, 1877-02-05

has smaller debt now hy 10000 than IN 1904
As this ta an exceptional case, few words of
1e|s this city compromised most Of her bonded
Indebtedness under the general law, and in 1914
II h1t1 outstanding from efoo,090 to Sill 900
bontIs, m which about Ten yeAse' lntcrest had
e 9G bon. nd ss seemastea fss ~
tcrest. making &182O00, the smount given AZ
tho debt Of 1861. Tho city to-day has ontstand-
tnu esa go registered bonds, and estimated to
sl1.oo,-maklf!e $4,000. This brings up tho
saw has rpcnt siio6 on valuable Improve.
,nents, sneh as !C'ty-1lall, englue-bouse, and
GALExA, 10 DAvfRss COUNTY.
This city las neither made all advance ID pop
ulatlon nor In valuation in ten years. It's debt
Is a little less; Its valuation trtdc more: Willie
the o!feial returns OF lts population show de-
no other similar case in Illinois.
MAsCouTAH, ST. CLAIR COUNTY,
with debt OF $40, 600, can boast Of M fmprore-
ments. II fssued In 1s7o s.5o, coo worth or rail-
tcrest. Not cent Of interest has htcn paid,
an1 Mr.. Holden, City Clerk. estimates tho
amount nov due on bonds at $4,000. Tic Alds
"that people refuse to pay taxes to aucls an ex.
eyer &oOoo Delinquent ta1cs agaInst our tovn.
This sum Includes tax"s assessed 70. all pus-
poses, VERY little real cssatc Is chang
tn0 hands." Mascautall nsy DO taken
aa6u g 6 'as sn q ,as n fs ffs q Il s
State that 10 not appear In Our table at all. 1n-
t&ccd by the glowing speeches Of railroad men to
Unrest $4,000 in schcmc. II has found, when
.on e eo s e a tnS e9ct or I S
bonds, lot alone tho capital. The result IA q
general disqualification, and too frequently, as
In this case, the railroad debt Is made an excusc
to avoid tl,e payment Of necessary taxes.
aTENLlNu, WH1rEsiDE COUNTY.
Tho City of Sterling has In rcaltty no debt.
ThNE0h tha table shows an Indebtedness Of
$780, VIC have since ascertatned this was mere
y SONG outstanding ,! orders; In ten years ster.
tfon Is ave times eTealer than what It was in
1863. The watcr-power and manufactures have
d0nc their work, and the men who have Charge
Of public works haro done tticir work also, by
p''''s '0r csssiisl1s, s xsntos u @ LOU toux41, aSDt'
never seems 10 have had debt, yet public In.
prosements OF all kinds hare been made. and
the population doubled III ten years. The find
building up tho placc.. It Is as natural for man.
utactoFies to seek coal as water IT, level.
rRKEroRr. srgpuESsoH COUNTY,
something Ike H. conservative netahboT,
thc 6ai 1aait Il G rnnnins into ictt. nor yet q
debt Is a tride icss than in 1sj-soH,e E16,00o.
The assessment, we should Judge, was rery
former anI s4.aoo,ooo tho latter year. Would
that some other cities were as consistent.
DANrltLE, vaRMfLLioN COUNTY,
Is great railroad centre. It has doubled its
population since 1861 At that time It was not
sessed @ IL lid, amounted to nearly ss'ooS, ,o@,
adranrcment Is assured: 1lere Is IN example
OF citv being built up BY railroads, and hcnco
1874, amounted to sa,, ,0oo, has pecn productive
Of good, as the following table shows:
Population in 1855, no rllr1sd... ........1, l25
ona'stI"n fona|st1on II Il i7o iso Sp
Population In 141+t railroads.. ..........R, OOD
Formulation In 1915. railroads .......... %, 600
The municipal cornotatfon of Danvillc has no
public works, including bridge over Yer.
zAsr st. Louis, ST. CLAIR COUNTY,
loat SONG ot IT'S population on tfc compilation Of
st. Louis, as Il transferred tho railroad tlcpots
heretofore IN East 1T. Louis to the Uni N Dcpot
at St. Louis. Tho city, We arc informed. Is now
taking a second aud more substantial start.
651-ani i not over hail the value Of property.
value. oeo. III iii. beins tbs cue, Sse lev lev
.lt!et hnve increased in value more thnu East
ton for is;'I III at iii 0oWo, and that d 1sSs At
$9,s000o0, while tho Indebtedness has shot up
fru1n nothing to s970,o0n .....
h, 1sS sg. ,5fss nf s9Gs 1 ''Ss 70 ssSs1 eegsr r. 1901
There u IN city In Tho State With a faircr prus-
pcct bclo.e 1t than Ro * Islnnl has. Its loys-
tton is grand, anu must Inevitably rcroMs
great n,anufaetnEns centre at SUNG not far ds-
ell In public Improvements. The Holly system
VI watcr-wprks Is In aetiyc operation here; nor
are the people OF Rock Island backward nhelp.
iug ra!lro olds.-a bonded debt Of $4,000 on the
e!t!es which can afford to owe as well Is Rock
Island.
DECATUR, MACON COUNTY,
i.as now respectable debt Of $4,000; In 1904
9a5,5Oo:: THO valuation, according tu assess:
though dne system Of watsr.rorks, costing
5000, has been h,1llt, the taxcs were only
$4,000 more In ls7t' than IN 1850.
,LAsAltE, LAsAl.LE copNTT.
This city seems to preserve very eQlln1 con-
.litlon. It l.as IN ten years cxaetty doubled II!
ebs,-ls0o, sl5,00; fs79. ssO, ,oo0: anfi doubled
Il yaluation-l5do, e9oh0N; $50. 81 ,so1,o4.
' ssfs 5 qs eaecaSea aSsea oa pus
lie improvements.
qulxcr, ADAMS COUNTY,
certainly has ~ en3rnous debt, while tho prop.
s1ty %;t est oe 1 lev H. s $;
rhi!c !ts debt Is i,casly . mllllon more. Tho
extent Of tho debt IL iargeiy owlag TO tho con-
struct4ng OF bridge Across the Mississippi! at
TINT place. costluE Sl,BtD, 900, aud assistance
given to railroads md the building OF public
watcr-worlss. The bonded rat!rual dcbt Of
Quincy Is now only tl75,oo0. The gus works OF
thIa cisy co,t 500, ,0oo. lsas scysntcen miles Of
main, ant tj30 strctt tt.la,nps.. There Is nnw In
eourss of construction Ut Quincy one Of tho
hnest Court.llousc8 in tho STATE, which It Is said
will cost quarter Of million dollars,
0ALEsAuR0, KNOX COUNTY,
now city ot consl1e rab1c .psetcnslons ln etlu-
cation, had nat n 1888 schoot.hoase. A rich
man named Willard died ahout that time, and
he3ucathcd 5000 ftH s,hool purposes. THIS
says III impetus to education, and dho systsm
Of public schools has Yrowu un, and within fris
yc4rs tne sum of S00.5U has Ioen used il III.
erection Of s.hool-hulld[ngs. Hero Isau illultra-
tIon Of What Illinois people do for education.
JAcKsosvILLH, Mon0AN COUNTY,
has rushed zixl4t alIcad with improvements.
its debt Ia rather ligh,-s3l6, ,4oJ, but with
economy It viii! soon be wiped out. The ~.
scsacd valuation Of property has increased III
the most remarkable manlcr. Ton ycars ago
1t was assessed At s37.onD; It's laat as-