The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-14
COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES
ACTION TAKEN AT THE MEETING
 HELD LAST NIGHT.
No Important Changes Acted Upon Last Item for Band COncerts-A Provision for Revision of the Ord rdiuances-A Mi- norfty of the Committee Organized and Appointed Sub Com mittee to Submit the Report.

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 The committee on estimates held another meeting last night and having l completed going over the estimates as submitted by the board of finance ap- pointed a sub committee to draft a re- port to the common council embodying the changes in the estimates which the committee has decided to recom- mend. This sub committee consists of Aldermen Miller and Wallace and Councilmen Kelly, Parrott and Boyer. Alderman Conway presided at the first part of last nights meeting, and as soon as the meeting was called to order Anthony Carroll at his request was allowed to express his opinions on the estimates, although the meeting was not called for a public hearing MT. Carroll thought that the board of f. nance estimates of the income from col- lection of back taxes, $100000, was too low. He thought that $200, 900 would be collected If proper efforts were put forth. He then advocated number of cuts in the finance boards appropria- tions including a cut in the salary of the clerk of the department of public works from s1,50O to s1 ,OOO; the elimina- ton of the engineering bureau saying that the city work was not done accord ing to specifications, eliminating the item of $500 for planting new trees, reduction of the street sprinkling item from S2S000 to $25, ,000, the elimination of all times for car fare and carriage hire, and the reduction of the salary of the health officer from $1. .500 to s1,O00
 A motion by Alderman Beecher to cut out the appropriation for an addi- tional sanitary inspector in the health department failed of passage. On mo- ton of Alderman Miller the item of $500 for Fourth of July celebration was cut out and the $500 placed In an item for band concerts. On Mr. Miller's mo- tion 1t was voted to include in the item for free text books, free books for the high school. His motion to cut out the item of 8, 900 for fees for liquor seizures was lost, as was also Alderman w. F. Walsh's motion to cut from $5, 900 to S1,- 900 the item for a contagious disease hospital. MT. Miller's motion to in- cude in the sundry account item in the controllers department a provision for a sum to pay for revision of the ordi- nances was passed.
 After the estimates had been gone over Councilman Elliott wanted to re- fer the estimates back to the board of finance together with the suggestions of the committee and other suggestions of his own which would increase the ap- about S100,0O0
 Alderman Miller called attention to the fact that the committee had voted to recommend that $6,450 be cut from the estimates prepared by the board of finance, and $5953.74 be added, making a net cut of $4962O Then came a dis cussion of a report and Councilman Bracken called attention to the fact that quorum was not present, and left the room. Others left and Chairman declared that there was no quorum and that the meeting wa sadjourned.
 Alderman Beecher said that the rest port This suggestion was adopted and Alderman w. F. Walsh was elected chairman. Alderman Miller than sug- eested that the s49620 balance of the cut from the finance board estimates be turned over to the park department, but a motion to that effect was lost. It was voted to devote the balance to an item for putting seats in the various l parks.