Evening journal., 1919-03-29

qucnt posting o; quarantine signs On
some OF the houses You empty your
own ashes wherever you can and take
all the dust the wind WAITS to give
you; burn all your trash or have
someone throw theirs out into a fleld
TO be blown over your property and
consume your time gathering Il up
You cons der yourself lucky if you
get your garbage collected and often as
every time the moon fulls and even then
without s number OF phone calls ana
maybe considerable argument Now ir
The face o. all this and would say
! conditions .sre getting wo,s st instead Of
better, we are notified by the Assess
ment Board that an increase OF S6G
valuation has been added on 10 our
properties. just think 81 it, receiving
nothing for what we are already pay
ing and expec,ed to pay more for still
less, When tho County Board Of As
sessment wss spoken to about IL they
replied ''you are only on part rate and
II you rece'vod anything moro than
you are receiving you would expect Ia
pay mo2c wouldn't your" Could sny
statement be more rid culous2 Pay
more than they are assessing US II We
received more, when now we are re-
celving moth ng. l would certainly be
glad 10 receive a public opinion in this
matter. for a school boy could figure
out that we are not be ng treated on a
par with other taxpayers For in
stance, II the man paying fun rate in
another section OF the city receives
sidewalks. paved streets. ash and rub
bish collections gsrbsrse collections,
street lights some police protect on,
some street cleaning and perhaps sani-
tation inspection. shouldn't we, II we
are treated on par receive something
and in proportion as the amount OF
tax we pay is to the rate OF tax they
pay According 10 the argument OF the
Assessment Board we should pay more
II we receive anything that we are not
receiyeing. Are we getting q square
deal, or are we being rob5ed7 II looks
10 me as II we were being handed
something along the principles OF the
money loan office, which ] don't know
much about but In comparison with
ID matter would say the taxpayer Is
only going 10 hSve one chance, even
II that, TO stick the city, whereas the
city Is going to have two chances, and
perhaps more TO stick the taxpayer.
In reading over the bills, as reported
in the newspapers, that are being in
troduced in the present leg stature one
may notice the bin for creating a
Board OF City Commissioners, each
If which would receive a sal
ary OF $500 and tbs board to be given
control OF the water, street and sewer,
police, health, park. harbor, assess
ment and public building departments.
Why don't they say the city and
everything IN it? Then yon also read
ibJut bill that would create q Met
'onoliian Planning Board and the
members OF which would receive 3
salary Of 5000. Perhaps our assess 1
nents are raised 10 pay some Of these |
,alaries in case the bills go through.
llso wonder II there VIII be anything |
EFT % pay for any OF the improve |
nents thai are so badly needed. II |
my OF these are made, no doubt, the |
taxpayers VIII experience an additional |
anyone read ms this article /
may gain the idea that I think only |
this section OF the city Is receiving the
treatment that have already outlined
That impression must not be gained
for, no doubt. n the city authorities
would deal out such treatment to one
section they would also do the same
W n other sections, and there are
without a doubt others that are Just as
bad on and maybe worse. They have
ny sympathies and perhaps they |
would like to i1ln in this protest and |
econd some OF the facts set forth |
ere.
Some time ago newspaper accounts
poke OF the State considering the ex-
andiiure 81 a large portion OF the
venue gotten by income tax in devel-
ling State h ghways. Such news is
very pleasing TO auto'sts
ID farmers who travel to the cities
ID pay no income tax. but Il is mad
niny TO the man who has 10 help
y IL and can't even have a. sidewalk =
get 10 trolley line and further a
ore has to drag heavy quantities OF 4
ppl es home because the sereets are a
oh mud holes and mud traps that n
ores do not want TO deliver his pur- S
ases 10 him. in fact. can't without s.
* that no one can blame them for
u taking. We are not paying as q
gh tax as the residents on Wash d
gton street. between Eighteenth and d
wenty-flrst and naturally we do not II
,peet the same service that they DO 9
hey have asked for asphalt. We a
'ould be satisfied with a sidewalk. =
roperly made Q nder paved street and :