The Alaska citizen., 1915-12-20
CITY COUNCIL ID MEET AGAIN
 THIS EVENING
LAST MONDAYS SESSION WAS ADJOURNED UNTIL
 TONIGHT.

Owing to the fact that the mem bers of the city council wished to attend the regular meeting of the Fairbanks Commercial club, last Mondays sess,o on ot the city father was short one and very little business of importance was discuss ed Therefore the session will be resumea [ is evening, an adjourn. ment having been taken.
 One of the matters to he taken up tonight will be the tax levy. At the meeting last Monday the finance committee of ,tc courcn rendered some figure' in connec- ton with the levy, the members agreeing that the levy should be tut one and one-half per cent. Onc of the committeeman, however, was in favor of reducing the usual dis count for prompt paying of taxes from 10 per cent to per cent, rhich, he said, would mean a ma city debt The other member of the committee was In favor of col lecting the taxes on the old basis saying that 1t was the business of CIc COuuCu HlllCu V III bt tltCleu next year to worry over the leftover debt.
 It is figured that, at the levy of one and one half per cent. with a discount of 10 per cent on the whole for prompt payment. the revenue of the city from taxes will be $3S, 1880. With the discount reduced n 5 per cent the revenues will be approximately s40,23704. It is estimated that the city is approxi mately s43,O0O in debt, therefore there will te a small indebtedness when the council goes cat f o
 Another matter taken up last Mon- day night was the itemized account of the Fairbanks school board, which has been reuuostHa hv council. A request for $1.906.04 from the school board was also read, but it was placed on the table and will be handled this evening. It is prob able that there will be consldera ble discussion on the subject tonight. as one of the councilmen went so far as to state at the last meeting that in his opinion there has hoH' gross mismanagement of school af fairs here during the past year An other said that he considered that avpavnrs ot the city were pavino out their money to give children an education; not to give a school house janitor job, particularly in the summer months.
 The itemized account ren1or- by the school board to the council shows that the s1 800 given to the board in October was expended as follows:
 Freight on gymnasium apparatus, sS7 24; salary for month, F. K Kar Ter. s305.5O; six teachers, at s175 per month, s1O50: one teacher. s70; me teacher. s105 janitor, s175; MT Howie, $8 for work at school, leav- ing debit os "A cents.
 The $1,7O5.50 given the board on November P was expended as fol lows: F. x Karrer, $3O5.5O; one .eacher, s131"5; six teachers, s1,O5O; janitor, s175; credit balance, $4375
 The council decided last Monday to reject the automobile fire truck upon the recommendation of the fire committee. IL was pointed out that the truck was not up to speci fication in the matter of speed, show ing only 10 miles per hour when it was ordered 10 show between 20 and 25, several trials having demon strated the fact that it entirely fails to come up to the requirements
 The sum of $10OO has already been paid to the N. c. Co.,. in ad- vance, for the truck. The money will now go to apply on some of the city warrants held by the com