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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1956)
Salem Voters to Decide on Five Million Dollars Worth Of Public Improvements on Primary Election Ballot By ROBERT E. GANGWARE City Editor, Tke Statesman Salem city voters going to the polls Friday will come face to face with a yes or no choice on five million dollar' worth of pub lic improvement ai proposed by the City Council. These projects, grouped under nine separate bond Issues or spec ial taxes, generally reflect a growing city's needs as seen by the elected City Council. They extend from a West Salem branch library to a big new water supply line from the North Santiam River. They Include, briefly, proposals for additional water supply line, new parks and park improvement, replacement of wood bridges, street widenings. a fire alarm system and additional firemen, library, remodeling and airport Improvement. tit Burning Issue None of these has become a burning public issue, In fact, the entire city ballot has figured only quietly this campaign season, with the single exception of the in- j flammatory fluoridation issue. Although no opposition cam paign has formed tt fight any of . the special finance measures" on their merits, many a voter has asked about the costs of the 1m-, provement program. A complete estimate of a tax-, payer's costs would require a tax accountant with six sharp pencils to compute, because, of the com plication of how bond issurs are paid off over varying periods of years. Figure Computed ( But city officials have estimated that passage of all finance meas ures on the ballot would, add 6Vi mills to the city tax rate, on top of an estimated 14-mill increase in the general budget which doesn't have to be voted on. Thus, the highest total city tax increase possible would figure out matter of cost of the biggest proj ect on the entire billot a $3, 790,000 bond Issue to increase the to It or $9 for the taxpayer who now pays $100 on bis Salem prop erty. The city tax levy of the past year was 24.7 mills. School and county taxes brought the total tax to 97 mills. The assessed valua tion on which $100 tax was levied would have been $1,030, Not all of the picture is In new costs to taxpayers. Two or. the finance proposals would actually lead to savings for most taxpay ers. These are the $69,000 bond issue for fire alarm system and related improvement! and $37,000 new annual tax (about one mill) for additional firemen. Rednced Premiums This tax cost would be more than offset by reduced fire insur- Financial measures on the tlty ballot for May 1$: Water Supply (bends) $1,751,000 Park Sites (bonds) ..T 700,000 Park Ooerition (lax) - 13,000 Street Widening (bonds) 188,000 New Bridget (bonds) 140,000 Fire Alarm (bonds) ...i. (3,000 More Firemen (tax .'. 37,000 Library Expansion (tax) im; 30,000 Airport Improvement (tax) .... .... 50,000 Total .... All these figures leave out the city water supply by a new main line from the North Santiam River. Water Revenues City officials have planned to pay off this bond issue out of water department revenues by increasing water rates under a plan that has been before the aldermen two or three years. The proposed water rate revision would be the change in 40 years, years. Household rates would be af fected only by elimination of the favorable irrigation rate in sum mer months. Small water users would pay the same basic rate as at present, but with heavy water use for gardening and household in summer, the extra cost would average out $1 to $2 a month over the year. With industrial In creases, too, the water rate reve nue would gain by about 20 per cent. -L $4,095,000 ance premiums, city officials have been assured. The fire depart ment changes were planned to win for Salem the next highest fire insurance rating-. This would mean an estimated reduction of premiums of $150,000 a year. On dwellings the reduction would amount to about t per cent. The Salem Chamber of Com merce, leading group advocate ot the city finance measures, has ex pressed the position that passage of all the issues would be "good business." Chamber speakers have told many groups that the city's ability to attract new industrial payrolls and to serve as center of a growing trade area depends on keeping municipal facilities up to date, with capacity to serve grow ing population. Here art the money issues up for vote: WATER BONDS This proposed $3,750,000 bond issue would pay for a new (second) water supply from tht Santiam River at Stayton to Turner Reservoir and from there into Salem, plus additional Infiltra tion facilities at Stayton Island. Capacity would be 50 million gal lons of water day, bringing total capacity to 7S million. City officials nave considered this the top priority project of the present. An independent engineer ing study by Clark, Groff k Cave said "the water supply of the city was reduced to dangerous mini mum" In August, 1935, adding, "with the continued Increase In Salem's growth, a similar dry period in future years will be cer tain to exceed all water produc tion and cause serious shortages." PARKS AND PARK DEVELOP MENT Two related ballot issues cover parks a $700,000 bond Issue and a $35,000 annual special tax (about one mill). Spending of the money would require City Council action, but the projected plans call for purchase of S75 acres in four new park sites for about $250,000, with the remain ing $450,000 bond issue money for developing these sites and improv ing present parks. The annual tax would provide for the additional upkeep costs. Two of the tentative plans of considerable interest call for a new outdoor swimming pool at Bush's Pasture and eventually a munici pal golf course on the old McNary Farm parksitc out Wallace Road. Another 100-acre park site is west of the Willamette and sim ilar to Bush's Pasture; one site is SO acres in North Salem and the fourth Is 50 acres near the bypass and Santiam Junction. BRIDGE BONDS This $140,000 Issue would pay for concrete bridges to replace old wooden ones across South Mill Creek on South High Street, across Shelton Ditch on Lee Street, across Mill Creek on 2Sth Street and on 14th Street. STREET WIDENINGS Based on traffic counts showing heaviest use, this $180,000 issue Is earmark ed for widening work on 12th Street south of Mission. Fair grounds Road between South and Hood, Market Street tut of Sum mer Street. AIRPORT TAX-Thil $50,000 tax (about Vt mills) would recon struct tht north-south taxiways, add a connecting taxiway, recon struct part of one runway and add second unit to the administration building. City's money would be matched by $50,000 in federal funds for the work. LIBRARY TAX A $30,000 one year tax would make first change in library building since 1913 by putting a $14,300 addition at south west corner and furnish it with steel stacks, Improvt lighting, make $5,200 worth of repairs and establish for $5,000 I branch lib rary at West Salem city building. FIRE DEPARTMENT Tbt $65,000 bond issue would cover cost of a city-owned fire alarm telegraph system and rebuilding an old aerial ladder truck. The $37,000 annual special tax would permit employment of fight ad ditional firemen. Both measures art needed to meet recommendations of fire underwriters for lowering Salem insurance rales Statesman, Salem, Ore., Mon.; May 14. '56 (SetvITll Cattle Breeders Close Convention PORTLAND ub - The Ayrshire Breeders Assn. closed Its annual meeting here Saturday, electing G. Fred Williams of Hutchinson, Kan., as president. Other officers art Philip Stockly, Urbana, Ohio, first vice presi dent; Charles Rodrigues of Troy, N.Y., F. F. McHone, of Stockton, Iowa, and Cuthbert Nairn of Douglasville, Pa., vict presidents; end Chester Putney, Bandon, Vt., clerk. MEET ED BARNES. STEELWORKER When the United States Information Agency sought a man to typify an average American industrial worker in a project to ' debunk Communist propaganda abroad in the cold war, the agency chose a Pennsyl vania steelworker. He is James Edward Barnes, of Morrisville, Pa., millwright in "a steel plant. A massive exhibit, consisting of 27 enlarged color photo graphs of the normal living routine of the Barnes family, has been sent to Japan and the Far East to acquaint the millions in other countries with the American worker's way of life. First displayed by The Advertising Council in Washington, the exhibit eventually will be sent around the world. Just a few of the pictures are shown here. -yi ft.,', i Like any typical young father of three, 14 finds work U be done even after he gets homo and he love tt. Tricks' project, too, helping assemble the bey's asodol airplane. J . , 4, X: r.' w ? 1 If Mrs. Barnes takes charge of the big job of keeping plenty of wholesome food on hand for the household of five. And, often as not, the whole five go to market and help shop. -mmXgtmMi iiiVib M " -V. ft ' win II -. m -mu . t 1 x ' 1 mini ii r i 1 The Barnes home, car and family all modern, all typical. Inside the house Mrs. Barnes' kitchen and laundry are equipped with labor-saving electrical ipplianees. The modern school is not far away. And Ed is planning more duration for the children than he himself got in trade and high schools. Ik.. Ail present and normal at the evening meal normal even to that remark 9-year-old Jimmie has just tossed at big sister Linda Gay, 13 . . . Just possible that Mrs. Barnes is waiting to tell Ed what tonight's do-it-yourself project la toon as they get the children to bed. Lana Lte, who's only 5, just eats. ? i ; " . - 'mm V The Barnes Family Budget Based on earnings of $500 1 month as i millwright. Food 2f Savings 10 House payments 17 Income tax 7 Car payments 14 Clothing 4 As a millwright Ed ranged all over the big mill. Here he's signaling a crane operator. He liked his job, figured to "go places" in the mill. He did, too. He was recently promoted to foreman. 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