The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-24
SEVERAL TRANSFERS MADE
THE BOARD OE FIN ANCE TAKES
 DEFINITE LECTION

Towards Solution of the Financial Prob
 lems Which Confronts It-S4,7O0 Trans
 ferred from Interest Fund to Sundries-
 S2,062 Goes for Parks and Trees Ac-
 count.
 At the adjourned meeting of the board of finance held yesterday after noon a beginning of the solution of the problems of the various city depart which have confronted the board for some time, was made. Forty-seVen hundred dollars was transferred from the surplus of the fund to pay interest on notes and bonds to the sundry ac- count Seven hundred dollars of this transfer is to be used to pay for print ing the journal of the two boards of the court of common council for the re- mainder of the year, $500 for stationery and s3,700 goes to the contingent fund.
 The $500 appropriated at the begin ming of the year to pay for the widen ing of Union street, and which has not yet been used, and the $2,46267 saved by the lamp department. were transfer red to the department of public Works to be used to pay for the removal or dangerous trees and for the care or parks and trees, with the understand ing that the first use of this amount when transferred shall be to pay for the removal of dangerous trees.
 While the action of the board of finance in making these transfers is not final, and the transfers must be ap- proved by the common council, it is thought that the necessary approval by that body will be given. The mat ter of transfers is covered by section 40 of the new charter. The latter part of this section reads as follows:
 No amount appropriated for any one purpose, whether general or spe- cial, shall be used or appropriated for any other purpose except the same be recommended by the board of finance and approved by 8. five-sixth vote Of each branch of the court of common council"
 The transfers of the amounts requir- ed by the fire and police departments were not considered yesterday and were passed over without remark.
 Controller Brown asked that the board authorize the borrowing of $35.- 900 for the payment of bills for the erection of the Grand avenue bridge. He stated that of the $100,000 worth of bonds authorized by the legislature to be issued for the payment of the cost of construction of the Grand avenue o,,;5 ts. sued as yet. Of this amount only about $500 now remains unexpended. MT. Brown stated that about thirty days would be necessary in which to prepare the remaining $35,00O worth of bonds for sale, and he asked that the board authorize the borrowing of $35,- 000 in anticipation of the sale of these bonds, the amount to be used in pay ment of bills for work on the bridge. which will probably be presented dur ing the next month.
 No definite action on the matter was taken, but 1t will probably be fully con- sidered at an adjourned meeting to be held Monday afternoon.
 Director Beecher of the department of public works was asked If any sav- ing in the $11000 asked for by his de- partment could be made. Mir Beecher knew of no possible way to cut down the required amount unless streets were left uncleaned, or partially so.
 The matter of transferring the amounts appropriated for hardening streets was discussed, but no action taken. The appropriations for hard ening streets are as follows: Humphrey street, $5,000; Edwards street $5,5OO; Arch street, $500; Rosette street for grading and hardening, $500; Derby avenue, s2,0O0 Chestnut street, s2,5OO; Edgewood avenue, s5.000; Dixwell ave- nue, s4,000; Cain street, S250; Winthrop avenue, $500; Lloyd street, s5,000; Blatchley avenue s1, 500; Warren street, top dressing, $500.
 It is possible that transfers from these appropriations will be made at the board to be held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon.
 Controller Brown yesterday submit ted to the board a statement of the appropriations for various purposes for the year and the amounts of these ap- propriations expended during the first six months of the year. The expendi- lures for the department of public works have been already published in the Courier and amounted, in the first six months of the year, to S7S,754. 77 The appropriation was $160,99419 Be- sides this, there was an appropriation of $50,000 for sewers, and of this S23.- 719.27 was expended in six months. The statement for the other departments is as follows:
 Approp'ons Expend for 12 mos for mos. Police department ..S173. .839 43 s Ss. .07s. 5s Fire department ..... 123. 7360O 643l5.6s