The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-27
TAX LEVY ORDERED.
What Edgerton Taxpayers Are Ex
pected to Pay.

pected to Pay.
At the last meeting of the common
council Friday evening the annual bud
get was ordered and the work of compil-
ing the taxes due next month can now
proceed. That taxes will be slightly
larger than last year is due mostly to
our public school expenses which are
always increasing and amount to nearly
one-third of the total amount raised.
The items which make up tax of $780,
85377 levied are, city school tax, 1885,
80; state and county s88O6.90; general
city purposes $12,349.97. The total val
uation of all property is S1,763, OLA
slight increase of s3243 over last year.
This will give tax of ST 90 on each
thousand of valuation, as against 1867
a year ago, or an increase of SO cents per
thousand.
Reynolds Goes to Prison for a Year.
Edward Reynolds OF Edgerton, who
was arrested some days ago on the
charge of being implicated in the bur
glarizing of William Barrett's saloon on
the night of October 27, amended his
.plea of mot guilty" to guilty il the
municipal court Monday morning and
was sentenced to spend one yeor il the
states prison at Waupun. In view of
the fact that the young mans undoing
was largely due to drink and bad COM
pany and that be had not heretofore
manifested any symptoms OF criminal
tendencies, and the further fact that he
had decided to save the state the ex-
pense of trial, District Attorney j. L.
Fisher recommended that the minimum
sentence be imposed. About SIS was
taken from the bar room. Reynolds is
81 years of age. Sheriff Fisher took him
to Waupun at noon.
Selecting Route for the Interurban.
Engineer Ellis and his surveying party
engaged in running the proposed James
Vile Madison electric line, have been
quartered here during the greater por-
ton of the week while taking levels over
several routes into Edgerton. His origi-
nal survey crosses the farms of Levi
Hubbell, Thos Kealey Est, Orson Cox
estate, crossing the highway near the
Cox school house to the Whitaker farm,
thence following draw down the river
bank. The river crossing is Just below
the power station at Indian Ford, thence
following closely the river bank until
back of G.. w. Coxhead's where draw
is encountered that leads up across the
highway onto the Will Henderson farm,
thence diagonally across the Richard
Houfe and VIM. Willie places to the east
of Fassett cemetery to the highway near
the Bell farm and across the Moulthrop
and Quigley property to Lawton street.
It is designed to make ali overhead
crossing of The railway tracks below the
Whittet yards onto Front Street, and up
that street through town to the race
LIAM WuOI6 sISJAOA OfOl CIdCh CIUbSiGS
is made to the south side of the railway.
Another proposition is to keep along the
east bank of Rock river until somewhere
near the present railway bridge, when
the river is bridged and the line pro-
jected along the creek bottom until the
city limits are reached. This change
would avoid nearly all grades and makes
very simple line to construct, while the
right of way would be inexpensive com
pared with route that cuts farming
lands at different angles. 1t may be
some time before Mr.. Ellis finally de-
cides what is the best route to follow.
A petition has been circulated this
week and very generally signed by the
business men OF Edgertons asking that
the interurban company bring their line
through the main business street OF
town. The opinion seems to be crystal
izing that it the electric road is to touch
the city it should traverse the principal
business thoroughfare. Mr.. Ellis saysa
franchise is being prepared which his
corporation will ask the common council
to grant.