Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-07
LOCAL TAX RATE
LIKELY TO REACH
sl97 THIS YEAR
But Aldermen Hope for Larger
Increase in RatabIes Than
Now Apparent.
Details of Budget
Shouing Tar Raise

= over laSt year,. Z33, 4l9 VI x
4 City ratables last !
year .............. 1928. 900. 900 90 ;
4 City ratables this d
4 year ........... 340.0 900, 900 90 =
8 Probable tax rate +
1910 ............... 1a /
( Tax rate 1903. 49,. 81 :
Predicated on an estimated increase
Of $40. 900. 900 to s12.0 COO, 900 in ratables
for the current year. the finance COM
mittee Of Common Council last night,
after agreeing to a city budget carry
ing $23S.419 in excess of hat of last
year. figured the tax rate for 1910 al
$1.9i on each 800 valuation.
That means an increase of six points
over last year, and it will probably
stand unless the anticipations of the
Board of Assessment and Revision of
Taxes that the increase In ratables
will exceed even SIP, 900, 900 is realized.
The Board Of Assessment expects to
materially increase the taxable value
of trust companies and to tax foreign
securities in the hands of local holders
that heretofore escaped taxation.
The local board expects all other mu-
inequalities to do likewise, and will
probably be supported by the county
board In this respect. If SO the in
cas- from that source outside of
Newark may keep the county rate
down to the figures OF last year. 1t
might follow, therefore, hat the local
rate would not exceed hat OF last
year and might be less.
The total amount of the budget will
be 1882, 034.s SO. The committee decided
that 1t would be safe to reckon upon
$1,000 0 from the contingent fund and,
with this sum deducted from the total
amount Of the budget. s4,482. 034.s9 will
have to be raised by taxes, as against
"a. 248. 615.S2 OF last year.
The appropriations for the mainten-
ance of the public buildings was cut
from 100000 to $4,000. For public
baths, $4,000 were appropriated instead
of $4,000. For bridges the Board OF
Works received $4,000. one-half of what
had been asked for. One thousand dol
lars were sliced Off the appropriation
for crosswalks. The scavenger fun
will receive 100000 instead of $500, SOC
and for sewers and drainage s45,000 was
appropriated instead of $50, 900.
The appropriation for repairing SIDE
walks was cut in half. or to $4,000, and
the executive department of the Board
of Works was allotted sS2. 900, a cut OF
$1,000. The surveyors department was
also cut from $4,000 to $4,000. and fol
the repairing of asphalt streets $45, DOC
instead of $50. 900 were appropriated.
For public lighting $780, 600 was appro'
H~iofa5 a nut - eE mn ord far cfraafs
and highways $685. 900 instead of $3.50,
900 was thought sufficient. For the
maintenance of the City Hospital $3.50.
900 was appropriated, $1,000 less thar
demanded. The appropriation for the
fire department was cut nearly $43. 900
and will receive s615, 900.
The Board of Health, (which had
asked for $144, 900 to carry on its bust.
ness, received s131, 900, and the police
department will have to be satisfied
with $S3S,o0o. h department hac
asked for 1852, 600. The Playground
Commission was cut SIS, 900, and will
receive 8 1000, and the Shade Ties
Commission must be content with $50.
900 instead of $63, 900. The sinking ano
interest fund was reduced from $727,.
$780, 80 to sos. 474.S9.
1ueI6 Was no cildHSe IN the apprO'
priations demanded for the Public Ii.
brary. 800, 30S; public schools, 1913, 956
city taxes, 1876, 900; poor and aims. 500.
600; maintenance of the dog pound
6 $500; uncollected taxes, SIS. ZOO; sewer
deficit. 1 ,s90.65; grading deficit. s21,
TOO s.; paving deficit. $92. 873.S7, an,
opening deficit, 5,711.31.
A special appropriation of $40, COG wa!
~ T1Aa.1 ~ IxyA-l-- g. L
purchase of property for garbage pur
poses and of s4,500. for an addition Il
Engine Company No. IL, to be taker
cut of the contingent fund.
In the Fire Department appropriation
is also, included 81, 1000 for an automobile
engine for the Sixteenth Ward and the
vailsburg section. The appropriation
to the Police Department also takes
care of the $4,000 for an autombile
patrol. The committee did not make
the special 500, 900 appropriation which
the Board of Health demanded for the
enlargement of the City Hospital.
The members of the committee wen'
on record as recognizing the necessity
of additional hospital accommodations
and will seek legislation to bond the
city for an amount sufficient to meei
| the neeQS OF the noSpitdl 4hc HtSiu'
bers of the committee are in favor OF
purchasing a site for the new nurses
home, and If the Board of Health haf
one site In view 1t may get the money
for 1t out If the contingent fund.
The same course will be followed
with demands of the Sixteenth Ward
for a truckhouse and the Fifteenth
Ward for an engine house. The sites
viii be purchased from the contingent
fund.
The budget as adopted by the com
mittee follows:
City taxes, $4,000; poor and aims
$50, 900; public buildings, $50. 900: hos
pitfalls. SIS, 900; maintenance dog pound,
$500; defalcations. 500; uncolIected
taxes, SIS, 900; sewer deficit, 81. 800. IS
paving deficit, 1872, s7S. S7; grading deficit,
s21, 720.65; opening deficit, 81. 711.31: pub
lie baths. S16.0 900: bridges, IS. 900: cross
walks, $4,000; s~cavenger, $500, 900; public
lighting, s24O, 0o5; sewer n drainage,
$45. 600; repairing sidewalks. $4,000: ex-
ecutive department, s32, 900; surveyors,
$35, 200; repairing asphalt streets, SAC,
600; streets and highways. 1925. 900; City
Home, 500. 900; City Hospital. $3.50, 600;
fire department, $615. 00o; public health,
$1s1. 500: police. 1888, 200; Playground
Commission. $40. 900; Shade Tree Com
mission, $50. 900, public schools. 1919. 956:
free library, 800, S0S; sinking fund and