The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-05
CITY COUNCIL FIXED
TAX LEVY, 1913 MILLS
Tax Levy Placed at 1919 Mills on an
Assessed Valuation of $2,4o6,o48
Worth of Taxable Property
Council Proceedings.


ing present, fixed the tax levy for the
coming year at 1913 mills on an assessed
valuation of 50 .4069S4 worth of taxable
property. Last years levy was IL mills
even, but the rate fixed last night will
result in an increased revenue from
taxes. owing to the increase OF some
thing like three-q quarters of million
dollars in the valuation of city prop
erty over last year. The total outstand-
ing Indebtedness of the city is given as
$l09 ll2; the estimated expenses of con-
Quoting the city's business for the COM
ing year are as follows: Salaries,
$500: fire department, $4,000; street
and sewer work 5000, incidentals and
supplies 5000, printing 5000, lights and
water $500, outstanding current ex-
pense warrants $4,000 total estimated
expense S3S.SOO 1t is expected that the
receipts from licenses, fines, etc, will
amount to $4,000, and there is now on
hand in the treasury $lSSS. These two
amounts. aggregating $l0.SSS, deducted
from the estimated expenditures leaves Il
balance of $lS.0l2. The council decided
that the tax levy should Lc as follows:
Current expense fund s mills; for sewer
bonds l6 mills for library fund Z. mill,
and for outstanding warrant furd $40
mill. making Il total levy of 1919 mills.
Septmber was record month in the
matter of collections by the city. as
shown in the marshals report follow
ing: Total number of arrests, pa !;
days work on streets, IS; meals Off
| prisoners. 406; amount of fines collected
from prostitutes. $3.50; other fines col
lected. $2S275; total collections. $lOG2.
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City Clerk Brokers report for the
quarter ending Sept. 80 showed July
warrants issued on the current expense
| fund. $2.209.S0; August warrants is
sued, $2.S41.29 September warrants is
sued, Stills; total, $722S27 The
warrants issued the preceding two
quarters. l5.Gl40j-makning tine total
warrants issued. $22S4232 The war
rants issued since January H. 1904, $2S.-
$3.50. All the warrants have been
called to January eth. 1905. The city
sexton reported 81 burials and $3.50
collected
The reading of the scavengcr'S report
showing that S2l9.45 had been spent by
the city in keeping the streets and al
leys clean during September. called up
Councilman Sinclair, who made a vigor-
Gus protest against the criticisms upon
the city's sanitary condition recently
made by DIR. +. f. ITeg of the state
board of health. Mr.. Sinclair insisted
as did also the other councilmen-ac
Mayor Rand most strongly of all that
Dr. He9's statements We're unfounded
and did the city great injustice for
which there was not the slightest cN-
cuse. DR.. Frank. county health officer
was present to address the council in re
gard to the same matter. He regretted
the interview given out by DIR. Heg. and
stated that it was very misleading. His
purpose in visiting the council was To
arrange joint meeting between the
city health committee and the county
commissioners to discuss the conditions
rs they really exist and take such steps
rs will seem necessary for the complete
eradication of any typhoid germs and
for the conditions creating them. The
meeting was arranged for o'clock to-
morrow morning.
Acting Mayor Rand made a verbal re
| port on the matter of oiling Yakima
avenue. To the effect that The committee
| appointed by the council to see the mer-
chants in regard to subscriptions Gov
| ering part of the expense had met
| with so little encouragement that it had
been decided the best thing To DC would
be to drop the matter. |. is said that
that the process of applying oil to the
streets is patented. and that in tine end
we would have a very poor street at
very high cost. The report was accept
ed, and the committees views concurred
in.
The petition for sidewalk on the
south side of Walnut street between
First and Second was granted The pc
tition of James Burns and loan Tucker
for liquor license was laid over for
one melting of the council. J. L. Balm
ger was given a contract for building
sidewalk ON west Fourth street between
Eanl |, at 371sc per lineal foot. and for
walk on west Sixth street between II
and II. at 3T3,c per lineal foot Three
bids were submitted for this work. Mr.
Ballinger's being the lowest
The fire ordnance was laid over for