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Show I County Coflioiissioner I Has the Data, K''i r f ' ' Bi ; ' James H. Anderson Riakes r J Convincing Reply to Ad- wfT verse Criticism. B f H Shows What Has Been Accomplished H ' Sinco Republicans Camo Into H Power in County. B in. the Salt Lake B count r have conditions as regards the B ' valuation of property and1 the tax tfur- H '-den on the citizen been better than at H the present time and the criticism H against the County Commissioners is H resented by Chairman James II. An- H derson. lie Hays tho statement mad-; H Jn an evening aper that the amount H of valuation hod increa-ved -while the HL -Snx levy had not decreased if equivocal, B ho say. the least, and that a tax of 4 G-10 n mills Is borne far more easily than was H a tax of 3 mills in the years of 1S94, V (3S95 and 1S9G. Valuations, says Mr. An- H 'derson, are really lower now on slml- B -lor property than they were In 1S94, H .when the valuation of the county was H the lowest for the pasc decade. The H I quantity of property, lie says, has !n- B J creased about -10 per cent since then, H J while the total valuation has been in- 11 crcasea out a iew minion aoiiars. V" I Meets tho Criticism. F I :The crltlclam referred to states that j I ten years ago "on nearly Glmllar val- ' nation of property, thi levy was but 3 j I mills, while since then It has run up I tto 4 1-2 mills." This is answered1 by I Mr. Anderson by tslmply saying that ! ( the levy way run up to the amount 1 stated during the administrations of the Democrats, between 1SS3 and 1901. In addition to running up the tax levy, Chairman Anderson points out the fact that $-170,000 had been borrowed by the Democratic commissioners; that the county was nine months behind with its wan-ants and was paying 5 per cent , interest on $185,000 thus outstanding, be- ' y vldes the old' furniture warrants of 1891 ' I amounting to about $47,500. ' I Republicans' Good Work. "Since the Republicans came Into of- r flee in 1901," says Mr. Anderson, "the I -judgmenc for the furniture warrants 1 rC" ha.v'been paid off; the county has 1 caught up the $1S5,000 in other warrants 1 and, placed this division of the govern - j ment Qc. a cash basis for the first time j in manfsycars During the Republican adnilnisUV.lone r0 per cent more work I has been done on tho county roads each I ' year than was done during the best years under the Democrats, Conditions at the county infirmary have been made at least 25 per cent better; n nvw county I , jail has been built at Bingham and ! ' more than $40,000 lias been spent during the past three years for sprinkling county roads, laying mains and extensions. exten-sions. Sprikllng carts spill water near-. near-. ly to Sandy and on nearly every road , dn the county. There are nine sprinkling sprink-ling districts in the county now where there were none in 1894. The street lighting system Is being extended all f the time, and' more than $50,000 was ex- j pended on the roads last year. There , r is" one more District Judge than there x .- was in 1S94. and the business of all' j .-public 'officials has increased about SO ( yper cent since then. The salaries of J .all the employees of the county that were under $G0 have been f creased to u ' living wage since the Republicans came . ..into office In 1901. I Lowest Government Tax. ;'The couS36pSLls the lowest bv I n eailyftffiWr J Hi I" oi a,1" other ygPffgjbwrawerninen t and is . vJTjfcfir property ' the .. ' -id M .VK .. , 1S94 than they 1'' .. -'tfyteK ' ' unty Comir.is- l V Sfeft 1 '' -.u off one- half mill f ' ' 'ofrha -.'-c Democrats had forced S ;npiy people, but took 10 per cent Bf-lrom impiDvenienUi in the city and -"'"lO per cent was cut off the valuatlonof ' real estate In the county. Where we .received 1000 complaints from fax pajV ers in 1901 we receive but one now. 1 Fewer Tax Soles Kbw. "Tho records show that thsio 'have been fewer tax sales during- the past year than for the past ten years and! .hundreds of properties have been re-' re-' deemed that were sold for taxes under Democratic administration. The valuation valua-tion of property that Is put to tho same uses as in. 1S94 is practically the same now as then. It is the quantity of prop-, prop-, crty that haa been Increased. Smelters valued at $3,000,000 have been, erected at Murray, and about $1.000.000 -In net Ki j , proceeds was received from the. Hlgh- I land Boy mine last year alone.'. In ; i mining property -there has been anln- 1 j , .l iirease of vt ! n.nnoi to eay noth- j J I 'I 'J iK- wt3" , r. School i i "fw-Lli. ydr !r. ;rsn. -eased?; 1 av.n.Tartv bv.' H-- -nds otj - .-jr4xvjl i.x o jj' -, value v-.W v -"J -r ' ; id, but L . U r vlwi.ar:.-; tv pT l y been . vSmjcvky u tie said ' 1 Cb -'mfWm- fiiVt .- w,crit-. Vl i iyLt$Pc?3Wi 'JFVrth mimilr-. Hk ? s'W'4sKVfr j x- in prop- j fc'-. heh H) ' . sLke j ,r ago 1 TW ilts l- t not in- 1 ''Rb.' TV nt In : ?p .t Jr sduca- ''d '.4 ; ' : Br 'wi1 B ; A 1' 1 |
