Show CITY LEV at the city council meeting held last friday n it was bract cally decided that the tx levy for the present year will be ten or perhaps less this will be good news to the taxpayers as the levy has not been less than 15 miln in the past three or four years last year the republican city administration found it necessary to replace almost the entire water system and consequently bonev bad to be ra sed there ere many who these improvements could not be completed with the money raised bv a 20 mill tax but the city ad ministration estabi shed a splendid rec old in the work since the water system has been placed upon a paying basis the revenue of the city is nearly sufficient to pay all and a 5 m 11 city tax even less would be sufficient this year were it not for the fact that 2 must be used in redeeming waitr bonds there are 16 woith or these bonds now out s anding and 2 must be paid off each year as well as the interest on the entire amount |