The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-31
OUR MUNICIPAL WELL BEING
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(COntinued from First Page.) ming behind and especially needed atten- tion and from what other appropriations unexpended balances could safely be trans ferred From the replies received, he re-
 That the Police department needed about $9,50O to meet it's present pay roil to De- cember list;
 for the equipment of the Tenth ward engine house and for the repair of hydrants;
 That the Sundry account required S4, TOO to pay for printing the journals, premiums d1 and other expenses arising under the new charter;
 That the Public Works department re- quired, to meet the sprinkllng contract and for sprinkling inspector, $2, ,S19; for clean ing and repairing streets, $1l 900; for re, pairing pavements, 5000; for. the care of parks and trees and particularly for the re- crusher and road roller, $500; and for walks sao. saa .11s. sur0s' si'0o0-inAA'ns 'o.al ~ could be taken from the appropriations for the lamp department; S5,000 from the ap- propriatton for Interest on notes and bonds; and S500 from the appropriation for widen ing Union street; that It had been suggest ed that the appropriations for hardening streets, unexpended, amounting to $26,650- 20, might be used; and also suggested that S29 GOO set aside from the proceeds of the
 
 ness maturing in the future. and S1l;O0o, surplus remaining in the sinking fund after the issue of S150.000 of municipal bonds had been paid, might be taken for present needs.
 The Beard of Finance recommended the transfer from the appropriation for inter- est of $4,700 to meet the requirements of the appropriations under the head of Sun dry Accounts, as above set forth It also recommended that the. balance from the Lamp department and the appropriation for 1ntn ct hnrrII h1 tro ,e,fa red to the Public Works department, to the appropriation for the removal of dangerous trees, of which the director of public works had reported that there were a very large number from which loss of life was likely to result In the first severe storm.
 No recommendations were made in TO- gard to the Fire and Police departments: but 1t was suggested that the equipment of the engine house could be delayed until tine fall appropriations were made. It was shown that the Police department had pre-. Finance in, November, 1s9e and that so much of the city's income as in the judg- ment of that board could be spared for that purpose had been set aside for the po- lice pay roll. It was suggested, therefore, that If the Police department was in dan ger of exceeding Its appropriation for this purpose. that department could properly be left to find it's own remedy.
 There then remained to be considered the further requirements of the Public Works department. It will be remembered that this is the only department Tn which the management has been wholly changed, and that the board which retired had expended n tiisproportionate part of the years appro- prations. Tn order therefore, to give the now Director the means of carving on the work required of him. considerable trans fers were necessary. The amount needed was about 0,000, and was called for chiefly for repairs and cleaning of streets and for street sprinkling. Two sources on- ly suggested from which this money could be obtained One was the appropriation for hardening streets; the other. money ac- cumulated in previous years to pay debt.
 The corporation counsel had expressed his oninion that as most of the appropriations fer street hardening had been proved to be insufficient for completing the work upon the streets named. the money could not lawfully he used for that purpose Under Sec. 40 of the ordinances 1t Is provided that for the construction of any pavement sessed upon the owners of property bene- fted: and. in the opinion of some, the courts would construe this ordinance to re-