Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-16

Taxation, G721 | .3I
Other sources, 5.764, II
$ll3.313.9!
Sub,racting money ior schools ant
school houses, the sum Of 27.572.51, i
leaves $95. .74l.4S. This sum is subiec
to further reduction for state taxes no
returned to the city of S2.922.62. On,
for some other funds like trust fund.
ETC.. making in all from 50 800 to - 900
reduction. The sum Of the receipts for
The city proper, therefore. has been II
round &7s,sOO.
II from tho average sum of 1913, 800. we
subtract the amount of $26.67l .36 ex'
pended ON the City Hall. and 81 946 O1
expended on the water works above th.
loan for this department and $3362 09
for liquor and $4,000. paid OH debt o,
335, ,979.47 it ieavrs (dsregar.iins
cents) S42,82U as tue amount expende.
for strictly city purposes.
RATE OF TAXATION.
Since our grand list for the past year
was $26, ,737 .6S, this sum required tax
Of one dollar and Sky cents ON Il dollar.
Assuming that our grand-lis, for the
next year will bc S35 900, rate OF
Sl.22 will yield as mulch money as tn.
rate Of l.60 did on the list of last year
This is reduction OF 80 cents in rats
But there will also be reduction in
rate on school taxes of about 10 cts and
farther reduction on the amount raised
tor cther purposes. In others words a rate
II iwo 9StfaxS will be ON the new list
shb,.: ~Hsg % fhe rate of 80 62 on the
odd. Theoretically rate OF 81 90 will
raise $4,000 ON Il grand list Of $50 900
but it is necessary to make an allowance
Of $1,000 TO $4,000 Of uncolIected and
uncollecliule lakes.
ESTIMATES FOR THE NEW YEAR.
The finance committee has estimated
our expenses for the coming year to be
S94 600. This of course is only an ap-
Proclamation. TQ. raise this sum by
taxation on Il list Of $4,000 would re-
quire rate of - Go. But this SUN
will not have to be raised bv taxation
solely. There arc other matters to be
considered, or else we shall be misled
Our water rents will help us out. unless
we vote them into private hands. The
state tax Of about $1,000 will not have
to be paid III full duling this year, bu,
Il portion will remain for 1900. 1t is
true we will have 10 levy Il 20 cts STATE tax
but since only part will be paid this
year we can use some of it and raise so
much less general tax. Nearly $500
of our state school and State highway
taxes will be returned to US, $250O to
$4,000 Of old taxes will be collected.
Inc rent Of public buildings ought to he
from $500 to $25OO. The expendi-
lures iu some departments ought not to
equal some of the estimates. $25OO is
more than we can afford tor sidewalks
by $500. $500 to $4,000 will be
real lied from Licenses, assessments etc
These items will bring the estimates
down toward $780, 50 that a tax rate
Of 5000 will bs within reaching dis
tance Of expenditures,
A<SA>S a AsAS At1NAf<AtSADt
The controversy with the Barre and
Montpelier Traction and Power Com
pany has come and gone. 1t was set
tied on terms tina. wei ie f.ir and equitable
to botu parties. 1t may have cost $l5,-
900 to $4,000 to work the highway
from North Barre to the Berlin line {;
but it would not have been just that the
city should give the free use OF its
streets TO Il private corporation and pay
this sum. or proportion Of il. Besides
working this highway the company paid
the city $4,000, and the city assumed
the expense of widening South Main
Street.
The raise of fares between Barre and
Montpelier has been disappointment
10 the people. The people had given
their patronage to the new road and the
steam roads discontinued some Of their
trains and raised the fare to lUc. The
electric road followed suit. As mat
ter Of policy the electric road appears to
us to have made mistake. Some have
urged that the City take some legal pro-
ceedings to effect reduction if posi-
BILE, but we have thought that the road
would see its error and correct it with
out such intervention. If the road is to
he the benefit promised, this should be
done.
OUR SOLDIERS,
One Of the most interesting events of
our City for the year was the enlist.
ment of q company IF our young men
into the service Of the United States. Il
will he remembered as the FIRST instance
of the kind in the history nf our city.