, 1864-04-17

In recent article under the above caption, VIC
gave hrIct exhibit OF the financial condition Of
Chicago: among other things showing the valus-
ton Of the real and pefsonal estate Of this city
the percentage Of taxeB levied for the five years
past, ard the amount realized tom enc b levy.
We showcd that the valuation Of property for the
year 1,e8 WHs $l3 G2 824, excess on the hverage
ofthc four years preceding Of o45. We showed
TINT the levy for the year 1858 WAS tDenty
mills on the dollar agasnat an average Of t1='rs
Mills for tho preceding four years, on the fncreas-
ed vaRation, and that II the levy had been ASSESS
cd on the old valuation Of ITO the per cent
age 1ould hure been over ftcsnfytxe mills on the
dollar. We showed in dollars. and cents, that the
expenditures for municipal purposes had leaped
from fs73. .339 ~ lhe average Of the four preced-
lug years, 10 sao2, ,455,45, difference Of $685..
1IG.56. We gave the Coppesheads credit for
the one mill nnd three quarters excess Of tho War
Fund Tax, and showed that there still remained an
e1cess Of $29B, ,526.62 In favor Of Republican
management, and challenged them to ahow In
what respect the city had been better governed or
benefited by this excessive expenditure. We
showed also that the cost OF conducting municipal
Affairs was five dollars aud seventy cents per an
mum for each man, woman and child Of the one
hundred and fifty thousand which 90 to make up
our population.
Let rs see whether, in respect to the cost Of tls
tanee in advance OF contemporary cities. In 1858,
In Philadelphia, with an estimated population OF
Coo OGOthc amount paid for taxes Was e. 900.
With population four times greater than Chicago,
Philadelphia requires tax only two and three
quarters tines larger. II she paid . tax equal TO
that imposed by the Coppe1heads oi Chicago, the
amount would reach $500, ,sas.9s. Philadelphia
spends more In single month in keeping her
streets clean than Mayor Sherman expends during
Eof7r
In Cincinnati, the population in 1850 was 16a ooo.
Her annual tax list reaches $G7I, oil. With 1900
more population than Chicago, her taxes ara less
by $ls1, ,g1t.4S. '.'' :. :,
In Boston, that Puritan city, that centre. of Ill
Republican abominatiou, that cesspool OF Aboli-
tionism and rnirceeenAtion-ae ths Copperheaas
arc pleased to cnnnlnate 1.-THE chief city OF that
State, which, when the South shall haye conquered
her Independence and peace with healing wings
shall brood over the nation, and the Union is re-
constructed according to the principles Of the new
gospel Of peace, is to be left ont in tho co1d-in
1867, With an estimated population OF 10o,o10 the
tax was nine mills and three tenths On dollar.
Equally favorable results will be reached In the
examination OF the statistics Of Detroit and Buf-
ta1o. In New York where the Coppesheads have
had the control Of the city government for seven
years, the expenses have Increased from 81 900
10 S15, u0o O. IN ndvancc almost, II not quite par
son Tor this increase. 'copperheads as general
thing, are taxcaters, not Taxpayers and have no
interest In keeping down expenses.
We have said that the taxe5 saised for 1863 were
sees &C. In excess Of those Of previous years,
md It becomes question Of ZONE importance to
any better governed, II the police force is more
cfcient II The streets cleaner If the ocef5 OF
the city do their duty better, II the sidewalks and
improvements OF tho city better preserved, re-
paired extended. there ID then rome reason for
in ali these respects the city is worae OF then there
ie excuse for It. aud the citizens Justly hold
these in nnthortty to strict responsibility. Let
Us rec. For the four years previous to 1883, the
mcmbcred was assessed upon the real estate in the
lamp district benefited By the limp posts-that IL,
the real estate within a radius OF a09 feet, The
new charter authorizes u maximum tax Of two
city, resl and personal When this provision was
Inserted il vas not supposed that It would be nee
esaary levy the whole Of that tax for many year,
but 1t was thought heEt TO have nnrRtn sufficient
for the time when the city should haye enlarged
her borders. and attained population of b0000o
tax until tue year 1868 for the fonr years preceding
was $4n SCI t. and tho city paid the cost OF the
lamp posts. In 1868, the etiyx ksoo mil tar upon
Me rdIuotios 81 So 81 ssa scas kerisd producing
sssss Gste pa s @
the property benefited.
Comptroller Hares In his sixth annual statement
of the receipts and expenditures Of the city Of
Chicago gives the following as the cost Of the
Lamp service for the fsca year ending April 1st
Gas for street, lamps .$437s 81
New poets and lamps. ...-...-.........-. $3.50
Lighting and cleaning ng-.........-....-..-. 1910. g
depaut. ..'...--..~..s.3....'..--.. 1,oofa