The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-06-11
LET EVERY VOTER BE ON HAND
EVERY VOTE Is : NEEDED
REMEMBER


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- REMEMBER .,..
That the bonds are to be given to the
company, IN payment for S2O0,OO0 of
fun paid stock, upon which no future
assessment. can ever be madei 20. ~.
rta. .aer REMEMBER nos
That the bonds are not to be issued until
the road is completed to Emporia!
.a.as.,I ,.d REMEMBER ,4a5 r-n
That ID we get no road we issue no
bonds!i alt" 1903 9a' ~ ;.
REMEMBER bog
That the road is to be completed by the
LIST of lQctOber 1870, fifteen months and
a hnIf after the bonds are voted! '7 IA
q RESiEMBER ....'. +, '' !.
That there will be thirty miles of this
road In this county which will be valued
Mt not less than $4,000 per mile, adding
to our taxable basis 100000. AL the
same rate of levy we had last year, two
and half percent, there would be
raised ON this item $780, Thus we
would get more than half what it will
cost us for interest on the bonds, out of
the railroad company! This is an in
disputabie, uncontrovertable fact, All
the sophist,,y in the county cannot make
these figures lie! ,.q.. -o.-r
-a..v i.. REMEMBER t.a ri,f
That there is in Lyon county Il, 900
acres of railroad land. This will be
placed upon the tax roll as soon as the
roads now under contract and in con-
temptation, arc built. The lowest val
uation that could be placed upon this
would be SO per acre, an increase to
our taxable basis of $4,000. At our
rate of levy for last year, two and
half per cent, this item would give us
S3,075 in taxes. These two items which
the road would add to our tax list, and
which we will not have without the
road, would pay S10,575 into our treas
ury annually ~ 1'e -@H t1''
f-n REMEMBER Ill. &c.
That the ratio of increase in-our taxable
property for the last five years, as
shown by the records in the county
clerks Office, has been thirty per cent,
and that Mt the same ratio of increase
for the next five years, we will have n
taxable basis of flee millions Of dollars! !,
with two railroads, the ratio of in
crease will be double what it has been
for the past five years, but we put il as
low as it can possibly be estimated.)
On a taxable basis of five millions of
dollars one and a hdlf per cent. will
raise $4,000! To pay the principal and
interest ON our railroad debt of 100000
every year, would require Sal ,339. This
from $4,000 leaves S33,66S, enough to
run the county, as we will by that time
have most of our school houses paid
for, which cost us, last year, about S15,-
900. Thus it can be seen we will pay,
in five years from now, our railroad
debt, and all other demands against the
county, with one per cent. Tess tar than
we paid last year. So that the very
worst shape this matter can be put in Is
that it will be hard on us the first year
or two after we get the roads.
aaf REMEMBER H-H
That with the two roads built the cour ty
will have sixty miles of railroad This
valued at $1,000 per mile will add tC
our taxable basis S600,000 The land:
belonging to the companies would add
Sl23,ooo more, making $723, 900. Taa
this at two and n half per cent, our levy
for last year, and we have out OF these
two items alone, TO be paid by the Rail.
road companies, annually, Sls,075 of the
S4l,332. ..s,3 -. /.
g. REMEMBER
That our taxable property viii certain.
ly do IN the next five years what it ha,
done in the past five--double In yalua
tion. Ifit doesithis, we will have add
ed To our taxable, valuation little orel
S2,0O00o0- total valuation last veal
being about S2,15o,OQ0- Say W Q, viii
have added, nader the stimulation o.
two railroads, only S2,OO00Oo to oui
reaIand personal property. We get. thi.
by estimating the same. per cent of In
crease we have had for the past five
years, and il IS exclusive of the abso,
Lutte property Of the railroads Then
we add to this the railroad property
making a total increase of S2,723,000
On this sum a tax oftwo and half per
cent will raise S6S.075- Thus voters
can certainly see plainly that there Is
not particle OF danger of our taxes
ever being higher than they were last
year. On the contrary, the building OF
Two roads through the county will so
iucPease our taxable property as to
make the levy much less than it is now.
-ARd che best feature Is taqt me burden
soiU largely be paid By the Radroad
CompHaiesl
-Ha s REMEMBER So
That debt Of SlOO, 900 on $4,000, 900
taxable basis is ouIy IS sp the sfoo, aud