San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-29
The Daily Eight.
THURSDAY, MAY %, 1890.
DIGESTIBLE CITY FACTS.
For the People BY Our Special Con-
tributOF.

Yesterday Alderman Rogers cOntribu-
| ton to the support of the city was placed
| at 81 45. it should be S2.15. Always like to
correct mistakes.
This would leave seventy cents TO treat
with. Callaghan. Lockwood and ClaudOn
could call for tOddeS and beer would do
for the balance of the city council.
Great tinanciering.
Millions for permanent mprOvementS-
not a cent for electiOneering.
The flowers in Alamo circle begin to
wither; municipal neglect has set in for
the season.
One citizen asks another: Did you
read LockwOCd'S effuSiOn or deluSion in
in the Express this morning" The other
replied: mo. life is too short for such
stuff Lockwood is determined to be
mayor or bust
What has become of the S1O6,OOO due by
the city to the school fund? 1t seems to
be one of the items that has been lost by
the present city administration. The
average citizen eXclaimS: Il can't under
stand it,
The peculiar city financial system by
which our city goes on month after month
borrowing thousands of dollars when IT
has hundreds of thousands lying idle IN
the treasury, puzzles everyone. Il can
understand II.
The city borrOws $2GO.OOO and before a
third of the amount is spent, the people
are asked TO vote S25OOOO more. Il can't
it,
The new and very neat way invented to
keep down the taxes. Is to double the
assessment on property. Il can't under
stand it."
Let us see how the new way to reduce
taxes works: Last year a taxpayer paid
81. Is on piece of property worth 500:
next year he will pay $50 on the same
property: that is Sl.lj per SlCO. but tie
assessor has raised his valuation to 500.
Don't you see; taxes are not cent
higher. Il can't understand il.
The sage of the NUTSHELL has more
wind than brains.
Our bonded debt now is S!O1.5OO-add
the city school fund $l6.OOO and we have
81 Obj Add the proposed S25O.OOO. we
have :. 263. 800. less bonds in sinking fund
$54 900 and our bonded debt will be Sl.2O9,-
800.
To pay interest and sinking fund on
this sum will require $l3S.74O-Or a tax Of
about fifty cents on the 500, with the as
ScSSment as il is now.
Alderman Lockwood: want to be
mayor: vote the S25O.UO.
Alderman Boclhauwe: | think | can
beat Lockwood for mayor: vote the $40
900.
Alderman Common: Ill want a fOum-
tain in Bcanvillc: vote the $?5O,cO.
Alderman Reimann:-I want to 90 as a
smelling committee of one again after the
garbage furnace: vote the S2jO.OOO.
Alderman Rodgers: Who cares for cN-
pcnScS. here goes SID: vote for the $50.
600.
:. \. Express. Tin d Whisper: We get the
city advertising: vote the S25O,OOO
Mayor Callaghan: Election Soon-nccd
votes: vote the S25O.OW.
The labor paper. "NcwS": W"draw our
pap: vote the S25O.OOO.
The Times: We boom: don't know why
You should do it. but vote til" S25O.GOO.
Hamschkr. German Free Press: We
want to 90 to see Bismark again: vote the
$95ONOO.
The average tax payer can I understand
city finances a la Rogers or "a la CAL
laghan. and is likely To stay away from
the polls and let somebody else do his
voting for him.
This won't do-thc other fellow will not
pay your taxes.
This talk about setting the city back
only comes from pap-SnckcrS.
The truth is our city has got the cart
before the horse now. in tn" way Of city
Improvements.
The first progressive. responsible" city
administration that takes charge of our
city must tear up all the work now being
done and do it right.
We must have system of sewerage
if there is any substitute for this in a
city the most civilized, scientific cities in
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