Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
MAKE |NROADS ON
CITY TREASURY
ALL DEPARTMENTS INCREASE
THEIR ESTIMATES
Fact That Taxes Will Be Swelled Hall
Million Encourages Chiefs to
Be Liberal in Their
Demands

Evidently encoura ged by the fact that
the city has more than half a million
dollars increase from taxes over last
year, the various departments Of the
city have not been at all backward in
asking the city council for large appro-
priations for the ensuing year.
Seventeen estimates were submitted
yesterday and there still are fifteen de-
partments to hear from.
The seventeen that have already made
their wants known will practically
bankrupt the cty treasury should the
council grant their demands without
scaling them down and the fifteen that
have failed to get their estimates in
would have to run on hot air and good
will.
But there will probably be some heart
burnings when the finance committee
gets busy on the estimates. Council
man Smith, chairman of the finance
committee, has announced that some
of those already in are much too high
and propose luXuries which the city
cannot afford.
Conservatory and Aviary
The park department wants more
than double what it expended last year.
1t has asked for $251 ,735 for this year.
LdSl ySdl IL cpCiil $ii-'ooo't to'
The estimate submitted yesterday
provides for a $50, 900 conservatory in
Eastlake park and $4,000 to stock it.
An aviary for Westlake park costing
$350O is also proposed. Superintendent
Morley declares that with a proper
aviary the city would be put to no ex-
pense for birds as birds are frequently
offered to the park department but they
are declined as there is no place to
keep them.
The distribution of the funds for the
parks is as follows:
Estimate Expended
this year. last year
s16,31O .................. 355
ELYSIAN PARK
$29,55O ................'... .SlS' II"
EASTLAKE PARK
$92,610 .......... ...........,...S Szo. .ooo
This includes $50. 900 for conservatory
wESTLAKE
S1t'fis This includes the $500 avyiary,v
HOLLENBECK
S1O,3OO .......'. ..'.'.'.''' '''''''''S o'oof
NURSERY
S 5000 ........... '''''''''''S o'loi
ECHO
5 $500 .......:: ,...............$ 4,12S
| SOUTH
S11,9oO .......... .''''''''''@ i''o'
GRlEtlIH
$24.575 .................... 1886
This estimate includes a road to be
built from Hollywood to the west
! boundary of the park, costing $40. 900
and new cottage for the foreman al
$2S00.
Library Wants Double
The library department has asked
| that its appropriation for this year be
doubled but Councilman Smith says
! the library is doomed TO disappoint-
ment. The income of the library is
fixed by the charter. That Instrument
| says the library must be given -four
mills on the dollar. The council has
the power of giving it as much more as
! il sees fit but the council doesn't Otter
see fit and in all probability the library
this year will have to be content with
it's charter appropriation. 1t has asked
the council for $124.620. Last year it ex-
pended $62,5
In the demands from the board oi
public works is the city engineers esti-
mate of $151 $40. OF this amount the
engineer expects to pay back to the
city $76, 900 from fees paid into his Office
All street work under the Vrooman act
is paid for bv the property owners but
the money must be advanced by the
city.
The board has asked for enough
money for the collection of garbage
sprinking and sweeping streets anc
repairs of streets.
Four Necessities
"There are four things that property
owners and residents of this city de-
mand and are entitled to-" said Chair
man Anderson of the board of public
works. "These are the proper care o
garbage, sprinkling streets to keep the
dust down and repairs to streets. The
board proposes to do these things prop
erly IL the city will furnish the money
for the purpose"
Following is a list of the demands o
departments for this year and whal
they expended last year There still
are fifteen departments to hear from anC
these demands must all be in by Mon
day afternoon when the council meets.
l906-O7. 19O5-'06
Engineers dept 15l,S40 91,93i
Library dent ..... 124,620 62.OOt