, 1879-06-18
CITY SCRIP.
Aid. Dixon's Conundrum to Mayor
Harrison.
The Reason for His Faith, and Why He
Asked II.


Asked 1t.
r,. .tn .v.,,
e"ns oar Carter uo ~ "eii "s
Monroe lleathY
rs. s.,tr,t,..,o :, ~, .,.
t'a ilti';A.sol. tug ~ "to eou"e1t-an e.es.
It, would talk, and snik ond talk, and | talk and
cuts 81 remarks mh.n ssS Of
.,S 1M. u ..'s T. s..n ..s spsssM ~.
OF bis resoiution calling on tho hlayoT for the
meaning OF Ills circular to tho heads Of DEPART
meuts. directing them to restrict cxpepscs to 15
mr. rcnt NJ ,1c ,ar.,cyy fnr 1.7a, ard
rIao for HI. IIorors, cor.truct,or =. .he
law limiting tho is.uauco Of tcrIp. In Ills
se'haFks' A'o' n'1oh aeseFtea ta'at tnefo was no
poycs or their salaries, but tho rue referred to
n,nv, rce1nt,e1t hin, fron rivtrp Tim Y.r,x ,,oop
a91sS % p.se'uoee .,.'', ilo' E.s 'u1 'sS.s upun
"1'sa ~. aoses s.o. "ae oassu. a.s
and asked him to conclude lts speech.
"1hc law provides" he began, that the city
~ m 70 than ~ rsr ccnt ~ the to,a, taw.lcvv
~! y. hoFs .aan 10 pes eene " ue sosa' ta1',s9y'
INC total taxleYy tof ls,v Is Ss'"o,4so. NO"
70 per cent ol that Is ss,ss,ss: Last year,
lES
t1,ero WA .n cmntv Trcasnrv. Ma.or unath IN.
sue., ] IN ron,,, n,,mbcr. onlv 4, oa3 nm IN sr,in
sueu " .on"u ~ "anp.'a s"s st,0e'"" ,.. as'4p'
Mayor Heath paid in cash the frat quarters
salaries OF all tic employees e1ccpt the school
fnnrbcrs.-nonry In md saved: nnr. whnn he
went out Of oce, ho ieft enough To- pay .y an. H.
either 1noptt,a snnrius In cash. md three-onr.
tsra OF a million in MONEY to the
credit ot the different Departments. Mayor
Hprrison camo in III MAY, The tag
levy, 10 said, amounts to g, 77l 40. Ii Mayor
nn,,,ioyIntr thn same humber of men AZ nuW-
by drawing oujy 81, ,pOOU0O tn scrip, utd COM
piiauce with thu law limiting the Issue this year
to ID per cent Of tho tax-1evy will Yield
s., ST., ,Bab for eight mouths, want to know
WHERE r,tr Nrcrssrrr IA
.,,a ,...,,,,,, 800. :. - ,..,.
10. seu9cs "i Nv, WosMk tss ta, 81 tos eu.t.1E
tea IL liz h,,i i'o ,v
i si8So 90, az aeanst with .lere /. ne nesd fai
urhW!iE ttt!o = ~ NY 7eito'
,sM,a Toa e1a'np'He ~ -, com nm r.,
~, III, - Hi H ito1 ~ ~. .it ~, eo.stIuctoh
VI Luz haa.,,.o onena,n u .nat, "ll the aa
i,,,t ',,,, drv "~onst nrn,. aim M, ' 'sn,. @
frH'.tnr. tnnE tha i,h viii, Tia nmtiorat anfi",r
tI1ut t,,ev were 10 be pal out OF the tn1oa wben
10 raisa ,uonoy to pay expenses. il they renufrn
It, is to issuu ss1laics setting forsl, that tjley
| are entitled to 20 much. They could
assign them, as they would nssigp scrip, and ret
then, ufsco1inted at thu buuEs, Ir eol,jd borrow
money @ on thcn,. They arc Just u eoud collateral
as scrip"
aCulleetlon aud copying of DELINQUENT taxes.
sG0,0U0. That viii not ha lvne uutil usYs year. y
"Anottcrtn
"DrcdgnE in hasbor and river, S8o, 600. Estl-
mates ca, be issued for ,f,at.'' '''@''' -''''
"Auy lnurel''
"Nrve apparatus md supnt.ea for tbe Ftra
Department., S35,tO9. That can be dropped GU
ttrely without impairlug Tie cilcicnrY ui the
"Anut.lurt''
uIptcrest On The boudc,l febt. sG75 s19 Half
Of TINT ts not duo until next JuN.tary, aud tic
Comptroller can arranxo with Tie hnnks to carry
It until tic taxes urc collected, rs was dous 1ass
wear. lie could mar sonle Of il with tic tnisrul-
lancous cash recclpts,N
"Any moro itgultt'
st5 Il iss Sc necessary 'o b%a bat t's9 nat
W. hnyc thu money in hnnil. j; '>1 '-'S oA'''
i. s.AnOtheriH u;
Lighting strect.lanps, e5,ooo. Il !. mt
Not dollar II scrip was i.,ucd AZ aust tl,at fund
laat ycnr Tin rn,nnn,,tss n]s ,siiinr - ,..t. y
..,nnr,'..1u """t' ~ :" "4''
*"oi"7Hs
tractors caa ~ on With the work, and take esti-
MatGs.
,..e. nns io'a on; H. an estimate is virtually an
ca!!s Tor. SO is piecs of scrip. Whcro Is the
diiisrsigc"
'Wc!l, nsautn1ng that there ls none, aud that
ssrip ts ssGed insteal Of cstit.1atcs Is per cent
ornr, su ies5 y nvfS a, tan es'onen 70 run ta City
tgs; Gs ot1lol q stssst
or0eteu htia not completed, S7U,uQ0. Why need
any sysIp ,v S9 s;, tssSed M sgaas .at! o cor
dous Sg ycs And ere e work nsGd mt
III ,,a 1ns pTparefs o. rnnt,c WORKS and Edu-
Gatlo,,aa a., WspaTtmeht (seool'louses) aEErcgat-