Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-12
FOR EVERY CITIZEN.

What One of the Best-Informed Hen OF
Sacramento Has to Say About One Per
Cent.
| EDS. RECORD UNION Does Dr.. Nichols
know what he is talking about when he says
! This city "was run on tax of per cent.
in 1858, and can be now on the game tax +;
and that then the city, after paying the inter
est due creditors and its other expenses, had
surplus of $4,000? Probably he comes as
rear it as that eminent reformer who pro.
poses to do the street. sprinkling with the
horses used by the Paid Fire Department.
THE Ex-PREsDENT
OF the Board of Supervisors under the con.
solidated city and county government of 1858
might have known that there was no interest
paid, or to be psid, upon the funded debt in
1858 or 1859, and that no interest became due
upon those bonds until the 1st day of jan
uar7, 1860. He might be supposed TO know
that what might be sufficient TO carry on the
schools of this city twenty-five years ago
would be scarcely sufficient now. This Rip
Van Wrinkle, who retired TO
SLEEPY HOLLOW
About the year 1860, is of course unaware of
the fact that the s cents 10 500 appropriated
to the support of the city schools, when he
was in office in 1858, was increased by law So
early as the 9th day Of April. 1868, to 25
cents, and few years later was raised by law
to 80 cents, as en- outside limit, and cannot,
with the most rigid economy, be reduced be-
low 80 csnts. Before he went to sleep a
volunteer Fire Department, under the Con-
solidation Act,
MANAGED TO GET ALONG
With cents; but for some years past the
paid Fire Department, with its steamers.
cannot be supported with less than about %
cents. The consolidation scheme into which
few a1dleheaded reformers hastily plunged
this city in 1858, and which twas run ;" by
our Rip Van Wrinkle, in the character Of
President of Board of twelve Supervisors,
brought our city affairs to such pass, that
in 1868, when the city dissolved the IN.
natural connection, and obtained
ITS PRESENT CHARTER,
1t was obliged, as a matter Of absolute neces-
sity. TO levy a city tax OF 81 81 Under ad.
ministrations since that time, supported, ap-
proved snd petted by the enc per cent. idiots
Of the present day, the tax has been as high
as 81 80, and that, too when they did not
give as much to the creditors as is given now
under levy OF 81 60. Five years under
one per cent. tax twenty-five years SEQ, even
with the economic advantages of single sat
Of officers under the Consolidation Act,
nearly ruined this city. 1t would not take
MORE THAN TWO YEARS
In this day and generation, under one per
cent. stupidity, TO accomplish the same re-
suit. If we would have schools, fire depart
ment, 3 police, cur streets sprinkled and kept
in repair, levee and drainage protection, a
free library, water at cost of running the wa
ter works. and pay cur creditors even 20
much as 80 cents on the dollar. we must bear
tax of not less than from 81 so to 81 Co.
OBSERVER.
I'VE desire to say that the writer of the
above is one of the most cautious, invsstigat.
ing, cool-hesded and esteemed citizens of
SACRAMENTO, and his statements of fact are
demonstrsble from official records.-EDs
RECORD. UNION.