The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-06-15
ThtQnteIlgttrfer
rnunly Finances

OSf a"y a'.0'y,or,uuily Olthe late aPpropri'
lH,,',IT S,, Work House in this county
r91 10, so, ). bet better .ho~n'h.n by a refer
"'' D,s ". debate in Council last Tues
o. ',I,Sl \ 1t on the proposition TO borrow
:Ess :%ssI'h sh.rssilh to deit'y the expenses
n.y., N. ii, government during the en'u, ,
d %s' ~, The city i. actually at the end !
.. ,,,isg 10 the way Of sources oil
.s. from which to meet current out
NJ H,''', aI l. t.pe at the end 'esk' remedy sg
I',,o,ipr, " iu.l as she did in lS70-'o'
I!,;., Il. lime in which we ran up a
e'i''s sa's ,boot $4,000 at the Exchange
a.iby allI orstehseEins. -. ..,,.,.
y. % no, need to inform our readers =
anil debt created or taxes increased
w ~. i Bo,rd Of Commissioners fall by a
~. ,r n,iority on the city, and inn'much
.,ily i, pursuing a policy by which
t.,,.DJ, more money each year than
,,,.. v.ler renp, licenses ETC.,
y IA ', zee 10 rea,On why the county
!s,op ,,ll in with the same policy and
.,n,on,iation which bids fair
.1,,, , .hor,ugs in this years revenues
T,b,v. shown that the taxable valu-
~, ,oflbs county will be about slS,'
sSoo hi. yelr, and that As cents "n
%sIoO %. vii yield about sSl 900, where.
.,S, budset Of estimates submitted and
,I.,,l The last meeting Of the Board
.l,iu @7,l35. II the valuations to be
,.,,,,d BY The assessors come up TO
,ga0OOO the receipts will still fall
waO,bor. Of the appropriation, and il
bgu, prd.r slSOOO,OOO they will oil
usra b. still shorter. .
r,t,bt Of the city on the first day OF
lt January WA $GIG, G,499 69,and that Of
a, county $4,000, making an aggre-
amin round numbers Of say $3.50, G,OOO,a
stol which bears interest at the rate
IN per cent This interest must OF
uv,n Be paid before any other outlay
z,h n.de. And not only the interest
d. 10 much principal must be paid
mryslE
II. Two together foot up for the city
.s,. about sG5,OOO, and for the county
.Soei:.7 900 more, or close on to a hun.
lt!iboulnd for the two This out Of
saI receipts for The city and county Of
lbost ;ss5,OOO.
4ry one who will go ,oyer the las. city
statement Of receipts and expenditures
h,lAs year 1917, cannot fail TO notice
kuuy small ia the amount left in the
ttuury out Of The receipts after provid-
lrs Ior debt charges and the fees and
alliu Of officials. We will collect about
sl5SOOO thi. year, and we. will pay
sa ny sG5GOO for debt, $4,000
ln IOr police expenses, $4,000 for sala-
ta, $4,000 for Water Works, and
sAG items will swell the aggregate
ssl9,OOO, and thereby only leave about
sipO to be devoted TO the keeping up
be Fire Department, to the repair Of
t,th, alley', sewers, bridges, public
s'ldiug', &c.
Ia ths year 1876 we spent on Streets
ID Alleys alone over $4,000, and last
nr H,pent over $4,000, and yet we
az till boast perhaps oil The shabbiest
rrttu and the poorest system Of sewer
EoIAny city OfOur size in the country.
libnOeIagGeraiion to say that this city
anssring sOrely to-day for lack OF the
iHtislOu. expenditure Of one hundred
soanrd dollar. on its streets and fifty
a'uind more on its sewerage. In ad-
tlton 10 these. needs, which are actually
F's''lng upon u.s. ia only matter Of
Hom three years until at least $780, 900
EHi be 'Pent for new Water Works.
Ileft ought 10 be a fund accumulating
S-tiy out Of the receipts from water
stsio ihe reproduction Of the Works op
'ala suitable 10 the public wants.
Aa'I!h'iAndipg all these necessities
I'd tolEiih'tAndiDg our heavy debt, and
!.S'l'hH'nding the current depression
u ss'ltss. and in values Of all sorts,
asH ne persons in our midst who would
i'''En's new schemes for going deeper
a'st'ar AID for borrowing money with
's'tAIo d,iray the e1penres Of carry ing
atA's city government. We submit that
u sa ahr''lhe time for any such schemes.
he st' duty Of every citizen is to zee
a Il' Tie industries Of this city, upon
'sisA II, property altogether depends,
" l'l IN times like these, discouraged
y "a driven away by taxation Tor schemes
%I can we'll afford to wait on the do.
H''Pu'rt' Of the future.