The morning call., 1893-05-28
THE PARK FUNDS.
How They Were Spent in
the. Last Year.
A LARGE INCREASE WANTED.
City Engineers Manson and Grunsky
Make Two Important Propositions
to the Finance Committee.

Tho Finance Committee OF the Board Of Su-
pervlsors yesterday considered the report Of
Expert Williams on the finances Of the Park
Commission.
According 10 the report the Park Commits
si0ners intend TO ask for $500, 000 and say that
that amount Will be required. Supervisors
Denman and James stated that the board won Id
! not vote any more than per cent on the as
sessed valuation of property, the same as was
done last year. The law states that the board
can vote not less than6 nor more than 10 per
cent of the assessed valuation.
Expert Williams examined the books from
July 1, 1892, TO April 80. 1898, a period of ten
months. He found that the appropriation for
The park tor the fiscal year ending June 80,
1898, was S204. 600, or cents on S340,000,-
900. The total receipts TO April 80 h We been:
from taxes. S2o0,674 II; playground,
S3357 Oh; canal. 1902 65; fines, fast driving
I'm the park S305; rents depot and fruitstand,
$780, sa les old iron, S147 40; donation, SIS.
Total. S2o5. IA 50.
In regard 10 the playground the expert gives
an example OF an Improbable month and a
proftab lie one, the net receipts being S3740 ID.
The canal receipts vary from 80 cents per
wee TO STOP go, depending on the weather. the
expense being about $40 per week The
city gets half the profits Next August how
ever the commissioners will be i'll full possess
sion. Rents are received from the fruitstaDds
and 500 year from the railroad for The use
vi lHt idDu Oh WHICH tDe uepOb STATUS.
The disbursements were: For labor
S7S.136 80; for material and expense
S99,299 IL; total. S177,9 oil; balance on
hand, S27,70S 50.
Among the items in the disbursement ac-
count are the following Architects services,
S10lS 40; contract for grading on The ocean
boulevard, $1,000; contract ior bridge over the
laEe at Strawberry Hill, $1,000: contract with
the Union Iron Works for pumps, $4,000.
The amount paid on the new water-works dur
ing the fiscal year was S30,252 81. Grading
ks
bring the expenditure 10 S33.722 so. The
waterfall at the lake is being constructed at
the expense of G. ?. Huntington, and is not iu-
Guided IN the commissioners expenditures.
Ten horses were purchased at a cost of S1545;
cost of maintenance of horses, deer and buff
faloes, S6906.
The merry 60 round was purchased for
$500 from the former owner. and S134 90
was spent on improvements. The music costs
$3.50 month.
Superintendent McLaren furnished the ex-
pert with the following estimate OF the require
ments of the Commissioners for the coming
fiscal year: New music grounds S27 900; inn.
proving the valley between the ayiary and rhe
new music grounds, about thirty acres S42,-
$50: new recreation grounds now in process of
construction, S26.150; widening The middle
drive. S12, 500; walk to The beach, $500;
maintenance, $4,000; cost of removing loan
from thirty acres of lana adjoining, 100000
cubic yards. at 90 cents, $4,000: new. boat
house, $4,000: lake embellishments, $4,000;
benches, $4,000; rustic houses, ayiary and
museum. S10,75O; new roads and drives,
Slo,OOUj fencing, SJOUU, new GROUNDS, SbDOO;
bicycle track, Sl7,5O0; bringing In water,
$4,000. Total asked for S360750.
Engineers Manson and Grunsky appeared be-
fore the Finance Committee ana stated that all
the Il Id work of the Sewerage Commission had
been completed, and that they were now en-
gagged in studying the Typographical features OF
the city with view OF providing a system for
the Mission drainage
Engineer Grunsky asked the committee TO
consider the setting apart OF $4,000 in the
next tax levy for the reconstruction of i'm
properly built sewers. He said the money
could be included in the Street Department APP
preparation, but to be expended under the direc-
ton OF the Sewerage Commission, whose mem
pers understood the WORK.
Engineer Grunsky also stated that the estab-
lishment OF street grades according 10 the pro-
cedure now being followed would cost the city
about Si25, 900. He said the Sewerage Com
mission would undertake TO establish all the
elty's ofncial grades on uniform plan for
sewerage system for $4,000.
Under the present system of establishing
grades the CITY and County Surveyor charges
certain fees which are allowed him by law.
The committee took both subjects under con-
sideratton The impression being that II he city
could be saved 81 900 in the establishment
of grades iusnould be done, but there is some
doubt as regards the power of the board To
authorize the Sewage Commission to do the
work.
The committee decided to report against the
proposal of District Attorney Barnes who un-
derto0k TO be responsible for all bail bonds pro-
yided general warrant clerk was appointed
under his CONTROL The Finance Committee
thought that there was already too many Police
Court clerks whose dutles were not very oner-
Gus.