The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-18
Accounts Solicited.
NEW YoRK,s BUDGET.
It Cost sl1z,O00,O00 to Run Together
 One Year.

It Cost SIl7,OO0,0O0 to Kun ToeetneS Chicago Record Herald.
 It will cost s11T,o0o,0o0 to run the City of New York this year. The ouds get recently adopted by the board of last year. It is conmendable and sig nificant that the largest itenl-except- ing the permanent appropriation TOT as city iass dest@is Ge for the free education of the children-ths sum of $24,7lo,441, which Is about s7 per capita of the population and nearly twice as much ishment of vice and crime. This Is an increase of a little more than $l.400,- 900 over the previous year. l do not 'RenE @orid. anS not 0s9 even Londoa. spends 50 much for education
 The following are the items in the educational budget
 Free public schools s2s,sgs,lss City College :... ..... sse,sls Normal schools zs0,9ee
 Total for education '. ..s2a71o,Aa7
 The next item In the expense bill Crime CT ses sa Ss vles '45 for the the Of offenders and for the maintenance--- and the Items are as follows
 RsIIss R.Issnslsei.. sasss and house of f'i'o''1os 
 correction ses,Ss1 Police courts. .. 4S4,050 Special sessions lss,400 Other courts S612OO
 New York Is very liberal in the sup port of the destitute and afflicted. The appropriations for charities are as fol- lows:
 Indoor and outdoor relief 8s04s.7Go Various charitable insti- .
 rra1 tqtlons hdon,ts;: ;:. -. :. S'ssaass'99ssSS s9sS
 The Other departmsnts of the sity are maintained at the following cost: Street cleaning ''.. :. e.SIdd'sSssSS Water supply .... ..-. .. = s,SSaa92'sssgg Department of of public health.. i,s4i,sss
 New York has very extensive law | department, The estimates for the current year for the office of the dls- sum of s635, ,0oo, an increase of Sl26,- | 900 from the previous year. It costs S1.12l.540 to hold an election in our metropolis. and s154,soo to look after RUeis The expeDses MeD @ of % the coroner's g ofice are larger than in London or any oth- CT city in the world. New York City offices for it's ofhciais in addition to the numerous public buildings and will
 eests sssso5 sssFs to hs support ths mayor and his clerks; the board of aldermen require $IsO,152 to pay their expenses. The department of finance spends $l,- 074,555 in collecting and disburstng sll7 100000, and it costs s15o.OOO to audit the accounts
 New York, as you know is made up | -e L. arate organization and Executive de- partment under the direction of a Pres l ident. The expenses of maintaining these local governments Is as follows; Manhattan tNew York prop The Pero sronx (Hariemjj' 41'siSSS'SSSdo 'sSSSSd Brooklyn -. '..' = ii.SSssSs'ddSSsS l Queens 1,ote,SOS N'fapDae Representative Morreii attacked the
 " for o shs h coRsrsss SF c9q other day. but If he will take the trouble to compare the dtsbuFsements of the executive departments here at Richmond borough, which is Staten Is- | land, or with Queens, which Is sec tion of Long Island back of Brooklyn. l he will change his mind.
 All appointments under the munich i pal government of the City of New York are under the merit system and II are mdde by civil service commls- sion which costs $125, 1000 a year. The permanent appropriations of ] Greater New York, covering the inter est and sinking fund of the public debt, | are enormous and are as follows I Interest of city debt and sink
 | ing fund .,.. ... ..Sie,4B9,O15 Redemption bonds matur-
 ing ..,., ...... .... .. 7,4So.992 l Ditto payable next year o., 5,226I99
 These items do not include public 1 improvements. Repairs come out of | the appropriation made for the differ 1 ent borouRhs