, 1880-02-01


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to the e'SsH wReh at the 81 $rseto seR
g OF S5o,o0o barn in order to provide stab]
+ room for horses and storage for phaeton.
: Water pipes are already laid across the mort
, and south ends OF the parks by the tow
authorities OF hyde Park. It would cost bu
q 1ew % thousalla COLLARS to make connection
atar utt 4sf With H1c h wnn Supply a. u u
"iis 3a4s ana u;,,a ~ " stnh1e u!
mnnfbs n tho raer +1at = l. .a,,,;ra .Gnt u ns
Tn erpct indcnnndant 1yatn1wnrEs for III
marks afona wnnd nost from Sim m m ~ =
SSon ooo y9 anG WITH Mua he eost }a m1 9 q
frouh1a and M ~na,e oo ~ coHs1alat 4a SHuico y
ero4e,1 on1u % IN. ~ ;a u Inen cooiie ne Up
| Flowers and boulevarfs ara nnt oeneroli.
watered during the winter: months The ex
penditure OF this large sum, or anything like
it, for water-works for sprinlzling PURPOSES,
and the neglect Of all other improvements, is
mistake All Of the streets and bouleyafds
under the control of the parks should be i'm
proved and kept il repair so that people can
reach them from all directions over decent
roads. Almost everybody in the south end
for the improvement and maintenance Of the
! parks. It is much more sensible to make
them accessible to everybody than to expend
the peoples money on barns and water
the boulevard leading from the South
| Park west to State street has nnt
been opened its full width, and
| why the Park Board should be so much on
| posed to improving the streets around the
| parks, when the law itself which designated
| the lands Tor the parks expressly provides
| oo ~ ne ! paSIuens o. lnelI snare OF the ex-
Ea KEiasG t;M -, II Miniglo'1ng ana Keeping them up.
,nIartte3; rse y aaee aRploacnHlg Wnen nettet
o'io., ,s.eIe " eue Ielatlons VI tne
at large will be demanded. Along all of the
streets and bouleyards which tfev control
they refuse to do anything towards con
structing sewers, or paying anything for gas
fronting on them are to do for these necessa-
ries'of human existence seems to be an un-
solved problem.
pERsoNAI-rRorEHrY TAXES IN crucAco.
r, 10 49,, - N~a-.,. n1e:~ - aoaoo'
f tt, Aort Gicaee ~ ls ~ alno41E
number Of nersdns psscsseI es ie soS S'o'"' "o
In the Town Of West Chicago the assessed
valuation of personal property was 81, 63S. 4l5.
the eQualizcd valuation. SIS, ,iT7 092: The rate
per cent on, the assessed valuation is 5TS;
the eQualized valuation is 40; the number
OF persons who are assessed on personal
PROPERTY is about 10000. O1N tO1@
In the Town of South Chicago the yalue of
personal property assessed by the local AS
sesYrs IS put down a SIS, !50, coo: the value |
as equaizeo t1l IS 2IoV; oo tne amount OF the
fe Vanaf;on ,s ratped ~ b 'T ~ peL 1oes cept On
SCISSORS was 5.78: the rate per @ cent TON on The
equalized valuation is 4.77S; the number Of
persons assessed IS $500.
,of;au u w ~ n.y. m appear tna1 OUT OF popn-
~ ~"''o11~ 49,. .n,, ~ ooo
oro ac..,o, ~ I1nl - ovEh Sovoo
be- 9eterm;mod INK = ts the an ef KY
year; but under our system Of taxafion it is
safe to say that every lot, piece, and parcel Of
groun9 IS assessed, and has to pay, and in
erf erSe ~ atS ueltedeney ~ M III t9e persona prop"
# icense g evsta nre1o;sd ~ T 2; 1eh 4;s ~,
the same as in PENNSYLVANIA there would be-
q much more equal distribution of the bur
dens OF, taxation than now prevails. and
everybody who did business would have to
pay something for the support Of the Govern
ment; Now not man il twenty pays a
cent to either the Local or State Government
[or any purpose whatever.
IN NEW YORK
The number of nav hu;1dinoc IN nrosross
Der ii 1874 vac n15 &c aoss;net - rdf of ~
;ame date in 1s snd +he n3n,har 81 a1tara I'll o
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