Evening journal., 1892-04-15
APPROXIMATIONS wIPED OUT
The following appropriations have been
entirely wiped out

APPROPRIATIONS WIPED OUT.
The following appropriations have been
entirely wiped out
Certificates OF indebtedness .........s 10000
Board Public Education, new schools 1000
Street nd Sewer Department. ....... 10000
Health OF the city D.. ................... 800
Park Commissioners ..... ............. 2QO0O
lnterceptlng seWers........ ...... &C.. lb,JOO
OF the total appropriation of &542.
348.5O but $74 ,46S SO remained on March
81, 10 the credit Of the different appro.
priations. This sum must carry Coun-
Gil through April and Nav on
the Democratic plan Of conducting
business. end through June, II the Re.
publicsns follow out the lines they laid
down when they declared a Democratic
dehcit-the payment Of loans and inter
est dues after July.
The report Of City Treasurer Adams on
March 81 showed a balance In bank Of
$5l, 500 10. including 81, 45462 amount
deposited to the credit of the special fund
derived from the sale OF lots. This shows
that there was at that time ouly $5i 900
In bank to meet ga ass 33. leaving a
manifest deficit Of $22. S6S 6s,
II is we'll known that the city tax c3l-
lectors will turn in certain amount OF
HANMNg UNANAN AnN Nul VI Nut uNEhI NHNF.
but the receipts from these sources will
be greatly exceeded by the expenditures.
REPUBLICANS MUST EAT CROW.
The Republicans must eat deficit
''crow" Of their own breeding. They
will not dare to follow out the June lines
they lAeidi Ad i down for their predecessors. If
that the people will be astounded. Thew
nnQf 70 n.
for their June paymsnts. These pay-
ments are salaries, amounting to about
| $1,000; bills, about 50. 900; interest list
~, l21, and redemption OF loan, So 600.
These Items foot up to an approximate
amount Of $26 1877.
SAMPLES OF EXTRAvAGANCE.
Some Republican examples of extrava.
gance are to be found In the engipeerine
and surveying departments where two
engineers have been foisted upon the
tax payers. Another piece Of extrava
gance is to be found in Eighth street
park. During the entire winter a negro
watohman has been kept there. with lit.
tie or nothing to do other than watch
Franklin B. Colton's house.
EX-PREsIDKNT FARRA NOT SURPRISED
"WhRt do you think of City Councils
prospective shortage2" asked an EVENING
JOURNAL reporter Of ex-President of City
Council John Farra at the B. & o. Office
this morning
That they will have q shortage does
not surprise me- he replied, "for sup
posed that the Republican management
had it In pros pect when, several months
ago, they made foolish attempt to show
that the last Democratic administration
had left deficit At the end OF the last
fiscal year all the expenses for the cominf
year so far as they could be foreseen
were provided for. l will admit thst the
Inauguration Of the new police force
system has caused geater expenses in
that department than were provided for
There may be some other cases where IN
forseen expenses may have occurred"
Then you think that the Republican
claim Of a Democratic deficit, alleged
was simply to prepare the public for 8
real Republican deficit at the end OF the
present fiscal yearf"
81 thought so at the time the assertion
was made and IL looks now as II 1 wal
right In the matter. The state Of tn.
case Is that deficit is inevitable and It Il
from no fault Of the previous Council. Il
may be from no fault Of the present one
but the situation should be accepted b,
the Republican Council as It has TO be b,
the taxpayers, and the Republicans alon,
will have to shoulder the responsibility.