The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-25

To TIE huatf 81 Trustees
Your eBmmitipe hat carefully ~
amiaea the nrcounia ~ ths KiiiAEg
Troatatef she CierEs ftooncs q
village mceilbrt thc Village order
books ava sBch 0thw sources ~ ia'
formation 80 are available. lclaaina
IL iao nBaactt - me ~ are r,Rsr
AND FINDS. that shortly before
tae incorporation IS thr Village ser.
tain psithis iHdisiduAls seeing me
great need u q sewer system. whieh
wae demanded ~ guests Tor The SUB
ncr AND those renting cottages. and
che necessity Cor which wrs fhade
Z imperative ~ the installation Of the
wa.ef system pot ~ the money
nnd built sa~cf system incorpor-
atinE themselves under the style ol
tho Manchester Sewer Company
Thk corporation later Offered 10
sch % the Village corporation all
iis property and rights at thu actual
losi Of construction The Village
o. Manchester. having cen duly
chartered by the legislature Of 1900.
at ils annual meeting IN January.
1901. voted 10 purchase tho proper
" of the Manchester Sewer Co AT
tho price named Ia their offer and
10 pay Tor the same BY drawing or
ders ou the Treasurer
The village Clerks records do not
state the purchase price Of the sew
er plant. and neither sewor or VII
LACE accounts show the original cost
Of the sewer OF the transactions re-
lating 10 the original purchase. but
the decd Of the property TO the VIII
lagc from the Sewer Company re-
cltes consideration Of .5.55i.s6.
which appears 20 your committee,
from the accounts thereafter and III
stubs IN he order books. 10 be the
correct amount % the purchase
price
IL is apparent that. after the pur-
chase OF the sewer. the village OF
Manchester became indebted there
for, as a village, and the debt was
an obligation Of the taxpayers OF
the Village.
tsee, Village Charter. Section G.
last clause
II appears that the sewer account
has been kept separately since the
purchase OF the plant, but the fact
that II has been so kept does not
indicate that the sewer debt IL an oh
legation OF the sewer users only.
This account was kept separately
for the convenience and for tho
Information OF the taxpayers II
the sewer were all paid for by sew
er assessments, IL would belong 20
the Village, not 10 'Se users whose
assessments had paid for IT,
The sewer 10 a municipal institu-
ton, from which all derive benefit
direct or indirect. as evidenced by
the great increase In values of real
estate, not only in the Village pro-
per. but In the outlying districts.
which can only be accounted for by
the progrcssiveness OF the Village OF
Manchester.
There IL no practical way by
which each citizen may be taxed ex-
actly In proportion to the benefits
received by him. Even among sew
er users there Is inequality. mas
much as houses with fifty inmates
are taxed the same as those with
one inmate.
This explanation is made for the
purpose OF explaining the reason
ableness Of the provision OF the
Village Charter under which the VII
lage bought the sewer.
The following statement shows
the actual cash transactions relating
to the sewer as shown by the WI
lage cash account and the separate
sewer account
Feb !. 1905, Transferred from
Village To sewer acct. s250.00 |
Jan. 20. 1906. Transferred
from Village to sewer acct. $50. 90
Feb. IS. 1907 Transferred
from village TO sewer acct $50 90 |
Jan %. 1908. Transferred
from Village to sewer acct 225.0o |
Dec, IS, 1909. Paid Ella b.
Swift, principal, 10000 |
Dec 10. 1909. Paid Ella y.
Swift, interest. 1856 |
Dec 10. 1909, Paid Agnes
NJ. Swift, principal. 400. 90
Dec, i3. 1909. Paid Agnes
N Swift. interest. i2.i6
Dec. IS. 1909. Paid l.. II.
llemenway, Treas. principal. 100. 90
Dec. 10. 1909. Paid l.. II.
lIemenwny, Treas interest, 39sg
Dec, ~. 1903 Paid l.. II.
Iiemenway. Treas. interest 4.2e
Dec. Is, 1909 Paid @. l..
Towsley. Treas. principal. 1900. 90
Dec. 10. 1909. Paid @. l..
fowsley. Treas Interest, g4.00
Total. s5.G3sl5
May 20, 1910. Transferred
o Village acct. from sewer. s965.07
May /. 1911 Transferred
% Village acct from sewer. 10000
May 20. 1911 Transferred
o Village acct. from sewer 1875
Cash IN sewer acct. l94.22
Accounts outstanding
lColleeiiblo) 400
si,T5o.04
Amount OF present VII
age investment III sewer. s,ss9.ll
s5,G3s.l5
The following statement shows
no tafml ferginfs frnrn aauar ran