The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-15
LARGE RAISE IN TAX
LEVY FOR MP'VMENTS
Coancil Passes Ordinance on First Read
ing Which Places City Rate at 81
76H on Each $Ioo---Raise of SO. .46
Over Rate of 1900.

= .
= City tax rate for 1910, as :
8 passed or, first reading s1.761a .
. on each S100 valuation. =
* City rate for 1909 $780, =
: Raise of levy, favored by =
mayor Cleveland and Council =
men Swindell, Clizbe, and Bow =
ell opposed by counc;lmen 3
Vangilder and Bergman s.46, on
" each $100 valuation. =
Amount appropriated to run
city during coming year, as
y passed on first reading $50, "
$ 457.32. .
For the purpose of improving the
fire department, extending the water
works mains, and extention of elec-
tric lights for the streets. and mater
tally reducing the city debt. the
common council, Monday night, with
concilmen Frank Vangilder and ]. E.
Bergman dissenting, passed on its
first reading an ordinance raising
the city tax rate to $1.761a on each
800 valuation, or the immense raise
of 46 cents on the $4,000 valuation.
The appropriation ordinance also
was passed on the first reading,
which appropriated an amount of
$50, 80 for running expense Of
the city of Plymouth for the coming
year, which begins on the first Mon
day in October.
The new rate, as passed on first
reading is composed as follows:
General fund. ..$l.16
Water Works. ......... %
Price damage suit. ...... .0312
Refunding- >........-....- -07
School bond fund. ....... .25
IOtai rate. PLUG
Where Money Is to Go.
The appropriation ordinance shows
how the money is to be expended as
follows:
Salary of city officers and employ
eS ................ .$5l15.00
Streets, alleys bridges ETC., man
talnance .............. l500.0o
Sewers. drains, ETC., mantainance
............ ............. 100000
Extention of electric lights in. city
Improvement of fire department
...... 100000
New fire alarm system installation
........ 100000
Miscellaneous purposes general
fund 9O0-O0
Water Works mains extention
Paying Price judgement and costs
..... 604.O0
School bond and interest. 120S.32
City Refunding bond and interest
......... 2315.OO
Total amount. :. $30457 30
Party Lines Divide
A lively debate on increasing the
rate, took place in council Monday.
when the subject was introduc-
ed by councilman Swindell, chairman
of the finance committee. He briefly
stated that his committee recon-
mended the raising of the rate, for
the purposes of eytentiOn, and i'm
provement, as stated above. Coun-
Gilman Vangilder vigorously opposed
the immense raise of 46 cents,
thinking that raise of % cents to
be more than sufficient. The Republi-
can members of the council, backed
by Mayor Cleveland stood for the
increase. and passed the ordinance
on first reading.
In presenting the ordinance, coun-
Gilman Swindell in setting forth his
views said "Citizens who reside in
the outlaying sections of the city, are
asking for water and electric light.
They have been paying taxes for the
past twenty years to improve and
keep up the business and more central
portions of the city, and it is no
more than just that they be given
some recognition in regards improve
ments such as water, lights, grading
of streets etc., l believe that / voice
the sentiments of the council when
/ say that the time has come when
they are entitled to these improve
ments, which are more necessities.
Our heaviest expenditures will come
during the coming year. We cannot
make the necessary Improvements
which the times demand, nor keep
our city as we wish TO keep it, with
out the raise of the tax levy, how
ever much we regret to do it. After
this year, when contemplated impro-
vements are made, and with the
water works on solid basis, we will
then be able to reduce the debt, as
well as the water rental and the tax
levy. Doubtless we will be censured
by the dear people, but after they
find that their money has been judi
ciously expended they will doubtless
ly say, "Well done good and faith
full servants"
Councilman Vangilder advocated
the lowering of the proposed rate
for the general fund. He showed that