Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-07
WILL ADOPT BUDGET.
COMMON COUNCIL TO CONsIoE"
ORDINANCE THIS EVENING.
WHAT SAYINGS ARE CONTEMPLATED.
No Department Can spend o'er
Half of Its Appropriations p"r'"S
49,, ST. Nortbs-'yhe city Hos
oifnl PInn-City-UuiI Courts.

To-nieht the Common Couhcl VIII
meet M o'clock for the purpose OF con-
sidering and concurring In the ora'haHce
containing appropriations for the hscai
wear 1897 to the various departments oi
the city. 1t now seems that there Is
little doubt that the budget as 1t came
from the Committee Of Conference ana
,be BOARD of Aldermen. will be adopted
,r,ora has heretofore been considerable
ob,.ction on the part Of some OF the
members Of the Common Council 10 the
citv's giving aid TO sectarian charities
hut in a spirit Of compromise the Con-
ference Committee agreed 10 have all !
these institutions as they stood last year.
with q reduction of % per cent. from |
the appropriations to all save two-the
Home for Incurables. and the Kinder
garten-which get the same sum re-
ceived by them last year. 1t IS under
stood. however, that members OF the |
Common Council have determined TO
waive their objection in this respect IN |
order to'secure the passage OF the budget. |
TOTAL SUMS APPROPRIATED.
Last year the city actually appropri- |
ated 81. 46s. AIS. of which A.36S. iOs.'s WAS
expended. The principal uneXpended
balances are TO be found in the accounts
of interest and redemption ana streets
generally. In which very near $lVovD OF
the sums appropriated was not paid Out.
The budget for 1896 appropriated ohiy
81 2s9 $40. For 1897 the budget, as IL
came from the Committee on Finance
contemplated the expenditure OF Sl'S0-'efS
while The departments had asked for
81 as .3S BY increasing the allowance
10 streets generally from $1,000 TO SiO'oVV
the Conference Committee diminished
the item of $4,000 for the sinking fund
by $1,000 and by restoring the charities
dropped from the budget the contingent
fund for the year was signify chaheeu.
The actual difference between the
amount spent by the various city depart
ments last year and that appropriated
TO them this year as the budget comes
10 tho Common Council this evening. Is
slCG col o. when the S0)OW for the
sinking fund and the $4,000 allowed for
the water meters are taken of, ana II
is considered that in 1896 only S3S2,SsS.is
was paid out In interest and redemption
while this year the allowance 10 THESE
items is si53.OC0 or $7O60l.2 more.
DIFFERENCE AS TO ITEMS.
This wear s45gDoO is appropriated for in
terest and redemption. while last year
only SsS2. 3gS7S was expended in this con-
nection The assessment of taxes and
public improvements, collection OF taxes
and delinquent taxes are provided Tor TINS
year lust about as in 1896 as Is pay or
judges. courts. and juries, &c. The city
Almshouse and outdoor poor last year
consumed SS3. OF. while this year only
1852 is appropriated. and this includes
1850 TO be placed upon the almshouse
building in improvements leaving
balance in favor of this year OF $,523.O4.
There is then to be added TO the above
figures the 500 appropriated each year
10 the City Morgue. Last year the city
donated $lO7i5 TO outside charities, but
when the budget was made up for TINS
year all those which were regarded by
the Finance Committee as sectarian
charities were dropped from the list. and
the amount appropriated 10 the others
reached ss2S5. but embraced allowances
TO the following charities not formerly
in the budget: Virginia Hospital. SZoo;
homeopathic Free Dispensary, 500. The
Conference Committee, 1t Will be remem-
bered. restored all the charity allowances
left out. cutting all down p per cent,
save the Womans Christian Association,
Kindergarten, and the Home for In
curables which were left 500 and $40,
respectively The amount appropriated
TO outside charities under the budget 10
be considered this evening is, therefore,
$S.26S75.
SCHOOLS. POLICE, &C.
The cemetery expense and payroll ac-
counts remain substantially unchanged
from last year. but the City School Board
general expenses are reduced from $1,000
10 SO S72. and the payroll from 5000 TO
slO0O 900. while the sum asked for for pay
rolls was SIP, 1888. The city police ac-
counts are allowed about the same
amounts given them ia 1896, and the same
Is true as 10 coroner's inquests. elections
electric lights. &c.
AS to the contingent fund, the budget
for 1897 appropriates nearly $3.50. While
the 1896 budget only appropriated s50s2 IS
10 this account. the sum expended there
from, was S43S926 BY agreement the
Council is not 10 increase this or any
other account this year. The allowance
10 the Committee on James River I'M
movement this year is $1,000 as compared
10 s11,Oo0 last year, and that 10 the Me-
chanics' Institute is $500, instead OF
5000
The gas-works this year get sl25 coo, a:
compared 10 $751; 574 In 1S9s-this difference
appearing largely In the oil and expense
accounts and the water-works has al
extra allowance of 81 600. aside from SIS 90
for meters. The street department this
year gets S76.1S5. as compared TO Sl5O,Sl u
Last year all the branches OF this depart
ment spent Sll311Sf6 leaving, however
contracts for work TO be competed th
year aggregating over $4,000, which vii
have TO be paid out Of this years appro
priation
The budget for 1897 contains claus
which no other ordinance OF appropria
tions for the Richmond departments ha
included. and which provides that nom
OF the departments shall expend NOR
than one half OF their appropriation
during the first six months OF the fisca
year
THE PROPOSED CITY HOSPITAL.
II is not unlikely that the City Counci
will soon take up Mr.. Julius Straus'
proposition 10 convert the almshouse int
a thoroughly equipped city hospital
great many persons expressed themselve
as favorable TO the plan yesterday, and
while Mr.. Strauss communication wa
laid upon the table on Monday night
II is assured that 1t VIII soon be resur
rected.
At this meeting Of the Common Council
Mr. Witte. OF Jefferson Ward, offered
resolution calling upon the city Attofne
10 know why he had not taken steps I
collect money due the city by Il.