The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-11-11
HEARING ON ESTIMATES.
CITIZENS GIVEN 4 CHANGE TO
 EXPRESS OPINIONS.

Anthony Carroll crit.e,sss Sharply |
 Various City Departments, Also Grace
 Hospital - Representative Chathsid
 Asks to Have West River Meadows
 Filled In.
 A public hearing on the estimates which have been submitted by the va- rious city departments was held in the aldermanic chambers in city hall before the board of finance last evening. Anthony Carroll attacked the fire de- pertinent estimates saying that accord ing to the statements which that board had themselves made there was a dis creoancy of $1,SOo.65 in the salary ac- count for this year and that the board os anance would be of some benefit to the cityis it's could find out where this money had gone to.
 Said the speaker: According to the statement rendered by Fire Commits sioner Parish the pay roll is $115,O0O. With this report comes an itemized statement from all the engine compan- ies for salaries and this amounts to SIS, ,1S1.35. What has become of the bal ance of this money which amounts to 1 $1, ,81S.65?"
 He then spoke in reference to the po- lice estimates. He said that there seemed to be among the police feel ing that they had to make a certain number os arrests in order to hold 1 their jobs. In fact they sometimes go out of their way to do so. The victim is then hauled before the court and given criminal record. whether he deserves l it or no..
 1 Continuing, he spoke of class distinc- tion being used in reference to arrests, and said that he knew of cases where members of the department while in citizens clothes were being passed out 25 cent cigars over the counters about l the city. ..
 His next topic was the department of public works. He said that it was be- ing run by incompetent men who were wasting considerable city money. He said that the inspectors were also in- capable men. who. if they did not do jus. as the bosses wished lost their jobs In concluding with this depart nent he said that they used nearly $3O0,000 of the city's money every year and he thought that the finance board ought to keep some track of it.
 Grace hospital then came in for some criticism. MT. Carroll said that that institution would expect some money to help run it from the city, and he did not think they deserved it. The speaker said he had always had good opinion O. the place until he went there. now he is unable to do the subject justice. He said that the place is run, by a wo- man superintendent who did things about as she chose. The only way the people had of Knowing what was going on there was through the newspapers, and that she refused to give them any thing but just what she chose. D.,
 He then attacked the head doctor and referred to him as a thoroughly incom- petent man. He then told a story of how he said he saw one of the patients treated by the doctor. ls,. I Representative .Chatfield asked the board to make an appropriation for the filling in of the meadow land along the West river. He said that the health of the community would be greatly benefited by it's being filled in.
 MT. Silverthau appeared and asked for money to be used in concreting the yard of Webster school. He said the children playing there created so much dus. that it was a great nuisance to nearby residents.
 MT. Rich asked the committee if cit izens would be given another chance to be heard and on being informed that there would be another hearing on Thursday night he said that he would wait until that time.
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