The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-17
When He Heard that City Dads
at Special Meeting Kicked
on Increase he Expresses
Opinions.
FAvORS EVEN HIGHER
RATE THAN PROPOSED
He Thinks City Rate Should Be
$1.25 Until the Municipality
Is on Its Feet and Without
Debts.

- ~ 80 SOS OsSN vvsNsV0S
Debts.
II is practically certain that tb~ bud
get and tax rate ordinances. presents
ed at a special meeting OF city coun-
ell, last Monday night, will be present
ed in the same form at the regular
meeting Monday night. The tax rats
is fixed in the ordinance ut $l.11 Or
$106 on the general fund and { .06 On
the special fund. The total appropri.
ations amount to $174,786.
Every item OF the budget was care.
fully considered and there was ton
dency to shave down every thing pos
sible, SO every item il IN low . poa-
sible. 1t was at first believed that
the city building could 20 without
roof another year and that the street
improvement fund could b cut down.
but this was found impossible.
The appropriation Of $4,000 tor the
street department Is considered BY
many insufficient to meet tho demand
for improvements. The root On the
city building will cost $500 but to
let it 60 another year will b imprao.
tical.
councilmen Protested.
The councilmen kept protesting
that the budget could and must - cbt.
down. % there ID saia % - - h4e -
lection to its being raised ~ many
OF the citisens.
Mayor zimmsrman Vas iIlla6l 1ikkk
and unable 10 attand The special fsee
sion Of council. but he vA1 fndt1n1nt'
when he heard tho councilmsn wogO
afraid to raise the tar rate. HI saio
this morning:
How a bunch OF business men oan
see the advantage Of borrowing monsy
and paying interest on It. rather than
raising the tax rate, don't under
stand. I'm going to show 'em q ~
meeting Monday in . communicates
regarding the tax rate. There's -
sense in borrowing money and throw
ing the peoples money away 70 pay
interest. That's not economy.
Favor ! 31.2s Rats.
Il am In favor of putting the tx
rate At the limit, $1.35. until Richmoul.
gets out Of debt and then reducing ~
accordingly. We cant afford - -
much next year on $1.11 tax rats. -
cause there II 30 much to do. Get.
my opinion OF q ret Of men Who aro
afraid to raise tax rate wh9a IT.
obviously necessary. After next year.l
when the people see what Ne haven't
done. they'll say Yes, that's the kind
OF an administration the republtcsno
give It would again be the old aay.
ing. The do-nothing administratiou
Il did think when that phrase wa0H
coined I'd be able TO show than Il,
1911. after We got on our feet oooo
again, but 1t looks like there u moth
Ing doing"
With all the Tux levies the tOta1
rate to be paid BY Richmond ctti1eno
next year. will ~ 3z.S4 Or 42.8S. To
present levies OF tax plac0 4 At e34G,
but inasmuch AZ this amount will nCC
divide evenly, the township poor tar
will likely be changed, either by sd
ing or deducting ono cent
The Ievies will be - follows: CITY,
tax Sill: county tax 3.4s 80: statos
tax, $.31 1920; township poor. 9.03 -
.O5; township library sos: sosth y,
street gravel road, sol; Naaiona1 roo4
Improvement sos; RichmonA ope1aa.
school. SIS; Richmond tnitios, -;
Richmond school board 3.1s.
Tsik Abeut Awnings
Another matter discussed last nteAtI
was the ordinance intrOducod = fhol
special meeting last Monday, roonrdeJ
Ing wooden sheds built Oves 6osG e
business houses Theso 49, - ordln;
ance passed d, 1870 pfohibIffng a1ode.
to be built over d00eD but thie p1an-
ance was introduced - u -.
previous bill. - that psInaa1 a11ls
ings might be placed. except - 1Gafn'
street Last night II waS refos1e1 1o
City AttOrney ~ u Gardner ~ -
vision.
Mayor Zimmerman, Who bram1e1
Ithe amendment - nothing more -
less than class Legislation sid t1as
morning he certainly would Oppooo &
Monday night, and fhat fhere wou1
be something included On tie aub5c
IN hiG communicated 10 coumc1I Mo-
day.
Sheds win b m ovef stown Il fhaf
ordinance goes into effect an96 -
Mayor this morning II Aoos -
make any difference aboat the -,
ness neu- We've eDG T. tx albae
firs protection. r - - p1esons1