Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-14


70 fhe Editor Of fbc Epensng Capita:
Sir There has been much saif
shout the coming thrse-dOIlar tax
rate. but no one has vet Inquired int
the causes Or suggested b remedy
Those responsible for this state Of aF
iaIFs haya been going on from one Elk,
|trayagance 10 another without appar
emily caring about what the resnlt
would be. Let as see what some oil
these useless expenses are.
Time was when one man did thg
tanit0r's work at the Court House
Vow two men and two women are en-.
plcyed. AS there Is no need % Soal
nov, wiaaE al these two men DE- All
soEutely uokhstg. 90 fag ~ cAn As seen
Formerly when the u0lnnxs saOner
needed legal adyice. they called II
lawyer and paid moderate fee Nov
they have til their employ ail the tlms
q lawyer, Who receives 10000 10;
which he readers little or no service
Another aineeure Ii that of messenger
To the Board. fOs which several hun
bred dollars q year or paid. TO sas
nothing OF the dOOrke4per and gate
keeper Id the court room There an
certain brldgekeepers who might bs
paid for their actual services, whiei
afe rare, Instead OF being on salary
Ii 1t not possible that our roads Nigh
be worked more economically? WI
have no better roads generally thai
Va had under the old supervisor sys
ten. although they cost three or four
times as much
10 come noW TO the school system
There can be no doubt that the paasen
Beard has been grossly extravagant
Thousands of dollars have been ex
pended for new school houses which
could have waited for m6re favor
ahsa opportunity: and yet the Board |.
calling for more money Cor this same
parposs. again. shis Bnafa. 90 Il ID re-
ported, asks for moro money f0r teach
ers' salaries. whereas they should meek
less, az the annexed territory tool
from the roll twenty odd teachers
whose salaries aggregated twelve 81
Igleen thousand dollars AgRin they
propose 10 baIid ao-cafEed flra sscapt
TO the Grammar School building
where there III np are. the aaeatint
plant being forty or Atty yards awas
IN the High School Even Il ars
should start there. the Grammar
School could bc ensptled 0f ire puplls
d dozen times before they would lncua
any danger. AS to the money to bs
received from Baltimore City fol
school property Ii the Fifsh district
there can be no dohh that, as We an
Responsible for the payment Of iii,
bonds. tlaie money should BE applies
80 the interest ana sinking fund D
the same. II Was mistake that ths
It'll did not contain tails pr0fagOs
again, has ROT our city eovArnxneAs
been run too much IS political ma
ehineg Much work has besn done
which was not pressiugly called g0g
and many thousands or dollars. there
fore. nseIe8sIy spent e ID now pro
posed ID put 90 into docl
Tor the Eastern Shore ferry. Can WI
aKord Il And IL Ii Is done, where Ii
the money to come from Issue na0Rs
bonds? Yea. and increase the tnx-rate
Il may 30 worth while 70 Suggest
hOw the eitysa expenses may Be cur.
tailed. namaly. by Incorporating tlst
Water Company directly with the cits
sovezmneak II large city like bal
tlra0ra. Il III true. tins Water Conapany
u depa vsrnsent 81 tae govefninens. ths
system heinz too complex to De naixed
Rp With the other anancas. But HI
Annapolis the city treasurer could col
lers the water rents ard the cOuneil
eaaIA tend to the ether features Coz
neceei taerewish A saving sd
% 90 could easily ~ shereby 81
Escted.
These On the inside may nsd other
ways whereby uaanv shONagad dollars