The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-15

The largest aggregate Indebtedness Is
that of Woodstock being, in even hundreds,
one hundred and fifteen thousand five hun
bred dollars, or trlfle less than eight hun
bred per cent. of the grand list and about
forty dollars per capita of the population.
The largest proportionate Indebtedness Is
that of Bridgewater, being forty thousand
seven hundred dollars, or more than twelve
dollars twenty-five cents to each dollar of
the grand list, but only thrty-6ve dollars
six,y-two and half cents per capita.
Then comes Springfield with sixty-four
thousand dollar debt, being four hundred
and ten per cent. on the grand list, and be-
tween twenty-one and twenty-five dollars
per capita Hartland with debt of fifty
four thousand six hundred dollars, being
little less than seven hundred per cent OF
the grand list, or about thiriy-two dollars
per capita Weatbersfield withsa thirty
two thousand debt more than six times
the amount of her grand list, and some
thing over twenty dollars per capita Cav
endish twenty three thousand dollars, lit
tie less than four times the grand list, and
over twelve dollars per capita Ludlow,
twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars,
being three dollars and fifty cents on
the dollar of the grand list, and
over twelve dollars per capita /;
Plymouth, twenty thousand dollars, ten
times the grand list, or little more than
fifteen dollars per capita; Windsor, thirteen
thousand five hundred dollars, about one
hundred and ninety per cent of the grand
list, or some eight dollars per capita ;
Sharon lifty-five hundred dollars, one hun
dred and sixty per cent. of the grand list,
and five dollars and fifty cents per capita !;
Andover two thousand dollars, one hun
dred and forty per cent. of the grand list,
or three dollars and forty cents per capita.
The remaining towns mentioned owe less
than the amounts of their grand list, al
though of the towns not reported this year,
West Windsor owed, last year, more than
seven times her grand list, and nearly
thiriy-seven dollars per capita Reading
FIVE times her grand list, and over nineteen
dollars per capita Norwich one hundred
and thiriy-six per cent. of the grand list
and about four dollars per capita ant
| Pomfret a little more than the amount Of
the grand list, and three dollars and sixty.
three cents per capita.
Bridgewater aud Woodstock each voted
a tax of one hundred and fifty cents on the
dollar; Andover, Cavendish, Hartland
Ludlow, Norwich, Plymouth, Sharon an(
Stockbridge one hundred cents Chester
Rochester aud Weathersfeld seventy lv,
cents; Windsor seventy cents; Springfield
sixty cents Barnard and Bethel fift,
cents Hartford thirty-fve cents ant
Royalton and Weston twenty-five cents
The taxes of Bethel, Cavendish, Cheste
and Woodstock are much larger than las
year while those of Hartford, Norwich
Royalton, Weston, Windsor and Spring
field have been largely decreased-that 0
Springfield being as noticeable as that o
Rutland, her Indebtedness increasing fror
forty-four thousand to sxty-four thousan
dollars, while her tax is decreased fror
seventy-five cents to sixty cents.
Rutland county with a population an
grand list one-third more than these town
owes less than half as much, and even th
town of Rutland, with her large indebted
ness, is better off financially that either th
county in the aggregate, or than most c
the voters look the matter squarely in tn
face and tax themselves accordingly, Will
the voters of the town of Rutland refuse t
tax themselves and trust to luck.