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that the work Would-rnot.'60iiit'lhO0.0:.
td he toi'oharge ':$ for5:41t6011.1and az4 ton per c
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bn::'beint-a,Sked what bend.'he.:*OUld:.furifitil-f'-itir..,;tlio.:44ifOXiiiint*.
woUld, not furnish any bond at he y'had.f.never,:-done':,:--00;:,but
tiouid ''spend the rest of.'hie'dayeif,.on; the jOti,4,Wthat-!...all he" ha
tuat•.-46,:would return the money
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him.„...
M. Roberts ado' appeared before the oounoil eubinitting p1
Would do•in-the..matter of repairing the old. inonerator.
Used and. he to oharge for hie sere inaeons
five- per cent of the amount of the pa t*io
furnish for the performance of ,thie
tearit out and. rebuild it.
Mr. MurraxY: In mY judgment the .plath:Sr.cirltr.:,;:.-.6*.
route to the staok . The *hole ideal( 18 IMO
and the shorter the distanoe the more,heat.'-in*;-0:::
down the furnaoe and get it at'near
thealin line inorea.ses the hea.Z.
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Hiokson: We have no assurance #om eithe.:#
done for the estimates furnished.. :/
them as hear the staok as 00;864,bl:es
. Mut iani
how near'.th0 jean Ifitgure the coati. It aeeme that Mr..
rind of work. Eve the work does coat more,I thixk itwoa.111 be ea
• Watson addressed the council stateng:.that'ha::COne-ider,,,,,,,
contracts were let to get in 'Much with '
own here on their own expense:. and. submit their,:plani!.;and. apeoiZica„
lust what they could do the work for and f.urnish„t4e-,pro guaant�u
inoinerator was started under his
,hat before we did anything further with it now that we ahou]4aeour
•ersons whon we knew that understood the bueineoe.
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Erickson advised that in buliding the ?4'4000";.q.'„
the expense of ooi1d be done away with for.the negd
he boil up to 15:'31:iikept.:.4tee*::-.'.,.
.ach,•Year, at al]. againat Mr. Flandera but, i
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ntereet*,,of the Oitie .
r.'Highleyman: There is only; 01.e.. trouble about aend.tng
o come down here. We willte
ubmits and it As more than like11.-i'AliatrIc'W
ork. I think that if we are *gOing',::t.O..,wrt",for aQme:40
ould send for several and. the we-1w* elorei,,
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abaut where we ae.
Murra4yan -looking Over the plans -Of Mr. Savage
ans of the standard incinerators s'the standard baing to put the f
the eta4 • , •
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. Babcock addressPhe counoil along the lines of, IV
as a member of the Board. of Heath d'id not ,00nsider
/being too centrally locatedibeing near the
s idea was to oarry the garbb,gd to sea. He eta t hat
a party who wanted. to ut in the proper equiPmentlte' sucoesa
• Hickson: I feel that we do not have the time to look rup .; tha
the oounoil that we get Mr. Savage end go to wOrkUnifi4iat*
ing and *f we were to get these MOT/ to come down,,hertki
near dare- and we have got to do �ometl4ng os ore
onthe ;:1918 valuationt.() 5realizee
Differenoe of
401lietod':•740derdi'
•:19114;.-.;,than -wa;s,,,tot,ibe •'bolItte , the eeine
ot money t o:be oolleoted. for 1918 axea o 11.Of per cent av,e
In other Words', :"for, ever Y ••$ 100;00'. you for: taxes Xr 191T, you will
,140. 50' for ,,,19111, •••14,13ia the average based. *On; 'the oolle�tiona for the two yeara, aa
the assessors -bookki •
• • This ; Gentlemen, , ie,a eeriene • matt er;,:'
•one-
iniliton dollars, at, thi 8..: !ti Una when
war inat,t, era inditeci--hard.,„ on the 't ex" pager but when you '.:81:eb,:-.inOWetie0'your mtlleag
'2'mil1a,.18 per, o ent;.. it.'is in niy opinion znore.;tien.:..the?.,*;PeoPle:,,,oan ata. Some -one
recientlY,.,aaida,:,,,,fv•that an inoreniee.;:01 one
,good; 'but .whenyou•greetlY' inores.se.your va.1u&tions, as well as yo12 milleage, it is a
°rent propoeition.,, - • - ,• • • • : •,' •.'„ • - . • ,
• Let me teil.:.you, „gentleion;.....that-,When.-the'preient 10 is bending the baok, a*
Per:cent addition :thereto; wifl oertainly break it.•
•Th�budget: you, Gentlemen; have pre sented'•:.to me having been,. 4.4.;
.nearly inposs.ible, for , t, o,.,inte11ient1y pati,e.,-"'UPon't
it for insta3l�e
.• • •, . -.The fire ,department budget,-eay•, Salaries 38,800.60, 1 would. Like to know how
Polioe•many Men •sare • n . the . ervice, • 'where' loaated"
'Department, staiething h4 b.a0 faever4 ether.;Ohargatat oou1 be red.uoed.
$.32 •The iame thing a1ieBro ever d.epartment aM 1 ask that your honorable bod. m
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with' me"-- toinerree . 2 O'clock, bringing' with4.0;,an', eaiizad:':"etatealentu..cra ,
you esk'- for; that., we Can t .ake • them up.' ..and di0OU88aflLt'ad3uit.,:thern,in'"a000rd.axtoe.:
conditions now exieting.
I:apprec tate •the fact that you are -doing .5i,raw'.,.bikit;,:;:imit, we :i:17.410
am:eaten and go right±down the line, until wel.,gelt the...Mitleage':bab
RelpeottullY.'eubznitted,,..:-
J W. Wat :
Highlyemaakeplyingto the , etatof ,the litaYor;.relatiyeto the figures.
making up the budget *L11813,1.; that We, all know that there 10 q.round. 140 pf thenperaon
taxes that are never oolbeeted and, abbut :10 of the .rea3.,itiatei•be'tai.,4td.'itPWO
useless to figure the' budget on ace • thaing that ••ive,:#ie*.,thati-Wia touJ4 not get
anct for
reason I have used the '27,'250,00 • We. have .S'140;4.1)00tei.Worth'..pf,''netee.;obiting.,,dil
September next and if You did. ndthave to paY:4-theenOtee YOU, could ,make.:41`Ji4i
12 millet. If you do not take care of. i. the banks oan maMamus,:the,
• them do it.., It Is -a question of doing this or
itemized lilt of..::every,'department obmplete as we made
in regard. to the'itioreasedasseser4ent two it is acoordneoe'with•a13,..the,.,ye
are hereto
for the valuations..of .'any eitY;inerease, 'Is wealth .aciounit.ilit es.. .'„The.:: State. ef,;.;!.
hilear. 'increased the Valuationev'S 3,5900090this increase �omtng from aoouniiilated. wealth.
W.0,...,claim-that the property is„,„as essedi,;for,7510.but wehn wefiguxe'.
itout we will find.
it not 6o%.i f we were to put' the valuatiOn4V-:',fufl. veZLue
t.i-tefflyirlills.,„Ireliave • 0'250,000. wortb of bd.s d.ue and .i60,00q.,,
There is no way to get away froit for it this, is -fifixt--.(ioneHby:,t , oity it will go ini
the hands of a receiver. Mr. Romfh told. me yesterday that last Year
he wanted. to aak
a higher rate but that he was out of town When the,milleage.Waii
meet with the mayor but' I was in hopes' tb,at,..this:niatter,..WOuld=4ber
• arrange for the money' to carry us over. / !tio net wattte... be .,delaYed.'..fer"•'.r.fee
• eraployeeS pf this city want their money. • • •
Watitbzu I do not agree with Mr... Miginlidsman in theibaat
of 27,250;000. when the assessors boolies• show. a little over 28000:00 •
We ai.1 know
no collector 'collectni 100. 1 do think that the people of
• valuatio,n ie and when You 'gigure your inlileage you oen e etimate the amount *hat wiU
uncollected. .r,think that we ought to get together with the heard.s of 00
.and if we can Bate the-`people.of.MiNni.'One hayre's4t*O1,-!*
,'to nay that 'it 'hardlY 'pays to own a Pieoe of •propertY'in.•:.ithein: "•-•of L!IWTIL but -
think -that we 'should make every effort. to .get the
year
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There was brought pip the matterof cutting ,dovinthe, deP.0,0,t.M0.04::'
departments 'said triat the had. already out down about everythini'
in the last fevr weeks that have all, together ,lattl'.•0.ff•03.men an
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the first of the month he was going to .1,0•,b tour 'pelicerae:go.
Mr. Highleyman stated that he did not think thatdeprtmon
and still maintain the pp4r effio ten* and. that t'liesed.epaZ
efficiency not attell.ned then the mayor would 76ethe cauniti*,.-,,bf,;..
it
say just who was tbvitaid off. •Watson.
M. I em willkto take the blazie for anY inef•ficie:
cutting off of men but 1 azn not going t o say who nail be lald.
..1.T be left up to the heads of the different departraenW.,,:::,,
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t business optine,i1,:was",
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