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For the Consideration of Taxpayers and Voters of Roseburg
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1. Property owners, renters and roomers as well. Everyone must pay their share. Every time
taxes are increased, UP GOES YOUR RENT AND BOARD.
2. The present city tax is over $27,000. Should this ordinance bond issue carry it will add $25,000.
Making over $52,000 or nearly double your present tax. Our company pays $4400 taxes each year.
If this bond issue is voted that amount will be lost to the tax rolls and will have to be made up by the
present taxpayers, meaning an increase cf 16 per cent.
3. Should the municipal plant be started for construction it will be at least 3 years before any reve
nue is received. Therefore the interest would amount to $75,000 beiore a wheel is turned. Should
this bond issue carry it would prevent us from making any further improvements to meet the require
ments of the city, as much as we would like to do. Place yourselves in our position. Would you spend
money for further improvements if you knew someone could confiscate your property at any time?
4. Please remember that this bond issue is for the construction of an electric power house only, which
is a duplication of the present system, and not one dollar of it can be used for either the purchase of
the present system, no matter how cheaply it could be acquired, nor to construct a gravity water system.
THIS $500,000 BOND ISSUE WILL NOT CHANGE YOUR PRESENT WATER SUPPLY
Read City Ordinance 722 Carefully
ORDINANCE No. 722
PROPOSED BY THE COUNCIL
Shall the amendment of subdivisions 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, SO
and 51 of section 33 of the charter of the City of Roseburg, to au
thorize the acquisition of a water and light plant for said city, by
original construction of an electric power plant at Whistler's Bend
and by original construction, purchase, or condemnation of the re
mainder of said electric light plant and all of said water works,'
authorizing the issuance and sale of bonds of the city in a sum not
to exceed $500,000.00, bearing interest at 5 per cent per annum, to
be sold at not less than par, providing for the levy of taxes to pry
the interest thereon and to provide a sinking fund to pay principal
thereof and authorizing the Council to provide for the manage
ment, operation and maintenance of said system, as proposed by
ordinance No. 722, be adopted?
VOTE 501 NO
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It can be seen that City Ordinance No. 722, calling for an additional debt of
$500,000 on the city, specifically states that the new power house MUST be acquir
ed by ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION and MUST BE BUILT AT WHISTLERS BEND.
If this ordinance had been drawn to read that this $500,000 could be used to "pur
chase or construct a water system'' then the taxpayers would still have a trading
asset which would be to the best interests of the city and permit them to negotiate to
acquire or build. Then should it be for the best interest of the city to purchase the
present system at a satisfactory figure they would be in a position to do so.
CONCLUSION -We ask of the voters to give us one year's trial to prove
whether we are able to fulfill your requirements with our additional equipment of 2
new centrifugal pumps and the improvements on our electric generator, making it
as good as new, which improvements were made at an expense of $16,000 during
the last six months. Then if we do not make $ood, the city can take any action
they see fit. Signed, WM. POLLMAN
JOHN KIERNAN
J. B. YEON
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