Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23

c,osa economy, the American"
+ "A ,n;nistration hopes to show a balance
q $3.50 on the right side OF the ieaser
when its second regime expires oust
anougl1 to8declarn the city solvent VII
der the state statute. In its extraVs1-
.n.rt management of city affairs this
YEAR the administration has FOUND a
hole where 1t will dump $1,336, 374.42 OF
t,,e estimated total revenue Of Sl,S43,-
7e1. This leaves balance OF Sl'4lo.se,5
hit does not include P. j. Nloranl's l p1ila
~ s,o.45s.67 for repairing the outlet.
saver pine and SO, no for assisting the
street. and water departments one day
q, controlling the flood waters OF eles
,aaar because the bills have not been
annroyed. with these a amounts W
ducted the city faces q deficit OIL PIP
1890. eeai.s
,rb;s desperate situation Of * aiTa \ S
~ Uncovered yesterday afternoon o.,
VA; ps INA CITY board Of estimates a any
snnnrtionrnent held a eting 70 my ~
mn the exact fnanc tioils 81 ny
city II the estimate q revenues 90 ii ~.
come UP to the amount nsu l..s', eaea .
a 49,
ali, larger deficit. MAYOR Branls s 9,
fa,t the situation grayely and lnu-.
mated that he did not Intend 10 ill =
for mayor again. 49,,
~ don't intend to leave any depts
hohind me for the next fellow TO WorrS
about when he occupies my cila'I y. ~
saia ..,There is only one thing TO 90,
Slash right and left into the depart
4 mantal expense and cut it8dow1i IN the
next. six, months until there Is a bal
ance. s5..
BOARD GOES TO WORK.
with these instructions insn1ind the
hoard went to work and before tn q;
work is finished the blue pencils..M s.,i
,,a1,a 10 he used freely. In the begin
Ming of the year the board allowed
S.iSo $751; appropriations for the bud.
get. When the expenses Of the nrsS
siy months were figured out, the
amount was found to be $603,5Sl.74 with
several thousand dollars in DIS OUT
standing. The departments we're tnen
taken up and IA out OF the q asked lot
~ aaiitinnal sum which amounts to
s3a.T95.S1, This entire amount was az
lowed except the street department
1enuest OF s1S,3O3,50 which will prob
ahiy ha cut down The street depart
neilt was allowed S112,330 in the bud
get, but the high water caused a heaNy
additional expense. In order TO CUT
this additional appropriation down, the
street sprinklers will have to be taken
off and the streets allowed to become
a. foot deep with dust. In this amount
Raseigh. street supervisor, asks for
$1,000 additional to buy gravel for the
city. Most of the $2,6l5 that has al
ready been spent for gravel we pur-
chased from Raleigh &. Hartman, the
superintendent OF streets being the
senior member OF the contracting firm,
The department has spent S64, 1896 OF
the allotment.
The police department asked for ad-
& ditional sum of $40, 32o.96, which was
The budget provided ISL. 900
hut the department has already pait
out $50, I45 Of this amount.
The land and water commissioner
E asked for 81, iSS.17 additional to the sun
allowed in the budget which amounted
to $4,000. This additional expense was
caused by high water and law suits
The amount was allowed.
The city food and dairy commissioner
was allowed $1.70O additional to run hi!
department until the end of the year
This amount is to pay the chief In
spector under the new slaughter hous'
ordinance which goes into effect OF
+, Aug. 1. The remainder is to pay fol
an extra deputy.
EVERYBODY WANTS SOMETHING
The city trca surer asked for s1.37o.3
for additional salaries in his office.
was granted
The fire department put in a bill o
$214416 for telephone and fire alarm