The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-13
CHARITIES OFFICE
 WANTS $7,2OO MORE
FINANCE BOARD NOTIFIED THAT
 THIS AMOUNT IS NEEDED

To Finish Out This Years Work in This
 Department-Estfmates Presented by
 the Various City Departments for
 Next Year-HOrse-shOeing Bills Held
 Up-City Paying More Than Individ-
 uaIs, Says One Member-Fire Depart
 ment Only One Which Has Kept the
 Horse-Shoeing Rate at s1.5O-Finance Board Calls Halt.
 For the first time in many weeks every member of the board of finance was present at the regular weekly meeting held in city hall last evening. MT. Nesbit has been seriously i'll, but has recovered and is able to attend the meetings again. He received the con- gratulations of all his fellow members 1 on his recovery.
 l The various city departments receiv- ed raking over last night, the only exception being the fire department, ! and the cause was bills for horseshoe 1 ing. It seems that if a private indi- | vidual, according to Member Frederick, | wants to get a horse shod, the job is l done in fine style for $1.5O, but when it comes to city horse it is case of at least $2, if not more. Last night, when some bills for horseshoeing at $2 per horse was presented to the board for it's approval, Mir. Frederick said that l things had gone the limit. He said l that $1.50 was enough, and while he had 1 not signed any of the bills for several months where they exceeded this amount for horseshoeing, he thought | that it was now time that something l was done.
 It was pointed out that, although the | fire horses were the ones which re- | quired the most speedy and satisfac- tory work done, Chief Fancher had so | arranged matters that unless horses 1 hoof required especial treatment the bills from the fire chiefs department never called for more than $1.5O, and, if this were so, it was wrong to pay 1 higher sum to have any of the other i city horses shOd.
 All the members of the board agreed 1 with MT. Frederick in his contention, and then, after the matter had been 1 talked over, Alderman Homan moved, and MT. Kelly seconded the motion, l that the city clerk should notify the
 heads of all the departments that after last nights meeting the board of finance would refuse to sign any bills for horseshoeing which exceeded $1.50 a horse, unless the head of the depart ment appeared before the board and showed cause why the bill should be | more.
 There were some bills before the board last night for horseshoeing where the amount exceeded $1.50, and it was finally decided to sign those this time, ''but no more" It was pointed out
 that the bills had not been held up be- fore, and as no warning had been giv-
 en, it would be well to clean up the present batch. The members, there
 fore signed with the exception of MT.
 Frederick.
 The board of charities and correction, according to a letter sent to the board from. that department, is very much "up against it." In other words, the
 department needs about S7,200 fin order
 to finish out the work of the year. The
 communication states that there are nc funds left for the remaining three
 months of this year. On the first ot
 October the balance in the hospital ac-
 count amounted to only $52S6, this amount being all there is to finish out
 the three remaining monhs. The com
 munication points out that the amount
 used in the three months last year
 amounted to $1,326S9 paid out. This
 year the account will be even greater
 than this owing to the typhoid epidem-
 ic. There have been twenty-six case!
 of typhoid transferred to the hospitals
 so far this year, and of this number there are still twelve patients remain
 ing in the hospitals. The sum of al
 least $1, 400 is, therefore, needed in thi' item alone.
 The balance left on October in tn,
 insane account" was only $4,S48.50. Il the corresponding three months las
 year the sum of $5,610.19 was used. This 1 leaves 8 deficit of $761.69, with nothing 7 allowed fer additional new cases in tht
 general average. Therefore, an addi
 tional sum of $500 is asked for to bt l added to this item.
 o For Springside home balance of $6, y 41956 is all that is left for the remain
 ing three months this year, according to the letter. It is also pointed ou 1 that these three months are the wors .' in the year as far as expense is con cerned because of additional clothing
 blankets, bedding and coal being need
 ed. There is also a big increase in tn
 number of inmates during the colt ] weather.
 The communication further stated - that the original appropriation for thi 1 department this year was small one
 being only in all $SO,OOO, as against $31, 900 the year before. This is followe l by another statement to the effect tha } flood is higher" When MT. Fredericl l l heard this Che is a grocer) ne said tha
 he did not know that this was so. Continuing, the communication state
 that the sum of $11,203.A was expende during the last three months of 1904 which showed a shortage in the presen amount Oh hand for this year, as com pared to last year, of $4,7S3.S5. There fore, $5,000 more is asked for to be ap piled to the general expense account o , Springside.
 After this communication had beel l l read Mayor Studley excused himself