The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-09
s.sthing Arrangement Of County
Commissioners.
~uo,,sANps SPENT JOBS
-Aev nj Commerce to Take I'd
Alleged Unjust City Taxation to
she Read and Bridge Fund, snd
r>..fy Administration Generally
a Claim That the Expenditures
Are Not Under Proper Control.

t~s.v rerurtroiIsr VIII II. Parry raised
as,estioa before the Chamber os Com
,~rcs yesterday afternoon that lrane
ss.seEy excited great deal ~ interest
.,,cns TIE ryseua beers. II was the MATER
~ the Rad ard bridge tax, ard tap strong
s.ssemea,s a. ~ tae alleged waste 81 Ehis
s.rse fund by the hoard 81 county eoEl-
sssaesoue.s The alleged unfairneea with
xheh she c}ty IL treated ia tn. dlsb14rse-
usst OF this burden on its taxpayers com
rspde4 ~ much attention that = special
eassssng Of tie chamber was called for
FRIDAY afternoon for IT'S fuIi discussion.
the comptroller said There were some
members Of the chamber fairie familiar
with the subject. as they had discussed II
before the retrenchmeut committee tao
ssarg ago II waS found then that it was
a Terrible imposition. but no remedy eos,ttf
be found Prior 80 the year Isss the city
ard county ieNies Sere made separately
ard there was ne road and bridge tax
levied within the city limits There vs.
! road district within the city. however.
ba: the lax from that WAS snconsid era HE
Mr. Parry gave the figures since l.y.sd
fas this fund. during the past I've wears
which amounted to about xs50 es ifgctud-
las tks levy jus. made. not one cent az
witch was ever expended within the city
limits uAsi last year or the year before
shsn y.sn ~as given toward The repair
u the Grant street bridge.
Roads of No Benefit
Set only had the city. Mr Parry con-
..nsed paid over seo0..o for the constrtsc
1sn OF roads outside the city through this
TAI. ba, in iss2-ss the county comrnlKsior.
srs Transferred from the general fund
1NJhc 20 the road and bridge fund for
TIE construction II roads nearly every
ere OF which WAS constructed IL Is he
Aeved foI political purposes. and Of no
GF&Etfrx1 ia l..
~ generally. nor 10 the people OF Ssat.f,.
IL other words. during the past sflve wears
ever Nssya had been paid for roads large
y BUTT Tor political purposes far away
u the county.
In nine eases out az ten these roaas
we're constructed in the most expsnsfvs.
manner largely at the within Of one of
Inc TWO country members q the heard
Al ono session OF the commissioners the
chairman Of the board estimated that
There would be s5z .sssf 10 be expended and
re toid the two country members 70 AZ
nae mat sum between them. II being un-
aers'ood that when they had experfI,.,f
taat sum they should stop. Buf Yhev d.d
not always do so ~
Now the general road and bridge bin
shaef Wmlen TIE commissioners acted r.
kanlsd Mr.. Parry. SAYS that the boara
$sasii annually. AZ the time of making she
- sefy Tor county purposes ievv a tar
% BOT more than ! mills on the dollar -
~ AAs.&Ht" property IN the county for IA
fehsrai road and bridge fund from which
1AAa tbfy shSii order paid sarh sums as
nay De round necessary for the t.ons4 rtss.
zen repair ana Improvement OF bridge.
a AZ sach roads ne al fhp inhabitants ~
Ihs county are Interested IN. ar TO assist
weak and Impoverished districts In kee,,s
ihs their roads ia repair"
Expenditures should stan
had heen his observation. Mr.. Parry
SAD tsaI the county commissioners "a
foasaieTlfg that Law. omitted 20 read ara,,.
asaS anti they gct down ~ the las, line
re neSt read the proposed btll now before
s sas iesisiA'ure and said that while, II mot
. - hppf"A "a @e 0etfs IN The right dtrec-
ISL ne a}d not consider thar IL met ~,
sihatlab- re ha8 no eiie~egttny, ~,
s.sp"u .he chAtn srF would take Il I'D. az
foUethsnG should he Done Is sfaD 49, 80
pend lures on roads that were no,reiy ~
sscA4 interest running 20 seFue rancf, r,sy
hApS and the cost - which shoula 30
Sorne 10y The people 81 the locality
Auditor Evensou. whom Mr.. Parry uatr
Was better posted on the suhfent ma, a..
one Else started 10 read the figures ~ tha
ROAD ana bridge fund fer the nses three
sfsIF- OAR president Graves observed thai
dis Was very important matter and
.aow"d 9 state 81 thtFES that called Ioit,s~
y 'nr "A remedy he suggested that the
thanoef make g. agd the county a8nfn-
lstfetion generally, a special sf,tfeft Snr
The next meeting V'
Mr. Crane and others thought Some ar
tor should he taken NJ once %, i, ,aa
aec.Sed 20 CALI special meeting az, ira
subject Tor Friday