The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
BUDGET ITEMS
Are TABULATED
Municipal Departments Ask
for Increased Appropria-
tions Over Present Year
PRUNING TO BE DONE
Petitions Filed for Large
Number of Extra Police
men and School Teachers

The Supervisors Finance Committee
yesterday began the tabulation of the
estimates of the appropriations required
, to conduct the various municipal de-
partments during the next fiscal year.
Estimates have been received from all
omces except those of the Board OF
! Works and the Department of Elec-
trlcity. Those already received exceed
an aggregate amount of S9,O0O,O00, anu
as there will be but $7,000,000 received
as revenue from taxes and other
sources the estimates will have TO be
considerably pruned down. All the de-
partments have asked for increased ap-
preparations over the present fiscal
year.
The Police Department has petitioned
for s941.6S0 for salaries as constituted
to-day and for s3OS,14s additional for
200 extra patrolmen and the necessary
complement of commissioned officers.
The department also asks for S24.055 for
the police patrol and $4,000 for six new
stations
The Board of Education has asked
for Sl,538, $50 for the conduct of the pri-
mary and grammar schools, of which
Sl3o,0 900 is to- pay the salaries of 150 ad-
ditlonal teachers. For repairs TO school
buildings the sum of $267, ,977 Is wanted,
sl44,5O for permanent improvements or
new buildings, SAT 500 for portable
schoolhouses and equipment and s107,500
to purchase sites for Fairgrounds. For
the nigh schools the sum of S229 800 10
is required to pay salaries and wages
and for supplies, and $33, ,S61 is asked for
repairs to high school buildings. The
board has also asked the city for $4,000
to build and conduct a new parental
boarding school. S10,000 to maintain the
present 'day parental school and 1920
to repair the building. In addition to
the moneys asked from the city the
State will contribute about 100000 to
the support of the San Francisco
schools. making a grand total of s2,573,-
826 76 asked for.
Fore the maintenance of the Fire De-
partment, the sum of s1,034, $40 is
asked. against 1858, 400 asked last year.
This amount is to pay salaries of the
force in thiry-nine engine companies,
five relief companies ten truck COM
panies, eight chemical companies, one
water tower company and two monitor
batteries. The sum of 500 is want
ed for new apparatus.
The Health Department has applied
for $433S15. of which $SS. 200 is for sal
aries and expenses of the main office;
S54,915 for the emergency hospitals;
s222 500 for the City Hospital, includ-
Ing $0f,UUU lOf REPAIRS, $0o,2UU Tor the
Almshouse and $13. 700 for the Twenty
sixth street and Smallpox hospitals.
The Department of Elections wants
$7400 for charter salaries; S25,605 for
the primary election of August s.;
s63.1 for the municipal election of
November Z, and 1926 for incidentals,
total of s119.275. The purchase of
235 voting machines is also recon-
mended.
The Park Commissioners have asked
for s54S,000 for the parks and squares,
of which $293.000 is for construction
account: $216.500 for maintenance and
$3S, 500 for improvements.
Following are the estimates of the
remaining offices:
Observation-Disclosures Of Office and
jails, s13S,220; repairs to jails, $9325;
County Clerk-salaries and expenses,
s114110; County Recorder-salaries
$50, 10O miscellaneous expenses. $3.50;
Civil Service Commission, 1880; Su-
perior Courts-salaries and expenses,
$25,910 justices Courts, s27 ,340; Law
Library expenses, $3.50; Coroner's Of
fce-$20, ,620 for salaries and $3845 for
incidentals; Tax Collector-salaries
SOS, 800; expenses. $4590; Assessor-sal-
aries, $4,000; expenses, $4,000; City At
s22, 100; expenses,
s24,0 ,000 District Attorney-salaries
$37, 400; expenses, $780,