The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-04
BUDGETS ARE HEAVY
CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE A LOT
OF SLASHING TO DO.
THE POLICE AND FIRE.
THESE DEPARTMENTS WANT -
PER CENT. OF ClTY's INCOME.

Council VIII Cut Down Budgets, and
spend Money Paving Streets-N =
ter Works Department Wants an
Increase OF over S34.Ooo-Air Lift
for S25.000 Is IncIuded-New Wa
ter Mains should Be Put Dow n.
Department VIII Require $6s.oOo.
No Change To Be Made in Plan of
DisposinE OF Garbage-Park ana
Tree Commission Wants over
5000 Increase.
The Finance Committee OF the City
Council and the Mayor viii meet next
Monday for the initial steps in the
preparations Of the budget for munich
pa expenses during 1902 The com
mit-ee. IT IS expected. will get affairs
in such shape al that meeting that
they viii be in readiness Tor submits
SION to the Committee of the Whole of
Council later in the wook. The fol-
lowing week there viii be another
meeting of the Committee OF the
Whole. when il is expected that the
bulge, VIII be finally prepared. It VIII
then BE- IN readiness for submission 10
the Council. which VIII adopt il on Dec.
Is.
Alderman Dixon. chairman OF the
Finance Committee. was asked yester-
day II the estimates Of expenses fur
nished by the several city departments.
IN 50 far as he was aware Of them.
were likely 20 stand He replied in
the negative. saying that most OF them
sag-a entirely 10 h+gh--and -.hat il
would not be possible to grant all that
they ask The Committee Of the
Whole. he said. would be compelled TO
cut the estimates considerably.
Almost without exception the budg-
cts for 1902 viii show an increase. and
in some departments a very decided
one. Council viii slash right and left
when il begins figuring on the expen-
ditures that viii have TO be made in
the various departments next year,
said one alderman.
With the additional men asked for
in the police department. and the cost
Of uniforms and other equipments. it
IS figured that sos. 900 would have to
be given 70 that branch OF the munic-
ipality The budget submitted by the
Police Committee shows that $50 900
Will be required against Ss5. 900 for this
year The cost OF the ten additional
men asked for. and the uniforms for
the department would run the amount
up 10 100000
While the budget Of the fire depart
nent names SIS 90 as the sum want
Cd. il is figured that with the cost OF
uniforms. the amount viii be much
nearer $4,000. The sum asked for
by the Two departments is about Is
Per cent. OF the total income OF the
city A member Of Council stated yes
fenday that call men might be used
In the fire department and this subject
viii probably come UP before the Com
mittse OF the Whole, when the budget
Tor this department is reached It
Is argued that in place of putting on
six additional firemen that number of
call men might be put in service. A
member of the board thinks that they
would answer every service, and at a
much smaller cost.
II appears to be the disposition of
the board TO pay more attention to
the paving of streets during the COM
ing year. and the appropriations will
be kept down as low as possible. with
this object in view. Besides West
Broad and East Broad streets. there
y other paving work to be done. An
enort VIII be made to get Council to
pave Henry street east from Price to
the Waters road. and If the city wins
the Castor street paving case in the
tn1teQ states Court that street will
have 10 be paved. A petition to be pre-
sented to Council is now in circulation
asking that Tattnall. Berrien. Little
Jones and several West Side streets
be paved during 1902
There is an increase in the budget
OF the Waterworks Department of
over $4,000. over the amount allowed
this year. The Water Committee of
council asks for a total appropriation
or $4,000. The increase includes the
ar lift, contracted for by the city al
Tesdy. This Improvement costs the
city very near $4,000. The putting
down Of new water mains IS figured BY
the Water Committee as a necessary
stem Of expense and the amount asked
Tor for this work IS about SO. 500 While
two-inch mains have been spoken of
member Of Council says that no main
smaller than six inches should be used.
1t is altogether probable that the
same plan for dispOsing of the city's
garbage viii be adopted for the COM
ing year. 1t appears to be the most
economical way of getting rid Of the
garbage, and another plan suggested
by member of Council had to he
abandoned because of the cost. The
feasibility - loading the garbage or
lighters and dumping il at sea, beyond
the three-mile limit, was under dis
eussion, but it was found that the
cost would he too great This is the
plan followed in New York At pres
ent the city has three tracts that are
used a dumping grounds. The city is
divided into three districts, AID the
garbage is disposed of in this manner
with more ease and less cost.