The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-19

Island residents that IA citizens
OF the older part OF the city are
wary Of any IMPOSITION for any
large public fnJr0vement south of
Eighteenth aveune. when ever
we haze even mentioned a $3.50 0Oe
bond tsszre for the laying OF a hinge
main drain and numerous Iaterals
necessary as beginning of a COM
prehensive sewer system for South
Rock Island, the people in the old
town shake their heads the may
or said.
They say that they win not vote
for bond issue where they must
pay three times more taxes than
do the persons in whose district
every cent of such proposed bond
money woald be spent
What New Territory Got
In addition to $3.50, 900 worth Of
watermains laid under city direc-
ton, but which. of course, was
paid by the property holder. who.
however, lie to get 1t all back in
water, Mayor Schriver said the
city had paid out the following
amounts in actual cash:
City's share of Twelfth
street paving -. .$2s. 44o.s7
City's share OF Ninth
street paving .... 2s.sp.s IS
City's share CT Ninth
street paving, supple
mental .......... s.z5o.75
Elevated tank l., 900. 90
Fire station ------.- IL ,ooo. 90
Equipment at fire station. 5,Ss9. 10
Yearly salaries OF three
men at $3.50 and two at
$40 a month -. 4.44o.ce
Fire alarm extensions,
boxes and wiring - 1.25s.o2
Watermains, city's own
expense ..........1 100, 900. 90
Lights, ITS installed 80. 1000. 90
Grading under contract
alone ........... $500. 90
Grading, rounding up streets.
cleaning by department, s., 900 1.-THE
latter two items being for the last
year only; no exact figures were
presented for previous years..
Example of Taxes Paid.
Under the township joining prop
osition the rate OF taxation on each
800 is as has been set. but there
would be undoubtedly higher valu-
atoms on South Rock Island prop
erty to made up for the wide differ
ence in taxation.
Without giving names of owners
of property, the following figures
presented by the mayor to give an
idea of the low valuation as com
pared to old town property valua-
tons. The first figure is the &C
tual value of property. the second
figure the assessed valuation for
the purpose of computing taxes,
and the third the amount OF tax
paid:
Residence, $4,000, $3.50, ss3 IS;
fat building, SIS, 900. s1,725. $I14.05 /;
residence, $4,000, $500, $3.50; res
idence, $4,000, $3.50, s49.5S; SIS
acres of land and two houses, &C
tual valuation not given, $500.
$685.: six lots and house, actual
valuation not given, $525. S3497;
residence. $4,000. s525, sS4.72; res
idence, $500. $3.50, $34.71: resi-
dence. 5000. $50, S24.4S
After making his speech of ex-
| PLANTATION Mayor Schriver answered
numerous Questions relative to the
situation. Short talks explanatory
/ of things touching on their depart
ments were made by the four city
| commissioners and ". A Frewert
! Rock Island town clerk. made a
short talk.
! Mayor Schriver said he woBid do
| all he could in the future. There
/ is no personal feeling in this stu
| alton, either on our side or on your
! side am Cura - tho TnavOr said
land I believe that I have been
able to convince you that all the
| city officials are now doing is work;
ing for the best interest of South
| Rock Island"