Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-05-27

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zus zsE-znue e futsre patronage
AID 4 n-oed tat ake 0z2y ~ay 70
rs ~ Nsrie1 Psser Company 4a4
ne Eecpse togaasr vss . pa Oss -
Eghts ans sersn Il IL bettom e the
propasassu AID vera Il OF sadsfse-
torzy, Il pue Al an TIE Msx-
ks Pouer Cs-asnF abniaed a prep
oaisian 10 & Cg4nrl 3 few months
age fhzt met tie oHrUv1i q al the
Csznrflns a-d Mayer. and 4 install
Led wiu mae Wexiao TIE best lighted
city N Mi san Al the cost ofss9M p1r
year. zzHs s4,los the snoant We
have beer FayinE. The territory
Hshtes VI ae mach larger and prse-
hGNy evsy aoak and oornsE q the
torz VII e thoroughly lighted See
plan At es q NeEioS Power Con-
paHy. If yog Elsh
am Et5cty IL favor u muaEF
ownership and for nonshs / have
been thins1lg zlong this line. bit !
hnd hat ua5er the state aE, Il Is IN
possible t. vote enough bczds to sven
STAR buyiHg The plant from the Mex
ic0 Power Company, d 70 install one
Of our v that #ouId meet the re-
q-uirrnentk
The assezse1 valuation Of Mexoo Is
IN tie nsighborhood q yLe88O00M.
Ten cents On the one hundred dollar
valuation is al we could bond the city |
for water and lights. or $4,000
This would not cover the xzter prop
alone to say nothing Of the
The laws Of the State are very
unfair. i seems to ne TO the cities
eannot raise our assessments OF
rate in The city in order to get more
revenue without it also applying to
county and state. giving them 800
TO every q we receive II this were
not the case a slight raise would give
Us az the revenue needed and no one
Be hurt. So much for the
light proposition.
In my address to the Council in
April 1914 and You can find it IN
yau wish 70 refer to it'll told
Council that n thing I was ex-
seedingly anxious to have done dur
ing my administration was the install
.iEg Of two septic tanks to take care
4 our city sewerage and not dump
I into the ereey east Of town in its
state and causing trouble for
niles down the stream. am still
anxious 10 see this matter remed
ed as ] was thirteen months ago. !
The City's Debtor years the
" has borrowed money to pay the
INNING expenses. It is plain to be
zen that in no time in the past we
rave received as much evenue as
vas actually needed. 4
In April 1914 we had an indebted !
less Of 5000, and practically and {
.mpty treasury. We lost the saloon :
evenue last year and got by in fairly :
.ood shape by borrowing $1,000 max !
ng an Indebtedness at the present 9
inc Of principle and interest of about c
1900. t
Nov For The solution.@I have .
iven this matter a great deal Of {
hought, and have done quite a lot Of :
uvestigating, and the plan / have .
out is this:
Let Us vote bonds, as follows
1900 for septic tanks, $4,000 for
he payment Of the city's debt: 81
90 TO be used in part payment Of
streets for the next three
ears; making a total of $4,000. The
aason say three years is this, / be-
eve that by the end Of three years 7
finances Of the city can be ad-
IN such a manner az to not
lterfere with its progress and still
Ike care Of its present expenses and
light obligation.
Would suggest that the City make
sw contract with the Mexico Power
ompany for a term Of years on the
system recently approved, o.
it'll whatever changes that might
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