The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-05
City Trsasursr's Force Waking Out Tax
Bills for The Year.
THE TOTAL NUMBER is $1,000.
Annual Loss Of Taxes Only One Half OF
Ono Per Cent nt-Appropriation BiIl--
Amount the Auditor Estimates the
City WIZ Need for Running Expo nses.

Two very prompt taxpayers were at the
cty hall this morning to liquidate their r
Indebtedness to the municipality, but
they found themselves a little ahead
Of time and will have to come again
after the 2Dd OF next month
Taxes will be due and payable on Octo-
lier 2 aud from that date up to AMI iu-
cluding the 23d property owners can act,
tie without extra expense. After the 23d.
however. interest at the rate o. per cent
per annum Will he added to the bill.
City Treasurer Granger was not at the
city hall & day but his assistant gave
some interesting facts about the new tnx
levy and the method employed In
collecting IL. Assessments have been
made against 2looO individuals,
| estates, firms aud corporations
number. mich iell little short Of 10. 900.
These 81, 900 names will have to be written
twice, once on the face Of the bill and
again on the back Tor hl:ng-thus making
total of 1900. This work il now in
nrogress aud will be completed before
October 2
This city has never adopted the system
of sending bills to taxpayers. The treas-
urer gives notice through the
newspapers that the taxes are
due and those fortunate enough TO
own property are expected to come up
| and settle. This pan has ben found To
work satisfactorily an { ere is no pros
pect that IT will be changed.
Generally Prompt Payers.
The assistant city treasurer says that
the bulk Of the taxes are paid during t Q
three weeks whei No interest is CHARGED.
ubr lo L..
ings bank which they have to draw from to
meet the levy, allow their account to re-
main unsettled until January to avoid
the loss Of the tDree mo tins interest
which would follow II they drew 1t out In
October. Others also Who depend on
dividends on stock generally postpone
settlement until November ana Decem-
Der.
BY far the larger part of the taxes,
however, are paid IN Oci ober. The de-
lipQuents are few In number and the
average number OF sales OF realestate for
non-payment of taxes Is not over twenty
year. Even in many Of these cases the
prooerty against which the assessment
% made Is H. litigation aud psynient Is
defsulted by the parties for the purpose
OF securing n tax title. The actual loss
that Is of taxes assessed which are not
and cannot be collected is very small
taking the vast total of the levy into con-
slueFdtlOu. IL 10 annually n kndue over 14
OF psr cent, 30 that the present year at
this rate the city Ill be able To collect
al but about $2. 7s5. or s2.544.2l5 Of the
total assessment oi S2,551,UOO.
Tne loss of taxes is mainly on personal
property. Persons start IN business and
aiter the levy has been made fail. leave
the city or become 50 poor they cannot
pay.
The Appropriation Bill.
The committee ON Fl ance is now engag. d
In frau ng the annual appropr a ton
I'LL which will be presented at
the meeting OF the common council
next Menday evening. just how much
this bi will call for il is impossible to
tell. City Auditor Nisbet, however, has
made an estimate OF what will be re-
quired for the running EXPENSES OF th Q
cIty. and his total is 81, 25l. .6709l.
In tins estimate thers are several
anges, generally in the direction of
laraer appropriations. Among these
are: Dredging the haruor. 5000.
fire department, $3.50, 900. Increase mere 5000
health department., $37, 600, increase 81, $50;
interest. 100000. increase s25. 100; lamp
department., 235, 900. increase, $40, 900: pub
lie buildings. $4,000. increase, $1,000;
public schools, $S95. 900, incr ase SIG, 900 !;
salaries, $l05. 900. increase. 5000; WAGER
works maintenance, S9l.O0O. increase,
IS. 600
These are the more important changes
from list years appro opria ions made in
e au .itnr's estimates for lS93-94. For
public bridges, howe, er. the es ate tnis
year Is oniy $5i.O0O as against 500. 700 last
yenr.
w Eether or not the fina ce committee
W II follow the auditors estimate is
que stion which time alone will tie.
lie Total amount which can be ap-
proprattd by the city council is
~, 551, 600 from taxes and S757. $50,
whicn is he estimated income o. tie
ciIy from sources other tn ,xes snak-
ing a total oi S3.314. l5O or SCI, 4s0 in excess
OF the total OF the auditors estimates.
Notes About the Hall.
The board OF aldermen will meet at 3
o'clock Thursday afternoon.
There was meeting of the committe e
on poor at tho poor department. at 1
o'clock this afternoon.
The committee on claims will meet In
committee room IA At 2:3O o'clock Friday
afternoon.
Deputy Chief Euan is managing the
department. during the absence Of Chief
Child at the &. A. X. reunion at Indian
apC,ls.
City Solicitor Colwell has not We,
furn shed tEe committee on finance with
an opinion on the Dexter monument
questioD referred to him.
Commissioners Smith and City Engineer
Shsdd were In consultation today over
the bids for the ne pu ping engine ~
Pettuconsett. 1t was said Jnat no a~ ard
would TO made today.
II costs the city $1,000 annually to
maintain the city hal.
There Is boom in applications for