Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1914 — City Tax Levy Totals Same as Last Year. [ARTICLE]

City Tax Levy Totals Same as Last Year.

At the regular session of the city council Monday night, all members were present and the following business was transacted. The tax levy for 1914 was fixed as follows: Road tax . 32c Corporation tax 25c ’ Electric- light 25c Waterworks, bonds 20p Library tax lOe Spec, add sch bonds. ....... 10c Borntrager ditch . . 3c This makes a total of $1.25 on each SIOO valuation, but in addition to this comes in the levy of the school boarfi and the county and state tax. which will run up the total levy which the taxpayers of Rensselaer w ill have to pay, to $4 or better. Last year the total levy was precisely $4 on each SIOO valuation. W. B. Peterson, who bid off scraping and painting of the Washington street and College avenue bridges at a previous meeting of the council, for $i 0, has not signed up contract, and the city ( attorney was directed to present contract to said Peterson, and in the event of his not entering into same, the bid of Frank Alter, at SIOO, will be accepted. Contract was awarded to Lem Huston for a sewer in alley in block 12, original plat, and block 2, Benjamins add, at 4 0 cents per lineal foot and $9 each for catch basins. His was the only bid filed. The bid of the Monon Coal Company of $2.02 per ton for mine run coal, f.o.b. Rensselaer,, was accepted. The city attorney was directed to prepare plans and specifications for a sidewalk on Jackson street, alongside block 14.

The light committee reported unfavorably on street light petitioned for by Joseph Nessius in the west part of town. Two thousand dollars w T as ordered transferred from the light fund to the road fund, to bear 4 per cent interest. « The city engineer reported the completion of the Webster and Main street sew-ers. Superintendent of waterworks was directed to extend a 4-inch main from Vine street south to Elm street. The marshal was instructed to have the city hall foundation repaired. ' ‘ Ihe usual number of claims was allowed.