The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-10
THE BALTIMORE TAX RATE.
In Accordance With an Economic
Wave Ii i Fixed AT S1.95.
Estimates for the Next Fiscal Tcnr
IN he ScnIed-NicuS Of Mayor
HnNeS ON the SuHiect-TaNabIc
Values Real and Personal

To he ScaIed-NicvvS of Mn.ar
Hinges on the Understandable
Values Real and Personal
BALTIMORE. oct l0-Thc tax rate for
Baltimore next year VIII Doe 81 95 ON each
500 worth or property. This decision was
reached unanimously yesterday al the
meeting Of the board Of estimates steps
VIII he taken Immediately TO reduce al
appropriations. SO as 20 prevent the rate
going above this figure and the iudica-
uouS are that every municipal department
viii have Go Worl, next year on the mar
rowcst sort OF margin.
1t was seen yesterday at the meeting
that unless a large amount of scaling
CoWH Of the estimates was done the tax
rate would reach the startling figure Of
"a. Mayor Hayes protested that il was
utterly out Of the question To think Of
such rate and repeated his intention Of
using his veto power 70 eliminate items
in the ordinance Of estimates if the board
persisted in putting them in. After some
discussion. il was found TO be the sense
OF ali the members that the tax rate
should not go above Ng5. and that
higher rate. under the circumstances.
would be- unreasonable. a vote was taken
on the question al $lg5 was fixed as
the figure
The pairing process Immediately began.
and the estimate of City Engineer Fen
dali, in which he asked for an increase
OF Souo,e1V. was cut just 500. 600. and the
mayor stated that the board had not yet
gotten through with this estimate.
That part Of the estimate Of the CITY
Engineer that was approved follows:
Salaries. S2S.560; repairs to roads.
streets, etc, $l73.9f975: repairs to sewers.
$3.50; maintaining bridges and cuIverts.
Sz5.ooo: paving cross streets. $1,000: deIiv-
cry and transportation. $3.50: footwav
Crossings, A,otJ, maintaining Light
Street bridge 1880. incideutals. 500
maintenance of property yard. sl.55o. adj
Fertising, N.oJ), improvements to drain
age system, $4,000; maintaining Block
STREET bridge. $3.50: paving in front Of
city:proDerty, $3.50; total. $27S. 69975.
Ozier run sewer. S2s,5o5; sewer First and
Remington Avenues $500: Cedar Avenue
lateral $3.50; Clement Street sewer. 81
COO; Garrett Avenue lateral $50: Druid
Hi Avenue sewer, $500; widening North
Avenue at Peck's branch S. 100: grading
and curbing Twenty-ninth Street 81 227:
extra grading on Maryland Avenue. ST.
$50: total, sol ST.
The board has directed Deputy CITY
Comptroller Freeman TO 90 all over the
estimates that have already been ap-
proved and pare down those in excess OF
last year
Mayor Hayes, in announcing the rate.
said
Il have not been in such a good huuor
Tor a long time We have fixed the rate
at 1875 and II I'm no way affects the 800
600 set apart for new schools and streets.
As far as possible all the departmental
estimates viii be kept down TO last years
appropriation and those that ask in
creases will be chopped down
The question or rcfunding to the An
mex taxpayers the money due them be
cause Of taxes enormously collected in
1890 was discussed and we decided to in
corporate the deficiency between last
years surplus and the total amount due.
which amounts TO $4,000. in the ordinance
Of estimates. ] was at first inclined 20
think we had better wait until next year.
but believe now that we might as well do
II now and get the payment over"
Deputy Collector Freeman. who is
charged with the duty Of making draft
Of the ordinance OF estimates from which
the board Will fix the rate. received yes
terday from City Collector GOrter the
follo9Sing estimate OF what Will be col
lecteh next year 10 serve him guide.
Taxable basis. real and per
soH8l .S32g Col, f26 90
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