The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-11-01
Straightforward Statement Of
The Board President.
VIII Increase Value OF Property and
Give Poor People a Breathing
Place.
RICH HAVE THEIR CARRIAGES

Nnon dSkeu WHAT ne lnOuShI WIZ
the prospects Of the park bond propo-
sition.
Fac more / sound the peopie. The
me = 4 believe this. The oriy objec-
tiers / find to the props ition are
from people who do not understand it,
and when 1t is explained to them they
usually say they are for IT,"
you see some of the people think.
Or did think, that II would increase
their taxes; but when they know 1t
Will not increase their taxes one
cent more than they viii pay any
way, they see 1t In different light,
and nine time out of ten, say they
VIII vote for the bonds. Under the
law the city must levy five cents on
the $500 for park purposes, which
next year with Paducah will amount
to about $1,000. This amount will
increase each year as the city grows.
Vote for the Bonds, and In this
way We shall have enough money to
give Paducah a good park system
now, and not have to wait for fifteen
or twenty years, as would be the case
II We had no other money than what
the law allows each year. In this
way we get soon an elaborate system
OF parks without them costing the
present population one penny more
In taxes than we have to pay anyway
"The park commissioners, there
fore. ask the people for permission
to issue 500, 900 of bonds to buy
parks with now, which is a very easy
proposition as II can be borrowed at
three per cent. and the annual levy
deposited in a sinking fund each year
will be sufficient to pay of the bonds
at maturity, say. at the end of forty
years, as is being done by other cit
les. If not paid In full at the time
the bonds mature, the generation
then living can arrange TO meet the
situation as we have done. The land
will have increased In value, and they
will be enjoying what We, at least,
helped pay for, we only enjoying our
part while we live II We wait to
accumulate the money the present
taxpayer will be under the daisies,
and get no benefit for what he pays,
only building for those who come af-
ter that paid nothing for the benefit.
which is not equitable or right. The
thing Is so simple a business prop
osition often before worked out, that
any one can understand it and it is
hard to conceive why any one inter-
ested in upbuilding Paducah should
oppose II.
As a Physician.
''As a physician, aside from my
opinion as a private citizen and tax
payer, on the value of parks to city.
/ do not think We could spend money
in any way that would do as much
good as this system of small parks
say one in every ward, thus making
a playground for the children. who
otherwise have none. Nothing is
more beneficial than pure air AMI sun
shine. and with our parks the child
that is cooped up in a small house
with no yard, or the modern fiat Of
which We have a great many now,
will thus have a place to play and
romp. The mother is seeing this
side of the question, and every day
have a great many of them tell me
they are for the parks and will see
that their husbands vote for them. r
Il find some of my municipal own
ership' friends objecting to the bond
issue on account of the probabilities
Of II preventing a sufficient issue of
bonds to erect light plant, or buy
the water works. II will not in any
degree effect either issue. Give us a
good system of marks and they will
increase the city's credit instead OF
being a charge. | believe the parks
at the lowest estimate would In
crease the value OF property in the
city per cent. which would mean
$500, 000, and the taxes the city
would derive from increase would
amount to $3.50, sufficient at that
rate. practically TO pay 5,00O-the
amount given the parks. So you see
they will actually pay for themselves
by increasing values. 1t is easily
seen why the parks will assist instead
Of injrrlng municipal ownership
propositions. Parks are no longer a
luxury--they are a necessity and are
a good investment.
"a Louisville report on its parks.
stated only the other day that the
parks Of Louisville had increased the
value OF property so much that the
revenue derived from the additional
taxes in ten years was $1,009, 900
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