Evening journal., 1890-12-29
COUNTY NOT BANKRUPT
New Castle Able to Meet All
Obligations.
REPUBLICAN THUNDER ONLY

When all Outstanding Taxes are Col
lected There VIII be Surplus of
$4,000 in the Treasury --UIerk Cars
well, Levy Csurtman Hickman and
Col sCtors Mckee and DOughsrty
Talk.
Sveral weeks ago it became apparent
to the Levy Court and County Treasurer
Haman that the collections of taxes being
made by the county collectors would not
be sufficient to meet the current ex.
penses.
Remedial measures were adopted at
once. Resol utions were adopted instruct
ing the county treasurer to notify the
collectors that $4,000 must be forth
coming on a weeks notice. The collec.
tors were notified and presumably did all
in their power to fulfill the demand.
The Morning News thiu morning fol-
lows up the action Of the Levy Court,
after several weeks had elapsed and tries
to make political capital out Of the con-
dition by printing sensational article
asserting that the county is bankrupt
The article has called forth much un-
favorable comment from men Of all
political creeds.
The appended interviews show how
unwarranted are the charges made by
the Morning News.
]. N. Csrswell, clerk Of County
Treasurer Haman, was seen at the
Farmers Bank, at Third and Market
streets, To-day:
~ hat is the financial condition Of
New Castle county," asked the reporter
1T Is not insolvent by any manner of
means. There is a large amount re-
coverable which will be collected in time.
The fact is that the treasury is at the
present time practically empty. The
county treasurer has exhausted every eff
fort to meet the demands made upon the
county treasury, aud keep matters
In shape until the money due from the
collectors is forthcoming" The county,
while perfectly solvent, has suspended
payment through its inability to make
collections The resolutions passed by
the Levy Court demanding the collection
of $40 0Q0 OF the taxes due by given
! time, shows that that body realized the
, position in which New Castle county Is
placed by the non collection of taxes by
the collectors all over the county
did the notes of the county 60 to
protest?"
lone note Of the county went to pro
) test. 1t was for $4,000 discounted q
the National Bank of Newark, Della
: ware.
WAS not this protest due to the fac
that the note of the sureties of DuVal
4 Gibbs went to protestH
) "Yes. 1t is a rule in all banks tbs
. when one note is under protest the ban
refuses to discount other paper Tn
I note was not made by the county, bu
discounted for use ard las since bee
] paid by the County Treasurer.
' What Is the financial condition Of th
i county?"
a IF all the taxes were paid the count
!. could meet every obligation and have
: surplus of from $50, 600 to $4,000"
do yoa think there will be an
t trouble in making the collections2'
mo, ! think the sureties ar
Q good and If forced to do so the count
9 could realize the full amount.
The County's Safety,
I Is New Castle county bankrupt, q
claimed by the Morning NewsY asked
| reporter Of Levy Courtmsn Hickman.
No, it is not bankrupt by any means
New Castle county has assests far aboy
0 her liabilities and can pay every dollar
+ II we had one half the taxes in we woul,
4 have no trouble. The people have beei
4 slow in paying and the collectors hav
]. not showed them to the wall. 7"
s Are the taxes good2'
. Yes, they are good. Even If tn
' money is in the collectors hands-and
! do not think it is-the sureties are goo
! for double the amount. John ]. Dough
erty, for instance, has sureties who hol
property amounting to $120000, an
this property has not 81 encumbrance
. and George w Mckee has bondsme
a who are good for fully 500, 900 TIL
. sureties 60 on bond for double th
' amount Of taxes to be collected in a col
: lector's district or hundred.
a Are the sureties for DougheTtY an
+ Mckee getting anxious2
''No; they are SO well satisfied that "a
money has not been paid that they hav
y volunteered to furnish each Of the col
b lectors with $4,000 until the taxes ar
co llected."
Who are Collector Dougherty's bond,
meng"
s "Gustavus Beers, William McMena
min, John McOafferty, Thomas Toy
Joseph Stoeckle. William Mccarthy an
I several others equally responsible
Who are Collector McKee's bond:
y men2"
"John A Cranston, Charles Grooms
. Henry Blouth, John Mealey, John Malone
& DR.. John Fahey and others
Are the collectors in the rural hun
dreds equally well provided in bonds
q men2'
y "Yes, every one Of them.
The Protested Note.
y , ''Did any note made by the county &
: to protest2"
''No 1t was the note of the suretie
If Of DuVall Gibbs, collector for Appoquin
s mink hundred The note was mad
payable to the county The Levy Cour
= some time ago ordered the attorney 70
+ the court to collect the money that the
stood responsible for. The bond is still
entered against them, and they are wei
able to satisfy judgment for th
y amount
y HAS the county treasurer the right t
receive notes and make them n
d "No; he has not the right, nor has be
d done so. The notes are made by order o
II the Levy Court and are endorsed by th,
president
4 ''ls the county promptly meeting th
: interest due on its bondsl"
"It is every time Several Of the ap
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