The daily tribune., 1905-03-27
BUSINESS IN CITY
MANAGEMENT

With tAs ssn0sxy Of appropsiasiea
bills ssw bsfors % vs ARA sssies ths
sssos sooprisins whas is ksows 81
shs asssral fssA. the xassr DEPART
osnt asd the ssvsr asparsnent.
All noseys sspplyi.s the general
fssA 80 rAissA froa fanatics for thss
fund fro@ saloon licences. wagon
licsasss. police hpss. poll taxss. 40
Ike sources For . period Of stx
yeass II THE city she records show
thss the tax levy hes prodsesd in the
neishborhood Of oss-third Of the in.
come Of the fand known - the gsa-
sral fund. The balance bsing received
from the oshss miscs llaneous sources
Of the character named.
The wassr dspartmsnt derives IL
revenues from the sale Of wstsr prtn-
cipally and from taxation levied for
the spsoiho purposs Of meeting sbs
interes to the bonds and also 70 pro-
vide = sinking fund for retirement Of
the water bonds at their maturity.
The changes ~ far - the;oonditions
affecting the governuens OF this
city are concerned have not been great
during the past i've yesr. but the
conditions - to our indebtness have
been very massriAlly changed. As l
have already shown our total indsbt-
edness At the beginning of the present
administration was cara, 800; the
same drawing interest at the rate Of
abont % psr capita for our population
and ~ shown by the table of valua.
tions and lsvies it 10 now after hav.
ing been reduced about tsl, 900 in the
neighborhood of 4 Of the assessed
valuation Of the oity. Hence the
necessity of . strict retrenohment
policy. This necessity will be little
closer home II We think of having .
mortgag, on each Of our homes for
about one e-fourth Of its assessed valua-
tion We know then the only way
to get out Of debt IL 20 apply ourselves
to that which brings an income and
be ~ careful in expenditures ~ posi-
ble 20 that we may lift the mortgage.
Now some reader Of this article may
not own . home here and for that
reason think it 10 not material to
him. But IL 50 he il mistaken II
be owns NO home he lives in one
owned BY somebody else and though
he be ~ poor ~ even l Am, quoting
Mr.. Moore's paper, 20 destitute that
all bis ''enects would SCARCE all col
lar box.' yet ve pay rent to the
man who have to pay the taxes.
and their properties must net for
them tho expenses they must meet,
and 70 It 10. may be bit off
the question when / mediate on
the rents myself pay to Mr.. Blunt
and his people which conditions
have come about simply by luck
having favored him BY finding
natures wealth in the Cripple Greek
district while At the same time
washed the college windows where 1
won't to sobool for 100 An hour in Aft.
ernoons and Saturdays to pay my
board at cheap boarding house at the
rate Of ei.76 per week. and it IL the
same with all Of us: buy to follow the
question:
Making study Of the appropria.
tions bills before cot out We will
notice their direction, first the general
fund; in 1900. it provided for spend.
ing ess. 800; in 1901, s42. 900, in 1909.
ess. 900 in 1903. $2s. 500 and IN 1904.
the first appropriation bill by this
administration) SIG. 800 and in 1905.
SIC, $50. 1t may appear until examin.
Cd that the policy Of this aiministra-
tion looks to slacking mp on its bold
stroke for economy - show BY com.
pairing tts appropriation bill Of 1904
With that Of 1905. but not 70. The
salary department 10 increased from
$500 to $3.50 BY their last sppro-
priation Mill an increase Of $3.50.
bat the police department. is cut
from o. 800 to @. 900. . raise Of $50
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