The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-10-08
MANOR Walker,s stafement Of the


Indebtedness OF the, City, and His
, XcHSs for an Extraordinarily
Blgh Tax levy.
The debt Of the city on the 9th day
of April, 1868, was stated by Mayor
BAKER in his fnal report made at the
time, at lour hundred and twelve
thousand six hundred and seventy
eight dollars and ffty-four cents,
..- (S4l2,6IS 81, aad the correctness of
that statement has never been denied.
Tn tho starement of Mayor WALKER,
above referred to, he sets out some
Of the items of that Indebtedness,
amounting without interest to the
sum of sixty-two thousand three
hundred and eighty-fve dollars and
dleyen cents (S62 335 11.l He then
adds loans negotiated in the banks,
to make payments not due or payable
when he came into Office, and some Of
the items not even debts against the
city until after he became Mayor.
He also states the amount of city or
ders outstanding on tho 9th day of
April 1868. at $50, OIL O3, and very
conveniently neglects to stare that OF
this amount $12,264 80 had been re-
deemed and was in the Treasury
ready for cancellation previous to the
commeaeement of his term of service.
His statement of the amount to be
provided Tor by the present levy,
(much of which he alleges should
have ,been.p provided for by last years
lcvy) condensed, is as follows, viz:
Boid~ falling due between July,
sos, and February lS69...-......-.. S44 ,220 81
Obi. ions taiitng due between 20 ~
Juae and October, ls69........ ISlSa50
Interest thereon ...... ............ ~ lZ9z4
He then aids sundry payments
mace ~ te city since be came
inio office most OF which had
30 zee @ed until after his IN
-duetsofft tnto e1lice sT3I8 10
lhir .--.. ] l7S 20
Orders or staHding g....---....,.. ...... S6O7I O3
e@ sl705s5 n
cu tt in reasury
+ ctsi.....i i. =. = g. 9.-si2,4 7i7 81 g. s,am, i5
sl68,a7l 81
I must be borne IN mind that some
ot THESE boads which, Mayor WALKER
ipss upon compelling the people
row mrase by taxation, do not fall
d uut Oc'ober, 1869. He seems
to be o opinion that to save the credit
ct the city msons should be raised
anI paid into eAo Ciy Treasury one
year 10 aSvaGoa CT the necessity 1t
has he u tho policy heretofore to
make somefa cu alton upon toe good
credit o. the city, and with reference
to claims iasl'ng due in the early part
Of the year, say from, January
unfIi tie peri Cd Of collecting taxes.
~ serious d Giculty has been expert
enccd in ca rrying the Indebtedness
along until the taxes accrued. If,
however, i5 Is Mayor WALKER's in
sutioD, o. all times, to levy such an
mount Of tax as viii anticipate and
c. ,ver. the accruing Indebtedness of
ti C city fora year in advance, as fore
81, sdowea by his statement, we appre-
he nd the charge will be such one as
wi II cause tax payers to winee.a
We venture the prediction that,
M twithsfanaing Mayor WALKERS.
al Legation. that the necessity for 50
~ usually high tax grows out of the
legations aof thefsity existingywhen
he cam into office, it will be found
at the ebdof his first year, that with
all ~ the increased rate of taxation, and
nc ,tBitbstaadine, the comparative sus-
pt insion Of valuable public improve
m snss, the indebtedness of the city
WI Hpot have been diminished, but,
ia dging from present appearances,
VI y, in all probability, be increased.