The evening world., 1893-10-10
CUTTING ESTIMATES.
Board of Apportionment Considers
Department Demands
Mayor Giiroy Opposes Requests for
More Money.
Andrews Does Not Secure His Big
Increase for street. Cleaning.

1t was considerably past 1890 o'ClucA
this morning before the Board of Appor-
ticnmcnt and Estimate resumed their
deliberations. The Fire department was
the subject and Commissioner Scanncll
was on hand to explain the increases
asked for.
He didn't succeed in getting many,
although he earnestly protested that the
department could not get along without
them.
You people managcl to null through
very nicely" Mayor ,;ilroy iuvariably
Sad. "nrd there will be no additional ex-
rcnSo this year over last, and We will
i.iNr You the same no more.
Commissioner Scanned, asked Tor 81.
no for headquarters, but received E'b53o:
S,WH for instructors, N70n for chiefs
and assistants; for the maintenance of
the engines. &c. sliSo6N WAS wanted
RI" Bureau OF conhustiblcs only
asked for S15oo. ard got It. The Fire
Marsha got Son additional. $500 In all
The Bure9u of Fire Alarm Telegraph
although Si,7i0 WAS the sum in the 1884
estimate.
an attorney. although 500 additional
WAS asked for an assistant The repair
shops got $4,000. s2,,On less than asked
for. and the Hospital and Training sta
ne. Si,o--, II lew Ii''t 'iif'i' ioS'
year
FOr apparatus supplies. st3W was
asked and granted. being $4,000 less than
the 1898 allowance.
The Fire commissioners want ID $50
OW for putting wires of the telegraph
system underground, and $4,000 was ac-
eordinsly granted. For new , Sns ,.
500 less than was asked while S5,0W
was allowed for new sites.
In the, Department of street Improve
ment OF the Twcnty-third and Twenty
fourth Wards so, 500 was granted for the
final estimate of salaries for 1894; 5000
more being asked and refused. For
maintenance $4,000 was wanted. and
last years appOrtionment, 2N.WO. was
allowed
In the Engineering Bureau $4,000 was
given, the same as IN 1898 Inc amount ini
lars additional was allowed, however,
for boxing machinery.
Oh 10 n ans Got Ss The a' ssper for
sheriff German was allowed sl21,2l2 for
his department.. The demand of thu
Harlem River Bridge Commission for
was az re ssdr y G iSs Board at the
The Registers Office was allowed S13,-
O9t roy sa.arles and $40 200 for tho pres
eessvation OF records The ren,a.nd Ter oo Of
or the purchase OF books and add
tiona! salaries, was left over. The sum
of sl'o,ooo asked for by the College Of of
asked for by the Normal College, was
granted without question.
Corporation Counsel Clark said he
had appointed an attorney to the De-
paptment Of Street Improvement OF the
Twenty-third and Twenty-fuurth Wards,
rs provided by law. at salary OF $'.Vol.
me a-torncr hppoirt"d presented an
estima te. but Mayor Gilroy said he was
opposed 10 voting money for any law
bureau of any department. The Board
concurred in his action.
At the afternoon session the Board
of Estimate ana Apporuonment took up
the provisional estimates OF the Street
Cleaning Department The Board made
big cut in NJ Andrewss surss s0o H hIe
granted to Commissioner, Brennan last
year. Among the items for adminstrt-
ton was $1,000 for office force which
was reduced to Ss2h.O1o.
THE city win lose more by that than
1t will gain remarked Commissioner
Andrews.
He asked for l.623 sweepers. Commits
sioner Brennan was allowed lao. but
owing to the deficiency caused by his
extravagant expenditures the force. was
reduced to $50. The Board allowed ,405
swerpers, SO more than last year, and
400 more than the present force consists
Of
For horse feed Mr.. Andrews asked for
each for 243 horses. For Understanding
he asked for $l2l6 each horse, and got
SO for each. the whole amount Tor
sweeping granted being 81 00j.9G0. The
purpose.
For cartng Mr. Andrews asked for
sGS: SSl and got $751;, 900 against Brennan's
appropriation of S5+D 900 last year.
The sum OF $4,000 was allowed for the
removal of snow and ice: $4,000 Was
asked.
The estimate for the final disposition
was cut from $3s1, lao to S3iOOU0 against
S2s', 900 last year.
NJ: Andrewss plan for the introduce
ton of the Paris system of sweeping
was partially Endorsed. He got twenty
Ave nat trucks and fifty covered carts
to start with. He asked for ED OF the
fo"ner and go of the latter.
One item called for $50 sQuillgees at
81. 50. Everybody wanted to know what
squillgees are. If Mr.. Andrews can
show that an increase is necessary be-