint and Varnish 44.27
Printing 6.00
China and Glass 10.30
Gas and Electric Light 99.12
Principal Matron 620.75
News and Courier 9.44
Hardware 110.23
Plumbing and Repairing Roof 314.46
Shoes and Clothing 341.63
Repairs and Carpentering 1,087.80
Furniture, Linoleum and Rugs 321.29

$10,000.00
 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcvievu 199

WILLIAM ENSTON HOME

The Honorable Mayor and Aldermen,

Charleston, S. C.

Gentlemen:

Please find enclosed financial statements for the year

The William Enston Home, and
1923, of the Trustees of
The WilHam Enston Home Annuitants' Fund.
Respectfully,

F. M. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.

THE WILLIAM ENSTON HOME.

Cash Statement from January 1, 1923 to December 31, 1923.

RECEIPTS :

To Balance, Cash in Bank December 31, 1922 _.... $ 11,094.09

To Interest for 1923 9,217.74
To Income— Surplus from Annuitants' Fund for 1923 8,149.40
To Income— Rent of Small Farm 125.00

$28,586.23

DISBURSEMENTS
By Purchase $10,000 Camden. S. C, 5% Bonds @ $102.50 ..-$ 10,250.00
By Current Expenses... 4,407.32
By Fuel and Lights ._ 2,1 96.41
By Balance— Cash in Bank 11,732.50

$28,586.23

ASSETS
5,000.00 Belton 5% Bonds costing $ 5,025.00
54,000.00 Charleston 4% Bonds costing 50,836.52
15,000.00 Charleston 5% Bonds costing 15,750.00
5,000.00 Cerokee 4i^% Bonds costing 4,632.00
20,000.00 Greenville - — 5% Bonds costing ._. 21,150.00
8,000.00 Greer's 5% Bonds costing 8,000.00
5,000.00 Columbia 41/2% Bonds costing 5,300.00
20,000.00 Columbia 5% Bonds costing.... 21,640.00
5,000.00 Manning 51/2% Bonds costing 5,287.50
5,000.00 Florence 5% Bonds costing 5,250.00
5,000.00 Anderson 5% Bonds costing.. 5,350.00
10,000.00 U. S. 2nd Liberty 4%% Bonds costing 10.000.00
10,000.00 U. S. 3rd Liberty 414% Bonds costing 9,740.00
10,000.00 Camden 5% Bonds costing 10.250.00
6,000.00 Neberry 5% Bonds costing 6,120.00
8,000.00 Rock Hill 6% Bonds costing 8,045.00
5,000.00 Hartsville 6% Bonds costing 5,125.00
11,732.50 Cash in Bank 11,732.50

$207,732.50 $209,233.52

E. E. Charleston, S, C, December 31, 1923.

ARTHUR LYNAH,
President.
200 Mayor Grace's Annual Rnnew
WM. ENSTON ANNUITANTS' FUND.— STATEMENT No. 41.

Cash Tranactions of John F. Ficken, R. G. Rhett and W. E. Butler, Trustees.

From January 1. 1923 to December 31, 1923.
RECEIPTS
January 1, 1923, Cash balance
bank in „ $ 367.87
January 6, 1923, U. S. War Savings Stamps Redeemed 131.84
Jan. 6, 1923, Interest War Saving Stamps _ $ _ 28,16
Jan. Interest S. C. Refunding 4% Bonds Net 480.00
Jan. and July Int. Charleston: 4% Bonds Net 3,060.00
Jan. and July Int. Wilmington- 4% Bonds Not 880.00
Jan. and July Int. Greenwood- _.6% Bonds Net - 360.00
Jan. and July Int. Greenboro 4% Bonds Net 600.00
Jan. and July Int. Montgomery A'^A% Bonds Net..... 720.00
February Interst Lancaster- „ --4% Bonds Net
_
360.00
March and Sept. Int. Union ._. 6% Bonds Net _ 1,200.00
March and Sept. Int. U. S. Liberty 3d A\i% Bonds Net 212.50
April and October Int. Aiken -41^% Bodns Net _
495.00
March and October Int. Charleston -4% Bonds Net— 20.00
April and October Int. Gaffney 5% Bonds Net 500.00
June and December Int. Dillon 5% Bonds Net 100.00
July Interest, Greenville — — -4%% Bonds Net ... 360.00
Dec. 1921 Interest Chesterfield 6% Bonds Ne6 900.00 10,275.66

$10,775.37

DISBURSEMENTS
Annuities for 1923 ....$ 1,425.00
Expenses of Administration 200.00 $ 1,625.00

Surplus paid Trustee Wm. Enston Home 8,149.40

Trustees' Commission on Receipts $10,257.66
Trustees' Commission on Annuities 1,625.00
(Including Expenses Paid)
Trustees' Commission on Surplus Paid Trustees
Wm. Enston Home 8,149.40

$20,005.96 @ 21^% 501.26

Balance Cash in Bank— .-..'- „. ! 499.71

$10,775.37

ASSETS:
% 5,000.00 U. S. 3rd Liberty 4%% Bonds costing $ 5,000.00
11,000.00 Aiken. S. C 41/2% Bonds costing 10,991.50
77,000.00 Charleston, S. C 4% Bonds costing... 55.661.18
15.000.00 Chesterfield, S. C .6% Bonds costing.. 17,054.04
2,000.00 Dillon, S. C. .— 5% Bonds costing.. 2,031.94
10.000.00 Gaffney. S. C 5% Bonds costing... 10,383.94
15,000.00 Grensboro, N. C ....4% Bonds costing 13,752.78
8,000.00 Greenville, S. C, Road ......41/2% Bonds costing 7,849.00
6,000.00 Greenwood, S. C ...6% Bonds costing. 6.565.65
9,000.00 Lancaster. S. C .4% Bonds costing. 8.865.00
16.0015.00 Montgomery. Ala. 4%% Bonds costing 16,640.00
12,000.00 S. C. Refunding 4% Bonds costing 12,000.00
20.000.00 Union, S. C 6% Bonds costing. 20,315.00
22,000.00 Wilmington, N. C 4% Bonds costing — 22,235.90
499.71 Cash in Bank 499.71

$228,499.71 $209,845.64

E. E. Charleston. S. C, December 31, 1923.

JNO. F. FICKEN,
R. G. RHETT,
W, E. BUTLER.
Trustees.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 201

CHARLESTON HOME

Charleston, S. C, January 1st, 1924.

To his Honor the Mayor and Aldermen

of the City of Charleston.

I have the honor to present herewith the Annual Report

of the Charleston Home for the year 1923.
Respectfully,

J. F. O'ROURKE,
Chairman.

Mr. J. F. O'Rourke, Chairman and Commissioners

of the Charleston Home.

Ladies and Gentlemen

I have the honor to present herewith my annual report

for the Charleston Home for the year 1923.
—
December 31st, 1922 Number of inmates in the Home, 45.
—
Admitted, 1923 Males, 10; Females, 5. Discharged Males, 10; —
—
Females, 10. Deaths Males, 5; Females, 3.
—
In Home, December 31st, 1923 Males, 16; Females, 9. At Hospital
— Males, 4 Females, 3; total, 32.

Outdoor Pensioners.

Number drawing number of rations issued, 2941;

rations, 4,288;
average number drawing weekly, 82 average number issued weekly, 56
;

amount expended for rations, $648.01 average cost per ration for
;

1922, 18%c average cost per ration for 1923, 22c.

;

EXPENDITURES.
Bread $ 455.85
Coal - 716.50
Men*s Clothes 347.60
Drugs - 86.12
Dry Goods 503.91
Fruit, Vegetables _ 195.30
Fish, Poultry 48.30
Groceries _ 2,573.98
Grist, Home .- 68.45
House Furnishings 296.42
Hats and Shoes „_ 187.50
202 Mayor Grace's Ajiinial Review

Insurance, 3 years _ 223.20

Ice - 89.10
Laundry _ 141.97
Light and Gas 361.84
Meats _ 797.95
Milk 173.11
Miscellaneous 6.00
Newspapers and Printing 29.00
Repairs _ 1,28.58
Wood 139.25
$ 8,569.93
Sundry Supplies 1,275.00
Salaries, officers -- 2,300.00
Salary, fireman 125.00
3,700.00
Outdoor Pensioners _ 648.01
: 648.01

$12,917.94
Appropriation $13,000.00
Expenditures 12,917.94

Balance $ 82.06

Another year has passed and our accomplishments are

very gratifying. Your help and co-operation were of great
benefit to us in making many improvements.
The residences of the Superintendent and Clerk were
renovated and repaired, the office modernly equiped includ-
ing a telephone booth. All necessary repairs to building
and appurtenances caused by natural decay were done and
everything put in first class condition.
Several improvements are contemplated for this year
amongst them, the renovating of the interior of the build-
ing and the installation of a fire-proof vault for our histori-
cal records.
The health of the inmates has been excellent due to
perfect sanitary conditions and the faithful and competent
Frank Heidt.
services of the attending physician Dr.
More than
ninety and entertainments
divine services
were held and over eighteen hundred visitors were shown
through the Home. We now have a very comfortable Home
with all modern improvements.
Thanking you for your confidence and help.
Respectfully,
W. H. PIEPER.
Superintendent
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 203

ROPER HOSPITAL
ANNUAL REPORT 1923

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
G. McF. Mood, M. D.,Chairman.
C. W. KOLLOCK, M. D.
J. S.
Rhame:, M. D.
L. A. Wilson, M. D.
W. A. Smith, M. D.
F. O. Bates, Secretary

MEDICAL STAFF

Robert Wilson, Jr., M. D „ Physician in Charge

Edward Rutledge, M. D., Clin. Prof, of Medicine -.Physician
J. A. Ball, M. D., Clin. Prof, of Dermatology and Medicine,
.„ „ Dermatologist
R. M. Pollitzer, M. D., Prof. Pediatrics Pediatrician
E. L. Jager, M. D., Asso. Prof, of Medicine and Neurology
Neurologist
J. A. Finger, M. D., Lecturer on Medicine Physician
J. H. Cannon, M. D., Lecturer on Medicine Physician
J. J. LaRoche, M. D., Lecturer on Medicine
Physician
O. B. Chamberlain, M. D., Lecturer on Medicine Physician

SURGICAL STAFF
R. S. Cathcart, M. D., Prof, of Abdominal Surgery
Surgeon in Charge
E. F. Parker, M. Ophthalmology and Otology
D., Prof, of
Ophthalmologist and Otologist
A. J. Buist, M. D., Prof, of Gynecology Gynecolagist
C. P. Aimar, M. D., Prof, of General Surgery Surgeon
C. W. Kollock, M. D., Prof, of Rhinology and Laryngology
Rhinologist and Laryngologist
A. E. Baker, M. D., Clinical Prof, of Gynecology and Abdominal
Surgery — Surgeon
W. H. Johnson, M. D., Prof of Orthopedics Orthopedist
E. C. Baynard, M. D., Prof, of Urology Urologist
G. F. Wilson, M. D., Prof, of Obstetrics Obstetrician
D. L- Maguire, M. D., Asst. Prof, of Surgery Surgeon
J. S. Rhame, M. D., Asst. Prof, of Surgery Surgeon
L. A. Wilson, M. D., Asst. Prof, of Obstetrics Obstetrician
R. B. Gantt, M. D., Lecturer on Urology ^ „ Urologist
J. J. Ravenel, M. D., Lecturer on Urology Urologist
204 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcvieiu

LABORATORY STAFF
G. McF. Mood, M. D., Prof, of Bacteriology and Hygiene
V Bacteriologist
A. R. Taft, M. D., Prof, of Physical Therapy and Roentgenology
Roentgenologist
F. PI. Dietrich, Prof, of Pathology Pathologist
F. B.Johnson, M. D., Prof, of Clinical Pathology.-Clinical Pathologist
H. H. Plowden, M. D., Asst. Prof, of Pathology Pathologist

OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT
E. L. Jager, M. D., Asso. Prof, of Medicine and Neurology
Chief of Clinic
R. B. Gantt, M. D., Lecturer on Urolog>' Asst. Chief of Clinic

MEDICINE
J. A. Finger, M. D Lecturer on Medicine
W. A. Smith, M. D Lecturer on Medicine
O. B. Chamberlain Lecturer on Medicine
J. H. Cannon Leecturer on Medicine

SURGERY
M. K. Mazyck, M. D Lecturer on Surgery
F. G. Cain, M. D., Lecturer on Surgery
T. E. Bowers, M. D Assistant in Surgery

OPHTHALMOLOGY, OTOLOGY AND LARYNGOLOGY

E. F. Parker, M. D Prof, of Ophthalmology and Otology
C. W. Kollock, M. D Prof, of Rhinology and Laryngology
J. F. Townsend, M. D Asst. Prof, of Ophthalmology and Otology
J. E. Smith, M. D Lecturer on Rhinology and Lar>ngology

OBSTETRICS
R. L- McCrady, \i. D..^ Lecturer in Obstetrics
H. K. Jenkins, M. D Lecturer in Obstetrics
R. W. Preston, M. D „ Assistant in Obstetrics

GYNECOLOGY
R. L. McCrady, M. D Lecturer on Gynecology
C. A. Speissegger, Jr., M. D Assistant in Gynecology

ROENTGENOLOGY
A. R. Taft, M. D Prof, of Physical Therapy and Roentgenology
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 205

PEDIATRICS.
M. W. Beach, M. D IvCCturer on Pediatrics
W. M. Rliett, M. D Lecturer on Pediatrics
G. F. Heidt, M. D Instructor in Pediatrics
A. E. Baker, Jr. M. D Assistant in Pediatrics

DERMATOLOGY.
J. H. Cannon Lecturer on Dermatology

UROLOGY.
R. G. Gantt, M. D '.

Lecturer in Urology
J. J. Ravenel, M. D Lecturer in Urology
W. L- A. Wellbrock, M. D Instructor in Urology

LABORATORY.
F. B. Johnson, M. D Prof, of Clinical Pathology
W. L- A. Wellbrock, M. D Lecturer on Clinical Pathology

DENTISTRY
L. W. Bonoitt, D.D.S. Buist Kerrison, D.D.S.
W. S. Brown, D.D.S. E. Kerrison, D.D.S.
C. B. Colson, M.D., D.D.S N. S. Lea, D.D.S.
L. P. Dotterer, D.D.S. Cassie Patrick, D.D.S.
Thomas Dotterer, D.D.S. E. Y. Smith, D.D.S.
L. E. Knobelock, D.D.S. J. S. Smith, D.D.S.
E. M. Gaffney, D.D.S. R. A. Smith, D.D.S.
J. E. Harper, D.D.S. R. McI. Wilbur, D.D.S.

OFFICERS OF THE ROPER HOSPITAL

Superintendent.
Mr. F. O. Bates.

Robert Wilson, Jr., M. D., Physician in Chief.

Robert Spann Cathcart M. D., Surgeon in Chief.

Resident Physicians

Roderick S. Macdonald James A. Sasser

Robert L. Crawford Claude K. Lindler
William P. Rhett E. Gordon Able
Corran P. Youmans Charles M. Moore
Robert D. Hill Joe W. Potts
John H. Boulware Lawrence P. Thackston

Directress of the Training School

Miss Anna W. Lauman
Instructress
Miss Martha Erdmann

Supervisor of the Wards

Miss Ottillie Montag
206 Mayor Grace's AuJiual Rcvieiv

Roper Opcr. Room Supervisor Riverside Oper. Room Supervisor

Miss Margaret Andell Miss Lena Padgett
Roper Night Supervisor Roper Supervisor of Clinic
Miss Clara Weinberg: Miss Laura Browne
Riverside Anaesthetist Riverside Floor Supervisor
Aliss R. Myers Miss M. Koester
Dietician Engineer
Miss Sarah E. Hughes Wm. P. Walsh
Cashier Riverside Bookkeeper
Miss Lillian Legare Miss Joe C. Steiber
Stevi'ardess Stenographer
Miss M. A. Colcock Miss E. Kirkland
Asst. SteiL'ardess Historian
Mrs. S. Stephens Miss Mamie Verdier
Apothecary Statisticanand Investigator
W. Q. Seymour Miss Sarah C. Kollock

ANNUAL REPORT CHAIRMAN BOARD OF

COMMISSIONERS.

To the President and Members of

the Medical Society of South Carolina,
Charleston, S. C.
Gentlemen :

We beg to hand you herewith a copy of the Annual

Report of Roper Hospital for the year 1923.
The report of the Superintendent, and that of the Auditor
are so complete, that this letter will merely call attention
to a few outstanding features.
Reference to the Superintendent's report, will show^ that
there w^ere treated in the institution during 1923, 273 more
cases than were treated during the provious year, and that
this number increased the patients days to the number of
6,671. As it costs the Hospital S2.21 a day for each patient's
case, the above number of days increased the cost of con-
ducting the institution, S 14,742.91.
In spite of this considerable increase in patient days,
reference to the Auditors Financial Statement, will show-
that the institutionwas conducted with actual expenses
over income of only $9,396.57.
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It is of interest to again note, that the hospital has had

to defray a considerable proportion of the actual cost of
city patients. The net profits obtained from Riverside
and Roper Hospital pay patients, was $18,667.50. All of
this was used for the care of the City's Charity Cases, to-
gether with $9,396.57, the amount of the years deficit.

Could the hospital obtain from the city an appropriation

sufficient to cover the actual cost of care of these charity
cases, the hospital would have each year, an amount vary-
ing from $28,000.00 to $39,000.00 which it could use for
proporty upkeep and improvement, which your board re-
cognized as being of tremendous importance. Just now
your nursing staff is quite improperly and inadequately
housed, and this is an outstanding problem, which could
be definitely and satisfactorily solved in two or three years,
could all city patients be placed upon a cost basis. Your
board has been working with City Council for some years,
trying to make them see the hopeless position in which the
hospital is placed by its being placed upon any basis other
than a cost basis, and while we are still upon a flat appro-
priation, we believe that next year will see the hospital
placed upon a cost basis.

The Superintendent has made a number of recommenda-

tion which your board would have liked to carry out in toto,
but for the lack of funds have been able to do only in part.
You have all noticed the improvements in the various bath
rooms, and surgeons scrub up room. The board hopes to
make all the remaining bath rooms equally presentable with-

in a short time.
One improvement of great educational importance, is the
approximately completed autopsy room. We are very proud
of this department, and hope that all members of the society
will make good use of it in the study of cases which have
gone to autopsy.

Respectfully,

G. McF. MOOD,
M. D.
For the Board of Commissioners of Roper Hospital

I
208 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

SUPERINTENDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR

1923.

Charleston, S. C, January 1, 1924.

The Board of Commissioners,

Roper Hospital,
Charleston, S. C.

Gentlemen: —
I herewith present the nineteenth Annual Report of the
Roper Hospital for the fiscal year ending December 31st,

1923.
As you will notice from the comparative table below the
demand for Hospital care by the citizens of the community
continues to increase. We treated during the year 273 more
patients and furnished 6,671 more day's treatment than for
the year 1922.
You will notice from the Expense Report for the year,
that our expenses for 1923 exceeded those for 1922 to the
amount of $14,117.10, but this increase is more than ac-
counted for by the increase of day's treatment furnished
over the previous year, 6,671 days at the per diem cost of
$2.21 would amount to $14,742.91. This clearly shows
that the expense for the past year was practically tlie same
as that for 1922 if no more patients had been cared for than
the previous year.
Below you will find a comparative statement showing
thenumber of patients treated during the past seven years

Free Pay Free Pay Total

Year Paients Patients Total Days Days Days
1917 1,600 1,206 2,805 30,765 16,034 46,790
1918 1,462 1,912 3,374 25,127 28,975 54,102
1919 1,644 1,813 3,457 27,221 24,195 51,416
1920 -2,527 1,672 4,199 31,778 27,132 58,910
1921 2,814 1,736 4,550 45,383 17,439 62,822
1922 2,644 1,600 4,244 47,158 15,555 62,713
1923 3,017 1,500 4,517 51,814 17,570 69,384

The following table will show the per diem cost of the
care of patients at Roper and Riverside separately, the
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 209

average per diem receipts from Roper and Riverside, also

showing the per diem gain or loss in each case.
Cost Receipts Receipts Loss per Cost Receipts
per day per day per day day on per day per day
Year Roper Ward Roper Pay from City Riverside Riverside
Patients Patierits City Patients Dept. Dept.
1918 $1,957 $2.26 $1.31 $0,647 $3,257 $5,219
1919 2.512 3.25 1.10 1.412 3.513 5.404
1920 2.953 3.2097 1.6368 1.3162 4.009 5.185
1921 2.23 . 4.03 1.507 0.723 4.78 5.87
1922 2.17 3.35 1.1974 0.9726 5.32 6.29
1923 2.21 3.20 1.56 0.65 5.01 5.39

The loss on Cit}^ patients for the past four years has
been: 1920—$39,856.65 1921—$39,821.07;
; 1922—
$37, 996.40; and 1923—$28,064.07.

From the above statement it will be seen that it is very-

essential that the Hospital ask for a larger appropriation
from the City of Charleston than was asked for the previous
year. The Hospital certainly cannot operate successfully
and care for the increasing demands made upon it from
year to year unless its income is going to be proportionately
increased.
The Hospital plant growing older each year and the
is

depreciation increases, making it necessary that a larger

amount be spent in keeping the equipment and buildings
up to the standard.
During the year the bath room on the White Surgical
and Medical Departments have been tiled, new tubs and
showers installed. This has filled a long standing need
of the Hospital.
The demands upon the Hospital in all Departments, at
times are so great that we are forced to place patients
seeking admission on a waiting list until a bed is vacated.
I would again urgently recomemnd that the following
repairs and improvements be made during the year, 1924:
1st. The building of an additional wing to the Hospital,
four stories in height including the basement floor to care
for basement floor, larger dining room space, larger kitchen
;

and store rooms and laundry; second floor. Tubercular

patients; third floor, Gynecological and Orthopedic cases;
210 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviezv

fourth floor, additional space for Contagious diseases, if

provided for would relieve the congested condition of the
other departments.
2nd. Relaying floors of Halls of Colored Surgical and
Medical Departments, White Medical Hallway and Day
Room.
3rd. Resurfacing, varnishing and polishing of all floors
of the General Ward.
4th. The Tiling of all Bath rooms an installing new bath
tubs and showers in the Colored Departments.
5th. The purchase and installation of five bed pan
sterilizers, one on each ward.
6th. The enlarging of the dining room for colored
employees.
7th. The purchase of 100 new mattresses.
8th. The purchase of 3'^ ball bearing castors for all

beds in the Hospital.

9th. The purchase and installation of a new flat work
ironer for the laundry.
10th. The painting of the entire exterior of all buildings.
11th. The
installation of lavatories and running water
in each of the Clinic rooms. The tearing out and relaying
of the floor in the Medical Clinic Rooms and painting of
all Clinic roofs in the Out-Patient Department.
12th. The building of a new Nurses Home to care for
100 nurses. Our present Nurses Home will only care for
comfortably fifty nureses, which is far too few nurses to
properly staff the Hospital. This is an urgent need and
something should be done at once to relieve the congested
condition in the Home.
13th. The purchase of a new chasis to replace the Dodge
chasis now which will have been
in use, in use for six years
on the 1st of October of this year, and is no longer fit for
service.
14th. The building and equiping of a suitable Morgue
for keeping bodies until called for by relatives and the
forming of autopsies. Our present facilities are antiquated
and no longer used by first class Hospitals.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 211

15th. The purchase and installation of new kitchen

equipment as follows 3 steam jacketed kettles, 1 triple
:

coffee urn, 1 new coal range, (one in use at present has

been used for twenty years and has out-lived usefulness),
1 dish washer and serving table.

16th. The purchase of 100 chairs of tubular steel, white

enamel type for use of the patients. Some of our Wards
having only a few chairs in them.
The Woman's Auxiliary have continued their splendid
work through the past year. They have supplied additional
equipment for the Children's Ward as well as a great many
articles of linen, etc., for general use in the Hospital. Their
Sunshine Committees have visited the Hospital weekly, dis-
tributing delicacies and reading matter to the Patients which
has been a great comfort to them.
Committees from churches all denominations are showing
an interest in the Hospital by visiting at regular intervals,
distributing fruit, ice cream and reading matter to the pa-
tients. There has been Committees of ladies from several
of the fraternal orders of the city, I would especially
mention those from the Pythian Sisters and the Order of
the Eastern Star who have visited the Hospital several
times during the year also distributing delicacies and read-
ing matter to the patients.
Much has been accomplished in the past year in improve-
ment of the Hospital and equipment. This, however, has
been limited because of a lack of funds, a great many
other things in the way of permament improvements could
and should have been done, as you will see from the above
recommendations, but were impossible because of the limit-
ed funds of the Hospital.
Attached hereto you will find the annual statistical and
financial reports, as well as an itemized budget for the year
1924.
The reports from the various departments as well as the
Auditor's report is attached.
I wish to express my appreciation of the continued sup-
port of the Board of Commissioners, the excellent services
 212 Mayor Grace's Annual Rev leiv

and cooperation rendered by the Heads of all Departments,

my assistants and employees, without which the results
obtained would have been impossible.

Respectfully submitted,

F. O. BATES,
Superintendent.

ROPER HOSPITAL.
Superinte:ndent's Annual Repoiit.

Statistical Report for 1923.

PATIENTS REMAINNIG AND ADMITTED— HOPER
HOSPITAL AND RIVERSIDE DEPARTMENT.
A^ umber of Patients Admitted.

Patients remaining in Hospital January 1, 1923 174

Patients admitted to Roper _ 3,577
Patients admitted to Riverside 766
4,517

Number of Patients Treated.

White males treated, Roper _ 940

White females treated, Roper 671
Colored males treated, Roper _ 1,055
Colored females treated, Roper _ _ 1,068
White males treated, Riverside 309
White females treated. Riverside 474
4,517

Number of Free and Day Patients Treated.

Free patients treated. Roper 3,017

Pay patients treated. Roper 717
3.734
Pay patients treated. Riverside ~ 783 4,517

Percentages Patients Treated.

Free patients — - 66.78%

Pay patients _.... 33.22%
100%
Days Treatment.

Days — Free treatment. Roper 51,814

Days— Pay treatment _ 9,592
Days — Pay treatment. Riverside 7,978
69.384
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Percentages —Free and Pay Days.

Free days, Roper _ 74.68%

Pay days, Roper 13.83%
Pay days, Riverside _ _ 11.49%
100%

Patients Treated Free.

City _ - 2,570
County 447
3,017

Percentages Free Patients Treated.

City 85.13%
County — 14.82%
100%
Days Treatment, Free Patients.

City .... . 43,218

County 8,596
51.814

Percentages Days Treatment, Free Patients.

City 85.18%
County - „ 16.60%
700%
Average Days in Hospital, Free and Pay

Free Roper, City 16.82%

Free, Roper, County 19.23%
Pay, Roper 13.38%
Pay, Riverside _ 10.19%

Comparison Patients Treated for the Past Seven Years — in

the Hospital

Free Pay Free Pay

Year. Patients. Patients. Total. Days. Days. Total.
1917 1600 1205 2805 30,765 16,034 46.796
1918 _ 1462 1912 3374 25,127 28,975 54,102
1919 1644 1813 3457 27,221 24,195 51,416
1920 2527 1672 4199 31,778 27,132 58.910
1921 2814 .1736 4550 45,383 17,439 62,822
1922 „. 2644 1600 4244 47,158 15,555 62,713
1923 3017 1500 4517 51,814 17,570 69,384

Deaths:
1923. 1922. 1921.
Roper _ 389 354
_
Riverside _ -....
—26
—1
21

Total _. 415 375 344

Mortality Rates:
Roper _ 10.41-100 10.13-100 8.15-100
Riverside .-..- 3.32-100 2.79-100 3.87-100
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Births :

Roper .... 248 145

Riversde 33 16

Total _ 281 161 143

Operations
Roper 1,052 966
Riverside , 352 379

Salvarsaus :

Roper 735 303

Riverside 5 16

Cystoscopic Examinations
Roper 177 162
Riverside 111 103

Deliveries :

fioper _ 248 145

Riverside _ 33 16

Total Operations 2,994 2,090 1,956

Prescriptions —Drug Store :

Externes— Pay 16,414 14,366

Extemes Free — 662 735
Internes— Pay 626 482
Internes— Free 399 513
Narcotics - 1,993 1,552

20,094 17,648 13,860

^_
• OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT.
Bxternes Department:
Number of House Visits
Numer of New Cases
Number of Office Visits
-
8,435
6,406
7,307
5,309
10
—
Total Treated 14,839 12,626 7,439

Daily Average New Patients and House Visits :

Daily average new patients 17.55-100 14.52-100 8.14-100

Daily average old visits 23.10-100 20.01-100 12.20-100

Emergency Departments
1923. 1922. 1921.
Number of white patients treated.... 511 494
Number of colored patients treated 929 898

Total cases treated 1,440 1,392

Daily average cases treated 3.95-100 3.814-100 3.752-100

Free Clinic, 3 to S P. M.:

Number of new cases treated 8,522 8,321 7,203
Number of old cases treated 19,152 16,457 12,335

Total number of visits 27,674 24,778 19,438

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Daily average new cases 32.65-100 32.01-100 24.45-100

Daily average old cases 73.37-100 63.25-100 39.85-100
Daily average new and old cases.... 106.03-100 95.26-100 63.30-100

Total Visits for the Year Daily

Free Clinic, Emergency and Externe
Departments 43,953 38,796 20,797

Total number of cases treated Out-

Door Department for County of
Charleston „ 1,041 804 515

Charged County of Charleston with

1,041 treatment at $1.00 $1,041.00 ...... —
STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE YEAR 1923.
RECEIPTS.
Accounts Receivable
Roper _ $26,927.50
Riverside 45, 188.00
^$ 72,115.50
Appropriations
City of Charleston _. $99,610.89
County of Charleston 25,000.00
^$124,610.89
Sales :

Drugs - _ 2,662.27
Sundries 1,111.29
3,773.56

Salaries, Linen Department 180.00

Ambulance Expense 25.00
Food Supplies 60.94
Interest Sinking Fund Insurance 46.56
Refund and bad accounts 221.50
General - 522. 13

201,556.07
Less :

Expenditures : Unpaid bills January 1, 1923 17,673.34

Disbursements for year 1923

Salaries and Wages _ 56,753.92
Food Supplies 59,529.97
Drugs and Alcohol 10,897.17
Ambulance Expenses 1,630.41
Hospital Supplies 25,330.20
General Expenses _ 33,182.36
187,324.03
Refunds
Roper -_ __ $1,911.26
Riverside 2,349.95
4,261.21
Transferred to Insurance Sinking Fund 1,200.00
5,461.21

Total Expenditures for the Year 1923 210,458.58

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216 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

Disbursments over receipts or unpaid bills,

January 1, 1924 _._ 8.902.52
Total Expense for Year 1923, Roper and
Riverside 187,324.03

Less :

Riverside Expenses 39,949.10

,^. Outpatient Departmeent Expenses:
^fc Salaries, Doctors, Superintendent, Etc.
^. Orderlies _ $6,618.00
V, 50% Drugs — - 5,471.84
1% Expenses _ 2,400.00
14,489.84
54,438.94

Net Operating Expenses Roper Hospital

proper _ $132,885.09

Cost per Hospital Day, Roper 2.21

Cost per Hosptal Day, Riverside 5.01
Received per Hospital Day, Roper Pay Patients 3.20
Received per Hospital Day, Riverside 5.39
Received per Hospital City Patients 1.56
Eoss per Hospital Day, Roper City Patients .65

Total Cost of City Patients, 43,218 days,

at $2.21 __ 95,511.78

City Appropriation _ 81,937.55

Eess Cost of Cinics ™ _ 14,489.84

Amount City Appropriation Available for Hos-

pital Patients 67,447.71

Actual Loss to Hospital for Care of City

Patients „.. 28.064.07

ROPER HOSPITAL
Hon. Thomas P Stoney, Mayor,
Members of City Council,
% Charleston, S. C.

Gentlemen —
We herewith submit itemized statement of actual expen-
ses for 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923. Also estimated budget
of expenses 1924.
Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual
Expense Expense Expense Expense Expense
SALARIES: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924
Itemized Itemized Itemized Itemized Itemized

Superintendent & Ofrice._ -$ 7.134.91 $ 8,276.48 $ 9,313.62 $ 9,050.96 $ 9,840.00

Nursing ._.... 12,934.86 15,232.77 17,080.56 16,834.98 19,200.00
Externes & Pharnfects*, 5,834.20 4,720.00 4,205.00 4,020.00 5,400.00
Culinary Departm«|^. -"!!?:. 6,610.65 5,021.08 5,319.86 4,802.26 6.120.00
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Dining Room__ ___.. 1,239.53 1.076.39 1,119.78 1,252.99 1,272.00

Engineer & Firemen -.... 5,363.01 5,062.97 4,695.91 3,805.28 4,620.00
Laundry Employees 2,994.53 2,778.92 2,493.23 2,644.58 2,736.00
Linen Room Employees _..._. 1,372.97 1,366.82 1,401.77 1,467.45 1,392.00
Carpenter & Painter 2,853.37 2,353.84 2,417.90 2,963.60 2,820.00
Yardman 606.54 549.41 418.50 687.08 672.00
Orderlies 5,878.48 4,662.81 4,554.47 4,782.42 5,160.00
Maids 3,147.16 1,974.37 2,480.83 3,542.32 3,816.00
Ambulance Chauffeur 712.00 629.13 720.00 720.00 720.00

$56,704.21 .$54,703.99 $56,221.44 $56,573.92 $63,768.00

Ambulance Expense.- $ 1,814.79 $ 1,993.72 $ 933.54 $ 1,605.41 $ 1,800.00
New Chasis for Ambulance -. -- -- 3.000.00

$ 1.814.79 $ 1,993.72 $ 933.54 $ 1,605.41 $ 4,800.00

FOOD SUPPLIES:
Groceries, etc. $28,169.67 $21,633.38 $20,068.67 $23,236.50 $23,236.00
Meats - 22,653.04 17,618.71 15,766.50 16,160.36 16,160.00
Eggs 5,489.91 4,565.92 4,243.53 4,034.73 4,034.00
Milk 8,563.13 7,308.41 7,993.50 8,127.27 8.127.00
Bread -..- -... 3,108.65 2,817.84 2,948.86 2,548.55 2,548.00
Ice 2,435.84 1,373.12 2,354.05 1,726.56 1,726.00
Fruits and Vegetables 6,382.96 4,083.63 4,367.87 3,685.07 3,685.00

$74,803.26 $59,399.01 $57,744.36 $59,519.04 $59,516.00

HOSPITAL SUPPLIES:
Gauze and Cotton $ 1,748.52 $ 2,215.87 $ 2,740.24 $ 4,724.71 $ 4,524.00
Linen 4.286.92 4,871.17 2,963.52 3,706.75 3,708.00
Rubber Goods 379.72 873.95 1,054.00 1,371.49 1,571.00
Enamel Ware, etc. 1,542.12 680.53 281.07 1,086.42 1,086.00
1,005.23 1,055.32 1,262.27 1,033.08 1,033.00
Instruments 1,128.36 1,490.97 2,294.35 2,424.18 2,424.00
General Suplies 8,085.51 6,382.04 6,854.62 6,227.32 6,850.00
Dental Supplies 178.06
X-Ray 325 30 325 00
Kitchen Equipment - 66.00 360.00 1,089.'53 1,000.00
Hospital Equipment 2,772.33 2.750.00

$18,176.37 $17,636.66 $17,988.10 $24,761.11 $25,269.00

Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual

Expense Expense Expense Expense Expense
GENERAL EXPENSES: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924
Itemized Itemized Itemized Itemized Itemized
Fuel g ; 9,518.97 $ 9,602.00 $10,915.61 $13,467.26 $13,467.00
Engine Supplies and Repairs- 935.12 1,822.23 1,888.91 1,663.77 1.800.00
Building Repairs 6.471.83 3,097.00 5,860.45 5,054.06 6,000.00
Laundry Supplies 1,044.92 1,479.67 1,178.49 2,721.39 2,100.00
Electricity and Gas ...__ 3,663.29 4,484.86 4,171.75 5,203.11 5,203.00
Stationery. Printing & Stamps 2,463.53 2,734.23 2,340.46 2,190.30 2,340.00
Telephone & Telegraph 546.21 688.92 682.65 833.10 833.00
Car Fare and Exchange 86.41 82.01 81.37 84.19 84.00
Expense Lunatics to Columbia 262.54 1,390.64 842.70 770.65 770.00
Office Fixtures 379.10 40.75 149.15 92.75 250.00
Refrigerating Plant 3,341.45 228.66
Insurance 1,175.00
1,17? 1.175.00 1,436.72 1,457.52 1,450.00
Sunday General Expense ___ 2,669.61 2,696.61 1,553.52 1,375.23 1,800.00
Thompson Annex 1.061.21
Collection Bad Accounts __ 24.20
Pay Roll Averaeg Account 5.00

$33,557.98 $30,494.38 $31,126.69 $34,918.23 $36,097.00

Total Actual Expenses .___ $193,368.91 $171,336.94 $171,956.52 $188,321.39 $189,450.00

Actual Expenses 1922 $171,956.52

Actual Expenses 1923 _..._ ...__ 188,321.39

Increase in Expenses for 1923 over 1922 $ 16.364.87

218 Mmyer Grace's Annual Review

Actual Expenses for 1923 $188,321.39

Estimated Expenses for 1924 189,450.00

Estimated Increase for 1924 _ $ 1,128.61

INCOME FOR 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923 AND ESTIMATED INCOME FOR 1924:

1920 1921 1922 1923 1924

Income Income Income Income Income
Itemized Itemized Itemized Itemized Estimated

Riverside Department ,. $ 42,644.62 i? 43,064.98 $ 49,352.14 $ 43,013.15 $ 43,013.15

Roper-Pay Patients 60,908.70 40.757.88 25,840.30 30,736.88 30,736.88
County Appropriation ... 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00
City of Charleston 60,000.00 57,601.94 60,000.00 81,937.55 90,699.97

$188,553.32 $168,424.80 $160,192.44 $180,687.58 $189,450.00

Appropriation asked for City of Charleston for 1924 ......$90,699.97

Appropriation asked from City of Charleston for deficit for 1923 8,868.70

Total Appropriation asked from the City of Charleston..... $99,568.67

Respectfully Submitted,

G. McF. MOOD, M. D.
Chairman Board of Com. Roper Hospital

ROPER HOSPITAL
To the Board of Commissioners,
Roper Hospital,
Charleston, S. C.

Gentlemen :

I would urgently recommend that the following addition-

albudget for the year 1924 be allowed for the items en-
umerated below
Salaries :

Nursing „ .$2,304.00
Internes 1,800.00
-$4,104.00
Kitchen Equipment :

Steam- jacketed Kettles (3) - __ 750.00

Triple Coffee Urn (1) 500.00
Range Coal 1,500.00
Dish Washer and Serving Table '250.00
3,000.00
Hospital Equipment :

Water Sterilizers (4) 1,600.00

Instrument Sterilizers (2) 250.00
Dressing Sterlizers (2) 1,200.00
Chairs for Patients 100).— _ -....( 750.00
3,800
Laundry Equipment
Flat Work Ironer 4,000.00
4,000.00
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 219

Building Repairs:
Replacing present wood floor with Terrazo
in Hallways, Second and Third Floors,
2,029 square feet 2,029.00
Tiling BathRooms, C. S. W 1,590.00
Tubs and Showers, C. S. W.(4) 452.00
above
Installation _ 350.00
Running New Stack and Removing four
Toilets 315.00
Remodelling North Basement Rooms for
a Morgue __ - 1,984.00
6,720.00
$21,624.00

The above figures are approximated, but are as nearly

accurate as is possible at this time.

Respectfully submitted,

F. O. BATES
Superintendent.

Charleston, S. C, Jan. 1st, 1924

Hon. A. W. Todd, Senator,

Members of the House of Representatives,
County of Charleston,
Capitol Building, Columbia, S. C.

Gentlemen :

We herewith submit the fourth annual report of patients

treated for the County of Charleston, for the year 1923.
These figures represent the actual number of patients treat-
ed, number of days treatment furnished and number of
treatments gives in the Out-Patient department of the Hos-
pital. You will also find attached to this report an itemized
list of patients treated in the Hospital and in the Out-Patient

department of the Plospital during the past year, giving the

names, addresses, by whom permits are issued, date of ad-
mission, date of discharge or death, total days in Hospital
and case number, which we hope will furnish you with all
the information you desire. However, if any further infor-
mation is wanted, we will gladly furnish it.
220 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviezv

Number of patients treated in wards 424

Number of patients treated in Insane Department - 22
Number of new patients treated in Out-Patient Department 377
Number of old patients treated in Out-Patient Department 663

Total patients treated in all departments - 1,486

The Items of Actual Expenses are as follows
Days treatment furnished ward patients, 8,207, at $3.00 $24,621.00
Days treatment furnished insane patients, 428, at $4.00 1,712.00
Actual expenses of Lunatics to Columbia _ 207.50
Actual cost of X-Ray Examinations 595.00
Number of treatments furnished out-patients, 1,040, at $1.00.... 1,040.00

$28,175.00
Daily average patients treated 26j/^
Monthly average number patients treated 123.833

You will see from the above figures that the total cost of
caring for the poor sick of the County of Charleston, for
the past year exceeded the appropriation of $25,000.00 by
$3,175.50.
There has been a gradual increase in the number of ap-
plicants applying for treatment during the year 1923, and
as we stated in our last annual report, ''if this keeps up, an
appropriation of $25,000.00 will not be sufficient to meet
the actual expenses of caring for the County sick poor."
The financial conditions are about as they were a year
ago. and for this reason we cannot anticipate any cause
for a decrease during the coming year, but on the contrary
we may expect a further increase in the number of applicants
for 1924.
Believing that it will cost at least as much to care for the
poor county sick during 1924, as it cost last year, we ask
that an appropriation of $28,175.50 be made for this pur-
pose.
Cost of supplies for the past year were very much ad-
vanced over 1922 and the outlook for 1924 appears to be
for even higher prices than 1923.
We wish to take this opportunity of again tha,nking each
of you for your support in the past, and hope our efforts
in behalf of the sick poor of our County will merit your
support for the year 1924.
Respectfully yours,
G. McF. MOOD, M. D.,
Chairman Board of Commissioners.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 221

REPORT OF PATHOLOGIST, YEAR 1923.

DEPARTMENT OF BACTERIOLOGY
Specimens Examined for Roper Hospital and Riverside Infirmary
DURING THE YEAR 1923 I

Positive Negative Total

Blood for Typhoid Agglutinin 79 182 261
Blood for Para A Typhoid Agglutinin 00 2 2
Blood for Para B Typhoid Agglutinin 00 2 2
Blood Cultures:
Blood Cultures Non Hemol. Streptococcus .... 1 21 22
Sputa for Tuberculosis B
Swabs for Diptheria 116 306 422
Swabs for Meningococcus 7 7
Pus from Ulcer Staphylococcus 1 1
Pus from Ear Staphylococcus Aureus 1 1
Pus from Staphylococcus 4 4
Pus from Staphylococcus Albus 1 1
Pus from Staphylococcus Aureus 1 1
Pus from Ear Hemol Streptococcus 2 2
Pus for Streptococcus 6 5
Pus for Non Hemol. Streptococcus 1 1
Pus for B. Tuberculosis 1 1
Pus for B. Pyogenus 1 1
Pus for B. Coli 2 2
Pus for B. Capsulatus 1 1
Pus Smear for Gonococcus 2 1 3
Knee Fluid 3 3
Pleural Fluid Non Hemol. Streptococcus 2 2 4
Pleural Fluid for Staphyolcoccus 1 1
Pleural Fluid for Pneumococcus 1 1
Spinal Fluid for Staphylococcus Albus 3 1 4
Spinal Fluid Staphylococcus 6 6 12
Spinal Fluid Meningococcus 1 6 7
Spinal Fluid for Pneumonoccus 4 1 5
Urine for B. Coli 2 1 3
Urine for Staphylococcus 2 2
Urine for B. Pneumococcus 1 1
Urine for T3Aphoid 1 1
Urine for Non Hemol. Streptococcus 2 1 2
Urine for B. Tuberculosis 1 1
Feces for Ameoba _ 1 1
Feces for Ova 1 1
Feces for Typhoid 1 1
Hospital Supplies for Sterility 1 33 34

246 559 804

k
222 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviezv

LABORATORY OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY.

Board of Commissioners,
Roper Hospital,
Charleston, S. C.

Gentlemen

Herewith, I beg to submit the report of examination

made in this laboratory for Roper Hospital during the
year 1923.
The examinations made for patients, including both those
in the wards and out-patient department, are classified
as follows:
Blood:

Hemoglobin 2483
Red Cell Counts 765
White Cell Counts _ 2427
Differential 2407
Malaria _ 1436
Filaria 14
Coagulation time - 45
Group Aggulation 43
Wassermann tests 2750
Fragility test 2
Reticulated cell count _ 2

Chemical Analysis :

N. P. N 194
Urea Nitrogen 191
Uric Acid 147
Creatinin 188
Sugar 292
Sugar Tolerance _ 6
Co2 Von Slyke - 7
Co2 Alvole Tention 1
Calcium 69
Liver Test 2
13.470
Basal Metabolic Rate 32
Urine :

Routine _ 7674
Phthalein Test _ 314
Quantitative Sugar 355
Urea _ 4
Diazo, Russo, Weiss _ _ 36
Mosenthal 124
Bile „ 1
Morphine - 1
T. B. _ 7
8,519

22.020
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 223

Sputum :

Routine (pos. T. B. 75) 358

Feces :

Routine 350
Ova Hook (pos. 30)
Ascaris (pos. 15)
Amoeba (pos. 1)

Exudes and Transudates :

Genital for G. C. (pos 42) „ 186

Genital Treponema pallida 4
Peritoneal „ 1

Pleural Chemical 2
Pleural Routine 14
Eye 11
Throat „ 2
Ulcers - 3
Skin for Tinea , 1

Donovan Granuloma Bodies 12

Joint 2
Liver Abscess 1

Cerebro- Spinal Fluid

Routine 83
Wassermann 80
Collodial Gold 7?>
474
Gastric Contents:

Routine - _ 59

Total 23,261
Including Kahn 2,000

25,261
Wassermann Results egr Year Ending 1923.

"egative 1 Plus 2 Plus 3 Plus 4 Plus A. C.

1,401 60 89 218 869 113
2750

Positive45% 2% 3%
8% 32% 5%
Negative 50%
Malaria Clinically diagnosed. 18 lb. diagnosed 14 {77%)
Tertian 11 (79%)
Quartan — 1(7%)
Aestivo-autumnal 2 ( 14% )
Blood Chemicals, 1,095.
224 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcvieiv

During the past five years there has been an increase of about 3000
examinations each year, which is here shown :

Year Laboratory examinations

1919 9,932
1920 ...._ 12,815
1921 _ 17,065
1922 20,114
1923 23,261

The total number of examinations made at the request

of attending physicians and surgeons is 23,261 and in ad- ;

dition to this, for our ownpurpose of investigation, we

made 2,000 Kahn Floculation Tests to determine the com-
parative vakie of this test to the VVassermann reaction in
syphiHs. This gives a grand total of 25,261 examinations.

As we have made the follow-

a result of our years work,
ing investigations: Comparative Study of 2,000 Kahn
*'A
and Wassermann Tests;" *'An Investigation of the Re-
sults of 2,750 Wassermann by the Kolmer Quantitative
Method" ''Species of Malarial Organisims found in Char-
;

leston" ''Relative Value of Functional Tests of the

;

Kidney" "A Comparison of Blood Chemical Examinations

;

and Functional Kidney Tests in Chronic Interstitial Neph-

ritis" "Results of Wassermann and Collodial Gold Tests
;

on Spinal Fluid" "Types of Organisms found in Spinal

;

Fluid in Meningitis".

The results of some of these have been reported and

reports on the others will soon be made.

Respectfully Submitted,

FRANCIS B. JOHNSON, M. D.,

Clinical Pathologist.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 225

ROPER HOSPITAL AND RIVERSIDE DEPARTMENTS

Roper Hospital,
Surgicals for diagnosis 351
Frozen Sections (Roper and Riverside) 12
Autoposies _ 77

Riverside Department,

Surgicals for diagnosis 57

Out-Patient Department _ 9

506

Respectfully submitted,

FREDERICK H. DIETERICH, M. D.,

Pathologist.

The Board of Commissioners,

Roper Hospital,
City,

Gentlemen

The above is a report of the work done in the Department

of Pathology of Roper Hospital during the year 1923.
It is a great encouragement to the member of this De-
partment to see the new autopsy room and morgue, which
the Commissioners have added to our scientific equipment,
being completed.
We are considerably handicapped by the meagre technical
assistance for doing the routine work of the Department,
and Board of Commissioners may continue
trust that the
their kind assistance and encouragement, for an even better
institution, by providing us with either another technician
or a stenographer.

Respectfully,

FREDERICK H. DIETERICH, M. D.
 226 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

X-RAY DEPARTMENT REPORT FOR THE YEAR

1923.

Board of Commissioners,
Roper Hospital,
Charleston, S. C.

Gentlemen
There was a moderate decrease in the number of X-Ray
examinations made for free cases during the past year as
compared to the previous year, but about 20% increase as
compared to 1921. This probable result of peak of business
depression having passed. The number of examinations
made of cases in private wards in Roper and of cases in
the Thompson Memorial were about the same. The neces-
sity for treatment with X-Ray and Radium is more apparent
than ever and a great many have to be refused on account
of the expense entailed; only the most favorable can be ac-
cepted and many others that might be benefited or given
some relief have to be refused on acocunt of our lack of
means to do more.
All diagnostic cases are handled but treatment has to be
curtailed. We cannot too strongly urge the necessity of an
even small further expenditure ($500.00) and an increase
of this work which is doing so much to at least relieve this
unfortunate class of cases.
The following is a resume' of the work done in 1923 :

Free cases in Wards 505

O. P. D. Cases 159

Total Free Cases 664

Private Cases in Hospital 107

Cases in Thompson 108
8 Free Cases treated withX-Ray and Radium.
8 Private Cases in Roper treated with X-Ray and Radium.
8 Cases in Thompson treated with X-Ray and Radium.
Respetcfully submitted,
A. ROBERT TAFT, M. D.,

j ;
Roentgenologist.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 227

SHIRRAS DISPENSARY.
E. L. Jager, M. D.
Chief of Clinics

R. B. Gantt, M. D.
Asst: Chief of Clinics

MEDICINE
J.A. Finger, M. D. J. H. Cannon, M. D.
O. B. Chamberlain, M. D. F. R. Price, M. D.

SURGERY
M. K. Mazyck, M. D. F. G. Cain, M. D.
T. E. Bowers. M. D.

OPHTHALMOLOGY, OTOLOGY and LARYNGOLOGY

C. W. Kollock, M. D. J. F. Townsend, M. D.
J. E. Smith, M. D.

OBSTETRICS
H. K. Jenkins, M. D. R. L- McCrady, M. D.
H. W. deSaussure. M. D.

GYNECOLOGY
H. W. deSaussure, M. D. R. L. McCrady, M. D.
C. A. Speissegger, M. D.

ROENTGENOLOGY
A. R. Taft, M. D.

PEDIATRICS
M. W. Beach, M. D. W. M. Rhett, M. D.
G. F. Heidt, M. D. A. E. Baker, M. D.
Jr.,

DERMATOLOGY
J. H. Cannon, M. D.

UROLOGY
J. J. Ravenel, M. D. W. L- A. Wellbrock M. D.
A. E. Baker, Jr., M. D.
LABORATORY
F. B. Johnson, M. D. W. L- A. Wellbrock, M. D.

BACTERIOLOGY
G. McF. Mood, M. D.

PATHOLOGY
F. H. Dietrich, M. D. H. H. Plowder, M. D.
228 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

DENTISTS
Dr. L. W. Bonnoitt Dr. L. E. Knobeloch
Dr. W. S. Brown Dr. N. S. Lea
Dr. L. P. Dotterer Dr. C. S. Patrick
Dr. C. B. Colson Dr. Cassie Patrick
Dr. Thomas Dotterer Dr. E. Y. Smith
Dr. E. M. Gaffney Dr. R. A. Smith
Dr. T. E. Harper Dr. J. S. Smith
Dr. L. B. Kerrison Dr. H. Mc. I. Wilbur
Dr. U. h Wilbur

Charleston, S. C, January 18th, 1924.

The Board of Trustees,

Shirr as Dispensary,
Charleston, S. C.

Gentlemen

I herewith present to you the annual report of patients

treated in the Shirras Dispensary at Roper Hospital for
the year 1923 including new and total
patients, old patients
visits in the various departments which are as follows

New Patienst d Patients Total Visits

Medical _ 1611 5760 7371
Surgical 1192 2763 4955
Dental _ 342 707 1049
Skin 73 94 167
Obstetrical -._ 360 760 1120
Gynecological 564 928 1492
GcniLo-Urinary 770 2589 3359
Pediatric 1038 2125 3163
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat 1167 2436 3593
Vaccination (Sch Children) 1405 1405

8S22 19152 27674

Male Patients 3073 6841 9914
Female Patients 4044 12311 16355
Vaccination (Sch Children) 1405 1405

8522 19152 27674

White Patients 1501 3083 ' 4584
Colored Patients 5616 16169 21685
Vaccination (Sch Children) 1405 1405

8522 19152 27674

Respectfully submitted,

F. O. BATES,
Superintendent,
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 229

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRAINING SCHOOL.

Charleston, S. C, January 31st, 1924.

The Board of Commissioners,

Roper Hospital,
Charleston, S. C.

Gentlemen :

I beg to submit the report of the School of Nursing of the

Medical College of the State of South Carolina for the year

ending January 1st, 1923.

The Staff of the school is as follow

Superintendent of Nurses 1

Instructress of Nurses 1

Supv of Roper Operating room and Obstetrical Dept. 1

—
Supervior Roper Hospital Wards Colored Medical,
White Medical, Pediatric, Tuberculosis, Venereal,
Psychiatric, Contagious, Colored Surgical and
White Surgical
Night Supervisor Roper Hospital
Supervisor Out-Patient Department —
Supervisor Riverside Infirmary
Riverside Operation Room Supervisor
Dietitian

Students in school December 31st, 1923:

Graduate Students 5
Seniors 18
Juniors 20
Freshmen 13
Total 56
Requests for application blanks 91
Applications received 40
Probationers admitted 31
Probationers resigned 4
230 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

Probationers not accepted 5

Students dismissed 2
Students graduated 6
Students who resigned 8
Students given indefinite leave of absence (both because
they had contracted pulmonary tuberculosis) 2
Cases of illness during year 54
Days lost through illness during year 354

The school year just completed has been beset with diffi-
culties. Owing to the dengue epidemic of last year during
which time the classwork was suspended, there was a great
deal of extra class work to be made up. Because of an in-
adequate number of nurses to care for the patients during
class hours we were obliged to divide some of the classes in-
to sections, thus necessitating a repitition of courses on the
part of a number of instructors of the Medical College. I
wish to take this opportunity of expressing my appreciation
for the cooperation and ready willingness with which the
instructors of the Medical College took over this extra work
and the kind consideration they showed in arranging their
hours of instruction so as to meet the demands of the hos-
pital. Without this cooperation it woud have been very
hard to have arranged the class work at convenient hours
•for attendance by both day and night nurses.

On the whole we feel gratified at the interest the student

body has shown in the class work. Honors (average
grades over 90 per cent for the year) have been won by
six students. These students deserve special commendation
because these honors were won while they were carrying
heavy duties in the hospital wards and also because the
record of work on the wards was in each case as good as
the class room record.
One great improvement in teaching facilities was the fit-

ting out of a demonstration room. This room is provided

with four hospital beds and is completely equipped with
trayS; utensils, rubber goods etc., to enable the students to
have demonstrated to them and to practice all of the re-
quired nursing procedures. Credit is due to Miss Martha
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 231

Erdmann, instructress in Nursing, for the planning and

equipping of this room.
Another great advantage to the school has been the ap-
pointment, by the hospital, of a graduate dietitian and the
equipment of a new dietetic laboratory and food kitchen
where each student spends a month in preparing special
diets under the direction of the dietitian.

Some of the most pressing needs of the School are as fol-

lows :

There should be a larger Nurses' Home in which the

students could be given comfortable single rooms. A library
and study room is greatly needed and a recreation room
should be provided. Practically all other types of schools
including Y. W. C. A.'s recognize the recreational needs of
their students by providing recreation halls, gymnasia, etc.

The young women who attend a school of nursing and at

the same time care for the city's sick and poor especially
need and deserve the ordinary facilities for students' re-
creation.

A house mother to look after the social needs of the

students would be greatly desirable.
Graduate charge nurs^es should be placed in the v/ards
both for the interest of the Hospital as well as the students.
This would stabilize the ward work by obviating the fre-
quent changes necessitated by keeping student nurses in
charge and would provide better teaching and supervision
of the work of the students.
The greatest need of the school is an increase in the num-
ber of its students. It is a recognized fact that in order to
give efficient care in a hospital there should be one nurse
to every five ward patients and one to every three private
room patients for day duty and one nurse to ten ward pa-
tients and one to five private room patients for night duty.
We have one nurse caring for eight, ten and tv/elve ward
patients and one to four or five private room patients on day
duty and one to twenty-five to one to fifty ward patients
with one to twelve to one to fifteen private room patients at
night. This is a most deplorable condition.
232 Mayor Grace's Annual Reinew

It will be seen by the report that there has been a great

deal of illness in the school. This is not surprising consider-
ing the physical strain of long hours and hard work for so
small a student body to care for the patients of a general
hospital with an average daily census of 191 patients in ad-
dition to caring for an active Out-Patients' Department.

It would seem that with a modern Nurses' Home large

enough to accomodate the additional students and with suf-
ficient publicity to acquaint prospective students with the
advantage of a school with a college connection and a variety
of clinical material, there should be no trouble in securing an
adequate enrollment.
In conclusion, I wish to express my appreciation to the
student body and the superv^isory staff for their splendid
support and cooperation, to Mr. Bates, Superintendent of
the Hospital for his support and cooperation, to the members
of the Training School Committee and the Staff of the Hos-
pitalfor their kindness and help and especially to Dean
Robert Wilson for his invariable cooperation and splendid
support.

Respectfully submitted,

ANNA LAUMAN,
Superintendent of Nurses.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 233

JUVENILE WELFARE COMMISSION.

February 19, 1924.
Hon. Thomas P. Stoney,
Mayor of the City of Charleston, Charleston, S. C.
My dear Mr. Stoney —
Enclosed herewith is the report of the Director of the
Juvenile Welfare Commission and financial statement for
the year 1923.
Your attention, and that of City Council, is called to the
very urgent need for an increase in the force of workers
in this office. The Director has repeatedly called to the at-
tention of the Commission, the fact that she is unable to
cope with the present situation, with any adequacy, with the
present lack of sufficient workers. The situation has be-
come so grave that it will be necessary to limit the field
which the office attempts to cover unless the force can be
enlarged by at least two field workers and a stenographer.
One of these field v/orkers should be a man. The situation
is very grave and warrants the earnest consideration of the

City.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER B. WILBUR,
Chairman.

The following report of the work attempted by the office

is submitted with the hope that it will enable the commission
to bring to the attention of the Mayor and City Council not
the amount of work accomplished but the number of cases
which were either left entirely untouched or were inade-
quately handled.

CASE REPORT
Cases brought over from 1922 .. -.695
Cases reported during 1923:
White 399
Colored 347

Total 746

Grand Total ....1441

234 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

These 746 cases were reported by:

Police Department _ _ 250
Juvenlie Officer 65
Women's Bureau 185
Judge of Probate Magistrate, Mayor, Solicitor, etc 24
Local social agencies, hospitals, physicians, schools and citizens 263
Discovered by officer and referred by Commissioners 78
Parents and relatives _ 94
Out of Town Special Agencies Z7

Total » _..746
These 746 cases included:
Boys _ 404
Girls _ _ „ 342

Total „ _ 746

There were 401 children under twelve years of age and 345 twelve
years and over.

These children were divided into two groups

Dependent
Boys _ _ 202
Girls - _ 231

To tal _ 433
Delinquent
Boys 201
Girls - 112

Total _ „ 313

Total -„ „ - - 746

These 746 children were distributed in 529 family groups.

Out of this number 116 required Court Action:

Dependent
Boys _ 9
Girls 14

Total 23
Deinquent:
Boys _ „ 82
Girls 11

Total „ _ 93

Total „ _ 116

Twenty-one cases were committed to Industrial Schools as follows:

Souh Carolina Indusrial School for Boys (White) 9

South Carolina Industrial School for Colored Boys 7
South Carolina Industrial School for Girls (White) 3
Fairwold Industrial School for Girls (Colored) 2

Total 21
Through volunteer service 51 mental tests were made.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 235

We have closed seven hundred and sixty-nine cases this

year but many of them have been closed with the feeling
that little was accomplished, for many waited so long for at-
tention, that our time for usefulness was passed. When
you realize that these are children whose
being lives are
shaped and not inanimate objects, the figures mean real
tragedy.
Medical Care
Through the cooperation of the private physicians and
the Roper Hospital, an average of thirty-two children and
three parents were given medical attention each month.
This involved approximately four hundred and twenty-one
visits. The Public Health Nursing Service has also assisted
on all cases of children needing health supervision. The
Commission is deeply indebteded to Mercy Hospital and
Dr. Wythe Rhett for the care given to babies during the
year at Mercy Hospital. These babies were neglected and
were so under-nourished that it was very doubtful whether
their lives could have been saved except for the devotion
of the doctors and nurses of this Hospital.

The Emergency Fund

The Emergency Fund was used to assist the following
forty-eight children :
—
committed to the Commission by
six
the Court five accepted for emergency care pending accep-
;

tance in an Institution eight runaway boys and eleven run-

;

away girls from other Cities until they could be returned

home; five given emergency care during illness of parents
where there were neither relatives to care for them nor any
Institution; eight deserted children and five who were ill
treated and neglected in their homes and for whom perma-
nent plans had to be worked out. The Emergency Fund was
used to care for forty-eight children who could not be pro-
vided for by any other agency. On January 1st, 1924, there
was $96.83 cash in hand of this fund, and $83.33 credit in
the City Treasury, making a total of $180.16. Out of the
$819.84 which had been spent, $161.25 was the greatest
amount spent on one child. The average cost per child was
$17.08.
236 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

Cooperation with Other Agencies

The Commission is very much indebted to all the Social

Agencies in the Cty for assistance rendered, even after
this office, in October, was obliged to refuse assistance to
them in their work because of the congestion in our office.

The Associated Charities helped on every case involving

need which we had during the year. The King's Daugh-
ter's Day Nursery provided emergency care for about twen-
ty-six children for periods varyingfrom one day to several
weeks. Seven of these children were paid for in full or
in part by the parents or guardians. Eleven were cared
for free while the mothers were ill in the hospital for per-
iods varying from one day to two weeks. Eight were paid
for out of the Emergency Fund. This was not asked by
the Day Nursery until their funds gave out during the late
summer.

Dependency

Attention is directed to the fact that the number of de-

pendent children is considerably higher than the number
of delinquent children. Also that the dependent children
here listed are in addition to those in the orphanages of
our City. There is urgent need for a study of the causes
of this large dependency problem. The best approach
would be through study of the cases on file in our office
and of the intake of the dependent institutions the study
;

of the boys and girls who are leaving school either when
they reach fourteen years of age or when they graduate;
how they are equipped for work and how they find work.
Each one of these boys and girls is a potential factor in a
new generation dependent or semi-dependent children. The
establishment of a junior employment and vocational guid-
ance service in connection with the public schools and of
a scholarship fund by which children who have the intel-
lectual equipment can be continued in school by the payment
of small weekly sums to their parents to compensate for
w^hat the child would be earning should he be put to work
and the careful placing in positions of all children for whom
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 237

further schooling not recommended, would relieve us of

is

a large number of pre-delinquent and delinquent children

as well as be a preventive from further dependency. But
of more importance is the fact that it would mean lives
made worthwhile and wholesome and happy and be the
foundation of better citizenship.

The Work with Colored Children

The work with colored children is increasing steadily each
month brings more requests from parents of these children
for assistance and our worker has been able to do a very
real educational work with the parents as to their responsi-
bility to their own children. The Children's Relief Circle
organized in 1922, has been of great assistance in providing
funds for milk and clothing for these children. The next
step in this field is the organization of a family welfare
agency with; trained case workers. The material need
among the colored people is so great, the standard of living
so low that a specialized agency for strengthening the fam-
ily group and raising both the economic and moral standard
is very necessary. At present there is a movement among
the leaders of their race to organize and finance such an
agency. It is hoped that they will have the earnest cooper-
ation of the present Social Agencies both white and colored
and of the City of Charleston.

Growth Since Oeeice was Organized

The following review will show how far the work has
out grown the increase in the staff. The office was opened
in May, 1919 with a Director, in 1920 a part time steno-
grapher and an Assistant Director were added, in 1921 no
additions were made, in 1922 a worker with colored chil-
dren was added, but this also added a new field of work.
In 1923 no additions were made but the stenographer was
employed for the whole day instead of part time.
When the report of the work done during the year 1922
was submitted a very frank statement was made of the
number of calls, that it was found impossible to answer
238 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

and the number of children that could not be reached or

cared for by this office with the present staff. This con-
dition is even more true today and either the staff must be
increased or a very definite change will have to be made in
we attempt to cover.
the field
The following will show how the work has increased
since the office opened :

1919
Number of Case Workers....
Cases brought over
12 1920

46
1921

153
2
1922

236
3
1923

695
3
1924

672
New Cases 108 275 286 766 746
Boys 41 116 132 386 404
Girls 67 113 154 380 342
Twelve years and over 66 116 123 325 345
Under twelve years 42 113 163 439 401
Cases Closed 62 168 203 390 769
Family Groups 510 529
Total No. of Children 108 321 449 1,002 1,441

The Commission office was opened in May 1919 and as

will be seen from the above tabulation during the eight
months of the year, 108 cases were reported. Sixty-two
of these cases were closed and forty-six were carried over
into 1920. Two hundred and seventy-five cases were re-
ported in 1920, making a total of three hundred and twenty-
one cases handled during that year. One hundred and
fifty-three of these cases were carried into 1921 and two
hundred and eighty six more cases were reported that year,
making a total of four hundred and forty-nine children
handled. Two hundred and thirty-six of these cases were
carried into 1922 and seven hundred and sixty-six new
cases were added, making a total of one thousand and two
children handled in that year. Owing to the accumulation
of cases, six hundred and ninety-five of that number were
carried into 1923 as open cases. Seven hundred and forty-
six new cases were added, making a total of one thousand
and forty-one cases in 1923, despite the fact that every
call which could be refused has been turned down. Further
more in October a letter was sent to the other Social Agen-
cies in the City stating that this office could not accept any
more cases from them until further notice.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 239

Development
The Commission most deeply indebted to the Child
is
*

Welfare League of America for their most generous as-

sistance in the loan of Miss Helen D. Cole, who had charge
of the office for three months from August 15th, during
the absence of the Director. The Commission was admit-
ted to membership in the League on March 23rd, 1923, hav-
ing met the requirements. That we should be eligible with
all the handicaps imder which the work has developed is a

matter for congratulation, and it carries with it the respon-

sibility for raising the standard of work.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR 1923.

Salaries
Director $1,500.00
Assistant Director 1,200.00
Stenographer 900.00
Colored Worker 900.00
$4,500.00
Emergency Fund for Children 1,000.00
Rent: Waring & Brockington 240.00
Gas: Chas. Consolidated Rwy. and Ltg. Co 53.32
Thone: Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company,
Phone $ 55.44
Toll Calls 111.60
167.04
To Associated Charities for Membership 5.00
To Social Service Exchange for Membership 24.00
Walker, Evans and Cogswell Co., for Office 157.07
Ellington-Malone, for repairs to typewriter 12.00
Charleston Ptg. House, for letter heads, envelops, etc 45.50
Cowperthwait & Co., for six chairs 12.00
New Charleston City Directory 8.00
Louis D. Rubin Co., for buzzer 11.03
Extra Stenographic Service:
Elizabeth Rivers $35.00
Demaris Ravenel 30JOO
65.00
James F. Condon & Sons 7.00
Petty Cash, travelling expenses, car fare, janitor, taxies
etc 508.48

Total $6,815.44

Appropriation $6,815.44
Expended 6,815.44

Respectfully submitted,
LOUISA deB. FITZ SIMONS,
January 15, 1924. Director,
240 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR COLORED ORPHANS

To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen
of the City Council of Charleston, S. C.
Gentlemen —
The Orphan AidSociety of the Jenkins Orphanage beg to submit
its thirty-second Annual Report through our Honorable Commission-
ers to your Honorable Body, for the year ending December 20, 1923.
First, we wish to call your attention to the Ordinance passed and
ratified by City Council in the year 1897 —
whereas it says "the Indus-
trial School for Colored Orphans of the City of Charleston", let the
Ordinance be so amended as to read, "the Jenkins Orphanage of Char-
leston, S, C." This request was made years ago by the Commissioners
in their report and the same was voted on and carried but no further
;

action was taken until now. We deem it essential that this Ordinance
be so changed for the good of the City of Charleston as well as
for the Orphan Aid Society. This Ordinance was created to comply
with a petition from the Orphan Aid Socitey for an appropriation
from the City Council.
The Orphanage has proven a credit to both our City and State.
The number of orphans and destitute children cared for is 3,687. We
raised during the year from all sources $57,034.73. Of this amount
we received from our orphan bands and entertainments $26,513.32. In
reading our report carefully, you will find that our institution is doing
more actual work and getting more out of the children in helping them
to become self-supporting than any other institution of its kind in
the United States.
Gentlemen, read our report carefully. Neither the State, County
nor School Commissioners have appropriated a dollar in thirty two
years. Should not greater interest be taken in this work? Shall it
forever fall on one man who has worked both night and day to train,
educate, shelter and care for that class of boys and girls left on the
cold charity of the world to become the future vagabonds, liars, thieves
and law-breakers?
It is true that the old Marine Hospital, ,20 Franklin Street, was
donated to the Orphan Aid Society of the Jenkins Orphanage, which
marks the beginning of our v/ork. We are conducting now three in-
—
dustrial farms first, the Greenwood Orphan and Industrial Jbarm,
ninety acres of land; second, the reform and industrial farm, 100
acres of land, both at Ladson, S. C. ; third, the Lincoln Park In-
dustrial Farm, one hundred and eighty-six acres of land, six miles
beyond the city limits, on the Ashley River. They are ail being operated.
The Girls' Rescue Home is at the Lincoln Park Industrial Farm. It
would be a source of great inspiration to anyone interested in poor
girls to visit this farm. The children are taught to work. We have
—
several other industries job printing, shoe making and repairing. We
publish The Charleston Messenger in our print shop. This weekly
paper means much to the life of our Institution.
The work grows. We carried on our roll during the year 265
boys and girls. We have four brass bands, a combination of one hun-
dred musicians. To let children play on brass instruments is better
for their lungs than medicine. The truth of this statement is brought
out by our report which shows that out of more than three thousand
boys and girls in thirty-two years, we have lost by death fifteen. We
will place our record as to health among the children against any in-
stitution in the land. The report of the Japan Orphanage shows that
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 241

out of a number of three hundred, fifty-eight died within three years.

Charleston and South Carolina have been well represented throughout
the length and breadth of this land and Europe as well, by the brass
bands of the Jenkins Orphanage.
We have not worried nor harassed our County and State Board
for an appropriation. We wanted first to prove our worthiness as
a race. Feeling that we have done so, we want to petition our City,
County and State through our Commissioners, Mr. A. J. Riley
Chairman, appointed by City Council, for the sum of $35,000 the —
City of Charleston for $15,000 for the Jenkins Orphanage, 20 Frank-
lin Street; the State for $15,000 for the Girls' Rescue Home, Lincoln
Park, and the County for $5,000 for the Reform School and Greenwood
Industrial Farm, Ladson, S. C. The Orphan Aid Society will pledge
itself to raise $15,000 by voluntary contributions, making a grand
total of $50,000. It will take this amount at the lowest calculation to
run the branches of the institution. If however, the City, County or
State is not willing to make these appropriations without having the
institution turned over to them, then the Orphan Aid Society is will-
ing to turn over any part of each or all with property connected there-
with, as the health of the president and founder is greatly impaired.
For thirty-two years he has worked without receiving any salary. He
has been pastoring the Fourth Baptist Church for thirty-five years,
and during this time he has received from this church for salary over
thirty thousand dollars. No one would believe how much of his
salary he has put into the Orphonage to make it succeed. He finds to-
day that he is not able to do what is required for the church nor the
institution. Any suggestion or advice for the betterment of the institu-
tion will be gladly received.

"The president has been very careful in spending money given for
charity. The money given for endowment fund was put in real estate,
all of which was bought in the name of the Orphan Aid Society which
is held in trust for them. All mortgages on real estate have been paid.
We are appealing to you as our Honorable Commissioners to go
before the City, County and State Boards or to arrange for us to get
before them to explain the impossibility of these branches of this in-
stitution going on as they are without assistance from the powers that
be. We hereunto append statement of receipts and disbursements for
the year 1923.

RECEIPTS

Dec. 20, by balance per statement renderied to Dec. 20, '22..$ 556.12
By cash received from Dec. 20, '22 to Dec. 20, '23
From Donations Northern and Foreign $ 8,412.37
From Donation Southern
Apipropriation City Council 3,000.00
Other Sources 4,045.12
15,457.49
From school contributions 769.20
From Lincoln Park 533.92
From Ind. Farm and Reformatory 1,742.01
From Building Fund 3,289.32
From interest on special deposit 189.41
From money borrowed
''

954.34
From interest on bonds 41.00
From rents 3,303.33
From Magazine St., int. on purchase 28.00
242 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviezv

From Shoe Rep. Dept 194.82

P^rom Charleston Messenger 2,037.64
From Insurance 1,300.00
From Bands and entertainments 26,513.72
Overdrawn on bank 124.41

$57,034.73
(

DISBURSEMENTS
To Cash paid from Dec. 20, '22 to Dec. 20, '23.
For Acct. Chas'n Messenger 2,817.23
For Don. N. F 32.27
School 840.39
Lincoln Park
Acct. Purchase and Repairs 16,190.18
Sundry House Expenses 8,783.55
Ind. Farm and Reformatory 2,025.99
Salary 8,832.93
Railroad Fares 3,302.90
Money Borrowed
Printing 838.57
Beaufain Street ground 64.92
Tax 145.25
Shoe Repair Department 278.77
Repairs and improvements 10,174.44
Fire and Life Insurance 810.20
Bands 1,622.64
Postage 247.25
Interest 27.25
$57,034.73
Leaving a Balance of $124.47

Distributed as follows
No Cash on hand.
Dep. Carolina Sav. Bank
Outstanding indebtedness $4,490.47

All of which is respectfully submitted,

(Rev.) D. J. JENKINS), President

E. M. CLEMENT, Secretary

I certify that the above is a correct exhibit from the books of

the said Society, as of date Dec. 20, 1923.

J. C. DILLINGHAM, Auditor
 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviezv 243

COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC LANDS

Charleston, S. C, January 8th, 1924

To Honor, the Mayor,

his
and Members of City Council
Gentlemen
I have the honor to present my third Annual Report of

the Management of the Ashley River Asylum **01d Folks

Home" for colored people, and the interment of the pauper
dead under the care and custody of the Commissioners of
Public Lands.

The buildings, all of them, have had attention in the way

of repairs, the roofs of the buildings have been repaired
and new guttering furnished where needed. The buildings
and grounds have been kept neat and clean and altogether
they present a very creditable appearance.

The matron, the Assistant keeper, and grave digger

have regularly performed their duties faithfully. We sub-
mit extracts from the Matron's Annual Report to the
Board

Inmates in Home .= 48
Admitted during year 23
Sent to hospital 17
Died in Home 5
Average number in Home during year 53
Interments in Potter's Field
White 12
Coored 227

Total 239

I submit the Annual Financial Statement of Secretary

and Treasurer for the year 1923.

Respectfully submitted,

CLIFFORD THOMPSON,
Chairman.
244 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcvieiv

Financial Statkmknt.

To the Commissioners of Public Lands,

Gentlemen :

I beg to submit the Financial Statement for the year

1923:
Appropriation from Council $4,823.00
Salaries $1,248.00
Expenses as per monthly invoices filed

with City Treasurer 3,202.67

4,450.67

Balance with City Treasurer $ Z72.2)2>

I beg to report having also turned over to City Treasurer
rent from Farm Land $125.00
and interment fees 8.00

Respectfully submitted,

A. MARION STONE,
Secretary and Treasurer, C. P. L.

COMMISSIONERS FOR THE MANAGEMENT,

CARE AND CUSTODY OF CONVICTS

To Honorable Mayor
the
and City Council of Charleston, S. C.
Gentlemen :

We beg to submit the report of the Commissioners for the

management, care and custody of convicts for the year
ending December 31st, 1923.

The number of prisoners received during the year was:

Recorder's Court 201
Magistrate Court 2

Total „ 203
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 245

Divided as follows
Colored 203
White

Total 203

Average number of prisoners per diem : 8

Largest number on any one day 13
Smallest number on any one day 7
Average number of sick per diem 4
Died
Terms of sentence varied from five to thirty days.
No females were received during the year.
The health of the prisoners has been good.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation _ $ 5, 150.00
Expenses
Salary, Superintendent $1,800.00
Salary, Guards 2,400.00
Salary, Secretary 300.00
Salary, Carrying meals 300.00
Bolts and Shackles 6.75
Soap 12.00
$ 4,818.75
Amount unexpended $ 331.25

LOCATION AND CHARACTER OF WORK

January — Digging ditch on Simons street and ditch on
filling
Boulevard.
February— Cleaning up dump on Gadsden street and spreading
cinders on Boulevard.
March— Cleaning up dump on Gadsden street and Beaufain street
and cleaning out creek, west end of Line street.
April — Cleaning out creek and building box drain west end Line
street 500 feet long.
May— Dressing up roadway on Boulevard and cleaning and dig-
ging ditch west end of Reid street, also cleaning south of Gadsden
street,
—
June Digging ditch east end of Columbus street out to emigrant
station also dressing up Boulevard.
July— Digging ditcheast end of Colurnbus street to the Emigrant
station also dressing up Boulevard, cleaning up dump off Beaufain
street and cleaning dump west end of Broad.
—
August Cutting grass on Ashley avenue from Broad to Tradd
street and south Bay, digging out curbing on Grove street.
—
September Spreading cinders and planting grass on Boulevard.
—
October Raking over Boulevard.
—
November Raking over Boulevard, digging out curbing and
cutting bushes down on Dunneman's street.
—
December Raking over Boulevard and cutting down weeds on
Dunneman's street.
246 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviciu

HARBOR MASTER

To the Honorable the Mayor ^^

and Aldermen.
Gentlemen:
I have the honor submit the accompanying report of
to
the arrivals of vessels at this port for the year ending
December 31st, 1923.
It is with pleasure I state that Capt. W, L. Anderson,
the President and Capt. J. E. Swan, the Secretary of the
Charleston Pilots Association, and Maj. James D. Lucas,
Chairman of the Board of Port Wardens, have, as usual,
rendered the Harbor Master voluntary and valuable services.

Respectfully submitted,

JAMES ARMSTRONG,
Harbor Master.

NO. 1

C/l
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MONTHS ^CO
4>
C w
^
So
bo
^5
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O bo
m m^ ^
January .... 52 9 159,413 United States
February 64 7 183,315 United States
March 60 4 147,588 United States
April 53 5 148,385 United States
May 66 4 198,205 United States
June 59 4 169,754 United States
July 64 4 186,489 United States
August .... 63 5 179,857 United States
September 60 8 182,953 United States
October .... 68 8 205,032 United States
November 68 5 192,652 United States
December 67 5 203,765 United States

Totals 744 68 2,157,408

 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 247
NO. 2
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to

MONTHS ^ 5^ C
(U
bo
j5

s
m ^
January .„ 1 5,173 Danzig
January — 2 5,270 British
January .-. 3 5,644 Norwegian
January ... 3 4,751 German
January .... 6 8,429 Danish
February .. 5 13,477 Norwegian
February .. 3 5,201 Danish
February .. 1 3,218 Italian
February .. 3 7,139 British
March ...... 6 20,004 Norwegian
March 3 9,097 British
March 2 3,448 Danish
March 1 834 Swedish
April 2 8,520 Japanese
April 1 446 French
April 1 1,353 British
April 1 3,181 Belgian
April 1 3,037 Danish
April 5 12,763 Norwegian
May 3 11,061 Japanese
May 1 4,712 Italian
May 3 6,734 Norwegian
May 1 4,070 Swedish
May 1 2,860 British
May 1 1,480 Danish
June 1 5,121 French
June 2 8,513 Japanese
June 1 5,915 Danzig
June 1 3,062 Norwegian
June 1 4,261 British
July 1 4,260 Japanese
July 1 2,974 German
July 2 6,656 Norwegian
July 1 1,059 Swedish
August 1 3.227 Belgian
August 1 3,750 French
August 3 10,336 Norwegian
August 1 3,284 German
September 2 5,890 Danish
September 1 3 6,584 Norwegian
September 1 4,059 Belgian
September 1 1,988 French
October .— 1 4 12,552 British
October .... 1 3,570 French
November 5 18,496 British
November 1 930 Norwegian
November 1 3,084 Italian
November 1 5,590 Japanese
December 4 12,719 British
December 4 8,391 Norwegian
December 1 4,112 Japanese
December 1 3,761 Swedish
December 1 3,520 Belgian
December 1 2,305 French
mo 111 071
248 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

Ordinances Ratified in 1923<

AN ORDINANCE
To Pension Glenn E. Davis, Former Cit}'- vSheriff.

Whereas, Glenn E. Davis has served the City of Charleston faith-

fully and continuously for more than forty years, therefore
Be It Ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Charleston, in City
Council assembled
Section 1. That Glenn E. Davis shall receive a pension from the
City of Charleston of Fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars
annually, the payments to commence from the dale of his retirement as
City Sheriff
Section 2. That the said pension shall be paid to him by the City
Treasurer in the sum of One hundred and twenty-five ($125.00)
dollars monthly.
Section 3. That the pension herein provided for shall cease upon
the death of the said Glenn E. Davis.
Ratified January 9, 1923.

AN ORDINANCE
Declaring the result of a Special Election held in the City of Charles-
ton, South Carolina, on the eighth day of November, 1921, Provid-
ing for the Issuance of $500,000.00 Bonds of the City of Charleston
for the Purchase, Establishment, Maintenance and Increase of the
Sewerage system of the City of Charleston, and to Authorize the
issue ofSewerage Bonds by the City Council of Charleston, to an
amount not exceeding $500,000.00.
Whereas, at a regular meeting of the City Council of Charleston,
held on the 12th day of July, 1921, a majority of the free-holders of
the City of Charleston, as shown by its tax books, duly filed a petition
with the City Council of Charleston to order a Special Election in
said city for the purpose of issuing bonds not exceeding $500,000.00,
the proceeds of which bonds to be used solely for the purchase,
establishment, maintenance and increease of the sewerage system in
the said City of Charleston; and
Whereas, meeting of the City Council of Charleston, held on
at a
the 15th day of July, 1921, the Committee on Ways and Means, to
whom said petition was referred, reported that an examination of
said petition and of the tax books of the City of Charleston showed
that a majority of the free-holders of said city, as shown by the tax
books, had signed said petition, the City Council of Charleston did, on
the 15th day of July, 1921, order such election, and adopted the fol-
lowing resolution:
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 249

"Now, therefore, be it Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the

City Council of Charleston, duly assembled:
in Council, That a
Special Election be held in the City of Charleston, on a date to be
fixed by the Mayor, for the purpose of voting upon the following
resolution, to wit
Shall the City of Charleston issue coupon bonds of the City of
Charleston in denominations of one hundred dollars, five hunderd dol-
lars, or one thousand dollars, aggregating in total the sum of five

hundred thousand ($500,000.00) dollars, payable each and all of them

forty years after their date of issue with the privilege of redemption
after twenty (20) years, and bearing interest at the rate of four (4)
per cent per annum, payable semiannually, the proceeds of which said
bonds to be applied solely for the purchase, establishment, main-
tenance and increase of the sewerage system of the City of Charleston.
Resolved, further, That the said election is appointed to be held and
shall be conducted in all respects in accordance with the statutes in
such case, made and provided :" and
Whereas, said election was duly and legally held on the 8th day of
November, 1921, and the said question was legally decided in favor
of the same, whereby the issue of said bonds is duly authorized to be
made : Now, therefore
Be it ordained, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City Council of
Charleston, S. C, in the City Council assembled, as follows
Section 1. It is hereby determined and declared that a majority
of the qualified voters of the City of Charleston, voting at the election
held November 8, 1921, voted in the affirmative on the question of the
issuance of said bonds in accordance with the question submitted to
them at said election as aforesaid.
Section 2. There shall be issued coupon bonds of the City Council
of Charleston not exceeding in the aggregate amount five hundred thou-
sand ($500,000.00) dollars, the proceeds of which bonds to be used
solely for the purpose of purchasing, establishing, extending and main-
taining, the sewerage system throughout the city. Said bonds shall
be dated March 1, 1923 and shall be payable January 1, 1963, and shall
bear interest at the rate of four (4) per cent per annum, payable
semi-annually on the first day of September and the first day of
March of each year; and any and all bonds shall be subject to redemp-
tion at the option of the said City Council of Charleston on March
1, 1943, or any semi-annual interest date thereafter at the face amount

of the bond and accrued interest upon notice published once in

each of four (4) consecutive calendar weeks beginning not more
than ninety (90) days before the date of redemption in a newspaper
of general circulation of the city of New York and in a newspaper
of general circulation in the City of Charleston. If the city shall
elect to redeem less than the entire amount of the bonds outstand-
ing the City Council shall cause to be determined by lot the bonds to
be redeemed, and said notice shall in such case state the number of the
bonds drawn by lot for redemption.
250 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcziezu

Section 3. Said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor and the City
Treasurer and the Seal of the City Council ofCharleston attached, at-
tested by the Clerk of Council and the signing of the coupons attach-
ed to said bonds with the lithographed or engrossed fac-simile signature
of the City Treasurer shall be a sufficient signing of the same. The
form of the bond shall be substantially as follows:

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CITY OF CHARLESTON
SEWERAGE BOND
No. Dollars.

The City Council of Charleston, a municipal corporation in the

State of South Carolina, for value received acknowledges itself in-
debted and promises to pay the bearer the sum of
dollars on the first day of March, 1963, and to pay interest thereon
at the rate of four (4) per cent per annum semi-annually on the
firstday of September and the first day of March in each year,
but
only upon presentation and surrender as they severally mature, of
the coupons therefor annexed hereto. Both the principal and inter-
est of this bond are payable in lawful money of United States of
America at the office of the City Treasurer in the City of Charleston,
S. C, or at in the City of New York, at
the option of the holder.
This bond is subject to redemption on March 1st, 1943 or on any
semi-annual interest date thereafter at the face amount of the
bond and accrued upon notice published once in each of
interest,
four (4) successive weeks not more than ninety (90) days before the
date of redemption in a newspaper of general circulation in the City
of New York and in a newspaper of general circulation in the City
of Charleston.
This bond one of a series of bonds of The City Council of
is

Charleston for the purpose of purchasing, establishing, ex-

issued
tending and maintaining the sewerage S3'^stem throughout the said
City of Charleston by virtue of the affirmative vote of a majority of
the qualified and registered electors of the City of Charleston at an
election held in said city on November 8th, 1921, which election was
ordered upon petition of a majority of the free-holders of said city,
as shown by its tax books: also by virtue of an ordinance ratified by
the City Council of said city on the day of
, 1923.

It is hereby certified and recited that all deeds, acts and things re-
quired by the constitution and statutes of the State of South Carolina,
to exist, happen and be performed precedent to and in the issuance
of this bond exist, have happened and have been performed, and
that the issue of the bonds of which this is one, together with all
 Mayor Grace's Annual Reviezv 251

the other indebtedness of said city, is within every debt and other
limit prescribed by the constitution or laws of the said State.
It is hereby agreed by and between the City Council of Charles-
ton and every holder of this bond that the said The City Council of
Charleston shall provide a sinking fund sufficient for the retirement
of the issue of the bonds of which this is one.
In Witness Whereof, the said The City Council of Charleston has
caused this bond to be signed by the Mayor and City Treasurer of
the City of Charleston, S. C, and the Seal of The City Council of
Charleston attached, attested by the Clerk of Council, and the annexed
coupons to be signed with the facsimile signature of the said City
Treasurer, and this bond to be dated March 1st, 1923.

Mayor,

City Treasurer.

Clerk of Council.
(Form of Coupon.)
No $..

On the first day of September, 1923, the City Council of Charles-

ton, S. C, will pay to 'the bearer Treasurer
at the office of the City
of said city, or at Bank York, at
in the City of New
the option of the holder $ lawful money of the United
States of America, being six (6) months' interest then due on its
Sewerage Bond dated March 1, 1923, unless said bond shall have been
called for previous redemption.

City Treasurer.
Section 4. There shall be assessed, levied and collected annually in
addition to annual tax levied for other purposes a sufficient
the
annual tax upon the taxable property of the City of Charleston to meet
the interest to become due upon said bonds, and also to raise the sum
of one-fortieth part of the principal amount of said bonds as a
sinking fund (which is hereby created) in aid of the retirement
and payment of said bonds.
Section 5. The Mayor and City Treasurer are hereby authorized
and direected when said bonds are executed to sell same, either with
or without demand for bids, as in their judgement is deemed advisable.
Ratified February 14, 1923.

AN ORDINANCE
To confirm the Assessment Roll for the paving of the Roadway of
Anson street, intersecting Pinckney street,
and for the paving of
the sidewalks on Calhoun street. Concord to Meeting street; Amer-
ica street, Judith street to Hampstead Square; Alexander street,
252 Mayor Grace's Aiuiiial Review

Calhoun to Judith street; Cumberland street, East Bay to Church

street; Hasell street, East Bay to Meeting street, and Church street,
Broad to Pinckney street.
Be ordained by the
it Mayor and Aldermen of Charleston, in City
Council assembled
That the assessment rolls, prepared by the City Engineer and filed
in the office of the City Treasurer, for the paving of the roadway
of Anson street, intersecting Pinckney street, and for the paving of
the sidewalks on Calhoun street. Concord to Meeting street; America
street, Judith to Hampstead Square; Alexander street, Calhoun to

Judith street, Cumberland street East Bay to Church street; Hasell

street. East Bay to Meeting, and Church street, Broad to Pinckney
street, be and the same are hereby, confirmed.

Ratified April 24, 1923.

AN ORDINANCE
To amend an ordinance ratified and approved the 26th day of July,
1922, entitled "An Ordinance to declare the amount outstanding
and unpaid on assessments levied against abutting property to meet
the costs of the permanent improvements on streets, the inter-
section of streets and sidewalks and for curbing of streets and for
drains in the City of Charleston, and to authorize the issuance of
bonds in the amount of One Hundred and Ninety-three Thousand
Dollars ($193,000.00), and to provide for their payment," by de-
claring the correct amount of the outstanding and unpaid assess-
ments against the abutting property on the streets set forth in
said ordinance as appears by Assessment Lien Book, and provid-
ing for a reduction of the amount of bonds to be issued from $193,-
000 to $183,000.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen and City Council of the
City of Charleston in Council assembled
Whereas, by an ordinance ratified the 26th day of July, 1922, en-
titled "An ordinance to declare the amount outstanding and unpaid
on assessments levied against abutting property to meet the costs
of the permanent improvements on streets, the intersection of streets
and sidewalks and for curbing of streets and for drains in the City
of Charleston, and to authorize the issuance of One Hundred and
Ninety-three Thousand Dollars ($193,000) and to provide for their
payment," it was ordained that there was due to the City of Char-
leston as appears by the Assessment Lien Book for outstanding
and unpaid assessments on the assessments levied against abutting
propert}' to meet the costs of the permanent improvement on said
streets, the intersection of streets, and sidewalks and for curbing of
streets and for drains in the City of Charleston, the sum of $193,-
086.31 being the unpaid assessments levied on abutting property on
the streets therein set forth: and
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 253

Whereas, By a decision of the Supreme Court in action entitled

"Henry A. M. Smith — — City
vs. Council of Charleston," it was de-
cided that assessments made for a drain laid previous to the
adoption of the constitutional amendment, approved the 15th day
of February, 1919, was unconstitutional and illegal, and,

Whereas, such assessments have now been eliminated by the cancel-

ing of such assessments for the drain laid on Meeting street, be-
tween South Battery and Broad street, and on Radcliffe street, from
St. Philip to King street, which drains were laid previous to said
constitutional amendment and such cancellation has reduced the
amount of outstanding and unpaid assessments as appears from the
Assessment Lien Book to the sum of $183,330.00.
Section 1. It is hereby declared that, as appears from the Asess-
ment Lien Book of the City of Charleston, there is outstanding and
unpaid on the assessm^ents levied against the abuting property on the
streets set forth in said ordinance to meet the costs of permanent
improvements on streets, the intersection of streets and sidewalks and
for curbing of streets and for drains on said streets and sidewalks
and for curbing of streets the sum of One Hundred and Eighty-three
Thousand, Three Hundred and Thirty Dollars ($183,330.00). instead
of the sum of One Hundred and Ninety- three Thousand and Eighty-
Six Dollars and Thirty-six Cents ($193,086.36) as set forth in said
ordinance.
Section 2.That the amount of bonds of the City Council of Char-
leston authorized to be issued under and by said ordinance be and is
hereby reduced from $193,000 to $183,000 and the bonds authorized
to be issued are hereby reduced from 193 bonds to 183 bonds and
the said bonds provided in said ordinance to mature on the 1st day
of August, 1923, are hereby changed so that the said bonds maturing on
said date shall be bonds Nos. 177 to 183, inclusive.

Section 3. All of the other provisions in said ordinance contained

except as herein amended are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 4. That the sale of said bonds heretofore made shall not in
any way, except as to the amount thereof, be affected by this ordinance.
Ratified April 24, 1923.

AN ORDINANCE
To repeal an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to declare the amount
outstading and unpaid on assessments levied against abutting pro-
perty to meet the cost of permanent improvements on Streets,
and sidewalks and for curbing streets and for
intersection of Streets
drains in the City of Charleston.and to authorize the issuance of
bonds in the amount of $160,000 and to provide for their payment,"
adopted and ratified November 14th, 1922.
Be it ordaineed by the Mayor and Aldermen in City Council as-
sembled, as follows:
254 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

Section 1. That the Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to declare the

amount outstanding and unpaid on assessments levied against abutting
property to meet the costs of permanent improvements on Streets,
intersections of Streets and Sidewalks and for curbing of Streets
and for drains in the City of Charleston, and to authorize the issu-
ance of bonds in the amount of $160,000 and to provide for their
payment, adopted and ratified the 14th day of Novemebcr, 1922, be and
is hereby repealed.

Ratified April 28, 1923.

AN ORDINANCE
To Confirm improvements of Roadways on
the Assessments for the
Church street, from Broad to Pinckney streets; Shepard street,
from King street to Rutledge avenue; Carolina street, from King
street to Rutledge avenue; Fishburne street, from King street to
Rutledge avenue Sumter street, from King street to Rutledge
;

avenue Percy Street, from Spring to Line streets Perry street,

; ;

from Shepard to Sumter; Ogier street, from Calhoun to Vander-

horst streets; Burns lane, from King to Meeting streets; New
street, from Tradd to Broad streets Charlotte street, from Alex-
;

ander to Washington streets, Calhoun street, from Meeting street to

East end, with all intersections thereon, and for the Improvements
of Sidewalks on Calhoun street, from King street to West end of
Calhoun street; Anson street, from Pinckney to Calhoun streets;
Calhoun street, from Concord to Meeting streets, America street,
from Judith street to Hampstead Square, Alexander street, from
Calhoun to Judith streets; Cumberland street, from East Bay to
Church street; Hasell street, from East Bay to Meeting street;
Church street, from Broad to Pinckney streets.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Charleston in City
Council assembled
Section 1. That the assessments as appear on the Assessment Roll
filed in the office of the City Treasurer of the City of Charleson,
S. C, for the improvement of roadways on Church street from Broad
to Pinckney streets; Shepard street, from King Street to Rutledge
Avenue, Carolina Street from King street to Rutledge Avenue, Fish-
burne Street from King Street to Rutledge Avenue; Sumter Street from
King Street to Rutledge Avenue, Percy Street from Spring to Line
Streets, Perry Street from Shepard to Sumter Streets, Ogier Street
from Calhoun to Vanderhorst Streets, Burns Lane from King to
Meeting Streets, New street from Tradd to Broad Streets, Charlotte
Street from Alexander to Washington Streets, Calhoun Street from
Meeting Street to East end, with all intersections thereon; and for
the improvements of sidewalks on Calhoun Street from King Street to
West End of Calhoun Street, Anson Street from Pinckney to Cal-
houn Streets, Calhoun street from Concord to Meeting Streets, Amer-
ica Street from Judith Street to Hampstead Square, Alexander Street
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 255

from Calhoun to Judith Streets, Cumberland Street from East Bay

to Church Street, Hasel Street from East Bay to Meeting Street and
Church Street from Broad to Pinckney Streets; be and the same
are hereby confirmed.
Ratified April 28, 1923.

AN ORDINANCE
To Declare the Amount Outstanding and Unpaid on Assessments
Levied Against Abutting Property to Meet the Costs of Permanent
Improvements on Streets, Intersections of Streets and Sidewalks
and for Curbing of Streets and for Drains in the City of Charles-
ton, and to Authorize the issuance of Bonds in the Amount of
Two Hundred and Fifty-seven Thousand ($257,000) Dollars, and
to Provide for Their Payment.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Charleston, in City
Council assembled, as follows:
Section 1. It is hereby declared that, as appears by the Assessment
lyiens Book of the City of Charleston, there is outsanding and un-
paid on the assessments levied against abutting property to meet
the costs of permanent improvements on streets, the intersection of
streets and sidewalks and for curbing of the streets and for drains
in 'the City of Charleston the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty-nine
Thousand, Eight Hundred and One and eighty-four one hundredths
($259,801.84) Dollars, being unpaid assessments on abutting property
on the following streets For roadway improvements on Anson street,
:

from Pinckney to Calhoun streets; Alexander street, from Calhoun

to Judith streets America street, from Judith to Amherst streets
;

Cumberland street, from East Bay to Church streets; Hasell street,

from East Bay to Meeting streets. Church street, from Broad to
Pinckney street; Sheipard street, from King street to Rutledge ave-
nue; Carolina street, from King street to Rutledge avenue; Fishbume
street, from King street to Rutledge avenue; Sumter street, from
King street to Rutledge avenue Percy street, from King to Line
;

streets; Perry street, from Shepard to Sumter street; Ogier street,

from Calhoun to Vanderhorst streets Burns lane, from King to
;

Meeting streets New street, from Tradd to Broad streets Char-

; ;

lotte street, from Alexander to Washington street Calhoun street,

;

from Meeting street to East end and for sidewalk improvements on

Radcliffe street, from King street to Rutledge avenue; Smith street,
from Vanderhorst to Radcliffe streets Calhoun street, from King
;

street to West end of Calhoun street; Anson street from Pinckney

to Calhoun streets; Calhoun street, from Concord to Meeting street;
America street, from Judith street to Hampstead Square Alexander;

street, from Calhoun to Judith streets Cumberland street, from East

;

Bay to Church streets Hasell street, from East Bay to Meeting streets,
;

and Church street, from Broad to Pinckney streets; and that no bonds
or certificates of indebtedness have been issued by the City Council
 256 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

of Charleston for the payment of which the revenue derii ed from said
assessments has been directed to be used.
Section 2. That the revenue derived from the assessments above
set forthis hereby directed to be devoted solely and exclusively to

the payment of the bonds hereinafter authorized to be issued.

Section 3. That bonds of the City Council of Charleston be issued in
the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty-seven Thousand ($257,000)
Dollars, in denominations of One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars each,
to be dated the 1st day of May, 1923, and to bear interest at the rate
of six (6%) per cent per annum, unless a lower rate of interest shall
be determined on by the Mayor and City Treasurer at the time of the
sale of said bonds, payable semi-annually on the 1st days of May and
November of each year, both principal and interest to be payable at
the office of the City Treasurer in the City of Charleston, S. C, or
at the Bankers Trust Company, in the City of New York, N. Y., at the
option of the holder. Said bonds shall be designated "Series B Street
Paving Bonds," and shall be numbered one to two hundred and
fifty-seven (1 to 257), inclusive, consecutively, and shall mature as
follows
Bonds Nos. 1 to 26, inclusive, on May 1st, 1925.
Bonds Nos. 27 to 52, inclusive, on May 1st, 1926.
Bonds Nos. 53 to 78, inclusive, on May 1st, 1927.
Bonds Nos. 79 to 104, inclusive, on May 1st, 1928.
Bonds Nos. 105 to 130, inclusive on May 1st, 1929.
Bonds Nos. 131 to 156, inclusive, on May 1st, 1930.
Bonds Nos. 157 to 182, inclusive, on May 1st, 1931.
Bonds Nos. 183 to 207, inclusive, on May 1st, 1932.
Bonds No. 208 to 232, inclusive, on May 1st, 1933.
Bonds Nos. 233 to 257 inclusive, on May 1st, 1934.
That the form of the said bonds, with coupons attached, and the ex-
ecution thereof shall be in the form and manner as is set forth in the
ordinance of City Council of Charleston, ratified April 18, 1922 entitled
"An Ordinance declaring the result of the special election held in the
City of Charleston, South Carolina, on the 8th day of November, 1921,
and providing for the issuance by the City Council of Charleston of
bonds or certificates of indebtedness or both, for the purpose of paying
the costs of placing permanent improvements on streets," etc.
Section 4. That for the payment of the interest on said bonds and
for the purpose of creating a sinking fund for the payment of said
bonds, as they mature, the City Council of Charleston does hereby
assess, levy and collect, in addition to the annual taxes levied for other
purposes, a sufficient annual tax upon the taxable property in the City
of Charleston to meet the interest to become due upon said bonds and
also to provide and raise such part of the sinking fund in aid of the
retirement and payment of said bonds as it is advisable or necessary to
provide and raise annually therefor, and that said taxes be levied and
collected, and that the sinking fund created for the payment of said
bonds be kept separate and distinct Provided the amount set apart as
:
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 257

a sinking fund annually shall not exceed the necessary fractional

amount
to provide for an aggregate sum sufficient for the retirement of
the

said bonds on their maturities, respectively; provided, the amount of

such taxes levied in any year may be reduced by the amount of the
funds then on hand derived from the collection of assessments on prop-
erty abutting on the streets hereinbefore set forth and which revenue
has hereinbefore been pledged to the payment of said bonds.
Section 5. That said bonds shall be sold by the Mayor and the City
Treasurer either with or without advertisement for bids as in their
judgement is deemed advisable.
^
Ratified April 28, 1923.

AN ORDINANCE
To amend an ordinance declaring the result of a special electing held
in the City of Charleston, South Carolina, on the eighth day of
November, 1921, providing for the issuance of $500,000 bonds of the
City of Charleston for the purchase, establishment, maintenance and
increase of the sewerage system of the City of Charleston, and to
authorize the issue of sewerage bonds by the City Council of Char-
leston to an amount not exceeding $500,000.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Charleston in City
Council assembled, that Section 2 of the above entitled Ordinance,
ratifi'ed February 13, 1923, be amended by striking out on line twelve

of said Section 2, the words "January 1, 1963," and insert in lieu

thereof the words ''March 1, 1963," so that said Section 2 when amended
shall read as follows
"Section 2. There shall be issued coupon bonds of the City Council
of Charleston not exceeding in the aggregate amount five hundred
thousand ($500,000) dollars, the proceeds of which bonds to be used
solely for the purpose of purchasing establishing, extending and main-
taining the sewerage system throughout the city. Said bonds shall be
dated March 1, 1923 and shall be payable March 1 1963, and shall
bear interest at the rate of four (4) per cent per annum, payable semi-
annually on the first day of September and the first day of March of
each year; and any and all bonds shall be subject to redemption at
the option of the said City Council of Charleston on March 1, 1943, or
any semi-annual interest date thereafter at the face amount of the
bond and accrued interest upon notice published once in each of four
(4) consecutive calendar weeks, beginning not more than ninety (90)
days before the date of redemption in a newspaper of general circulation
of the city of New York and in a newspaper of general circulatoin in
the City of Charleston. If the city shall elect to redeem less than
the entire amount of the bonds outstanding the City Council shall
cause to be determined by lot the bonds to be redeemed, and said
notice shall in such case state the number of the bonds drawn by lot
for redemption."
Ratified April 28, 1923.
258 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviczv

AN ORDINANCE
To declare amount outstanding and unpaid on assessments le-
the
vied aganist abutting property to meet the cost of permanent improve-
ments on streets, intersections of streets and sidewalks and for
curbing of streets and for drains in the City of Charlesion and to
authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of Three hundred and
seventy-five Thousand ($375,000.00) dollars and to provide for their
payment.
Be It Ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Charleston in City
Council assembled, as follows
Section 1. It is hereby declared that as appears by the Assessment
Lien Book of the City of Charleston there is outstanding and un-
paid on the assessments levied against abutting property to meet
the costs of permanent improvements on streets, the intersections of
streets and sidewalks and for curbing of the streets and for drains
in the City of Charleston the sum of Three hundred and seventy-
five thousand five hundred and forty and 96-100 ($375,540.96) dollars,
being unpaid assessments on abutting property on the following streets:
for roadway improvements on Bogard street from St. Philip street to
Rutlcdge Avenue; Logan Street from Broad Street to Beaufain
Street; Charles Street from Queen Street to Beaufain Street; Mill
Street from Ashley Avenue to Lucas Street; Magazine Street from
Charles Street to Logan Street St. Philip Street from Line Street
;

to Carolina Street; Market Street (north side) from East Bay Street
to Meeting Street; Warren Street from King Street to Smith Street;
Doughty Street from Lucas Street to President Street; Coming Street
from Beaufain Street to Sumter Street; Vanderhorst Street from
King Street to Rutledge Avenue; Nassau Street from Mary Street to
Lee Street; Bee Street from Rutledge Avenue to West End; Am-
herst and Wolfe Streets from Bay Street to King Street; Frankliii
Street from Broad Street to Magazine Street; Elizabeth Street from
Calhoun Street to Mary Street; King Street from Ladson Street to
Broad Street Judith Street from America Street to Elizabeth Street
;

Trumbo Street from Trapman Street to Rutledge Avenue; Trap-

man Street from Broad Street to Queen Street; Pitt Street from
Beaufain Street to Calhoun Street; Lambol Street from King Street
to Legare Street; Horlbeck Street from Meeting to King Street;
Magazine Street from Logan Street to Franklin Street; Wilson Street
from Magazine Street to Beaufain Street; Wall Street from Laurens
Street to Calhoun Street; Lucas Street from Calhoun Street to
Doughty Street; and that no bonds or certif^icates of indebtedness have
been issued by the City Council of Charleston, for the payment of
which the revenue derived from said assessments has been direct-
ed to be used.
Section 2. That the revenue derived from the assessments above
set forth is hereby directed to be devoted solely and exclusively to
the payment of the bonds hereinafter authorized to be issued.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviczv . 259

Section. 3. That bonds of the City Council of Charleston be issued

in the sum of Three hundred and seventy-five throusand ($375,000.00)
dollars in denominations of One thousand ($1,000.00) dollars each
to be dated the first day of November, 1923, and to bear interest at
the rate of six (6) per cent per annum, unless a lower rate of in-
terest shall be determined upon by the Mayor and City Treasurer at
the time of the sale of said bonds, payable semi-annually on the first
days of November and May of each year, both principal and interest
to be payable at the Office of the City Treasurer in the City of
Charleston, S. C, or at the Bankers Trust Company in the City of
New York, N. Y., at the option of the holder. Said bonds shall be
designated "SeriesC Street Paving Bonds," and shall be numbered one
to three hundred and seventy-five (1 to 375) inclusive, consecutively,
and shall mature as follows
Inclusive Due
1 to 37 November 1, 1925
38 to 74 — November 1, 1926
75 to 111 November 1, 1927
112 to 148 „ _ November 1, 1928
149 to 185 November 1, 1929
186 to 223 _ - November 1, 1930
224 to 261 November 1, 1931
262 to 299 - - November 1, 1932
300 to 337 November 1, 1933
338 to 375 November 1, 1934
That the form of the said bonds with coupons attached and the ex-
ecution thereof shall be in the form and manner as is set forth in
the ordinance of City Council of Charleston ratified April 18th, 1922,
entitled "An Ordinance declaring the result of the special election
held in the City of Charleston, South Carolina, on the 8th day of
November, 1921, t,nd providing for the issuance by the City Council
of bonds or certificates of indebtedness or both, for the purpose of
paying the cost of placing of permanent improvements on Streets etc."
Section. 4 That for the payment of the interest on said bonds and
for the purpose of creating a sinking fund for the payment of said
bond as they mature, the City Council of Charleston does hereby
assess, levy and collect in addition to the annual taxes levied for other
purposes a sufficient annual tax upon the taxable property in the
City of Charleston to meet the interest to become due upon said bonds
and also to provide and raise such part of the sinking fund in aid
of the retirement and payment of said bonds as it is advisable or
necessary to provide and raise annually therefor; and that said taxes
be levied and collected, and that the sinking fund created for the pay-
ment of said bonds be kept separate and distinct provided, the ;

amount set apart as a sinking fund annually shall not exceed the
necessary fractional amount to provide for an aggregate sum suf-
ficient for the retirement of said bonds on their maturities respec-
tively; provided, the amount of such taxes levied in any year may
260 Mayor Grace's Annual Review

be reduced by the amount of the funds then on hand derived from

the collection of assessments on property abutting on the streets here-
inbefore set forth and which revenue has hereinbefore been pledged
to the payment of said bonds.
Section said bonds shall be sold by the Mayor and City
5. The
Treasurer either with or without advertisement for bids as in their
judgement is deemed advisable.
Ratified October 10, 1923.

AN ORDINANCE
To Regulate Hours of Work and Scale af Wages to Govern All
the
Public Work Performed by or for the City of Charleston and Paid
for Out of Public Funds.

Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Charleston

in City Council assembled :

Section 1. The service of all laborers, workman and mechanics,

hereafter employed by the City of Charleston, or by any contractor
or subcontractor, for or upon any public works of said City, is hereby

restricted to eight hours in any one calendar day, except in cases of

extraordinary emergency and all such laborers, workmen and me-
;

chanics shall receive and be paid not less than the scale of wages pre-
vailing among the various crafts so employed.
Section 2. Every contract, excluding contracts for the purchase of
material or supplies, to which the City of Charleston is a party, which
may involve the employment of laborers, workmen or mechanics,
shall contain a no laborer, workmen or mechanic,
stipulation that
working in said City, in the employ of the contractor or subcontractor,
or other person doing or contracting to do the whole or a part of
the work contemplated by the contractor, shall be requested or required
to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day, and shall al-
so contain a stipulation that all such laborers, workmen and me-
chanics-shall be paid not less than the scale of wages prevailing
among the various crafts so employed and every such contract which
;

does not contain these stipulations shall be null and void.

Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval by the Mayor
Ratified November 13, 1923.

AN ORDINANCE
To Prevent Auction Sales After Sunset.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Charleston, in City
Council assembled, that on and after the passage of this bill all sales
of goods by public auction in the City of Charleston, by an auctioneer,
shall be made in the daytime, between sunrise and sunset.
Ratified November 13, 1923.
 Mayor Grace's Annual Review 261

AN ORDINANCE
To Confirm the Assessment Rolls for the Improvement of Roadway*
on Bogard street, from St. Philip street to Rutledge avenue; Logan
street, from Broad to Beaufain; Charles street, from Queen to
Beaufain; Mill street, from Ashley to Lucas; Magazine street,
from Charles to Logan; St. Philip street, from Line to Carolina,
Market street (north side), from East Bay to Meeting; Warren
street, from King to Smith Doughty street, from Lucas to Presi-
;

dent; Coming street, from Beaufain to Sumter; Vanderhorst street,

from King to Rutledge Nassau street, from Mary to Lee Bee
; ;

street, from Rutledge to West End Amherst and Woolfe streets,

;

from Bay to King Franklin street, from Broad to Magazine

;

Elizabeth street, from Calhoun to Mary; King street, from Ladson

to Broad ;
Judith street, from America to Elizabeth Trumbo;

street, from Trapman to Rutledge Trapman street, from Broad

;

to Queen; Pitt street, from Beaufain to Calhoun; Lamboll street,

from King to Legare Horlbeck street, from Meeting to King; Mag-
;

azine street, from Logan to Franklin Wilson street, from Magazine

;

to Beaufain; Wall street, from Laurens to Calhoun; Lucas street,

from Calhoun to Doughty.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Charleston, in City
Council assembled
That the Assessement Rolls prepared by the City Engineer and
filled in the City Treasury Department for the paving of roadways on

Bogard street, from St. Philip street to Rutledge avenue Logan street
;

from Broad to Beaufain; Charles street, from Queen to Beaufain;

Mill street, from Ashley to Lucas Magazine street, from Charles
;

to Logan; St. Philip street, from Line to Carolina; Market street

(north side), from East Bay to Meeting; Warren street, from King
to Smith ; Doughty street, from Lucas to President Coming street,
;

from Beaufain to Sumter; Vanderhorst street, from King to Rutledge;

Nassau street, from Mary to Lee Bee street, from Rutledge to
;

West End; Amherst and Woolfe streets, from Bay to King; Frank-
lin street, from Broad to Magazine; Elizabeth street, from Calhoun

to Mary; King street, from Ladson to Broad; Judith street, from

America to Elizabeth Trumbo street, from Trapman to Rutledge
;

Trapman street, from Broad to Queen; Pitt street, from Beaufain to

Calhoun; Lamboll street, from King to Legare; Horlbeck street,
from Meeting to King; Magazine street, from Logan to Franklin;
Wilson street, from Magazine to Beaufain; Wall street, from Laurens
to Calhoun; Lucas street, from Calhoun to Doughty, be, and the same
are hereby, confirmed.
Ratified November 13, 1923.
262 Mayor Grace's Annual Rcviezv

ACTS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY— 1923

No. 108.

AN ACT to Amend Section 2471 of the Code of Laws of 1912,

being Section 3801 of the Code of Laws of 1922, and Section
2472 of the Code of Laws of 1912, being Section 3802 of the
Code of Laws of 1922, Relating to Pilotage and Harbor Com-
mission.
Section I. Sec. (3581), 1922 Code. Vol. Ill, Civil Code, (Sec.
(3801) Tentative Code) —
Amended Personnel of Sub-Com^nittee
of Board of Harbor Commissioners of Port of Charleston —
—
Appeals from Sub-Committee Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of the State of South Carolina. That Section 2471 of the Code of
Laws of South Carolina, 1912, being Section 3801 of the Code of Laws
of South Carolina, 1922, be and the same is hereby, amended by strik-
ing out the last line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the
following: "The Chairman of the Port Utilities Commission of Char-
leston shall be a member of said sub-Committee and the decisions of
said sub-Committee shall be subject to appeal to the Board of Harbor
Commissioners of the Port of Charleston, said appeal to be taken and
to be conducted in accordance with the law, rules and regulations as set
forth in Paragraphs 397, 398, 399, 401, 403, 405, 406 and 407,, Chapter
3 of the Code of Civil Procedure of South Carolina, 1912, entitled
'Appeal to the Circuit Court from an Inferior Court,' " so that said
section, when so amended, shall read as follows
(being 3801 of the Code of Laws of South Caro-
"Section 2471
lina, 1922). The Commissioners of Pilotage of Little River shall con-
sist of three persons, two of whom shall be or shall have been seafar-
ing men and one shall be a full branch pilot of the port to which he
belongs.
The Commissioners ofPilotage of Georgetown shall consist of
six persons, two of whom have been seafaring men,
shall be or shall
one of whom shall be a full branch pilot, and three of whom shall be
merchants of said town.
The Commissioners of Pilotage of Beaufort shall consist of. four
persons, two of whom shall be or shall have been seafaring men. They
shall have jurisdiction over St. Helena, Port Royal and all entrances
to the Southward.
The Commissioners of Pilotage of North and South Edisto and
Stono shall consist of three persons, two of whom
shall be or shall have
been seafaring men, and shall have jurisdiction over North and South
Edisto, Stono River and all entrances to the same.
The Board of Harbor Commissioners of the Port of Charleston
shall be the Commissioners of Pilotage for said port, and may invest
the sub-Committee of Pilotage of said Board with all the power and
authority in all matters relating to the pilotage and pilots of said port
of Charleston possessed by said Board, the Chairman of the Port
Utilities Commission of Charleston shall be a member of said sub-
Committee and the decisions of said sub-Committee shall be subject
to appeal to the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the Port of Char-
leston, said appeal to be taken and to be conducted in accordance with
the law, rules and regulations as set forth in paragraphs 397, 398, 399,
401, 403, 405, 406, and 407, Chapter 3, of the Code of Civil Procedure
of South Carolina, 1912, entitled 'Appeal to the Circuit Court from an
Inferior Court.'
"
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§ 2. Sec. (3582), 1922, Code, Vol. Ill, Civil Code, (Sec.

(3802) Tentative —
Code) Amended Percsonncl of Board of Har-
bor Commissioners of Port of Charleston That Section 2472 of—
Code of 1922 be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the
Code of 1922, be, an dthe same is hereby, amended by striking out the
words "President of the Charleston Merchants' Exchange" on line
five (5) of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"The Chairman of the Port Utilities Commission of Charleston," and
further amend by striking out the words "President of the Charleston
Young Men's Business League," on line six(6) and inserting in lieu
thereof the following: "The President of the Charleston Young Men's
Board of Trade" so that said section, when so amended, shall read
as follows
Section 2472. (being Section 3802 of the Code of 1922). The
Board of Harbor Commissioners of the Port of Charleston shall con-
sist of thirteen members as follows: The Mayor of the City of Char-
leston the President of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, the
President of the Charleston Cotton Exchange, the Chairman of the
Port Utilities Commission of Charleston, the President of the Char-
leston Young Men's Board of Trade, the Chairman of the Executive
Committee of the State Board of Health, if he be a resident of said
city, or, if he be not such resident, some member of the Executive
Committee resident of said city to be designated by said Committee,
and seven (7) residents of the said city of Charleston to be appointed
by the Governor, upon the recommendation of the Senator and mem-
bers of the House of Representatives from Charleston County, or a
majority of them, at least two of whom shall be seafaring men and at
least one of such seafaring men shall be a full branch pilot of the Port
of Charleston. The Mayor of the City of Charleston shall be ex-officio
Chairman of the said Board, and the Board at its first annual meeting
or at the first meeting after the time fixed for such annual meeting,
shall elect a Chairman pro tempore, to act in the temporary absence,
death, resignation or disability of the said Chairman.

§ 3. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by

the Governor.
Approved the 16th day of March A. D. 1923.
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Jn iH^mnrmm

George Walton Williams

Born January 20, 1860.
Died April 27, 1923.

ALDERMAN
City of Charleston,
Twelve Years,

COMMISSIONER
Charleston Orphan House,
Twenty Years.

ALDERMAN
John Woliltniann
Born January 30, 1864
Died August 7, 1923

ALDERMAN
Oscar Edward Johnson
Born December 25, 1853
Died October 10, 1923
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