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CITY DOCUMENT No. 10.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF THE MAYOR, CITY GOVERNMENT OF 1899,
TOGETHER WITH THE
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE OFFICERS OF THE
City of Quincy,
MASSACHUSETTS,
For the Year 1898.
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QUINCY : GEO. W. PRESCOTT & SON, 115 Hancock Street. 1899.
City Government, 1899.
MAYOR,
HARRISON A. KEITH.
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS.
Commissioner of Public Works, JOHN T. CAVANAGH.
City Treasurer, JAMES F. BURKE.
City Clerk, JAMES F. HARLOW.
City Solicitor. PAUL R. BLACKMUR.
Collector of Taxes, ALBION I. DIXON.
Chief of Police, JOSEPH W. HAYDEN.
Chief Engineer of Fire Department, PETER J. WILLIAMS.
Overseer of Poor, E. W. H BASS.
City Physician, J. ALFRED ELMERE, M. D.
City Auditor, . JOHN (). HALL.
Inspector of Milk, HENRY C. HALLOWELL, M. D.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions, ROBERT T. JOHNSON.
City Messenger, HARRY W. TIRRELL.
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ADMINISTRATIVE BOARDS.
Board of Assessors. Meet every Thursday at 2 P. M. Principal Assessor, -WILLIAM A. HODGES. Assistant Assessor, Ward 1,-JOIIN FEDERIIEN, 3d, Assistant Assessor, Ward 2,-THOMAS F. DRAKE. Assistant Assessor, Ward 3,-JOIIN CURTIS.
Assistant Assessor, Ward 4,-JAMES A. WHITE. Assistant Assessor, Ward 5,-IIENRY G. FAY. Assistant Assessor, Ward 6,-ELIJAII G. HALL.
Board of Sewerage Commissioners. Mect every Monday at 7 P. M.
WILLIAM T. SHEA, (1900), Chairman.
FREDERICK L. JONES, (1901), Secretary, ALBERT F. SCHENKELBERGER, (1902). Engineer,-E. W. BRANCH.
Park Commissioners.
GEORGE E. PFAFFMANN, Chairman, GEORGE W. HOLDEN, Secretary.
GEORGE F. FIELD.
Board of Health.
ALEXANDER W. THOMPSON, Chairman.
CHARLES W. GAREY, M. D., Clerk. MATTHEW LYONS.
Inspector,-EDWARD J. LENNON.
Board of Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library. Mects first Wednesday of cach mouth at 7.30 P. M.
ELLERY C. BUTLER, Chairman, HARRISON A. KEITH, Secretary,
GEORGE W. MORTON, Treasurer,
HARRY L. RICE, FREDERIC A. TUPPER, HENRY MCGRATH.
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Board of Managers of Adams Academy.
WILLIAM EVERETT,
CHARLES A. HOWLAND,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
CHARLES F. ADAMS, 2d,
GEORGE B. DEWSON,
JOSEPHI M. SHEAHAN.
Board of Managers of Public Burial Places. Meets first Thursday of each month at 8 P. M.
JOSEPH H. VOGEL, Chairman,
WALTER H. COBB, Clerk,
JAMES E. MAXIM,
GEORGE H. WILSON,
ARTHUR L. MITCHELL,
CEPHAS DREW.
Superintendent,-JAMES NICOL.
Managers of Woodward Fund and Property. HARRISON A. KEITH, Mayor, JAMES F. BURKE, City Treasurer, JAMES F. HARLOW, City Clerk, JOHN O. HALL,, City Auditor, CLARENCE BURGIN, elected by Council.
Registrars of Voters.
EDWARD J. MCKEON, . Term expires May 1, 1901
CORNELIUS MOYNIHAN, .
May 1, 1899
EDWARD B. MARSH,
May 1, 1900
JAMES F. HARLOW, City Clerk.
Assistant Engineers of Fire Department. Ward 1,-FRANK C. PACKARD,
Ward 2,-DANIEL J. FORD, Ward 3,-WELCOME J. BLAKE, Ward 4,-JAMES F. ROONEY, Ward 5,-MARCENA R. SPARROW, Ward 6,-JOHN O'BRIEN.
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CITY COUNCIL.
Regular meetings on the first and third Mondays of each month at 7.35 P. M. GEORGE A. SIDELINGER,
President.
CHRISTOPHER A. SPEAR,
Clerk.
Councilmen-at-Large.
WILLIAM E. BADGER,
ALEXANDER CLARK,
FRANK W. BLANCHARD,
RICHARD R. FREEMAN,
GEORGE A. SIDELINGER.
Councilmen from Wards.
Ward One.
JOHN W. NASII, ELISHA PACKARD,
JOHN SWITHIN.
Ward Four. JOHN J. DUGAN, THOMAS F. HOGAN, MICHAEL OWENS.
Ward Two.
EUGENE N. HULTMAN,
AUBREY R. KEITH,
ARTHUR W. NEWCOMB.
Ward Three. JOHN L. JOHNSON,
Ward Six. CHARLES ALDEN,
WALTER P. HILL, JOHN E. POLAND.
Committees of the City Council, 1899.
On Finance, Accounts, Claims, Contraets and Salaries,-BRYANT, (ehair- man) ; FREEMAN, PACKARD, BADGER, KEITH, CLARK, ALDEN. City Auditor Hall, elerk.
On Streets, Ways, Sidewalks, Bridges and Lights,-SWITHIN, (chairman) ; HULTMAN, NICOL, OWENS, PINKHAM, POLAND, CLARK.
On Publie Buildings and Grounds,-POLAND, (chairman) ; SWITHIN, KEITH, PACKARD, DUGAN.
On Sewers and Drains, and Water Supply,-PINKHAM, (chairman) ; NASH, NEWCOMB, HILL, JOHNSON, HOGAN, BLANCHARD.
On Fire Department and Police,-HULTMAN, (chairman) ; NICOLL, JAMESON, HILL, McLENNAN.
On Ordinances, Licenses, Printing, Rules and Orders,-NEWCOMB, (ehairman) ; McLENNAN, JOHNSON.
On Legislative Matters, Eleetions and Returns,-JAMESON, (chairman) ; DUGAN, BLANCHARD.
On Health and Poor, State and Military Aid,-NASH, (chairman) ; OWENS, HOGAN.
On Welfare of the City,-NASH, HULTMAN, NICOLL, OWENS, PINKHAM, POLAND, BADGER.
Clerk of Committees,-CHRISTOPHER A. SPEAR.
EDWARD E. JAMESON, WALTER S. PINKHAM.
DANIEL McLENNAN,
HARRY S. NICOLL.
Ward Five. CHARLES M. BRYANT,
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
CHARLES H. PORTER, SUPT. H. W. LULL, ·
Chairman.
Secretary
At Large-HENRY C. HALLOWELL, NATHANIEL S. HUNTING,
66 1902
FRANK A. PAGE,
1900
Ward 1-CHARLES H. PORTER, 2-FREDERICK H. SMITH,
Term expires 1901 66 1902
3-MABEL E. ADAMS,
66 1902
4-JOHN H. ASH,
1900
5-WELLINGTON RECORD, .
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66 1901
6-FREDERIC J. PEIRCE,
66 1900
Truant Officer,-CHARLES H. JOHNSON.
Permanent Police.
CHARLES G. NICOL, MARK E. HANSON, JOHN HOLLORAN, FRANK J. DAVOREN, JOHN T. LARKIN,
THOMAS F. FERGUSON, JAMES W MURRAY, DANIEL R. MCKAY, PATRICK II. BRADLEY, DAVID J. BARRY.
Special Police.
JEREMIAH HINCIION, PATRICK A. MILFORD, ALFRED W. GOODHUE, JOHN P. REDDINGTON, JOHN J. BRADLEY, JAMES P. DENWARD, EDWARD J. CURTIN, DANIEL F. MURPHY, CALVIN T. DYER,
WILLIAM S. LYONS.
Constables to Serve Civil Process.
NAPOLEON B. FURNALD, ALBERT G. OLNEY, AMOS L. LITCHFIELD,
JOSEPH W. HAYDEN, HENRY P. FURNALD, FRANK J. GARBARINO.
JOHN H. NEWCOMB, SAMUEL D. DEFOREST, HENRY O. DAWSON, GEORGE A. CAMERON,
DAVID L. GORDON, TIMOTHY J. MCCARTHY,
JOHN A. O'BRIEN, EDWARD J. SANDBERG, GEORGE A. MCKAY,
Term expires 1901
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Sealer of Weights and Measures. FRANCIS A. SPEAR.
Weighers of Coal.
HERBERT D. ADAMS, E. FRANK MITCHELL, FRANK S. PATCH, FRANK W. CRANE,
WILLIAM W. CUSHING, GEORGE P. MEAD, EBEN W. SIIEPPARD, GEORGE B. PRAY,
HERBERT A. NEWTON.
FRANK W. CRANE,
Measurers of Grain. CHARLES H. HERSEY, WILLIAM C. HART.
Undertakers.
JOHN HALL, WILLIAM E. BROWN,
A. W. FAY, EDWARD L. BEAN.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
FRANK S. PATCH, HERBERT D. ADAMS, THOMAS J. FOLEY,
GEORGE K. CARTER,
EBEN W. SHEPPARD, GEORGE P. MEAD, LYSANDER W. NASH, E. FRANK MITCHELL,
FRANK W. CRANE.
Fence Viewers.
Ward 1-RICHARD NEWCOMB,
Ward 2-GEORGE CRANE, Ward 3-JAMES NIGHTINGALE,
Ward 4-JOHN R. O'NEIL, Ward 5-QUINCY A. FAUNCE, Ward 6-GEORGE B. BRYANT.
Field Drivers.
WILLIAM FAXON, GEORGE CRANE, RICHARD NEWCOMB,
BARTHOLOMEW REARDON,
WINSLOW HOBART.
Pound Keeper. FRANKLIN JACOBS.
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Inaugural Address.
1899.
HARRISON A. KEITH, MAYOR.
Mayor's Address.
GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL :
By custom the inaugural address of the Mayor is composed of two parts, information of what has been accomplished by the city government during the past year, and recommendations and suggestions concerning what is .shortly to come before us. It has always appeared to me that the first, having been carried out during the preceding administration, should be furnished in an address by the retiring Mayor, as he is the only person who is acquainted with the doings of all the departments. In the short time between the announcement of the result of the election and the day of inauguration it is a difficult matter for any other person to inform himself thoroughly of the events of the year. You will therefore pardon me if I do not attempt to give you much enlightenment in that direction. I shall try, however, to have the heads of departments forward their respective reports at the earliest moment possible and shall endeavor to have them printed before they become "ancient history.". Prior to their publication, they will be at your service as soon as they inay be received.
- In regard to matters to come before us, such observations as occur will be given under their appropriate heads. Subsequent ones will be presented to you in other communications.
Following the example of our predecessors we will first see how much we can spend during the year.
Under the statutes we can raise, by taxation, for the current expenses of the city, $12 per $1,000 on the average of the assessors' valuation of estates for the preceding three years, less
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abatements. This sum is $18,161,517, which at the prescribed rate would give a tax of $217,938.20. Add to this the debt maturing in 1899, $81,950.00, and the interest accruing in 1899, $52,914.95, and we have a total of $352,803.15, which is all that can be raised by this method.
Another plan, authorized by law but not as yet made use of in Quincy, and one not to be recommended, is to raise for cur- rent expenses $12 per $1,000 on the valuation of 1898. This gives $229,648.45, being about $11,710 in excess of the amount afforded by the first method.
So much for the amount we can raise and spend. Our next thought should be devoted to seeing how much of this we can avoid raising and still have the city's affairs managed properly. On this point we shall have need to exercise all our wisdom and by so doing we can gain the hearty support of our conservative fellow-citizens in our efforts to lighten the burden of taxation which weighs upon them so heavily. The old question, " How to have an unlimited expenditure with a limited income ?" will always be before us.
The amount of our debt is now . $1,350,505 86
IT IS DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Municipal debt,
$265,505 86
Park debt, .
45,000 00
Water debt,
720,500 00
Sewer debt,
319,500 00
The municipal debt has been decreased $12,009.75 during the year, and the Park debt, $1,000. The Sewer debt has been increased $94,500, and the Water debt, $1,500, making the net increase of the entire city debt $82,990.35.
Water Department.
During the past year the principal work has been the laying of a 16-inch pipe from Common street to Adams and Beale streets, thus making a connection with the Metropolitan system. There have been many calls for extensions and the Commis-
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sioners have laid about five miles of pipe, and have made two hundred and sixty house connections. One million five hundred thousand gallons of water per day are now supplied to the city, showing a decided increase in the consumption.
During the next year we shall be supplied, through the above connection, with water from the Metropolitan system, and it is expected that the construction of a stand-pipe and reservoir on Third Hill, in Wollaston, will be commenced and that the stand-pipe, and possibly the reservoir, will be completed during the latter part of the year.
When the stand-pipe and reservoir have been tested and are in good working order, the present plant at the pumping station will be of no further use to the city, and should be disposed of forthwith.
The estimated assessment for 1899 by the Metropolitan Water Board is $8,000 : from this amount there will be de- ducted a credit for the water furnished by the City of Quincy from its own sources from June 1, 1898, to May 31, 1899, in- · clusive, which will probably be about $3,000, making the net assessment for 1899 about $5,000, which sum must be raised by taxation this year.
Fire Department.
The Chief of the Fire Department in his forthcoming re- port will make certain recommendations which I think the Council should be informed of now, on the ground that, if they are worthy of approval, they had better be acted on immediately. He thinks there should be an additional permanent man for each of the combination companies. There is now only one man always on duty, but it might happen, as has been the case, that none of the call men responded to an alarm and he would arrive at a fire alone. He could not attend to the working of his apparatus and leave his horses uncared for. Another man would remedy the difficulty.
Again, in the Fire Alarm system, one of the circuits is about fourteen miles long. If an accident happens to this line all the boxes on the circuit are rendered useless and no alarm can be given through them. To lessen the danger from this
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source he will recommend that the circuit be divided into two parts.
In the matter of the company at Hough's Neck it seems only fair and right that the men who render service in that locality should be paid for that service.
Poiling-Places.
The citizens of Ward 3 and of Ward 5 have of late experi- enced much inconvenience from the poor accommodations given them at their polling-places. In Ward 2, while the polling-place itself is satisfactory, its location is so far toward the eastern end of the ward that many people who do business in Boston find it very difficult to get time to vote before the departure of their trains. In all these wards there is either a lack of suitable rooms or a lack of rooms in a suitable location. I wish that the Council would consider for them the plan of building portable booths, and hiring temporary locations.
Inspector of Buildings.
My attention has been called to the fact that some recent fires have shown that careless or incompetent builders of late years have been erecting many houses which from their construc- tion are very liable to take fire, and in which a fire when once started is hard to handle. This arises from the fact that in many cases smoke pipes are placed too near the woodwork, and also, from want of proper devices, the flames have free access to spaces in partitions and under floors, making the work of the firemen more difficult. Every house on fire endangers those in its vicinity, and it would seem as if the time had come for the Council to pass some kind of a building ordinance, regulating construction, at least so far as better protection from fire is con- cerned. The appointment of a competent person to inspect new buildings would remedy this evil and tend to the public good. I am confirmed in this opinion by insurance officials, the Chief Engineer and the Assistant Fire Marshal of the district.
Sewerage Department.
During the year the pumping station has been finished and
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the grounds and approach graded. It is provided with two en- gines, having a pumping capacity of three million gallons and five million gallons, respectively, in twenty-four hours, and two tubular boilers, of eighty horse power each, supplying the neces- sary power. Both pumps have been completed and tested and will probably be ready for acceptance in the early days of Janu- ary. The force main from the pumping station to the Boston Outfall Sewer is ready for use. About 3700 feet of sewer in Ward 5, now under contract, will be finished by May 1 next, and when the one on Copeland street, already built, is connected with the main on Hancock street, a large portion of Wards 1, 3, 4 and 5 will be provided with sewerage facilities.
The Board of Sewerage commissioners will ask the Council for an appropriation of $75,000 for further extensions to that part of the system at present in contemplation. The Board will be greatly aided in its labors if the appropriation can be made early, so that arrangements and purchases may be made, the work finished, and the streets restored to good condition before the winter storms begin. An early commencement is especially desirable in Quincy, as the varied character of our soils, present- ing one obstacle after another, water, mud, quicksand and rock, is sure to cause unforeseen delays.
Parks and Playgrounds.
Some five years ago the Council appropriated and borrowed $50,000 for the purchase of playgrounds in various parts of the city, and several lots of land were acquired. These were en- tirely distinct from the Merry-Mount Park and the Faxon Park, which were gifts from public-spirited citizens. Since that time the sum of $5,000 has been paid on the debt so incurred, to- gether with $7,720 in interest on the Park loan. The usual ap- propriation, in late years $500 per annum, has been largely, if not wholly, expended on the Merry-Mount and Faxon Parks. It appears, then, that about $12,720 has been expended on the playgrounds. It would seem that for this large sum no ade- quate return has been received. These playgrounds are seldom used or visited, at least not in the proportion in which they should be, and I doubt whether any councilman could tell, off
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hand, where they are. It appears to me that some steps should be taken to make both the playgrounds and the parks better known and more attractive to the men, women and children of the city, in order that they may better accomplish the end for which they were procured. I think that a bath house for men and boys on the westerly shore of Black's Creek, at Merry- Mount Park, and one for women and girls at the extreme north- erly end of the Park, would be one means of effecting the desired result. Possibly more police protection in this Park would be advantageous. I shall investigate this question and will forward to the Council the result of my inquiries prior to the passage of the annual appropriation order.
Highways.
The principal undertakings in this department, involving any large amount of money, have been the paving of one side of Hancock street from Gilmore street to Linden street, and the building of permanent sidewalks in various parts of the city. Hancock street is now paved on one side from Gilmore street to Neponset Bridge, with the exception of about 2,400 feet from Linden street to Elm Avenue. It would be well for you to con- sider whether this strip should be paved, making a continuous line to the bridge, or whether the cost of that improvement could be better devoted to paving parts of other streets.
Quarry street, between the quarry of Messrs. C. H. Hard- wick and Co. and Granite street, has about as hard usage as any street in the city, and it has been for many years an eyesore and a disgrace. It is almost always in an abominable condition for teams, and has not even an apology for a sidewalk. To put this part of the street in a permanently good condition would require more money than could well be spared from the appropriation for highways and therefore much money has been wasted in so- called repairs, which themselves have to be repaired in a very short time. The only effectual remedy is a special appropriation, the interest on which would without doubt be less than the amount now thrown away annually.
Brackett street, one of the principal thoroughfares to Brack- ett's wharf, at the head of navigation of Town river, and over
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which is carried most of the granite shipped by water from Quincy, is in sad need of repair or new construction. I shall ask the Commissioner of Public Works to look into its condition and shall let you know the result.
It has been suggested to me that a street be laid out, begin- ning at a point on Water street, running between Granite street and the railroad and entering Granite street a short distance south of the railroad bridge. The advantages of such a street are as follows :- it would afford a more level way for the haul- ing of granite to tide-water; it would tend to develop about five acres of land almost in the heart of the city, very similar to the former Miller Estate, and now almost without means of access ; it would furnish a most excellent and direct way for the sewer connecting the Copeland street sewer with that on Han- cock street, which connection is to be made this year. Borings to determine the character of the soil will be made and you will be made acquainted with the information obtained.
Probably no money expended in 1898 has given so much satisfaction as that spent for sidewalks. I hope that the pres- ent Council will continue the good work.
We need more and better street crossings, and I shall see that better care is taken of those now in use.
I believe that the usual appropriation for highways is too small to provide proper care for 71 miles of streets, and there are many reasons why it should be now made larger. The duties of the Commissioner of Public Works are increasing year by year. This year, under the ordinance, he takes charge of all house connections with the sewer. The amount of work re- quired is too much for one man. He is required to be in the street so much that he is unable to spend time enough in his office to meet people who come there to see him and who have a right to expect to find him. He should have an assistant, who could act under his direction and could relieve him of much of his out-door work.
There should be established at City Hall a Department of Engineering, under the charge of the Commissioner of Public Works. The department now expends from $1000 to $1200 an- nually for engineering work, and, after all, the city does not have possession of the notes and data obtained. The interests of the
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city can be better looked after by the Commissioner than by any private parties.
For these reasons, you will undoubtedly be asked for more money for highways this year.
I think that the time has now come for us to consider in broad way the improvements which are needed in our streets. Many of them are too narrow for the purposes of travel today, to say nothing of what may be needed in the next few years. When we consider that Quincy adjoins the metropolis of New England, and when we see what experience shows us to have occurred in the neighborhood of other large cities, it does not require a very vivid imagination to conceive the situation in our city at the end of twenty-five or thirty years. Unless something is done soon, we shall find it necessary to widen our streets after they are lined with buildings. Now is the time for a comprehensive scheme of street development which shall take into account our needs as they will be in forty years. For instance, Hancock street, north of the City Hall, should be widened on the east side to our extreme northern boundary. We ought to meet Boston at Neponset Bridge with an avenue as broad and generous as she sends out to meet us. There are very few buildings on the street line, and the land damages would be very much less now than if we wait longer. The city has a good credit and can get money at as low rates as any other municipality, and there is no doubt that the legislature would grant us permission to bor- row for this purpose, on a long term, outside of our debt limit.
I hope the Council will give this subject their most serious consideration.
Schools.
The appropriation for schools last year was $95,000, which was used for current expenses. In addition, $34,280 of debt, incurred for school purposes, was paid, with $5,670 of interest on the outstanding school debt, making a total of $134,950 raised by taxation for one department of the city government. This sum bears a very large proportion to the whole amount raised. It is no wonder that in looking for places in which to econ- omize, this is the one that attracts attention. At first sight it
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would seem that here was the item, of all others, which would most easily stand a reduction. The fact that more or less criti- cism has been made at times upon some points in the manage- ment of our schools, has been another factor in calling for a lessening of the expenses of the schools. But the stubborn fact remains, after all, that, try as we may, we have never succeeded in cutting them down by any considerable amount.
The common sense view of the matter, as it looks to me, is this. The people elect the School Committee and the law puts the schools under the committee's care. It is plain that any relief from taxation in this respect must come from the people or the committee. Now the action of the people, as shown by their frequent re-elections of members of the School Committee, would indicate that they are satisfied with the present manage- ment, and that they are willing to be taxed to carry it on. We must then look to the committee. We find in them a body of citizens who have no more desire to be extravagant with the public moneys than any of us. A somewhat extended familiarity with various school committees, both as a teacher and as a mem- ber, satisfies me that they are not inclined to be extravagant. If the present board should be an exception to the rule we can then fall back upon the people, the source of all authority.
For the present, we can only express our hope that the com- mittee may succeed in devising some way by which our school expenses may be decreased.
Assessment of Taxes.
This is one of the most important matters to engage my attention, and though it falls wholly within the province of the executive authority, I think it proper on this occasion to offer some thoughts, with which I may frankly say I do not expect all to agree.
Equalization of taxes is the grand point to be accomplished. This is not gained either by raising or lowering all valuations indiscriminately. Regard should be had to what property will bring if purchased for investment. Regard should be had for what property will produce or may be made to produce. Locality should be a large factor in assessment, and the fluctuations
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caused in localities by changing circumstances should be con- sidered. For instance, property in one ward may be actually decreasing in desirability and therefore in value, while in another ward there may be a constant or increasing demand. Assessors should bear in mind what property brings or would bring if sold under ordinary circumstances. Lastly, raising the valuation in order to keep down the tax rate is an unwise plan for two reasons. First, it usually deceives the taxpayer for a time into thinking that his tax is to be smaller, but when he gets his bill he finds that he has more money to pay. Second, and more important, as the borrowing capacity of the city depends on the valuation, it is increased by an increase of valuation, and the council of the succeeding year is offered the temptation of spending a larger sum.
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