The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-17
CUT TAX BUDGET
sI37,l64l6; MORE
PRUNING TO GONE
Council Finance Committee
Slashes Department
Estimates.
CONTINGENT FUND MAY
SUPPLY 100000 BALM
Last Hack at Appropriations
Will Be Made
July Z. :.
7entatfpe figures
of City Budget

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Tho probe into the budgets
presented by the arious city
departments was started by the
Common Council finance COMMITTEES
last night which met to begin the
work Of framing a tax ordinance that
wiA can for a rate OF not moro than g
Per $10o Of ratables. Alderman Jerome
n Ccnsietou, chairman of the COM
n13ttea, adopted '-show-me" attitude
at the beginning that lasted until it
waa decided to suspend further opera
tsons until July 4.
he wanted to know, for instance,
waay Il was that it costs $142 a year to
shoe q horse IN the flre department and
>z32 per year to shoe one in the police
department. Also why oats cost so
mach moro for the police department
than 10r the nre department.
IN III the amounts asked for were
cut sz.164.1e, and 1t took nearly three
hours 70 do It The Board of Works
budB0t was not touched. and remains
~ . menace to q 81 rate.
City Comptroller, J. Henry Bachelor
announced that the contingent fund
could be drawn upon by supplement-
ary resolution to supply $700, 200. so that
the budget could be cut that much
more In addition to what was other
wise decided on through the work Of
the pruning knife. City Auditor George
Forman said he thought the contingent
amount would be from 100000 to $780,
mn Joue xbex- Mp oStisoof al
The officials want to cut the budget
$780, If they succeed this will mean
that a total of about 81, ,100, 900 (provid-
ing 100000 comes from the contin-
gent flnd) will be deducted from the
total appropriations now asked for.
$E173,o 600. The officials had a hard task
with the figures and Alderman Baum
rendered good service with his pencil.
Common Council Fares Best.
The items known as the Common
Council accounts Jared better than any.
But one Of them, that of the public
buildings committee. suffered at the
hands of the committee. Alderman
Seeker, chairman Of the committee, in.
sisted that the SIT. .10S asked for was all
necessary, but when the members were
through $2,109 had been deducted from
It Alderman Michael ], MCGOWAN, in
connection with this budget, stated
that there were extensive repairs to be
made to the plumbing of the City Hall,
the steel pipes, he said, being in very
bad shape. Alderman Congleton de-
clared that he did not propose to stand
for the constant paying out of money
on repairs Tor a building that had been
in commission less than three years.
If anything were radically wrong it
would be better to have an expert go
over the work and see what could be
done. instead of having constant ex-
psnse-
The fire department was the chief
sufferer. At one blow the committee
cut out the 1000 item for placing the
wires of the fire-alarm telegraph sys-
tenn underground. The fire-boat de-
mnnded was also stricken out. When
tho budget was finally disposed of 1t
footed $605,000, an increase of $4,000
over last year.
why 100000 Increases
u connection with the discussion of
the Police Department budget Chair
man congleton told the committee that
there was one policeman for every b3S
citizens OF NeWdIk 1ne suDJSCt cddHiS
mn whom 1t. became apparent that the
100000 increase over last year was due
largely to the increased payroll.
The City Home. in addition to the
amount allowed for maintenance, was
given enough to build dormitory and
classroom cottage and new COW
barn
when 1t came time to take up the
budget of the Fairgrounds Commission
CYtv Auditor George Forman and AL
dernan Congleton stated as their belief
that the salaries and maintenance
charged to the Newton Street Play
ground had been Implicated. owing to
the fact that three classes Of work are
eoing on there The chairman was au-
thorized to bring the matter to the at
tention of the commission.
with the exception Of the public
buildings committee none Of the Com
mon Council accounts were hit Ninety
thousand dollars was allowed for the
collection Of taxes; $4,000 for poor and
aims work. s2s.5oc for hospital bed en-
dowments, $4,000 for arrears in per-
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