Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-06-16
oRREspoNDENCE.


EDITOR SENTINEL: Il has been pretty
generally known around town for the
past few weeks that . detailed state
ment Of expenditures by the Board o.
County Commissioners Of 1892 and that
of 1898 had been made out by the
Deputy County Clerk at the request Of
q certain element in the present Board,
and hence .hs Article Of mot An Office
Seeker" which appeared in your last
edition.
Although l do not pretend TO be
much Of an "ofice seeker" myself, / dc
pretend TO be Q seeker after truth and an
exposer of make-believe public benefsc-
tors in whatever shape they may choose
to appear. Having from personal knowl
edge and long residence In Eureks
county come TO the conclusion that En-
reka county in former years was gov
erned by men fully as honest, upright
and conscientious in the discharge oil
their public duties as those Of the pres
ent day, though not quite as ostenta'
tious nor quite as anxious to boast oil
their honesty. etc., l determined to look
into the truth Of the statements made
in the article Of "Not An Office Seeker
In last weeks SENTINEL regarding
the superior economy Of the present
Board Of Commissioners Of this county,
or rather the two particular immseu-
late members Of that Board.
The result of my labors (for they are
not complete) enables me to say that the
claim of greater economy, and hence
the cause Of the reduction in the county
taxes, Is not by any means borne out by
the facts.
That the general expenditures fol-
public services for 1898 were less than
In 1892 10 Q fact. but that fact was
owing to the unavoidable necessity for
such excess in 1892.
For instance, we had q general cleo.
ton in 1892 which cost the county
3d. ISL 80; none in 1898.
The salary Of the Sheriff Of this county
during that year exceeded by $1,000
bis salary during 1898.
The criminal business Of 1892, in.
GLIDING trial and grand %iuries, especially
the trial Of q capital offense case, ex.
ceeded that Of 1898, according to the
records, by s2.64l %.
The County Auditor received for ex-
tending the tax list in 1892 SS5, which
had not to be paid In 1898.
These four items above named OF nee.
essary expenditures which the Commits.
sionsrs of 1892 we're compelled to allow
in the conduct Of the county government
foot up the sum Of S. ST. II, and make
quite Q hole in the alleged saving OF
So, 964 Al by the present Board.
Upon q full investigation l have little
uUuub Dut tHab ~ Gu DC 5uO"h w thS
public that the Board Of 1892 were, to
say the least Of IL, fully as careful Of the
public money as their boastful success.
sors.
Some capital is sought to be made by
mot An Office Seeker" out Of the re.
duction Of the rate OF taxation between
1892 and lS93-by the way, which is so
cents, and not IS cents. The Board Of
1898 found themselves In a position to
make this reduction by the splendid bal.
Of about $4,000 left to the credit
Of the county at the close Of 1892.
The reduction this year Of 20 cents on
the school fund rate, il not raised this
Fall, will leave every school district out.
,ide Of the town Of Eureka. and perhaps
,ne or two more, without sufficient funds
10 run them more than four months In
The year. And ell this for the sake Of
influencing . few votes at the coming
The heavy expenditures in 1892 on
he roads and bridges left them in q No.
condition and relieved the Board Of
other than . small necessary outlay
bout one.half Of what has been ex.
In 1898 there was paid for wood
1891 5S-not s29S 5S-but there was
bout $50 worth left by the former
3oard, which, if deducted from s426 As
md added to 1891 IS. would make the
,ost in 1892 1876 As and in 1893 1881 So
- balance of IS 10 in favor Of 1892.
The present Board is only maintain.
ng three FIRE companies as against four BY
heir predecessors, and still the present
eyy will not cover the present outstand-
ng Indebtedness OF the Ere fund. 1t 10
,asy to reduce the rate Of taxation, but IL
6 another thing to keep the various funds
n proper condition. TAXPAYER.