Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-11-25
Communicated
Letter from Cosmos.

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Hill taxpayers should investigate the matter
of consolidation is certainly correct. There
is blood sucking hound upon the body pol
itic, which must be shaken off somehow, and
show" is the question. All will admit that
two interpretations, one fox Virginia, and one
for Gold Hill is enough, to say nothing of
the third. While Virginia and the County
have "gone it Wild" Gold Hill has been
more prudent, and for the money expended,
| and the debt she owes, has one hundred per
cent more to show for it than either Of the
other interpretations.
Virginia City, owes about s20,0OO %
Co!d in cash, by tax and license for g. sSS 90
For previous $500 NO
To show for S5,OOO On
Gold Hill owes about..............~..... 5000 90
Collections made prevtOuS......-........ mo W
Total $6,OO 70
For this she has to show, good water-works,
sewerages, city plat and cross streets pur-
chased.
The County owes now $2T6li9 90
Add int. due. average mos. Topper an. 1850 IS
! Add due for Hospital, for month of Nov. 500 %
Add Sundry bills for mOnth............... 300 10
viii owe lSt OF S3O3, 466 IS
Add Receipts ofcounty to LIST July 1868, 56J3 20
" from lst 63. to LIST July '6i. l3l, IA 90
Add School Fund tax for list of July 1861. 5000 ~
Now what have we got to show for? S5il.+4+ s.
Now let us see what all interpretations have
cost.
Virginia S3j1 600 %
Gold Hill lhO W
COUNTY 9tlttt %
Total S9i2iI4 81
About ONE MILLION OF DOLLARS!
Now let us see what we owe:
Virginia s-S o0 ~,
CountV I:t Of Decem6er 3G3 iG6 %
Total s542,46s 9,
Over half million, and we are still going
on at a compound rate. Now, Gold Hill
must consider that it owes its part of this
S303, 1866 IS and is owing, and will have to
foot its part of one thousand dollars per day
which is being expended, (if we take the
issue of warrants from the 18th oil September
to the 18th Of October as the criterion, which
was over $53, OO0l It is this county matter
to which we in Gold Hill must give attention
to, ANYHOW. Something must be done, we
are going to the devil, financially, as We are,
and have been for this six months past, which
has been clear to me, and have done my
part to have taxpayers see it and remedy the
evil. Now, two propositions suggest them
selves, and it is to call forth discussions pro
and con that induces me to present them.
FIRST Proposition-To destroy the present
county organization, excepting so far as the
Judicial District goes, then form an incor-
poration of City and County Of Gold Hill,
and City and County of Virginia, (making
Virginia a present Of our interest in the
county Jail and county hospital.) Gold Hill
paying her pro rata Of the county debt-which
pro rata can be had from the assessment
roll.
Second Observation-Disclosures to give Gold
Hill equal representation, or say Board OF
Supervisors Of two from Virginia, one from
Flowery, two from Gold Hill, and one from
American Flat. Virginia, by. special tax, to
| take care of her own Fire and Police Depart
ment, and Gold Hill the same, and each to
pay their own debt
Now do not say that either Of these propo-
| sitions are correct, but do say we have gott
! do something. Even if we do not consoll-
date Virginia and Gold Hill, let us adopt
some means of killing the present Villainous
county expense. Some may say two county
organizations would be more expensive, but
as proposed above, don't think it would.
II we start out right, on cash basis, all ad-
ditional offices incurred thereby could be
made self-sustaining, if not revenue.
.. CosMos.