Daily Republican., 1879-08-13
Exhausted Appropriations.

! statement of some ofths appropriation
and the amount expended already t
the seventh Of August with five month
of the year vet to run.
For water the appropriation is 49,
900, OF which $l4,766 have been OK
pended, leaving $40, ,2sl yet to the
credit of the city. This appropriation
from present appearances will hold ou,
to the end of the year.
The $500 for the Board Of Health was
exhausted two months ago and Of COURSE
it will take some $500 more to carry il
through. For opening and grading O.
streets the appropriation was $4,000, o
which there is an unexpended balance
of $939. This appropriation may hold
out. For Public Buildings $4,000 have
been allowed of which there is yet ar
unexpen ed balance of 1881 and will
be short $5f9 at the end of the veal
allowing a monthly ratio of expendi
ture Of $3.50.
For lamps the appropriation is $1s,'
900, of, which there is only 81 1856 re-
naming. As the estimate allows q
monthly expenditure. Of $500 pei
mouth this appropriation will be s6l54
short by the first Of January. Mr.
Heusted chairman Of the lamp commit
tee can make a special note Of this.
For repairing and cleaning streets
the appropriation is 100000, which is
all expended except %, ,124, allowing a
monthly ratio Of expenditures Of
$l,666.66s, this appropriation will be
short $6,2os.335. Mr.. Townsend,
chairman of the Street Committee,
should pencil this down and stick it in
his vest pocket.
For paving streets the appropriation
is 1000, of which there is an unsx,
pended balancs Of 1915. With a
monthly ratio of expenditures Of $4l6.
66 this appropriation will be $l.2os.33
short.
For sewers the appropriation is $1,000
Of which there is a balance unexpended
of 80, ,473, and If the same ratio of ex-
penditures is kept up for the balance
Of the year there will be 81. .24S to the
credit OF the appropriation.
J $6O00 have been allowed for Incident
al and Miscellaneous expenses OF which
there is an unexpended balance OF
s2465. Allowing monthly ratio of
$500 expended this appropriation is
about holding its own, so far with a
difference of only about s35 against it.
The appropriation for salaries ia
$40, 900. As the exact amount requir.
ed for this appropriation could bs east
ly asc.rtained of course there will not
be balance one way or the other.
As there were only sl25 appropria.
ted for the public. Square there it holds
its own so far.
For the City Hospital $4,000 was ap
propriated all of which has been ex
pended two months ago, aud in the
same ratio of expenditures that appro-
priation will be $ll66, Sc, short.
The appropriation for printing is
$1,000 of which there is still balance
of sl067, so Mr.. Norton chairman of the
Printing Committee can smilingly re-
tire from Couscil with the congratula-
tions that his appropriation at least
held out.
For removal of garbage the appropri-
alton was 81, 500, of which there is a
balance of So, 225 on hand, which at a
monthly expenditure Of 1915 will leave
1855 to the credit of the appropriation
at the end of the year.
The appropriation for fuel is $500,
of which there is an unexpended bal
ance of 81, 22l, and as there has been
no great need for heaters and hot stoves
during the summer this appropriation
may hold out.
For curbing and paving $1,000 has
been appropriated, and there is yet an
unexpended balance of 1896. 1t looks
as if there might be credit balance to
the appropriation of about 81, 900.
From the foregoing it will be seen
that judging from the ratio of expendi-
lures for seven months of the year there
will be a deficiency in the appropria
tions for the Board Of Health of $500,
Public Buildings $27O, Lamps s6l54,
Streets $6209, Paving Streets Sl20S, and
City Hospital Sll66, making a total of
$15, ,50G; from which must be deducted
apparent credits as follows: Sewers
SPAS, Garbage .sl355, Curbing and
Paving $1,000, total s3603, leaving a
balance Of expenditures over appropri-
ations of $l1 ,9O3. We have thus laid
the figures before our readers and they
can make their own deductions, but as
there are yet five months of the year to
run it is difficult to tell what the def
cheney may yet be but that there will
be a large one is pretty we'll assured.
1t will be seen that we have based
our calc1l atiOna on the estimated an