, 1877-04-04

luz ANNUAL H4EEENH
Of the tnxparera Of the West Town ras held in
III. Browns lIsery-atab'e, on West Madison,
opposite Elizabeth street, yesterday afternoon.
were Aid. ]. Il. Briggs, n. Carter. Aid. Thruop,
Avery Moore, Col. snowhook, Park-Commis.
sioncr Mus, Henry Grccnebaum, Clark Ltpc,
Chase, 4. E. ,il1iard,' petcr schuttlct. Bacon
Wheeler, T,otnns LpnesEan, c. II. Iiutx.
At precisely ? o'clotk The Town Clerk Eappetl
Ills knucklce on the stcp-ladtlcr used Tor tho.
Chatrnan's bench, and called the gathering to
order.
Aid. J. Il. Briggs was elected Moderator. j..
auFEnyIsoH's REPORT.
6nper7isor Avery MooIe ntnde statement Of
tho needs @ Of , tho Yet Town for , The ensuing
ior liz ga ...esss'cnt % Of the wes. bislsioa IT.
year was 'betwecn 5000 and 5000. lie be-
ad t. "ss ss9 OF ss' 9su oee
Rent item would be 500; fuel, etc, $3.50;
miscellaneous expenses. Board meetings, etc,
81 200. It had been tho experience during tho
pst hat ssSn es9spn r. 81 ~
ap addition Of &1O.oc0 to anticipate Tint dclu-
gnensT, making total Of s7o, ,oooa tho amount
Mi. Gardner wantcd to know what would Lc
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benefited. or whether It was a tax Oh the uhole
Of the Town OF West Chicago.
HENRY GREKHEBAuM SAID
that the bt,nds were lien IN tho Town Of West
the size and the location Of tho West farka. It
had also limited tho purchase to &25U, ,O00 for
Humboldt Park, nnd 500 U00 for Central Park.
The total amour. paid for parks and bou!c.
chosen to a'a,ra1sc and eonlemn property and
charge damagcs etc. They decided thnt our
halt Of tho taxcs should be assessed on proper
ty west Of Western arenl1r. There wa m
pS aaauDs s''rsa % to e tue paeis 81 1ss : IT. II
On Do' propersy >c vest Of % Wc.tsrn 4'|ss avenue:
The Iqutl. Tcte issued july !, 1870, a''l are
Rass 5ay ana az ~e{e s"a :. se1: IT,
park loan, and next showed that tho entire
West Town is holden upon them: The total y.
suc Of bonds had been eo61 ,00o Of which $4,000
bad been bought In and cancelled. Last year he
purpose. but the plea act up was that the tfnes
werc too lard to trouble themselves ahout
matters which did not Immediately need atten-
NJ. 0.r1ncr wanted to know with tho money
which would soon CONG Into tho Park Commis.
stuners' hands.
III: dreencbaum explained that they expected
DO money very soon. .
Supervisor Moore then offered tho following
resolution 1xtng tho appropriations for tho
ensuing year:
R<solred, Thst there b. le.iad and eollacted hy
hs S1 Ss To 70
he expended pursuant to law, namely:
Iotsssss Or pa,k nSod. @ 3
Total .........~... 500
a.sst.nts, she smoan. nsee.saTy for the Collector
connected With III onico. Tho amount necessary
:" P'y ~ 9f & s sa
Hld. Throop wauted 10 know what tue ex-
pes.e would ts Tor ths s foilect,op M ct taxes
Ald Throop waatctl to know II they had H.
Guided the 8 per cent allowed for collection Ia
that. II not, then they didn't want 80 much TOR
yir. Garlper wanted 10 know II the deficiency
could pot bc collected out Of the back taxes.
Sit. ureenebaum then explained what the
honest men in office, Including Assessor, Super
Col. Hnowhook wanted to know something
a!uHt taxes. lie didu't want TO hear : speech.
tla wanted 10 know how fuuct back tAxcs werc
duo.
Ml. Greeuehaum replied that 1t wa about
fMSa@' Ma15s :" 10 understood fro" Supervisor
Col. snowhook-Can none Of that b collected
this yczr1
6uperytsos NooEc--I don't know.
AID. fuHoOF
said that all they wsutel xas 10 keep the credit
Of the town aud city up. A LAW bud already
besn psascl Tor tue collection OF this bark tax,
and he thought It would be made up tu q great
measure next year. Ito thought that thu was
bail ttltso To nlake unnecessary appropriations.
Tho $44.600 for interest Oh b0nds was then al-
lowed.
George W. Nexcomh moved sha. 5000 bc
voted for the anticipated deficiency 10 collec-
tion IT tax for interest on park bonls- Carried.
Gu motion, tho Item Of 37,5o0 for Assessor
Was allowed.
| Henry 0rcenebaum then sailed Into tho
! Town justtres for giving Away too much money:
| JustIca Salisbury, catching . Ellmpse OF
Grceutbaum'a n0&e, asked hlul II It wAs lot tue
I Supervisor who paid out tho money. Tho Town
| BoarJ had no money 10 lts hands.
| Greene baum-Dant you vote uer cent ia
Digory ". Baker ~ commission on town
| funds which pasaed through his haadst
| Justlce Salhbury--Yes. ~.
Henry Grce1eblum-Well, brand that ~ u
outrage to pay tho Supervisor 2 per cent.
q. e. Ch1se--Hold On. think It Il iust "a
bad for bankers to charge aud 3 Der cent pr
| mouth. ! also brand that ~ just II bI8brhand-
| cd ~ outrage -
uepII GIeepebaum-~Do You want any