The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-22
BUDGET FOR 1903
FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL ASK FOR
MORE MONEY.
HAS OVERDRAWN ALREADY.
POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPECTS TO
GET ALONG ALL RIGHT.

Various Departments of the Munich
paIity Figuring on what They
Will Have to spend During 1903.
Estimates VIII Probably He Look
ed over by Committee of the
Whole for the First Time Next
wednesday Night Will Pass
Through Hands of the Aldermen
Several Times Before Being APP
proved at Last Meeting in Decem-
ber-Ffre Department Wants Life
Saving Nets and Chemical Adj
ditiOn to Hose WaEcn-Habersham,
AbercOrn, Henry and East Broad
Streets VIII BE Paved Next Year.
Brick TO 60 Down on Thirty-siNth
Street Next Week.
The city departments are preparing
their estimates for 1903 and Council
will proba bly, begin work on them at
its meeting next Wednesday night. The
Committee of the Whole goes over the
estimates carefully and 1t usually re-
quires several meetings before they are
in shape for adoption.
Estimates in the rough for the police
and fire departments have been in the
hands of the chairmen of the Police
and Fire Committees of Council for
several days. The fire department is
beyond it's appropria tion, which will
probably be overdrawn at least $500
by the first of the year. An increase
of not less than SO 900 will be asked
Bx~F1
this branch of the municipality.
For the present year the fire depart
ment was allowed SIS, 900 for its main
tenance and $4,000 for uniforms. The
pay roll amounts to 5000. Chairman
Schroeder of the Fire Committee. says
he has been as economical as posi-
BILE, and Supt. Mcguire has done all
within his power to keep within the
appropriat The estimate will show
that certain Improvements are neces-
sary in the department. 1t is the de-
sire of the Fire Committee to make
the hose wagon at Hose Station No.
l on Waldburg street, a combination
chemical and hose wagon. This is
put down as an Improvement for next
year.
The attention of Council Will be spe-
cially called to the fact that there is
no life saving apparatus In the de-
partment. The necessity of life saw
ing nets will be shown, and Council
will be urged to make an appropria-
ton for the purchasing of some such
apparatus. 1t is pointed out that no
fire department is fully equipped
without life saving devices, and that
it will be too late to act after human
life has been lost because of the neg
lect of Council. The estimate for the
fire department will probably also
show that it is an impossibility to
maintain the department with SIS, 600
No improvements are contemplated
in the police department, and the Po-
lice Committee will probably ask for
the same appropriation that it re-
ceived this year. The police were al
lowed $S7. 800, and will close the year
within the appropriation, if nothing
unexpected happens. The Street and
Lane Department is also within it's
appropra So far as is known at
this time the fire department will be
the only department that will ask for
an increased appropriation, but It is
expected that other departments will
bob up serenely and request an in
crease.
The total appropriation for the pres
ent year was $685. 1903, and it is not the
purpose of Council to go over that
amount during the coming year. The
various budgets will be gone over
carefully several times by the Com
mittee of the Whole. and will be final
ly passed at the last meeting in De-
cember, which will be on Christmas
eve.
The paving of Habersham street will
not begin until next year, and will be
accounted for in the budget for 1903.
Henry, Abercorn and East Broad
CT, vii n1r H.
Thirty-sixth street from Bun to JEFF
ferson will be paved next week. Sup
erintendent of Public Works Gads-
den expects TO have this work started
about Thursday and it will be pushed
through in a hurry.