The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-09-17

vided The city council advanced to
the school board out of the general
funds sufficient cash to take care of
the balance due on the contract for
erecting the building, on sewerage,
ETC., and will still have to advance
about $1,000 balance cue on opera
chairs and seats for the annex. This
was very heavy drain on the gen.
eral fund, and is an improvement
that will last for years to come.
1t was also found that the munich
pal electric light plant was too small
| for our growing city. New lights
were being constantly called for, and
the machinery was inadequate to
stand the additional load, as it was
already taxed to the lint. A general
demand for a day current has been
made, and as the present equipment
is too small to meet the demands
upon it for new lights and day cur
rent the city council, feeling that all
of its citizens should be provided
with lights when willing and able to
pay for them, and supplied with a
day current under the same PROPOSE
ton, has undertaken to add to the
present plant by the expenditure OF
the money necessary to put it in first
class order to meet the demands |
made upon it. 1t was not considered |
wise to continue to use an unneces- |
sary amount of fuel and wear out |
the present plant in its overloaded |
condition when the expenditure OF |
about Sc, 600 would remodel what we
have, put in the necessary new ma
chinery to take care of urgent de-
mands, put on day current, reduce
the cost of fuel, increase the revenue,
give us all a better and more salts
factory service, and give us an out
fit that will last for many years to
come. This is considered a perma
nent improvement that preserves
property we now own, increases its
revenue, brings our city up to date,
and is one that the people are not
only entitled to, but demanded. No
fund is provided for this and the
general fund must take care of it
unless the bonds are issued.
1t would only be just and proper
to issue bonds and let the coming tax
payers pay part of the cost thereof,
as they will get the benefit of the
school building and the enlarged
electric light plant. 1t would not be
right to raise the tax rate to SIS
per thousand in 1912, 1913 and
1914 to pay for these permanent i'm
alton get benefit from the same with
out paying some part OF the amount
expended in the Improvements. Three
successive tax levies of $40 per
1000 might put US even on nor
NAL basis again. Whereas, the pro-
posed bond issue distributes the
cost of these Improvements for pc
riod OF IL years, so divided that our
tax rate will be normal even for this
year and the cost hardly felt by any
of us. If the bonds are carried the
tax rate for this year is II mills;
if not Is mills will be collected. The
city is now reducing its bonded in
debtedness 1000 each year and ac-
crued interest, and if the proposed
issue is sold $1,000 thereof will be
paid each year, thus retiring $4,000
in bonds each year. Vote for the
bond issue. Put our city in financial
shape to reimburse the general fund
for the amounts advanced to the
school board and pay for permanent
improvements to the light plant
without a raise in the tax rate. The
money raised from the tax rate of
II mills will go on the following
estimated expense for the next II
months:
Street department (Which
includes heavy bill for
stone curb ........ $1,OOO.Uo
For fire department ...... 100000 |
Police and guard house 100000 |
Annual salaries, mayor,
clerk, councilmen, treas
urer, clock winding 80. 2,4SO.OO
For schools, salaries teach
ers, etc. ........... o'VVV'VV
Hose note, for hose bought