New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-21
BIG SUMS DEMANDED.
MILLIONS FOR THE VARIOUS DEPART
NENTs OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT.

The herring OF estimates for the ciy's budget TOT
1898 went On before the Board OF Estimate anu
Apportonment In the Mayors office yesterday al
,ernoon. and the estimates rose higher ana
higher the Mayor and his associates In the Board
began to think the budget would nave 10 DE
billion-do affair Some one In the once re-
marked that the Mayors hair was turning gray
and declared that n hair In his heau tu'heu ""i'c
every time a new estimate was read. Inc oo"iiiis
sioner OF Bridges wanted N.55l.SI3 o. Inc 'o"''
sioncr OF Water Supply presented an estmh'e WIZ"
n total Of s. 1853 The estimate OF 'he Co"''''
sloner OF Public buildings. Lighting ana oupp"e'
was for si173 ga 90. James Mccartney VINO SUI
ceeded Colonel Waring as Commissioner vi 80"
Cleaning declared that he ought 10 nave a" ~
rropriat,on Of r. The estimate FOR the 70
lice Department amounted to the tremendous sum
of Si2 100 39s g. and President YORK. WHO 90
the estimate. did not even offer to thro" o" '"' '
cents.
The figures for the boroughs. in the estimate OF
urrl,om Dalton tho Commissioner OF Water Sup
ply were first read at the hearing yesterday. ana
the totals follows:
Manhattan and The Bronx s zoo .
BROOKLYN. .'''''''''''''''''' n72)
queens 9i; ''''''''''''''''' .... $3.50
fichihohu' ''''''''''''''' '''''''''''
Total.........-
The Mayor objected to the appointment OF ch'e,
engineers I'm the boroughs. The estimate proVlucn
for a chief engineer In Brooklyn. with saary %
5000 The Mayor said that there should De d ci''e
engineer OF the whole city. with stan 10 WI
everywhere Mr. Dalton said he had made Ehg'-
neer Brdsall chief engineer for the whole ci'y o"'
the water system OF Brooklyn was a peculiar one
and needed a special man. The Mayor said MI.
Birlsall could overlook all the work. Commissioner
Dalton and Deputy Commissioner Monat OF brooh-
Ign wanted to talk. but the Mayor said Mr. BIO
sail had been connected with New ork "a' e,
system long enough 10 know great deaI apout IL
and he wanted to hear from him. Mr. Bir ,h@rd
said enough to indicate that ne tnousn' r1nii
should be one head. The chief OF water supply
in Brooklyn disagreed with him, ., ,ho
President York OF the Police Board presented tne
So os 89s s. OF which sll66677 l2 was for salaries
In detail the estimate provided ior eisny an IN
crease Of 1921 jOS roundsmen an increase Oh 10 an
300 detectve-sergcants, an Increase OF 20 ~
Park and bridge forces. and also for the appoint
ment Of 100 new men this year Mr I r.Sod SAD
time to permit the police TO receive their pay as
usual on the first day OF the Month. ., IAN
some time next month" the Mayor replied. we
must get all these estimates here ana see wnat ,ne
how much 10 cut them down. and you may be sure
Mr. York that they Will be cut probably every
Henry 5. Kearney. the Commissioner OF Public
Buildings. Lighting and SGppies put IN an Is, est
the Mayor that the charter was mandat1ry as u
setting up separate bureaus In the Doroughs.
open them With asked the Mayor.
"nWeli | wouldn't open them a,,,h sarcost,o ring
in his Voice. That number OF mandatory pro-
visions in the charter Will fail for this cause
ss 2 FOR STRENGTHENING included g. 9ss 10 for
swee ping and N475.62s 50 for carng. while ne Com
missioner thought ne would need only $4,000 for the
removal OF and tee In Manhattan and The
Bronx this winter.
Of Bridges, amounting 70 s5Sl.S73 IS, included :275-
I for the expenses OF his pr moH once Red ana ss
All he estimates received Yesterday were referred
TO the Controller for examination.