The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-25
THE CITY'S BIG EXPENSES
NOT QUITE $4,000 OF THE BUDGBT
LEFT TO GO TaROUGa THE YEAR.

ing Streets and incidental Account:
Also Cverdrawn-7 Z hare the Money
Has Gone To-The Carriage Crems-
tory, the Quarantine Tug snd SIS
ton and the SMALLPOX A,ake a Big
Eole II the Treasury.
The city council will hsve to do some
close figuring 10 get through the 0ext three
months without exceeding the budget sF--
propriston fer the year.
Three-o uarters Of the year have sl-sscy
gone. ard TIE city has spent $50 lo6 s. o1i
Of budzer cf S50S. 900. lasving b; S5o,-
SOS 6 70 carry the depar msnts through
TIE departments which have ovs-drswn
their a4prc pristions are the board o. health,
streets and lanes, quarantias, opening
stress sud incidsntals.
Tbs board Of health appropriation was
So Ol1. hut i EAs expended - lar ~
rs 81. OF SIS, rs So more t5an vas pro
vi5ed fer. On the fsne thess figures would
make i appear that tbs department hAs
been extrsvs CAVITY managed
Alderman Harris, CHAIRMAN OF tie
health spd cemetery committee, vss sssl
yesterday. sad be showed where TIE money
T5irtesa thousand I've hundred dollars
we-e soect II Stamping OFT TIE smallpox.
This wss Charged 70 the bosrd u health.
he CzENAToRY LEAK.
After the crenatory had been completed
and was ready for operation II WAS dis
covered thsr 10 provision had heen made %
keep i running ard another item was
charged 70 tie board O. health. his. out
E5ds Il tie smallpox account, Alderman
harris SAYS. Is What has run I'd the expenses
Of tbs dsoa-tmsnt-
TIE COST Of burning the citJ's garbage -
one tine was g. 100 6 month, buE tbst
figure hss been greatly reduced. and the
average IS now Is 70 % os2s per cubic
yard
The cranatory is doing sxcallsnt
service, said Alderman Harris. The great
cost Of operating i. a. the start wss due 70
the fact that tie To-kDsa were not sccus-
toned 70 =, and a. ti-es got tbs furnaces 50
full that they cdoked and burned slow.
While Szs away from TIE city wood was
purchased 81 q % par cord where prsvi-
cIsly u cost s. % u IS. This OF course
greatly increased the est. The failure Of
people 70 separate the garbage and the long
rainy spell can also De blamed 70 con-
siderable extent Ths garbage was very
wet, and, IS 8 matter Of course, was hard 10
burn.
THR COST OF RUSSISG IT.
q LE 81 WIS ~ sEft4 AAlGFDAu
Harris says, ARE required TO run the
crematory. and their wages foot up about
$500 & month. The furnaces now burn
thrse-fourths Of the garbage Of the city,
and a. the hands become expert at the
work, the cost VII noe be over 5000 per
month. With another crematory like the
present one all the garbage Of the city could
be burned for the next ten years Cremat-
ing garbage is'the only salvation for the
80 ar.AN "a
disposed Of in the future. Any other
method IS detrimental and liable to cause
trouble.
Another and very important thing
which few outsiders are aware Of, and
which should be considered in figuring the
expenses of the board Of health said
Alderman Harris, sis that but 50 900 is loft
for the real work of the department in the
budget appropriation.
S21, coo FOR SALARIES AND HOSPITALS.
1.-THE other s21, 900 is spent in paying sala-
ries and the hospitals $500 per month each.
Even Officer Fahrenbach. the special police
man in the city exchange, is paid out of the
board OF health appropriation; for what
reason | don't know. / found his salary
attached to it when took hold, and it has
been there ever since"
The budget appropriation for quarantine
was $40, 800, but S12, 303 so has been already
expended. The extra expense is for the OBJ
Grating Of the tug Theckla, which has a
master at 500 per month, an engineer at
S75, fireman at $40, and deck hand and
cook at $50 each. The other employees
at quarantine are a physician at
500 per month. two engineers at SIS each,
two hremen at $50 each, three boatmen at
$50 each and board and a mail carrier at
$40.
AN EXPENSIVE "PLAYTHING.n
The Theckla had to be coppered, and
this was an expense not provided for in
the budget Some of the aldermen say
that there is no necessity for a tug at eli,
and that it is an expensive '''plaything."
Alderman Harris, who has charge Of the
quarantine. in connection with the board OF
health, however, claims that the tug Is q
necessity. It gives the quarantine officer a
safe means for boarding vessels outside and
1t is also used for placing and taking away
vessels from wharves, which otherwise
would have to wait for tugs TO come from
the city.
The revenues from the quarantine station,
Alderman Haines says. foot up about
$4,000 year, which goes into the general
fund. He has tried several times to have It
placed against the credit of the DEPART
ment, but has not succeeded. The alder
man admits that one engineer could do the
work of the station during the dull months,
but none can be found to take Job under
such terms. They have to be employed, he
says. by the year.
THE STREET AND LANE DEPARTMENT.
The street and lane department has over
drawn Its appropriation Sg,682 95, the
original appropriation being $50. 900. II
has. however, credits of about sl5 900 for
the shelling Of streets in the southern mart
of the city, which will be collected later
from the property holders. Alderman
HARMON thinks he will keep close to the ap-
preparation end If exceeded at all it will be
only few thousand dollars
The committee on opening streets has
overdrawn S403 II, but Chairman Cam
said that the expense will be kept within
the appropriation, as the Belt Line has tc
pay its pro rata for work done.
The incidental account has been over
drawn So. 512 10. In this Is included the
river and harbor Improvement committees
expenses.
All the other departments will keer
within the limit, and possibly the budget
may not be exceeded when everything has
been figured up, as the appropriation for
the water works and drainage have beer
used 10 but comparatively email extent
Only s45, 500 o. has been spent out Of the
water works allowance, and the bulk Of this
has been for the new works, boring ertesiar
wells, etc.
TALK OF RETRENCHMENT.
Some O. the aldermen are talking warmly
of reTrenebment in the expenses Of the city
and the crematory and city tug come in fol-
anything but favorable comment They
claim that these two items have increases
the expenses without being Of any practica
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