The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-12
Talk of the Town

ak OF the Town
Il notice in your paper some mention
of city property not being taxed as high
as it should be-" said Mr.. c. Il. Edwards
yesterday. while i'll some instances it
value as in some other cases, | wish to
say that there is great discrimination be-
| tween the valuation of property here in
| Raleigh as compared with that in the
county. Upon an examination Of the tax
books in the sheriff's office. we find that
| Raleigh Township, in 1896 and 1891 paid
over 80 per cent. of the entire taxes of
| the county for State and county pur-
poses. and in 1893 she paid over 60 per
cent. of said taxes, and iii addition
| thereto road tax and a special school
| tax. Valuations here in the city are
nearly double those of the county upon
property of the same value, and by this
means Il great injustice is done the peo-
pie of Raleigh. This should not be en-
dured any longer Ii there was fair
erty in the county. the rate would be
materially reduced and some relief given
to the people Of this city. whose proper
ty is valued to its highest notch, and who
have to pay annually about per cent.
taxes. including that levied for State ana
| county roads. schools and city purposes.
| and under recent legislation will be ma
| terially increased. Can you point out
| II
The paper collar industry is not Yet
dead. although they are not sold BY ev-
cry little furnishing store as-in the days
gone by" said the Drummer as he tilted
back his chair in front of the Marlborough
last night for an after-supper smoke
"Once upon Il time, aud that is not 50
long ago either, paper collars were worn
by the most fastdious young men Of
fashion They first came into the trade
about 1854, but il was not until about
1862 that they became commonly fash
ionable. 1t was in 1894. man named
Hunt began the manufacture of paper
collars on large scale i'll New York.
but they were not made poplliar until the
Civil War had been raging for over a
year. Then the soldiers who came home
where they could dress better :han in the
field, began to wear them, and in a short
While they were the rage. The cost of
a paper collar was about what it cost to
launder the linen article. AMI they could
he worn longer When too soled to
wear they were thrown away and II
"clean" one substituted. Two Boston
men then established large factories and
went into the business. and in 1868 there
were thirty five factories engaged in the
business. In that year something ike
425,00O.GtO paper collars were turned
our, retail value of which was about
S12000.00O The trade extended all
through Europe aud several German
manufacturers purchased machinery in
this country after The Paris exposition,
and did Il large business.
THE advent of the steam laundry.
with ITS improved methods and machin-
cry began to lessen the demand for paper
collars about 1876, and the manufacture
ers of linen collars at once took adyaih-
taae Of ii on account Of the reduced cost
IF linen They improved their machn-
cry, increased their facilities and soon
the paper collar industry about collapsed
still running. one in New York and one
in Boston and their annual output is
estimated at 20.000.O00. The South Am
erican countries are still good patrons Of
the industry, and use over one-half of the
product.
Very few standing collars We're made
in paper, and they were not ut all nopu-
lar The introduction Of high standing
linen collars had its effect as young men
particularly demanded the fashionable
collar. and ut once discarded the paper
for the linen
.Aldermany. l<wSOO.d vbgkqi zGhffM1sA
Speaking of the city finances yesterday,
Alderman Mcdonald. formerly chairman
of the Finance committee. said:
1.-THE receipts from March LIST. 1898 10
March LIST, 1899, were S7S,94961; tha
disbursements were SS1 ,S4S.03. making
Il deficit Of Disbursements over receipts
of S2.S9S.44. OF the disbursements Si6.-
1004.S2 was paid to sinking fund and
S3.G9Ii7 was paid in interest. These
items deducted from the expenditures
make the actual running expenses Of the
city from March LIST. 1898 to March LIST
1899. just $62.04S5G. Deduct this from
the receipts anu we nave Il crpult legftf-
mate OF S1G.90l.05 of receipts over eN,
penditures.
I'm my report of the ciiy's finances 10
the Board of Aldermen March LIST, 1899,
| made the following Recommendations
(which were adoPted)
.''Your committee cannot see when
we may expect the receipts for the cont
ing year to exceed those of the past year
and in making up the budget FOR This
year we advise that the amount of last
years receipts be used as basis. We
also recommend that each and every de-
partment be held down to actual neces-
sites in una king the budget for the year
DO not forget outstanding warrants and
$4,000 for the two current expense
bonds due May LIST, 1900. We also re-
commend that each and every depart
ment he required to live Within the
amount appropriated and that no add
ti0nal amount need be expected. We
also recommend that the surplus in
the sinking fund he put to work instead |
of laying idle. We also recommend |
that Il book be prepared for the entry Of |
all back taxes from 1892 to date, in this |
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