The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-21
Board of Finance Agrees to Transfers and Other Privi- [ leges, and Fire Board
 Meets to Advertise.
CHARITIES EMBARRASSED
Department Will Need SiO,0OO for Completing Work of the Ncar-- Dates Set for Hearings
 on the Estimates.


 cher will be riding about tho city in his new automobile attending fires and carrying out his duties. At the meet Ing of the board of finance yesterday afternoon that body unanimously voted to make the transfers and grant tho privileges to the board of fire commis- sioners which will swell tho depart ment's account for repair of rolling stock to a figure such that the sum needed for car can bc secured from it The action was taken quickly with tho mayor presiding and in order to lose no time the board of fire commis- sioncrs held a special session at 6:l5 last evening and prepared tho call for bids for selling the department an auto. The car will probably be secur- ed in a couple of weeks.
 Tho dates for tho hearings on the cs- inmates for 1909 were adopted yesterday afternoon by the finance board at tho meeting. September i, 2, will be de- voted to hearing tho various depart nents on tho requirements of their de- aprtment and the next night, Septem- her 1. will be devoted to tho annual public hearing after which for the rest of the month the board will get out with the pruning knife and decide just what it will send up as allowed estl- mates to the board of aldermen.
 Superintendent Frohlch of the De- partment of Charities and Correction and Edward A. Rourke and Joel r.. Gilbert, tho three members of the board of charities all appeared and presented financial exhibit to the 1nanciers of the department showing that lt Is al- ready running behind in two accounts and that in the rest it will need extra appropriations before the year is over. Mir. Frohlich stated that In his csti- nation the department would have to have slG,oO0 more appropriated to It before the close of the year. This es- innate he made on the general avefage of tho money spent for tho first sev- on months of the year Tn tho out side poor" account whct is the one which is expected to run out complete ly this month the statement Of finan- ciaI condition presented yesterday showed that for the first seven months of the year there was expended S.- sb05.sl which Is an average of Sl,2l5.1l per month and as there Is but si9i la eft in the fund as balance more nfof,ey will be needed to pay the ex- pe.nses of this month.
 f-he statement showed the following co,hdition for the other accounts of the department:
 MonthIv
 Account. Average. Balance. Hospitals ...........$ 62O5S boo'Zi fepringside Home... S.l6496 ll,S4o A Insane ...........,. 257S45 lO.lso7. This statement showed that by next month there would be shortage In the hospital account and that the other accounts would be exhausted before the end of the "ear. The result as MT. Frohlich stated, is that there can he no transfers from the other funds or the department and the city or rather the board of finance on Its behalf must find the necessary s100o0 somewhere else
 To make things worse MT. Frchlich further stated that one of the three boilers at the Springside Home had been condemned by the boiler insurance insnector and a new one must be iu- stalled Another Is in such condition that it's life is only from one to fou' years and he recommended that botf he replaced now as 1t would mean thf savinp of considerable expense to the city to put both In at once. The one condemned must be replaced al once i'll order to furnish heat for the winter IT Is estimated that each will cost 2,' 0Oo0 MT Frohlich asked the board o finance to pay another visit to thf springside Home and see the situation there and 1t was decided to go out there on his invitation next Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Edward O'Rourke also emphasized the need o the two new boilers at once and stat cd that 1t would mean tho saving o s.oo or $500 to put them In together MT Frohlich stated that thero ar' more inmates at the home now thal ever before the average number helnt A1s which Is 39 in excess of any othel nerlod. The department also asked TO inc transfer of $575 to repairing con crete work at Springside Home. Al the propositions of the departmen were tabled for later consideration. The board voted to allow salary Q $500 for clerk for the aldernanlc spe cial committee on revision of the bulld ing lines which was asked for by tn hoard of aldermen,
 Alderman Muyey appeared betor the board to urge the requested trans for of $500 in the lighting departmen for the use of street signs. It wa granted He said that would allow tn placing of about 800 more signs an' would place tho city, which in this par tcular is at present In bad condition in quite a good condition again
 The board also instructed the clerk t' notify the board of health which ha' asked for q special hearing for its bod on the garbage matter that 1t had SC Thursday afternoon of next week at o'clock for hearing the board on tha matter, Tho board wanted other tim than that given on the estimates of tn department