The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-03
NEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL AND COURIER TUESDAY DECEMBER 9O
ESTIMATES GIVEN
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 Continued from First Page.) increase of little less than $1S,O9O in the pay roll. The item of new appar- atus and repairs to old is kept way down this year, there being only $1bC0 in it as against Sas5O last year There Is also appropriation Tor one more fire alarm box this year than last, there being money enough put in this year for five.
 In the public works department there is an addition of $104 for the stenogra- 1 pher and typewriter The city eng. Ger will get an increase. of $25O, the as- sistant of 3SGO and the next two assist ants of s10o each, while for six transit and levelIeh there is appropriated this year $1,113 as an addition over the pay of five last year,
 In the department of public health the raise asked for the health officer is not granted the salary of that of fcial being left at s2,0O0 C.erk Bailey. Is given SlO0 raise. The milk and food inspectors for whom increases of S200 each were asked failed to get but $50 and that for the first inspector. For baeteriological work there is granted an increase of $30o next year, having s1, 200 as against $9OO for the current year. The item of 5000 asked for nurse for the public schools has been failoN'ed by the board of finance, 1 In Registrar Carr's office there Is ! just one increase in expense and that is the allowance of ,sS4O for an index c--ci:
 The department of education gets over $57,0OO more than last year and this is only about tnree-fourths of I whit was asked. There is included in the estimates the sum of sS5, GOO for | few school and site in the Welch dis ] trict. No other site is included in the special expense account.
 1 The Parks department gets $4,OOO less than last year The public library gets $500 more. At sprlngside Home the matron is granted the increase of $209 which was asked for her.
 1 Several increases are granted in sal- aries in the town clerks office but they are all small ones. Assistant Town Clerk Cox for whom raise of $4O0 was asked gets $100. The salary of Miss Hugo as announced will be increased $64 An additional clerk Is also provid ed for at the compensation of $S40.
 Under the Item of controllers clerk hire there is a raise of $o62. The city clerks stenographer Is to get an in crease of $52. The contingent fund ldrops $4,ooO ths year
 For the building inspectors office there Is allowed an increase of $1, ,6Oo. The salary of the sealer of weights and measures Is changed this year from $7oo to $1500.
 The clerk of the permanent paving commission gts an increase from $200 to $500. For the expenses Of the civil Iservice commission, which, through a. lvote of four of the five members, asked for an increase in the salary of tn clerk of from $500 to s1,ooo, there added $2O which can be used to in crease his salary to $700 year. The estimates were submitted to the | p0dTu Ul{ tLIQCTIllDll 1iSl AlSBl Witl LllC following brief summation of the tax rate for next year, which is set at 14sl mills and the estimated income of the year:
 ITO the Honorable Board of Aldermen
 of the City of New Haven;
 "The Board of Finance has the honor to submit herewith It's estimates of the moneys necessary to be appropriat ed for the expenses of the City, and of the rate of taxation to meet the same for the year 1sOS in accordance with Section A of the charter.
 %At the present time the assessors report the grand list of property in Wards 1-l5, inclusive, as S1l5 65S9700,
 "Pursuent to Section no of the char ter, the board has levied for school purposes tax of 5A mills upon all the property within the city school dis trict. It has laid tax exclusive of said school tax of 9h mills upon the polls and ratacle estates within the limits" of wards liz, inclusive, (Sec- ton 4A, md tax of 2s4 mills upon the polls and rata5le estates within the limits of Wards 13-15, inclusive (Sec- cion 2tT). The total tax laid upon the property bearing the full city tax is 14% mills.
 oIn addition to the ordinary current expenses of the several departments the tax levied provides for the pay ment of $100,O0O00 to the sinking fund which must be regarded as the mini mum amount to be annually set aside for several years in order to retire tho outstanding bonds as they fall due; alsC of S65001.00 for a 12 room school build ing and site in the Weleh district ant 3S,00o35 for New Haven county tax.
 "All of which is respectfully submit ted"