Show I ADMINISTRATION STEALS CLAIM TO TOt TO t I CREDIT FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS I 0 ROBS TAXPAYER THEN POINTS TO RECORD OF MUNICIPAL MUNI PROGRESS U Gang Tries to Make Campaign Capital Out of the Money Forced From Pockets of Property Property Property Prop- Prop erty Owners EXPENSE BORNE BOHNE BY TIlE THE TiE PEOPLE DIRECT Glaring Overdraft of Cannot be Excused by Y Work Jork Done Done No No Accounting ng is Made to the Citizens T 4 H M M m m H MM t M MH M-MH M 1 I- I EIF PLANK PINK I IV IN PIJo 4 C. C e 0 emphatically declare decaro in ill favor a 01 of or public improvement JInt I- I and pledge tho the can candidate nominated b by this convention to lo support I- I wise Ie anti and liberal policies in this Ull respect we condemn the wasteful extravagance extra of tile the pre present ent city administration which In the race ce of or ofa 4 a larg largely ly increased revenue rc amply amly to pay the clys pOlon pO- pO k thin tion lon of or the ho co cost t of oC public improvements has led ed to a n legally questionable ques- ques 4 and aJo altogether ethel unnecessary ar Increase of oC the taxes nf f an ank k overburdened ened people anti and we pledge th the voters of oC t. Eo City City- I II U I- I that und under a Republican administration tho those thoo o improvements i will vill be beI I I- I honestly and alI oc economically c made without out Increase and po possibly a re reI reduction re- re I- I duclon of the tax tox lev levy and that that every dollar paid pahI into Into the public 4 p. p treasury be sacredly held and aud l applied to the purpose for which I- I It was waR paid anti and the wh widest t t publicity be bc 1 given o the Oxtails of or every I- I financial l trl transaction Wf We Wi will wil tot not ot present nt to the people at the thi close clone I I- I of or o our nUl o the condition which today Of r I- I Ithe the Iho disappearance iF of or special tax lax tunc collected for Cor Improvements 4 novel made without explanation being Iu b offered of rc for tor the disappearance anc 4 If ICa a a. Republican bc n lon ra cannot make make- the l r n Cm nt nl for 1 IC nt ruml lo 1 to 0 lr 4 which the 1 T 4 iv lieu a a tax i is levied lc i l land and collected money y 4 the tax payer lie 1 not the hp r or tlc eIt uru 4 the 4 4 party o to c lull 4 J AmerIcan Jurt is to patent h nf lR- lR 4 lf Unlawful 4 V believe e thelO Is h need ur or Inv investigation l the 4 1 t or uh lc 0 monC by hn hi cl CitY a From Vom 4 44 4 l Ct city a t m l 4 r f TV t tV V- V ja k I te I A t L. L 4 i t J t 2 a 1 R I T vt all iI hI the the- and t 1 i th the tIlO v t-t t t hiLt hn c going on In fn Salt Halt tho t year iJ and 11 a tC Ui i jr ro ent eni a nj I c has 1185 spout l less sq than titan o of or the total cost cost And nf J one on the tux tax payers Jf Is aJ also o paid pall by tW 11 has lias come COC out OUI ono of ot this thi s mone money of the general funds which have o been beer O The city ely ha hn hap robbed the th street mid to pa pay for ir its itt haro of and now how that fund Is J a glaring o raft Jn In The Republican to today a publishes a statistical list of Improvements and the the thc comparative expense borne horne by property owner and and the city The rho fg- fg ires are e a give Riven out h by City Engineer r T Kelsey eee and hl while tho they thoy are aro not ac accurate accurate ac- ac curate as to the exact total the thc city curtE a cn engineer says say's n s 's thc they 11 are approximately appi so 10 Street 01 Would 1 hi Cove It IL I. I This ll statement will till wi b he substantiated th the in lii n the hy 11 jv thC lie figures on city auditors auditor's ollice olce In tile the tax t fund brought a a. revenue rev let 1 evy for fOl the street 10 to that lint department nt of tiE 1 clue 78 is That was before the tax levy wa was 1 raised and before the tue was Increased Increase Tile The tax lc levy is now no two mills more nore than it I was then and tho tile valuation on cf city property Is more but hut that side of or the finance stu struggle ge will wl be he presented later lter Th The street department nt In 19 1915 1915 hada had nau naua la laa a r revenue v nue of HI 1 is Last year ear and this considerably more mOl It was ivas I year NU the revenue r to for Cor that department I tt m ni I lift he wh when n collected in the tho fall i The city must pay Its lw share hare of improvements from this fund of or running the tile The general expense anti and material ma ma- labor department including approximately For For- a avear t is of or the tile depart dopart- department vear yeal t 1 tile the general expense O ment mont would be he Ta TaLc Take from flom the tue nn and 1 there the Is left fl 1 i 38 The Tue city's share of public Improvement Improve improve- ment hag Ilas has cost Tills This amount would be he practically covered by y the balance balanco In the street department nt alone llone I Jf Ir ther was vas no graft tho the elt city could bear benr its share shuro of or public Improvements within tilt the by bv staying almost entirely Street treet fund where the expense mu must t como come from rota y Yet t. t there I is an nn overdraft l against nil all nf or the funds of oC Have Hll lh the Improvements caused aU the tw o raft Look at the th t figures urel Pay ny the lie Pr Freight j l Is it t to tho the credit of oC tho the administration administration adminis adminis- or to tIle the of or tho the people that lint tho the improvements have Ilave been made made- and amI paid laid for fOl This administration has done a rail rail- lon lion and a halt half dollars dollars' worth of pubic pub pub- lie ic em improvements exclusive of or the conduit con con- duit but Inclusive i of oC a a. number of ot contract contracts con Coil tracts tract let under the tho Morris ul In 1 or Of and a a. half haU the tho people peo peo- pie pe have paid seven so In nd addition to that the tile people have seen ph lI money motey for l assessments sm ns 1 la laj In It the thC ctt city treasury for tot a year or moro mor 3 without g getting g th tile the value aitio of It It find and when there is IH a request fora foia for foi fora II a return of of the tile money moner hec because us of r f tile long delay In the lie wor work the thc city auditor au au- reports there is N no 10 fund with wun which to pay tho U rebate If the city a administration would adhere ad nd- here her to tile the rule of paying aing Its Us share o ol of pu public Em Implements from tho the street fund th there thre 1 would woul be he no overdrafts o o ot or nn any kind on oti account of th the lie improve And it could be done but 1 ii It would curtail l the he opportunity for graft Work oj OOl l' h 13 Tit It The Republican publishes a u tab tabi table showing the tho cost of or work orl done dono by y th the city the share th tile the city pays IUS from Crom rein th flu general funds rinds the tho public has supplied l ll t s ft y r Ia ht q t u 11 It ll lf 1 t 1 i- i r c U 1 Th n half hair t j. j 0 I f Jp oJ ts- ts s' s l J I JI llio o clu classes so st f a I. I j ut rat pipe I lw eWers Vor r 1 p pain painI IlC I I by bJ special a t tU prop property t erty o owner otner Cr Jf 51 one fifth n of oC which Is f f. f pall from froni the t general fund supplied by the r and nc fur four from the lie sp special 1 U cial assessment u t the tile property prop owner o Asp Asphalt paving Jn c plic Olie nc of tiC which 1 Is S lal paid 1 bj- bj th the tho elt city from the he general funds supplied b by the taxpayer and fourths of which I is paid b by apo- apo vial ciul levy vy Il against ng t the tho property owner Macadam paving paving- about on ono fourth of oC which ls Is paid by the elt city from lIm general gen gen- an- an eral ial funds supplied d by taxpayers and anti I three three- three fourths of lC which Is 18 paid 1011 by y th the property owner as aR a tax Curb Curb and gutter on- on seventh one e of or which iS I fool paid by th tile the city from general gen gen- eral cral funds supplied l by y the taxpayer cJ and six sevenths ix 8 of nf which Is J paid patti b bv by Pi Pip levied t special p lax tax 1 wIlem Bt DIg water pipe main mains none nome of which 1 is s paid by y the city but all of oC which I is paid 1121 from flOm toni the bond ond fund which is supplied sup SUi- lIP lIP- plied died by tho tIlt taxpayer er f I Is Intercepting s sewer all aU of paid ald by the taxpayer from froni his own pocket anti non none of or which comes from front Lay an of the other tun funds 1 nt Water main extensions all of oC which l Is a paid b by o the property owner who I Is Continued on Pa Pasc c Seven Sc J ROBS TAXPAYER THEN POINTS TO RECORD C from rota Pa Page lage c One directly benefited ted and anel none of which comes come out ont of the tho other funds No Xo Reason on for Deficit So it Is seen that there can be no eXCUse excuse for tor a d deficit In the city funds h by reason of or Improvements along the line of lateral pipe sewers big water pipe mains Intercepting sewers ewers and water main extensions All MI of this thia money conies comes from flom the taxpayer too direct and anel goes oot either into a n. special fund or Into a It bond bonel fund neIther neith nei- nei th ther r of ot which und under r tho the law can bo be touched h by the tho city for tor other purpose pur pur- poses pose The city has violator violated rl the rhe law pcr every time it ha has used any of th these se funds fund for other purposes than ilian t those specified b. b by the tIme law And the law has b boon been en violated many Um times A month ago the overdraft In the city's funds was as 34 OO 4 It la is close clos to now The Tho city treasurers treasurer's report to Lo ho bo I Issued ned In a da tIny day or so so 50 will show Just how great tho the overdraft Is now A AND D THIS AD ADMINISTRATION n 1 TAKES t UNTO TO ITSELF THE CREDIT FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS tE TS THAT HA HAVE VE B BEEN F. 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