The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-07

0OO) now advertised for sale" This interes
will not, OF course, have to be pait
until otter the bonds have been sold. But whe I
the bonds are sold the city receives spot cast
for them. The city expects TO receive about
$4,000 spot cash for them. Therefore, said $50.
600 is an expected receipt and ought TO be In
Guided In the estimated receipts. 10 apology
| can be made for including the expected dis
bursement Of a. 500 in the expenses TO be met
for the interest on said bonds, while the money
TO be first received for the sale Of said bonds i:
nowhere included among the expected receipts.
In the estimated receipts water rates ore
placed AT the sum Of ten thousand dollars
only! This is vile Misrepresentation. The
receipts must be not far from fifty thousand
dollars. or more.
On these false statements-false on their
face-our good fathers increased the city tax =
per cent, so as to raise the sum OF S255 800 the
alleged balance required.
IT. however, the amount to be received from
the sale OF the bonds now advertised for sale be
added, as it should be, 70 the 'receipts." to-
gether with the $4,000 or so to be collected for
water rates, more than the $1,000 the small
sum which the estimate preteLds will be re-
ceiyed, then the balance required would be re-
duced from 1866, 800 TO sl75,JOo. which would be
raised by tax OF mills on the dollar on the
assessment roll Of so S65 COS except about sl 100
ana at the rate Of mills would give surplus
OF somethir over S55,0 900.
It's thus shown that there was no necessity
for the recent increase OF taxation in this city.
Besides the foregoing palpable errors or mis-
representations there are some other delight
fully ecstatic estimates which win not now be
referred 10.
don't mean hereby to reflect upon the hon
orable mayor. as re doubtless presented the
statement as it was handed TO him by others
Respectfully. T. W. ELLERBECK.
We hope every taxpayer in the city will
read the above. The mayor and members
OF the council will read IL as matter OF
course. In his communication Mr.. ELLER-
BECK touches two points, refers 70 just two
items, and In his terse way makes it SO
clear that even the average Liberal council
man can understand it, that the % per
cent increase of taxes which it is pro-
posed to infiict upon the people is unnecss-
ssry; he shows that to meet the estimated
expenses of the city for the succeeding
year, revenue sufficient would be produced
if the tax rate were reduced one mill, and
that leaving it at the rate of last year
would produce $56, 900 more than the
estimated needs of the corporation.
How do the taxpayers like this sort OF
thing! How do they like to have the asses
sor increase . the valuation Of the property
one year $50 per cent, and the next year
have the council increase the tax rate %
per cent? These are two things which this
Liberal administration has done, and it has
done them at times when business
ia dull and money so scarce that
the banks are unable to afford their regular
customers the necessary accommodation.
The unfortunate taxpayers are patiently
awaiting the day in February when they
can kick their heartless oppressors out and
establish at the city hall a government
which will have some consideration for the
people, and will not punish by the impO-
sition of extortionate taxes a man who
owns property and is trying to build up the
city.