The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-26
TAX RATE THE SAME
Finance Board Completes
the City Budget for
The Fiscal Year
IS94-5.
SIGNED BY THE MAYOR
The Rate Will Be 2.75 Though
the Total Sum Appropriated
is Increased.
Estimates of Receipts From School
Fund and Railway Taxation
Policy of Pruning,


at ten o'clock this morning Mayor Wanser
signed the tax budget for the fiscal year OF
1894 -95, which begins December l, this year.
As soon as this important document was
signed it was safely filed away in the safe of
the Board of Finance. The members of the
Board of Finance, with the exception of
Commissioner Simpson, were at work all
day yesterday fixing the appropriations.
Mayor Wanser reviewed their work at As
bury Park last night, and expressed himself
as being entirely satisfied.
In view of the fact that the city lost one
million and half of rateables, the loss had
to be counterbalanced by judicious prun-
ing of the appropriations.
TAX RATE UNCHANGED.
Even by pursuing this course it has been
impossible to bring about any reduction OF
the tax rate over last year. The Tax Com
missioners have not as yet struck the rate,
but it will be the same as last year, S21.5
on the thousand and Mayor Wanser is con-
graduating himself upon the fact that he
has been able to prevent the rate from going
up peg.
Some idea of the work done by the Mayor
and Finance Commissioners will be gained
when it is known that estimates of the varl-
Gus boards this year amounted to S2,292.-
940.4S The appropriations as approved by
From From this sum, however there
must be deducted s267, "A, which
is received from the State on
account of State School purposes and
S225, 900 more. which is also received from
the State for railroad and canal taxes.
These sums amount to $3.50, i0l. IA, which,
when deducted from the &, 054, III. .49 of ap-
preparations leaves but 81, 1854, O2635 to be
raised by the city.
To this latter sum, however. again there is
added one-ninth for Sinking Fund purposes.
which increases the total city levy to 81. .7S7,-
S01. .06.
INCREASE ON THE AMOUNT RAISED.
In order to ascertain about what the tax
rate will be there is to be added to the total
eitv levy S431, ,2S0 90, which is Jersey C1ty's
percentage OF the county taxes, and S229,-
375. IS, which represents the city's share OF
amount to be raised on taxation
up to s.. 1868, s263. r. This is slight increase
over the amount raised last year. 1t IS ex-
planned by natural growth of the city's
census in regard to the State School item
and increased obligations in the way OF
county bonds for Boulevard and bridge pur-
poses.
HOW THE TAX WAS SAVED.
The rate was saved from being increased
this year by the efforts of Commissioner
Mclean of the County Tax Board, who sue
ceeded in compelling outlying districts to
shoulder a fairer and more equitable portion
of the county tax burden.
APPoRTIoNMENTs TO BOARDS.
The Street and Water Board this year
asked for S263, $50. 1t receives S209,300.
The Board Of Education asked for s39S, 713
and receives S3f1. 166
The Police Board thought it would be inn
possible to get along with less than $440,0
but an appropriation of 1892. 165 has been
made to it.
The Fire Board asked for $2l1, 500 90 which
included a sufficient sum to establish paid
department 1t received $159, $50 which, it
is believed, will prevent the board from
running behind
The remaining boards estimates were kept
down to the very lowest margin.
The Tax Commissioners were given $17, 200
of ST. 300 asked for.
The Commissioners of Appeals asked for
and received $1,000.
The Sinking Fund Commissioners were
given 81 1900 of s., ,0I5 asked. The reduction
Is al the salary usually paid Clerk Wester-
welt.
The Assessment Commissioners were given
$780, just what was asked.
The Aldermen will have to struggle along
with s51, $50, having asked for SIS, $50.
The Board of Finance takes the lions
share of the appropriations by reserying for
its own use SS35, 5,746. .49. This is an
increase of $50, ,6O9.4 .46 over last years
and demonstrates very clearly that Mayor
Wanser is rapidly disposng of the legacies
of the rotten government under which the
city was working prior to the time he took
the reins In his hands,
APPROPRIATION BIGGER.
Last years total appropriations amounted
to $l.9T9, 693 .03, which was a less sum than
this years by s75,034 46 The increase is
within $l1575 of the increased amount
taken by the Finance Board for use in
promptly meeting the interest on renewed
and increased bonded obligations.
The work in its entirety reflects great
credit upon Mayor Wanser, the FL
nance Board and Tax Commis-
sioners, as it has been feared
for the past seven or eight weeks that to
prevent an increase in the tax rate would be
an impossibility. In adjoining columns will
be shown what each board received last
year, what was asked for this year, and
what was appropriated.