, 1873-06-17
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
Report Of the Finance Committee
to tho Council,
The Running Expenses Of tho City Es-
timated at so, SOC, ,o11.61.

III Tho 8ayoy and Aldermen n the City u Chicago, IN
Common Council assembled:
Your Committee on Finance, to whom WIS re-
forrod tho ostfmates Of tho Comptroller for tho
several dopartmonts OF tho City Goyernmentf for
tho fiscal year ending March 81, 1874, havingllaa
tho ea1no undor advisoment, respectfully report
that thoy tnve examined said estimates, nil
have also consulted with officers in charge of tho
sevoral departments, and havo mado aomo
changes from tho estimatos, aH will appear from
tho ordinance. Your Committee hoped to 10 ablo
to make d much larger deduction from
tho amounts ostimatod, but. In
view Of tho pressing wantH OF the city,
woro not nble to do 60 with Justice to NIL tntor
ests Of tho city, From tic estimates Of tho
Board Of Public Works, tho reduction amounts
to e428, ,040.43. From that OF tho Board Of Po-
leo. $183, ,0s6.17. eTron tho Fire Department,
s2a0, ,080,05. from tho School Board tho reduc-
tlon from tho ostimatos is worry little. Tho
amount to DO rafaed by taxation will be the
amount etatod in tho ordinance. The amount
for this department la largo; but your Commit
too recognizing tho principle that. 1t tho city
takes the education OF tho ohildrcn out of tho
hands OF tho parents and taxoB oil to support
schools, it Is tho duty Of tho city to
afford facilitoa to do 1t properly, could
not In Justice reduce tho eBtimates materially.
A considerable reduction has boon mado from
paly on account Of new buildings and cnginos,
oto., for them. Tho reductions nado still lnavo
tho force with moro onginoB and apparatus 4han
aro found In any othor city in proportion 10
population and buildings
The entiro amount ostimatod, with the .sov
oral "mil " taxes carried On ION m egtiulatod
valuation Of $500, 900. .000, was s6,77G, I1s.2l.
The amount aPpreIPriated sIPa by tho accompanying
from tho estimatos OF 81, ,270, 10. The amount
to be 1oviod will be sttll further fcducod by
amounts to DO received from lcensea, fines. otc..
estimated at a825, 900.
from this It wil be soen that tho amount ap-
propriatad does not materially G 1ceed tint OF
| last year, adding tho interest on tho bonded
debit which was paid last year from funds ro-
celred from tho State, and which this year muHt
bo raised by tax, amounting to The sum Of $685.
| ia payable from water income.
For cleaning the North Branch OF tho Chicago
| River. tho estimated sum La $45O. 600. Only
/ e150, 900 is appropriated as we wuro advised by
| the City Enginoot that that Bnn would bo suf11-
cent to pay for Ill that can be done by tho 1st OF
i Board Of Public Works, and approved by your
j Committee, Ia to connect tho rivor with tho lake
| ut Fullerton avenue by u tweyo-feet brick Bower
! or main. with pumping works on tho river.
i The police force has not been Increased to tho
i o1tont asked for, but your Committee arc Of the
increase as they would be justified in recon-
j monding for anyone year.
i Believing that tho result OF their lnbora will
in the main, bo satisfactory, tho ordinance Il
horowith respectfully submitted.
u II. D. OGDEN
i J. Fl. MoAvoY,
1 ]. ". Mo9ENN1ss,
/ GEORGE SHERWOOD.
Committee on Finance.