The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-03
HOME CITY AND DELHI.

HOME CITY AND DELHI.
The programme for the grand vocal and
Instrumental concert Friday evening
under the auspices Of the Ladies' Aid So
ciGty Of the NJ l.. Chunh viii be published
III iull In to-morrow's STAR.
The sympathy of the friends Of Mr.. J. w.
| Foley go forth to him heartily to-day for
! the sorrow that has fallen upon himself and
family, One week from yesterday his baby
daughter May was laid to rest, and yestcr-
day his mother followed the little one TO
her last resting place. Mrs. Catherine
Eagan, whose death we record, came to this
country i'll 1896. and was shortly after mar
ricd 10 Mr.. J. W. Foley. Her son and only
clildis Mr., ]. W. Foley, Of this place. TO his
acquaintanccs in Cincinnati he is known as
one of the firm of Wanneford, Foley & Co.
Mrs. Eagan's first husband died in Mem
| rhIs III lS46, and since that time she has
been resident of Hamilton County. The
funeral of this aged and estimable lady will
take place tomorrow morning at $50 from
her sons residence
The relative expense Of maintaining a
village or hamlet municipality can be ascer-
| tanned by reference 10 an examination. of
small pamphlet prepared by John s. Con-
ner, Esq, of North Bend. at the request Of
| the interested parties. The powers of Trus-
Councils of villages. Halnlets have the
power to appropriate property only for
opening streets or alleys and construction
| oil sewers and bridges lin the cases of appro-
| prlalion or lmprovemcnt) on the petition
ot the owners Of two-thirds of the abuttinp
property,aIn the concurrence OF all the Trus-
tees is required. Village Councils have
| tins power for twenty-one purposes, and
without petition IN most ifnot all the casns.
Nhere the power to improve and assess
exists, Is II not reasonable to presume the
expense will follow? And where the causes
IoF Improvement are the greater in num-
per, ana unlimited as to power, there will
be the greater expense. At least, generally.
that the way the money goes"
We all have to 70 to the CAPTAINS office
annually on the 10th day OF December and
June; and. anticipating the settling days,
have looked into village matters on the
Auditors books
There are twenty village corporations in
Hamilton County, having a tax valuation
on the duplicate running from $7s,34i
IN the village of Loveland to that of Avon
dale, $2,529,0G0. The taxation in these
villages for corporation and road purposes
both being generally embraced under one
head Corporation taxes, " is from 10 mills
on the dollar in Loyeland, down to ~
.''''S ~ ''HL airy, averaging llfC ana
sixty hundredths of mill foreach corpora
tion Tor corporation purposes.
Now let us see what the taxation will
probably be for corporation purposes in the
proposed village of Home City, if the village
Is created with the boundaries as asked for
IN the petition. To arrive at a fair estimate
the tax valuation or amount of the dupli-
cate must be ascertained. The County
duplicates show the following figures:
In Maxon 4 Rcddinetons subdivisions. StS 45O
itomeCty Building Company subdivision n OiO
Delhi Land & Building Company's sub
uiVlShn .................. .............., "a lSO
Arden subdivision ..............,......,., Il 59o
Total in lots and houses thereon 30
Personal prope ty within town
Land and personal outside. but
within proposed bJundarieS...... % 60 1889
Total valuation in proposed Home CITY. ,slgO COZ
Now, is that sufficient basis of vaIua-
tion from which to support a fuli-blown
village? The taxation in the Delhi special
school district, (No. G. Delhi Township !
composed of the town plats above
named, with Delhi town plat
part of Fern Bank and adjacent
property added, is $3.50. $50, and the taxa
ton for the support of schools a'one, for
the year 1873, is 5 Of mills on the dollar of
the Variation. with the basis OF taxation
reduced tn $3.50, ,0G2 in the proposed village.
is it probable that Home CITY could get
along with a less assessment than Loveland.
to-wit, 10 mills on the dollar? Certainly
not for less than the average in the county. |
which is $50 mills on the average asses |
ment of 1860 852 to each of the twenty VIII |
lage corporations in the county. If Home |
City Is established as a village it will have
the lowest tax valuation of any one of the
then twenty-one villages, except Loyeland. |
Now. let an examinat on be instituted to |
see If it would not be more prudent to take
the entire neighborhood under the more
economic plan of hamlet, with the more
enlarged basis of taxation:
Value in lands in proposed incorporation
VI IA 3QO
MaXon Il ReddinEtnn' subdivision ,....... 4S a5o |
Home City Building Conpany's subdivi-
it,f SION. 27o4o
Dit De,tii ............. 800
De,,l. Dul1ulng conpamys subdivision ... q 130 |
lhaus't! nuioihg Conpanys subdivision. 27,760