The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-11
BOARD OF FINANCE.
ANOTHER HEARING ON ESTT-
MATES HELD LAST EVENING.

/ Important Letter on Public Health
Estimates Sent to the Board OF Health
| by Finance Board-List of Estimates.
The board of finance had another
! hearing on estimates for the year of 1903
last evening. A petition signed by over
100 citizens OK the Fourth ward re-
questing that enough money be granted
for the building of fire engine house
in the ward was received by the board.
The following letter from the board of
finance to the board of health is self
explana tory:
To tie Board of Health of the City of
New Haven:
Gentlemen: In the estimates Of the
needs of the department of public health
| for the year 1908 you request an appro-
! priatiOn of $500 for garbage removal,
an amount somewhat less than was ap-
propriated for the needs of the current
year. AT the hearing on November 5,
1902, members of your board Informed
! already been opened and that the low
est bids from parties deemed response
| BILE call for an expenditure of $500. In
view of the fact that your estimate of
| 800 was made before you received the
| bids referred to the board of finance
| begs to inquire as to whether you now
desire it to be understood that in the
| judgment of the board of health the
| sum of $500 is sufficient, notWithstand-
| ing the fact that the bids call for $500
| or whether your board wishes to in
| crease the amount asked for. The
| board of finance might be willing to APP
propriate $500 if in the judgment of
the board of health this sum is neces-
sary to properly safeguard the health
of the people of New Haven. If, how
ever this sum is needlessly large and
an expenditure of Sc, 500 can secure the
collection of garbage in sanitary man.
ner and with a reasonable degree Of sat
| isfac.ion to the board of health and to
the public. surely no larger sum should
| be allowed.
| 1t is therefore requested that your
board confirm and renew the request
| for $4,000 for garbage removal or make
such amendment to the amount as the
| Judgment of your members may dictate.
A prompt reply to this communication
| is requested for the time is limited in
which the board of finance must COM
plete the work on the estimates.
Respectfully submitted,
BY order of the Board of Finance,
| Clerk.
| Commissioner Jacobs and Lamp In
spector Hopkins appeared for the light
ing department land asked for the fol-
lowing items: Electric street lights
$45 1853 rs: street gas lamps and Wells
bach burners, ssO994; naptha street
lamps and resetting, 500; naptha set
ting and resetting, $500; street signs,
800; salary inspector $1,000; new Ian
| terms for police signals. $50. Total, $751;
, 942. IS. Last yearis appropriation was
$50, $50. The controller asked for the
| following Department Of sundry ac-
counts: Advertising. $4,000; printing
journal. $1,000 city year book and
pamphlets, $1,S00S printing charter and
ordinances, $1,000; printing and station
cry, furniture and supplies, $500. Sal
aries city officers: Mayor. $500; con-
troller, 81, 900; city clerk. $1,000; assist
ant city clerky@ $1,000: sheriff, $1,000;
treasurer, 81 600; treasurer's clerk, $500:
sealer weights and measures, $T00;
mayors secretary, $1,000. Total $14.1OO
Salaries city court ofIicers-Judge
81, 500 associate Judge $4,000, city attor-
ney $500, assistant city attorney $1,000
clerk $2,25O, assistant clerk 1000; total
salaries city court officers, $13,750. Con-
troller's clerk hire S4,9S4. carriage hire
$780, contingent $4,000, Patriotic cele-
! brations-Fourth of July, music and
speakers, $500; Memorial day. $500; care
of burial lote, $50: total for patriotic
celebrations, $780, Pages, $50; injury to
persons and damage to property other
than land, 81, 500; land damages, $1,000,
| Interest account-On city and towns,
S114,991. Sc; on schools, $685. outstand-
ing indebtedness, city notes, $4,000;
board of supervisors of steam boilers,
$500; harbor department. $472; insur-
ance, $4,000; New Haven Orphan asy-
| lum, $4,000; st. Francis Orphan asy
| lum, $4,000; New Haven Dispensary.
| 81 500; making military enrolment.
$500; free text books, $500; probate
court expenses, $275: prosecuting agent,
cost of liquor seizures, $4,000; military
communication tax, $4,000: Westville
school district tax. $4,000; election ac-
count, general registrars, assistants,
| stationery, printing, meeting places for
| correcting lists, printing registry lists,
| S14. 1851 20: civil service board, expenses
of telephone service for all departments
excepting fire, police. education and
charities and correction. and including
tolls and other incidentals, $500; Beaver
ponds. purchase of land. $4,000; board
of selectmen, $720; making rate book,
! $3.50: stenographer for city clerk. $416;
mayors stenographer, $416; salary of
| clerk of pavement commission. 5000: re-
vising ordinances. $1,000; public bath
house, $4,000. Grand total, $500 11O.S6.
The fire department gave its esti-
mates as follows:
Payroll, $4,000; general repairs, 81
500; horses and harness. $4,000; shoeing
horses, $1,50O; forage, $500: sundries,
| 50 900; rolling stock and repairs, So, $50;
hose, S., 500; fuel, $4,000; gas and cleo
trio lighting, $500; furniture, $500; new
! hydrants and setting same, $4,000; re-
pairing and resetting old hydrants, ST.
| 500; fire alarm telegraph maintenance,
81 $780, conduit pipe $1,SO0; new engine,
81, 500 Is additional men, $10439; ten
new fire alarm boxes $780, 120 keyless
doors, $4,000; engine hours in Fourth
ward, 5000; engine house on Prospect
| street, $4,000; truck house in Ninth
ward, $4,000. Total. $244,489.