South Bend News-Times, Volume 36, Number 249, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 6 September 1919 — Page 3
THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES
SATURDAY AITTRNOOV. sl'.ITl .illil'i: r. iris.
Chamber Committee Says City Budget is Justified
Approval r' r" ndrr.ir.istrat ion's for l?20 t.ixf ,'.? o!rcf! y ihr 'ha nit r of Comrrrc ;it a mrr-tinfr h'-M last niirht. A v-r-frt f-f tho dirc-rtors of th Ch.irr.J or read hy K. r. Jehr!or.. v.-ho ;iffi chairman, nr.t! thi. rffo:"t '.va adopted practicilly vithout f!i.sTh adopd report früns: "Vour rfinra.l'.f'c, h.i-.i:, ! unco of tho rxjr vm! i. o'.iff of thr t f o.irrl of (llrr-.tfrs of tho South IJT.d "hambf-r r.f Cnr-.-.t-rtr, :h':t it 1-, a proprr and nfc-.'viry duty f.f or-'
c:in:Ation vr.:.!i th'-y rpr'-nt to l.-iY' a r.ir. ru!, :r-r'::r:Ti! i;d un-i 1 rfju !i'-r,i r xnm:r..7i:o-, undo of th fT- tlvon'S3 an'. ".r.f:ry of th- i pr'S'-ni r.ty ,i Im in!trat!r,M, as -x- ; I.r-.ss-.l in .ts ' -i of r: mru-M for'; tho yf ;r of . lor fh- purpfMf of Ir-sntln- to tho r It;7.ns of South' li'nd a Ktatrr.nt rf fart.. and a i n m T; i n i : 'l U o n of po'iry, in rrdcr ! that iu'td!- opinion may control and i i fvfnt unncfH;try -.xpnditur ofi j.uhllo für.!:. If simh exists; and. on j Th other hand, tnat iubllc opinion I lr.ay support with intollicnt con- J
. ... - - - J Ml' ill, 1 ' l i 1 ' 1 ! justifM u" nf public fund. for tho !
malntpnanct'. httorment and future prosperity ff th community. "Tho instability of citizens crcnrally undrrFtandinp the financial prohlrms. iho roqulromonts and policio of tho community, i.. and always has l.fon fvldont lut nvfr nuro sr. than at this timo wlim South P.op.d it on the throhold of a development and expansion which
arrl'M benefits to tho individual,
ar.d to the community scarcely comprehended. This development and xpansinn. together with it atten.1.1 nt benefits, requires for realization a liberal, constructive and fore;ehted policy In municipal affairs; liberal In our cheerful acceptanco of the fart that changed conditions and future opportunities aJter former standards and measures of our obligations; .-ontructive in our effort, as an organized rommunity, to ycuro the greatest public benefit to be obtained from a wiso and judicious use of funds; and foresighted in a consistent anticipation of those future needs which wise consideration recommends. ni:i:w;i jujvds last vi:k. say miimih:ks. ' One year ago, when tho budget was presented, tho city administration, we are advised, was aware of tho inadequacy of its estimates and of th certainty that recourse would have to be mado to an issue of bonds to supplement tho tax levy. A year aero tho laws of Indiana restricted levies for general funds to $1.21 per hundred dollars assessed valuation. Tho budcret under which we are now operating required a levy of $1.23 per hundred dollars of assessed valuation, and was. therefore, in spito of its inadequacy, as larp? as the lawg of Indiana allowed. Had these facts been generally known last year, a controversial comparison between the budgets of 1919 and 1920 would probably not have been made. "It appears that estimated actual expenditures for tho present year, for 'City Operating Ilxpense' will be
513 8.186 in excess of tho budget, submitted for such expenses. of' this difference, $32.21:: or more than) 1-3 of the amount in question, was! not additional expenditure, but rather the result of a transfer from' the, general fund of tho city to thej water fund of the city, in accord-j ar.ee with tho decision of tho State! Public Utilities commission, for the: purpose of allowlnc: a more nccuratoj determination of tho actual cost ofi supplying water to consumers. A study of the explanatory notes nc-' companyinc this statement reveals' the fact that the remaining 2-?, of! this difference bc-tween tho 1919 1 budpot and estimated actual expen-i ditures, may be rouRhly calculated! ns hein: caused by two conditions. via: the necessity for more adequate-I !y compensating public servants. I principally firemen and polico of-j ticers, in order that they receive' more nearly the salaries and wages' prevailing in the Industries of the' city for like work; and the condition1 raced alike p- Individuals, corpora-J tions. or municipalities of bcinp re-! quired to pay. because of tho hii?h j price prevailing, greater wacres forj labor and preater prices for mater-j ial. rec.xrdless of how u;rh iabtr or
material may h cmpIoed. SAJa-VIIY 1MK)ST ACCOUNT 1YIK HAISU "Sftill referrlnc: to city rperating
expenses, and comparing the est
mated actual expenditures for 1919 and the budget for
- ' im. it j shows an increase of but $2 ?.: 1 .. or' less than 5 percent, practically all! of which is accounted for by the re-i cer.tly granted, but still in""-if:irient Increases in the pay of po'r.ce ofrioers! ant! firemen, your committee feels'
corr!elled to star in its fudcru
thee estimates will prove to o in sufficient, anil that in all probabiht
sent i-jdustries n.ay not be expand-; f 'I; r.'w citizens mfly no: be obtain-' ed becaus they cannot b accom-! modated. Failure to provide ade-j quateiy for permanent improve-j rnrnts vi!l mot urdy stiflo the:
rrc.vth of this city, and prevent even th" normal development which would, by natural processeg, take r lr e. T) LAY 17 MILLS or ia i:mi;.t.
"Durinc 1919 it i anticipated that'
!T rriil'-s of additional pavement wili 1 e laid. The -o:-t of this pavement is assessed to abutting property and
will be wholly paid for by the own- ' : s of such property, except that1
where streets intersect there is an .".re.a, comparatively small, which i.oes not abut on private land, the cost of which i:s fa'rly borne by tho rity a whole. The- necessity for these jdreet improvements, and their importance as affecting the coming expansion of South Ucnd. is apparent and indicates, wo believe, the wisdom of our common council in increasing the Ui'j original budget item of 51. -.000 to $90,000 for the present year. Your committee feels compelled to state that in its estimation the amount of but $90.000 for 1320 will prove to he wholly inadequato and that either such estimate must later be increased by new
appropriation or else serious injury!
to the future of this city will result. "In summing up the results of its Investigations. your committee, therefore, reports that in its opinion the administration of the city of South Bend has, in the matter of estimates, appropriations, and expenditures, acted wisely, for the best Interests of the community, and with full Justification in the case. q 1 1 ;sTi ov sc v r i t i c y OP TAXATION LIMIT. "In the amended laws of Indiana.
under which tho assessed valuation
of properties has recently been adjusted, the whole, tax levy for all purposes is restricted to $1.30 per hundred dollars of assessed valuation. ( Proportionate to the increase in assessed valuation, this limit varies but littlo from tho ono heretofore existing.) Well informed persons seriously question tho sufficiency of this legal maximum tax levy, for from it must bo obtained funds not only for tho operation of municipalities, but likewise for the operation 'of schools, of county, state, and other forms of government, and of public enterprises of all character. These laws, however, exist as written, and our specific problem at this time, and in this particular investigation, is to recommend means wherebj- provision may be made for the proper carrying on of our municipal affairs, without interference with tho requirements schools, and for other public er prises. "Because cities are compelled to make, from year to year, according to conditions existing, public improvements requiring largo outlays, and b cause such public improvements are of permanent nature and are beneficial over a period of years, to future residents, as well as to present citizens, and because It is wholly proper and right that the cost of these permanent improvements should be spread over at least a largo portion of the period of their effectiveness, the laws of Indiana have given municipalities tho right to issue bonds and securities for such purposes, up to a maximum of 2 percent of the assessed valuation of such municipalities. This maximum, ns applying to South Bend, would today bo approximately two and one-half million dollars; whereas our present indebtedness is approximately $652.000. We are reliably informed that South Bend is. in proportion to its size and pro
perty value, me of the lowest bonded cities in the country. WOC LI PAY PAKT Ol'
i'lMl'HOVITMn.NT -NOW. "The policy of Issuing securities to finnnce permanent improvements, thereby spreading the cost of such i permanent Improvements over a pe
riod of years, is fundamentally sound and generally accepted, and jour committee recommends the adoption of this policy for the city f South Bend, particularly at this nrr.e when we are approaching a necessity for expenditures of this character greatly in excess of those previously made. To tho general principle of raising b- tax levy moneys required for current operating expenses and fixed expenses of the city, and raising by bond issues moneys required for betterments and permanent improvements, your committee, in recommending a fiscal policy for South Bend, makes, however, in the interest of economy and as a check against hasty and illconsidered action, this modification; that there be raised by taxation not only operating and fixed expenses of this city, but in addition thereto 13 percent of the amount annually appropriated for permanent improvements; that the remaining 85 percent of the cost of such improvements be financed by the issue of bonds. "If, out of this investigation, a permanent fiscal policy is evolved, either in the form recommended by your committee, or in some form which consideration elictates is bettor applicable to our circumstances, we shall, thereby, receive a considerable benefit in compensation for the undoubted harm which has come from the initial stages of this controversy. "Applying the above enunciated fiscal policy to the budget for 1920 as it now exists, we would recommend that the item of $160,134 therein includerl for betterments be reduced to 15 percent thereof, and that the balance be financed by the issue of bonds if, and when, required. A reduction in this manner of the total budget of $S08,749. by $136,000 will Justify a considerable reduction in the tax levies proposed. We believe that this reduction should be made, and furthermore that the margin between the budget of $308.749 and the estimated return from tho proposed levy of $923,277, which margin amounts to 5115.000, be reduced, in order that the city's portion of the whole tax levy may be kept down to a point of non-interference with necessary taxation for schools, and for other vital naeds.
FINAL NATURALIZATION PAPERS GRANTED HERO
NKW YORK. Sept. 6. Final naturalization papers were granted he-c Fridav to Abraham Kroto-
Sshinrky, who crawled 131-2 hours
on his hands and knes to obtain aid for his comrades in the famous "lo?t battalion" of the 77th division when they were surrounded by Germans in the Argonne. For his heroism he received the distinguished service cross and a special citationKrotoshlnsky. who is a Polish Jew, took out his first papers some time before he sailed for France.
GRANGKR. Sept. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Smith were in Sliver Lake, from Saturday till Mondaj'. Mrs. Bertha Ilealy of Mlshawaka fcpent from Saturday till Monday at home of her parents. Also Wayne Bemley spent Monday at Granger. Geo. Kaller and family and Carl Failer and wife of Llthopolls. Ohio spent from Saturday till Tuesday at the home of their cousin. Wm. Fiseell. Mrs. E. B. Shaffer has purchased the Chaa. Ruby property, (the exchange bid.) in the village. Miss Ida Shaffer had her tonsils removed Thursdaj. J. C. Bay spent Labor day at the home of his son, Otto Bay and wife in South Bend. Mrs. John Keegan attended the Batchlor reunion at Buchanan, Sunday. Mrs. C. J. Peterson is visiting her parents in Jackson, Mich. A son arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Walsh, Tuesday morning. Harry Bingamon is attending high school in South Bend.
PROMISE TO SECURE ! BELGIUM AGAINST HUNS!
LONDON, Septfl 6 The Evening Standard says it learns on the high- i
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