New-York tribune., 1907-10-31


The Mayor last night made the following for
NAL statement:
1t is very gratifying TO me and TO my colleagues
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment TO
be able present budget for 1908 which is prac-
OF appropriation accounts This is an end 10 which
pesn t1 MoL hlnS LOT tott Ssais. anu j oIorl ~
ton in the House OF Representatives. and the ap-
lime in the making up Of our budget In this
& asEe aa dahg and s ae Of G & s
Controller the Bridge Commissioner. the secretary
lhe supervising siafstician and examiner of the
finance Department hope nexL year to even
along these lines until the entire budget is segre-
Ia the preparation of the budget for the year
lss i has been necessary TO take carefully INTO
The volume Of the mandatory and absolutely nee nee
7O0Og-that in my Judgment the city is not war
Tanted in going unnecessarily q dollar beyond it,
the budget for 1913 many deserved and desirable
Estimate and Apporronment by the department
heads For such reductions take entire respon-
nv coileagnes on the board eonsented to them @
This IS particularly true of the Department Of
some provision for an increase Of pay for tho
II is matter of great regret 10 me that have
fst COMPELLED to insist 1 upon the elimlnation from
BY President Winthrop and his colleagues Of the
The Police Commissioner requested an appropria-
non sufficient TO enable him TO increase his force
an increase Of six hundred men for eight months
Our experience in the past has been that It is eX
tremely difficult, if impossible. for the Civil
Service Commission TO furnish than six hun
this length Of time. During the nine months be-
ginning January /, 1907. and ending October l, 1857,
the Police Commissioner. with authority for prac-
tically the same increase as is now allowed him
for eight months, appointed six hundred new men
from the Civil Service list. other appointments.
which numbered approximately 80 being made
III vacancies caused by death. retirement and dis
Inissal- In view of the necessity for keeping all
departmental appropriations 70 the lowest point,
and the doubt Of II being possible TO obtain in
eight months more than six hundred up TO the
high standard set by the present Police Commits
eioner have deemed the increase allowed suffi-
cient for the coming year.
In 1907 the annual pay of the drivers in the
Str I Cleaning Department increased to sS01.
The result Of this increase has according 10 the
present Street Cleaning Commissioner in whose
judgment ] have the greatest confidence, more
than justified the expenditure. Commissioner Ben
sci has assured me and my colleagues in . Board
Of Estimate that increase Of SEQ q year IN the
salaries Of sWecpers. boardmen and scowmen viii
work vastly better results than the expenditure
ing force It is DR. Bensel's earnest recon-
rnendation that this increase is allowed by the
board.
IN the preparation of the budget for 1908
has been taken 10 make appropriations so that II
will be unnecessary issue special revenue bonds
during the year, except for emergencies which
ones in which the board has exercised its option
aggregating $4,000 OF a character which IT
seems to me all citizens will agree are desirable
The Mayor finds the mandatory increases to
be $40 .75S. .935 62. On this point he says;
The prlncipal items IN the budget. which, while
Tot mandatory absolutely necessary 10 the main
fcaance of the departments and 70 do away with
the issue of special revenue bonds during the
suing follows.