| Show VAX LEVI 1 4 the finance committee of the city council appears in pretty good god forra form 14 this year on the recommendation for 1 the city tax levy for 1897 list lat year the be council bad to take the matter up in a special meeting the committee A making no r recommendation coma end aaion there was a proposition to increase the tax taic rate to olne nine mills mille but the re jewrod it makenz it seven mills thill year the fin finance lince figured th cb t the seven mills will noi DOL only bo be sufficient to meet the ge leral eral expenses expense elpi so a of the city for the next year but also will include a onet one third bird mill tax to 0 devote to a public library hence there here will be no increase lu orease to in city taxes this year notwithstanding a falling failing oft off in the alls assessed essed valuation of prop erty upon the abo winst by the eshe present council cour oil exhibits exhibit ito improvement to in bust ess boss tun iun from that of the abe few years yeara im I 1 mediately ned lately preceding in the way or of economy at least la in the present C anell there are members with vary object lo cable lovable ideas from the erel ere on the handling or of municipal flo ancee but by considerable watching ant an i stirring and occasional kicking 1 I on the part of others a ma arity has been brought together fi f r preventing those being carrid into effect it la Is further to the oredis credit of the present council that whereas they had a load of 0 or more to 6 clear up from the debts of the previous administration that has been of and according accor dirig to the estimate bow made ibe next dext administration will start out with a balance ot cash on hand it continue I 1 oars oare is exercised there to is no doubt but that a perfect administration would have been still m mye re i that extravagance has not been eliminated entirely thug that some reductions agreed upon early in ill 1896 have not been made but con si derina the warring I 1 threats te reste that have appeared and the many and strong attempts to mulct too oily city to in large amounts amount through contracts and otherwise the majority of the council des serves much credit credle for what it has baa so ao to in this line while the NEWS NL we has had bad conservative criticism for the council when it felt that bat public interests required sops bially lu in the direction of juose members not in dined to strict probity and econ economy omiT it alao augg feels to go commend freely the she majority wb which c baa as fo followed owe a generally W wise financial policy besides r reducing acing the indebtedness indebted nea without lc creasing the tax levy the council has bae poured a muot much more extended service tor for the same bame money than was wae given iven two years yeara agota several respect and the taxpayers who bavi baar to aur laish the cash will feel gratified that there la is no call for an increased Inore aeed tax rate fate but that virtually there to la a slight alight decrease in the dearal levy opening a prospect for further reduction in we ane lature |
