The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-16
9,500 FOR POLICE SALARIES
BOARD OF FINANCE ASKED TO
 TRANSFEIc THAT AMOUNT.

TRANSFER THAT AMOUNT. Statements by President Ullman and Clerk southw orth of the Police Commission Director Beecher's Estimates of Money Needed in His Department-Other Busi-
 ness Transacted by the Board of Finance.
 At the meeting of the board of finance held yesterday afternoon no definite action on any of the problems which now confront the board was taken, but reports were submitted and matters were discussed so that the board could come nearer to understanding the exact state of affairs in the various depart ments for which the board of finance is now seeking to find money.
 The question of transferring money necessary to balance the pay roll of the police department for the remaining five months of the year was discussed. President Ullnan of the board of police | commissioners and clerk of that board, F. A, Southworth appeared. MT. UH- man stated that $9,500 would be neces- sary in addition to the original appro- priation to his department to pay sal aries during the remainder of the year. He stated that this sum was absolutely necessary to pay the salaries of those already employed in the department and whose services are absolutely nec- essary to the proper conduct of police affairs. He stated that the additional amount was not asked, so that more mo, mi iuhf ha h,y r,plinn ! department
 MT. Ullman was asked by Controller | Brown if men were not put on last year without any authority to the police | board to put on additional men, Mr. | Ullman replied tha he was not aware | that 1t was necessary for anyone to | authorize the board of police commis- l sioners to put on extra men. He said l that the need of $9.500 In the police de- l partment was communicated to the old board of finance, but that board for ! some reason which he did not know cut out that sum in the acquisitions of the
 police department. He said that un- l less the amount asked was granted
 there were only two ways to tide over
 the difficulty, either to cut down the | pay of the men in the police depart | | the force.
 In response to question by Con- missioner Dove, Mir. Ullman said that outside of the Fourth of July and circus
 day no supernumeraries had been put
 on duty. He did not believe that at l present the police force was large
 enough for the city.
 1 Commissioner White asked what MT. Ullman proposed to the board of finance | to do. He said that unless some way
 to secure the needed money was found, l he did not see what could be done. MT. | U1lman said that he had understood
 that there were certain unappropriated
 funds from which the s9,500 could be
 secured. He thought that if the s29,000
 was transferred to the city treasury 1 from the sinking fund the $9500 could
 be transferred from that amount He 1 said that if the board of finance could | not find money for the police depart I ment special meeting of the police l commissioners would be called to cur
 tail in one way or another the expenses
 of the department.
 Clerk Southworth of the police de- partment submitted concise state
 ment of the state of finances in that l department. MT. SouthWorth stated
 that the unexpended balance of the ap-
 propriation was s59,137.55, and that the
 average expense per month for the re-
 maining five and one-half months of the year would be a trifle less than Sl4000. He thought, however, that
 savings and curtailment of expenses
 could be made so that the $9,50O asked
 would be sufficient for the absolute
 needs of the department during the
 rest of the year
 | Superintendent Wrinn also urged
 upon the board the needs of the police
 department. He said that there were l at present eight vacancies at the cen-
 tral police station. He also said that
 since the appropriation for the depart
 ment was made 1t had been necessary to put on eighteen extra men and that
 the appropriation was too small to per
 init the payment of these eighteen men, | After the gentlemen of the police. de- l partment were excused no definite ac- | tion on the question of turning over l to that department the $500 asked | but Controller Brown was instructed to | ascertain if there were any moneys | from which transfers for the purpose | could be made and was instructed to
 report the result of his investigation at
 the next meeting of the board.
 Alderman Chillingworth appeared be- fore the board to explain his two reso-
 lutions presented recently to the com mon council, providing for the transfer of S4oOoO to the city treasury. MT. Chil-
 lingworth said that It had been pro- posed to transfer the amount to anoth- CT fund to meet bonds falling due in 1900. He said that in 1900 when the
 bonds fall due there will be needed to pay them only a little more than $5,0OO in addition to the sum for that purpose which shall have accrued In 1 1901. MT. Chillingworth then stated
 that in the event of the $40, 900 being
 transferred to be used In payment of these bonds there would be a surplus Of $35,000 in 1901, and he did not think 1t
 advisable in view of the present condi- ton of the city finances to tie up this S4o'OOO for four years. He said that his
 ldea has to put the s40000 In the city
 treasury for the use of the board of
 nnance 10 appropriate as occasion for It should arise
 Director of Public Works Beecher submitted a statement of the estimated
 amounts required to pay for street tltHnlng. care nf rlrc