Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-20
TAXPAYERS MAKE
HASTE TO SAVE
DISCOUNT ON BILLS
Long Lines at Each of Fourteen
Windows Turn Cash Into
Tax Receivers Golfers.

All walks of life were represented IN
the throng that crowded the tax re-
cefver's office from s o'clock this morn
ing until the closing hour at 2 to take
advantage of the / per cent. discount
allowed on all tax bills paid between
the 10th and 31st Of the month. The
crowds today were only the advance
guard of the number that will flock to
the City Hall in the next ten days, and
unusual preparations have been made
to accommodate the rush.
There are fourteen windows where
the tax bills may be paid, and thu
work of checking and receipting the
bills is accomplished quickly and
without confusion. There are two
cashiers who do nothing but take in
the money and make change, while six
teen other clerks tabulate the bills as
they are presented and are prepared
to answer any questions that nay arise
relative to the business in hand.
A special officer was detailed at the
office today to keep the lines in order
and to direct the people SO that no
congestion would occur at the windows.
but his services were never needed, and
the business was accomplished with the
smoothness of elock-work.
But Few Women In Line Today.
The lines today We're not as long AS
they will be On pleasant days and there
We're only a few women who ventured
forth, although in former years, n
on days when the weather has been
favorable, they have been very numer-
Gus among the earlier payers. Some of
the none thai was paid across the
counters represented the savings of
months and perhaps years.
There were bills that were crisp with
newness, while again there were some
that looked as though a disinfecting
process would not do them any harm.
Some who came to pay their bills gave
their money through the windows with
apparent reluctance and held 1t tight
ly clasped until the very last moment,
The receipted bill would then be care
fully scrutinized and tucked away in a
safe place.
Others paid their bills with business
dispatch and seemed interested only in
getting the matter settled with the
least loss of time. Among the taxpay-
ers of foreign extraction the old-fash-
toned bag of generous proportions and
long strings was much in evidence,
and frequently the payer would have
to 60 pretty deep to get the required
amount.
The largest number of people visited
the department between the hours of IL
and 2, many of them taking advantage
of the lunch hour to settle their &C
counts.
100000 Bills Sent Out.
This year there were about 140, 900
bills sent out. representing a total tax
of Sc, 734, 04e.12. Last year the total OF
the bills amounted to 1888, 493. "A.
There was collected on October 20,
1909, the sum of 1851, 094.44, which was
considered exceptionally good. The
amount that will be collected today will
not, in the opinion of Tax Collector
Robert L. Ross. aggregate quite SC
much, and he attributes this to the in.
clement weather. He is just as wei
satisfied, however, that the rush is moi
so great the first day, as some of the
clerks are new at the work, and it will
take a day or two to get them work
ing at the top-notch rate.
The amount taken in today will be
known to u cent before the men gt
CAA hNAAtohAs LIN CNDty LAY . 1CNClPts
must be balanced before the work Of
the day can be considered finished
Last night the entire staff was pui
through a drill at the end it wa
found that n mistake of one dollar has
been made IN the practise work. II
order to prevent any such occurrenc,
In the subsequent work the men wer,
sent all yer the accounts again ant
the elusive dollar was at last found.
After the LIST of November and unit
the goth, inclusive, there will be al
lowed " Of l per cent. discount OF
all bills. From November 81 to De
cember 20 the bills must be paid in full
After that date interest at the rate o
u per cent. Fer nnu Will be charged
1t is expected that after today thu
crowds will grow larger each day
while on the last day preparations viii
be made to handle the largest collec
tions Of the entire ten days.
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHE
LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. thu
worid-wide Cold and Grip remedy. re
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