The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-13
Mayor Wilson Outline S Scheme to Make Bridge port Known as " Fifteen
 Mill City
Appropriate Annually Only for Stated Expenses, and Then As Emergencies Arise. Give Cash from General Balance IF Plans to Erect Big Warehouse to House Supplies


 Bridgeport as a IS mill city, with no deviation from the standard tax rate from year to year. is the scheme May or Wiison. announced in a statement at the City Hall this afternoon
 The mayor said he expects to have tax rate of IS mills this year, and with the cooperation of the proposed board of contract and supply. or in event of its not being made a reality, with the aid of the. board of Appor- tionment, he hopes to make the rate not more than 15 mills, and perhaps less than that. as the uniform tax rate from year to year.
 what he proposes to do means that the board of Apportionments ipstea,a "a will give to the various departments. to the respective branches of the city onca year. will merely appropriate to the departments enough money only for statsd expenses When ex- traordinary expenses arise, 1t will be the duty of the various departments. under the mayors plan, to show the need of the money.
 What would like to do. and what hope to bring about. possible not this year, but we hope to make a start on it next year. is the establish FuentE of a uniform tax rate When the board of contract and supply is tenn has been we'll established and a proper check is kept upon the expen- ditlres we will establish uniform tax rate.
 be determined and the rate may be fixed. the same year after year. Then what their taxes are to be and the expenditures of the money as raised by taxation on property will be made under more economical conditions.
 ..IJnder the present system contin~ ued the mayor, tour financial system is more or less guess work The var ious departments file their requisi- nent TEey include every possible contingent expense in heir estimate. and often swell their appropriations init to cuts. I nay this with all due regard for our presens officials It is the system that [ do not like.
 Under the scheme have in mind. we can estimate the fixed expenditure of the city, and lay our tase-I feel sure that 5 mills will be enough 7 in our treasury to carry the city along, and have a substantial balance to meet extraordianary expenses
 "By stated expenses for instance, l mean that we would appropriate to the fire department enough for their salary list That amount may be as- certafned definitely, a year in ad- vance. When 1t comes to buying 2. new fire engine, that Is an extraordi- nary expenditure. It will be up to the department to satisfy the board z Of apportionrnent- don't much care which today handles the proposition SO long as we arrive at the uniform tax rate that the expense is neces- sary."
 Continuing the mayor said the new system will get rid of the impulse in the various departments to spend their entire appropriations, for fear of being short of funds for the next year. He said this would remove the finances of the city absolutely from politics. and put the city on a com n7ercfaI and economical basis.
 He will advocate the erection of a large warehouse in the city yard for use by the obard of contract and sup ply. The board is to take advantage Of favorable markets to buy all sup plies. he says and is expected to effect great saving for the city.
 The ordinance committee will meet tomorrow to formulate a report on he ordinance creating the body. A ravoro D1e report recomnendfng a mem bssrsnip of three is expected. There is some little difference of opinion among the aldermen as to @hether the mayor or the president If the beard ~e aJdarunan should hayA