Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-21
AWAY OUT OF SIGHT.
Allegheny's Finance Committee Ad-
vances the Tax Levy for This
Year Over Five Mills.
FIGHT OVER PAYING OLD DEBTS.
Present Deficiencies Will Be Made Up BY the
Issue of S275,OOO Worth of Four
Per Cent Bonds.
SALARIES SUFFER FROM THE KNIFE.
Two Physicians Will Care for Both Police Cases and
Charity Patients
FIGHT OVER PAYING OLD DEBTS.
SALARIES SUFFER FROM THE KNIFE.
Two Physicians viii Care for Both Police Cases and
Charity Patients

class for a second class city; as, according TO
last nights decision of the Finance Com
mittee, the rate is advanced mills on city
property.
The entire levy will be 1861 mills. The
city tax will be II $40 mills; poor tax,
/ 25-100 mills. and high school sinking fund
y mill The city tax last year was mills.
The present state OF finances was taken
up. and the committee to find ways and
means for the paying off of the $3.50, 900 de-
felt, which has been growing for the past
three or four years, made its report. The
plan suggested was that bonds be issued to
the amount of 5000, 900, to run for five years
at 4 per cent. Each year S40,0 200 was to be
placed in the sinking fund, and that addi-
tional provision be made to pay the interest
This raised big kick because of the
cloudlike aspect that it gave TO the tax levy.
Mr.. Dahlinger objected very strongly to
booming the millage, to which President
Hunter replied:
you don't need to be scared, Charley.
The elections are over"
Bonds to Run for Twenty Years.
After long discussion it was decided to
run for 90 years. This having been settled,
the committee was ready for another trial at
the appropriation ordinance. The amounts
asked and granted are as follows:
Fire Department. asked for sos, ,2l4,
granted S105. 900; Printing Committee, asked
for s., 1000, granted $1,000; Street Depart
ment, asked for $50, $50, granted $4,000:
Wharf Department, asked for Sl,995,
granted 8, 900; Survey Committee, asked for
$4,000, granted SS, 900; Police Department.
asked for S13S, ,679 81. granted S13S,679 81;
Roads. asked Tor $4,000, granted $50, 600;
Water Department, asked for Sl65, ,631,
recommended by subcommittee S153. .651,
granted Sl63,651 Light Committee asked
for 500, 600, granted 500, OOO City Property,
asked for and granted, SIS, 600; Board of
Health, asked Tor and granted $4,000;
Parks, asked for S25 900, granted $50, 600;
Library, asked for S15, 900, granted $4,000;
Market Committee, no estimate, but s., 500
granted.
Money Needed the Coming Year.
The total amount necessary to be raised
this year, including provision for deficits
and interest on standing indebtedness, is
81, ,OS2, 599 66. which makes a millsge of
Il $40 mills. The poor tax is fixed at
y 5-100 mills and the High School sinking
fund at u mill. This makes the total mill
age 10 55-1OO.
This statement, of course, created an
other turore and it was decided TO issue S75,-
600 worth of bonds, to run for 20 years, to
paw of the street improvement bills, al
though Mr.. Cochrane and a number OF others
entered strenuous objections.
The appropriations as trimmed were rec
commended TO Councils and the matter of
settling the tax levy was postponed until
Controller Brown can daily with the figures
and get his statement in clearer shape.
In the discussion over the bond issue and
the disposition to be made of the tax lew,
it was charged that the people had been de-
ceived.
Mr.. Kennedy replied that, putting it in
its worst form and admitting that they had
deceived the people, what they should now
do was to act for the best and do what the
people would desire them to.
Mr.. Lare said they should issue the bonds
for a long time, and then pass an ironclad
ordinance that no committee could exceed
It's appropriation.
Controller Brown remarked that if they
fore April l, as after that they could not
issue bonds without a vote of the people.
Mr.. Cochrane said that they should pay
as they went along. This thing had gone
on for ten years. Each generation had
enough to do to look out for itself, without
debt handed down to it.
Cost of the Present Government.
Mr.. Wertheimer said that the few mills
for the debt was not so much the matter rs
the present manner Of running the city
government That was where the cost came
10.
Mr.. Cochrane still objected to the 2O:year
bonds. and added that the increase of the
police force was not necessary. Mayor
Wymsn's administration had already cost
;he CITY $780, 900 more than it should have.
The majority of Councils, however, had
voted for the increase and now they had TO
foot the bills.
President Hunter defended the police.
Mr.. Snaman said that to issue the bonds
would still leave an increase in the tax OF
about mills.
The above action was carried bv vote of
s to and the financial end of the meeting
closed at 10:30 with the City Solicitor
being instructed to draw up an ordinance
prohibiting the overdraft of appropriation.
The committee on the drafting of charter
ordinance presented their report, which was
in the main the same rs those of Pittsbury,
except that the ak had struck the salary
list with terrible effect. Mr.. Dallinger read
the report, which covered about 20 pages of
closely typewriter paper.
When Mr.. Cochrane's ear caug ht the fact
that library department was to be estab-
lished he moved that it be changed to a
bureau and placed under the control of the
Department of Public Works.
The motion was not seconded before Mr.
Lare moved that action on the entire report
be suspended until it should be printed and
each member of the committee had time to
examine it thoroughly. This motion was
lost and both MeSsrs. Hax and Lare with
drew from the meeting.
Salaries for the New Officers.
The reading of the ordinance was contin-
ued. 1t fixed the salaries as follows:
Chief of the Department of Public Safety,
s., 600; Superintendent of Police Bureau,
$125 per month; 6 detectives 81 70 per day;
inspectors, 500 per month; 4 Captains,
81. COO per year; Lieutenants s. IS per
day; sergeants, 81 80 per day;
68 natrolmen, So 80 per day; 3 operators.
s. so per day; 6 wagon men, 81 90 per day;
Superintendent OF Fire Bureau, So 800 per
wear; one assistant 500 per month; other
employees OF the bureau, the same in number
and pay as at present; Superintendt mt Of
Electricity, 500 per month; other employees
OF the Bureau, same in number and pay as
at nreseut: Superintendent of Health
Bureau, 500 per month; other employees
nj the bureau, same in number and paw as at
present.
Chief of the Department of Public
Works, So, 900 per year; Superintendent of
Bureau of Public Lighting, s.. 900 per year;
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