The San Francisco call., 1896-08-01
The Health Board Will Receive
an Extra Seven Thousand
Dollars.
THAT SURPLUS IN EVIDENCE
Mission High School Estimate Cut
Out of the School Department
Demand.

Unless the Board Of Supervisors chooses
to alter the report of the Finance Commit
tee relating TO the appropriations for the
municipal departments for the coming fis-
cal year the tax levy which is about to be
fixed will not exceed 81 06 on the 500 and
will probably be 81 05 or so cents less than
last year.
The Finance COMMITTEES has worked
long and hard on the figures that it will
present to the board, Colonel Taylor
spending several nights over the books
with the expert of the board.
1t was decided by the committee that
the demands OF most of the departments
were excessive. The amount derived from
the large levy of last year had allowed
severa! departments to do lot Of neces-
sary building and repairing that will OBJ
viate the necessity of spending much
money in those directions for some years
to come. Added to this was the universal
demand for low levy, and it was con-
Guided to shave demands wherever pos
sible.
1t has been decided to cut the $500, 900
allowed Golden Gate Park to $225, 900 for
the next year, and the Street Department
will be compelled to get along with $475,-
000, SIS. 600 less than last year and 81 ,000,-
600 less than asked by Superintendent
Ashworth, if the committees report be
adopted.
The committee feels that the $500 900
demanded by the School Departments Tor
q new high school for the Mission is some
what excessive, and that department will
be compelled to get along with s., 900, 600,
or nearly $3.50, 900 less than was asked.
The Fire Department appropriation will
be about $25, 600 less than last year, about
$60, 600 being cut off the figures for hose
and apparatus while other departments of
the service have been allowed more money.
The Health Department is the only one
allowed a substantial increase over last
year. If the committees figures prevail
it will receive $1,000 more than in 1855.
which will be sufficient 10 pay the salaries
OF q mum Der of EN- ployeS who have not
previously been provided for. The hopes
Of the board OF having lot of fat patron
are to dispense. in the way of additional
inspectors. were dashed. the committee
refusing to provide for their salaries.
In addition to the decreased necessity
for funds, there Is the surplus left over
from last year to assist in holding down
the rate. The Auditor finished his calcu-
Iations of the amount left over in the
various funds yesterday and transmitted
il to the Finance Committee. 1t is as fol-
lows:
General fund .e1e5,1lS 46
Street light fund d.......... ........... 1855 0S
Police relief and pension fund. 32,9O9 80
Dlsinterment 1und ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $3.50 90
Street Department fund ..-............. 9,7l9 73
Total. .......................... .s244,653 SO
There are claims outstanding against
the Street Department and police pension
funds that will reduce the surplus to
about 100000, but the residue will be
sufficient to save the taxpayers about 6
cents on the 500.
The three members of the Finance Com
mittee are determined to hold the rate
down, and will made determined fight to
keep their report intact.