The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-20
RETRENCH THE WORD.
sUB-CoMNTTTEEs APPOINTED ny
THE NEW ASSOCIATION.
ton and Corresponds
Wood Recommends That More
Money should Be Raised by LIZ
eense.-scBeoI Department should
he Cut $4,000. Fire Department
SO, 0oy-Curtsiiment Could Also
the City Government.

TIE COMMITTEES Of twenty-one OF the new
Tax and Resrepchnsnt Association held
meeting yesterday In the Office q Gen. J.
T. Me&calfs. The genera committee get
down to business By appointing four sub
sidiary committees. one on finance. one or
rstreachmeut. one or legislation, and one
on correspondence. Chairman X. +. Day
presided. and ths committees were appoint
Cd or the motion OF John Lsary. The make
up OF the four are as follows;
Finanee-Amos Brown, .. c. Erawiey,
George KinneaT. SEal Lewis and l. Dtl.sr.
RetrencaEaent-TAora W. Prosca. John
Lezry, W. ]. Caldwell, John Schran, Add
son Smith, <. p. McElwaIn and George W.
Young.
Lez!slation-Gen- j. B. Metcalte. ". r.
Forrest. p. P. Carroll. 3. +. Day and c.
W. Turner.
Corrsspondence-w. D. Wood. Grinfth
Dawes. Thomas W. Prosch. George Kin
near and Lee SMITH
Perhaps there "a no one VINO has made
more of 3 study OF retrenchment than
Mayor Wood, no; only as concerns munich
PAL affairs, but as TO county, school and
state. Al yesterdays meeting the mayor
talked fer few minutes on the subject
under discussion. Mr. Wood sad that
waiis some economy could De secured In
city and county offices. the city and county
tax OF g. 800. coo for 1855 must be analysed
and the items OF greatest expense cur
tailed tnaz while there had been some re-
trercnnent, Il rad not gone far enough.
and Ia some directions there had been no
retrsnchment a. all.
He suggested that there must not only be
retrenchmenf, bat that the general funds
must be relieved OF all burdens whicn prop
erly belong 70 private property. For In
stance, the Improvement Of street tntersec-
tons. the construction OF sewers and The
extension OF water mains. That more
money must be raised by licenses. That
The burden Of tax now falling upon build
ings, improvements and land vas 50 heavy
that no one would Invest money In prop
srty or provide facilities FOR Industry.
Among the Items OF city expense which
should be c1rtaAled Mr.. Wood suggested
the following as the most conspicuous:
The school department. where therd has
been but little change In salaries for num-
Der q years. while a salary Is now worth
IS per cent. more than Il was a few years
aga. He believed that the salaries of teach
ers should be reduced TO cores pond with
reductions In other lines OF public and pri-
yate employment. and THAI ether curtail-
ments should be made so that the present
annual school experse OF about s1so 900
should be reduced a; least $4,000.
He believed that reduction OF s20.o coo per
annum should be made IN the expenses Of
the IRE department by disseminating out
side companies. and by general retrench-
mnnt
Although a curtaitment OF s.. geo per an
mum had been made In the police depart
msnt, sfil further saving would De pos
sfble there. and until all citizens and tax
payers united In supporting retrenchmsnt
matters raere could be no relief from ex-
cessiFe taxation.
The general committee adjourned 70 meet
again AZ : o'clock next Saturday.
The retrenchment committee OF the Tax
snd Retrenrhmsnt Association vii hold
meetings az The Chamber OF Commerce this
week as follows. On Wednesday, al II a.
m. 20 consider city affairs. 20 which nu-
nicfpai officers and others interested ara
especially invited on Thursday, a. ?. m.
20 consider county affairs. TO which county
officers and others interested are invited.
on Friday. a. ? p m. 70 consider school
affairs, 70 which al connected with or In
tsre=ted IN the schools are Invited
Before making recommendations 10 the
association the COMMITTEES wants the fullest
Information, and Il trusts that those WHO
come before q viii be prepared 70 impart
this Information.