The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-07

r,.tor ibis heading u reader OF The Is
.','1rxrrR sends us the following
na~,naper clip giving an account of th'
","aricnr,s Of Elizabeth, New Jersey
an'lrr ,he workings OF city improve
'"snt " Nil, with request that we will pub
,i.hit for the enIightment Of our readen
..,o tl,e workings Of such enactments n
5,y ii Improvement hills. We accordingly
"IIi,h "4hc story Of Elizabeth, " US fol-
lows
@Tben,anncrin which Elizabeth became
y,lcepIy involved IL only the history Of
many otl,er cities since the war. IN the
"s,iSl ,,'sa Of imitation which followed the re-
oIon sneculatiOn tlOurished, every one
;%avinel That Elizabeth was Obe the chief
us.o,, oi the wealthy business class ofNew
V0rE Expensive houses were built aud
Mans ior II citv OF lOO, 1000 were drawn aud
speCalalon stepped in to carry them out:
Streets were laid ont, and the owners Of
attaining property Immediately pei-
,ian@I 10 have them paved, tagged
SnJ severed. IIy II State law OF
IS-I twO.thir,is ui the owners OF land
shpra street had the right to name the
material with which il should be paved.
Irner. Of patent wooden pavements took
sJySntavc Of this law and bought up
enough property to give them the right TO
select tile pavement in which they were
interested. They only paid a small amount
%icasb in the purchase, and gave mortga.
yss hr Inc balance. These they failed to
meet, and the property fell into the hands
0i,he mortgages, who, rs property de.
ureriatel, failed to pay their assessments,
mi Il went under the auctioneePs ham
moi iorarrcars Of taxes. Thus Elizabeth
spread out over the plain, u city beanti-
i1lly situated, with improvements that
we're the admiration and wonder OF every
visitor. The stranger to-day cali follow
some the streets, paved, tagged, curb.
III and severed until he loses them in hills
Of drited sand and tangled weeds. All
these improvements were to lie paid for
by the owners OF property through
which they passed The corporation was
TO pay Tor them by issuing city improve
laent bonds and assessing the owners
0i property benefited TO meet the interest
ani principal thereon as they accrued.
Only asmaIl proportion of this assessment
was ever pail. Atlength some OF the per-
sons assessed for these Improvements APP
pliel to the courts for relief, and it was de-
ciiel that they could not be compelled to
pAy the whole assessment, as the city at
IlFge was benefited by the improvements
and should bear its share. Under this de.
risOn the city was compelled to make q
nbateO eght-tenlhs and interest to those
whO hal paid their assessments. To do
this bonds for SGGOOOO were issued. For
many yeaH the taxes levied by the Coun-
ell tellshOrt Of thGappropriations, and the
ttyisSuetl bonds to make npthc tletieier.
cy, 50. that at the present time the Tax
Arrears Debt amounts to two hundred
and forty. six thousand eight hundred
and tortyniue dollars. The city debt
NasswelIel from S!'OO,00O two years ago,
N$j,S2i,S So on January !, 1870. This is
reduced to S1,OS6,I3O, by crediting the city
with $500 cash on hand, and $l39, $40
bonds held for investment and interest ac,
rrue,l on same. Says the New York 7ri.
bur- from which the above account is
taken: "Thc feeling in Elizabeth on Sat
aday was generally one OF relief, as
inGuell Sol.s1IlIns S m 'eI% III % HteaM Ior years
rj"i,St9i I N" ~ s,,snonsion I%sr oi ,be EIiuSbs,S
town Savings Institution, under restraint
from the Chancellor OF New Jersey, and it
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