The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-29
TAX LEVY BOARD
7 LOPS OFF $50, 500.
MEMBERS PROMISE DEEPER
81 sIASIIES NEXT WEEK.
Trouble Experienced In Finding Spots
! to Carve, but Knife Finally Slices
$4,000 from Good Roads and $1,000
from 'Tonka Improvement-Fire De-
pArtment Loses $4,000.

Pruning knives were brought out by
the board of tax levy today, but the
board handled them like dilettantes,
and after two hours of hard work had
taken only $25,500 off the county esti-
mate and. $31, 900 off the current ex
pense fund Of the city. This did not
look much Ike getting the rate Of fo tax
thereupon, explained that the cats are
merely ,"tentative - and that the items
in the various estimates will be revised
again, and then the slashes will be
deeper. =, H.. -+s.<- -. =, 81 " Of
It was decided to reduce the county
"good roads, estimate from $4,000 to
$4,000, the Minnetonka improvements
estimate from $4,000 to $4,000, and to
take 5000 from the appropriation for
the care of the insane. 1t is likely
that no further attack will be made on
amounts to only about $4,000: The
original total was $513,424, for the en-
tire expenses of the county. The $685.
500 Topped off reduces the amount of
$4S7, 1924. The county has various
sources of income which next year will
probably yield $87 1858, leaving there
for $4o0,35e to be raised by taxation.
City Expenses Cut.
The tentative' cuts made in the
current expense fund of the city, re-
900 to 1,3O6,99O
It is feared that neither the fremen
nor the policemen will receive in
creases in their salaries unless other
items can be cut out in order to make
room for the appropriations. The board
Of tax levy is committed to a maximum
levy of 21a mills and the Individual
members have publicly announced their
intention to stand for that limit.
In it's work today, the board cut $12,-
900 off the fire department. estimate.
making the total $411, 1000. The asses
sor's department was cut from $4,000
to SIS, 1000; the health department from
$87 ,S41 to $4,000, and the legal de-
partment lost $1,000, making its ap-
preparation 1880. The other depart
ments in the main received what they
asked for, provided they did not 20 be-
You'd the appropriations for the present
year. Several Of the special funds were
hard hit, particularly the council Is
contingent fund. The special funds in
! the aggregate were reduced from $22,-
500 to $l505O. ~ :
Where the board will have to do its
| biggest work will be in the permanent
| improvement fund, which will be taker
| under consideration next MONDAY morn
| ing.
Pleas for Good Roads.
Among those who called on the board
this morning were number Of mem
bers Of the Automobile club and lake
jewellers, who urged that due regard be
given to the good roads movement. The
speakers insisted that good roads next
to good schools were the most import
| ant matter, They asked that $4,000
900 for the country roads. Among til
speakers were Frank M. Joyce, Joh1
Leslie. William E. Nelson and others
Alderman G.. A. Westphal asked TIL
board to bear in mind that there i
great need Of applying the all-nigh
service Of street lighting to the gaso
lene lamps, which aften are in district
where there are no sidewalks. @| .