The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27
More Than $1,000 Was Sliced
From Totals Today.
Commissioner Newland Allows
His Machine to "Die."

The city of Topeka's 1917 tax levy
will positively not go above mills,
the amount of the levy last year. That
was announced by every city commits
sioner today, following an executive
conference in the office of ]. E. House.
mayer. A cut of $11.565.63 was made
in the special assessment fund and a
further cut of s3,S19.3S was agreed
upon by all commissioners except w.
G. Tandy. who had to leave to meet
train. The $3,S19.3S cut. making a
total of S15,3S5.01, the amount neces-
sary to lower the fund to $22S,653.3S.
which can be raised by mill levy.
will be taken out of Tandy's request
of a half mill levy for bridges and
bridge work Tapdy. it is understood.
will not object to the cutting Of his
levy because the other subordinate
funds in the special assessment levy
are already down to bedrock
OF the $11,565.5S cut made this
morning S5,565.53 was in Commission
er w. L. Porter's park fund. The
amount he originally asked was S3e,
900.
special Improvement will be killed by
the action and that is the building of a
rest station in Gage park, which he
had planned at a cost of about $4,000.
The remainder of the amount will
be taken from minor funds in his
original budget.
Won't Hurt Gage Park.
The slicing of the park budget will
not jeopardize improvements on the
Gage park swimming pool. Porter
said today. that as soon as the swim
ming season is over the pool Will be
drained and a substantial and SAM
tary bottom will be put in. Other i'm
water from flowing into 1t will also
be made.
The remaining $4,000 cut in the
special fund was made when Frank
Newland. water and light commits
sioner, who has seer, his turbo-gener-
ator getting farther away for several
days. due to the attitude of several
commissioners and lack of money.
agreed that the $4,000 item for the
machine be eliminated. Of the ST.
coo to have been raised for the pur-
chase, $4,000 was to have been raised
in the special assessment and $11, 600
from the general fund. That action
made Commissioner Newland's cleo
trio light bulge: more than $4,000
lower than it was last year.
Very Little Fuss.
The meeting this morning was
surprise as the. city commissioners
never before succeeded in making cuts
with so little Wrangling.
A cut of $7,374.S7 in the general
fund is all that is needed to end the
work on the budget and get both spe
cial assessment and general revenue
funds down to an s mill levy, Il levy
of mills each. 1t is estimated that
the revenue during the next year
from sources besides taxes will amount
to $4,000. Total requests in the gen.
eral fund amounted to $293,G5S.27
with the amount a mill levy on the
city's valuation can raise at $229,-
693.3s. The S45, 900 and the cut at the
expense of the turbo-generator leaves
only the s7.374.S7 to be sliced. The
amount will probably be cut from the
different departmental budgets in a
meeting late this afternoon.
The reduction in Tandy's bridge levy
which will probably be confirmed this
afternoon will place 1t at .43 of a mill,
raising S24,S92.29 instead of S2S,1
711.67 asked for
81 do not see where a cut can be
made in any of the other special
funds" Mayor House said today
That looks to me like the logical
cut"
Commissioner WATSON agreed with
the mayor.