The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-27
NJ A N Y DEMANDS
ON NE VI BUDGET
Special Accountant Crenshaw
Insisting on More Systematic
Bookkeeping.
STREETS AND PARKS TO LEAD
Departments Claim More Funds
Because Of Expenses in
South Richmond.

work VIII begin on formulating III,
city budget for 1911. The annual an.
preparation ordinance Will probably
carry a total OF from s2.6oo.ooo 4,
s2,soo,o0o For the FIRST time the VA
rious departments VIII Include soutt
II Richmond in their demands estimatinr
on the basis Of one more ward thar
last year Manchester was annexod
70 of April 10, after tho annual annrn.
j priation ordinance had been adopted
] and Its needs have been provided from
time to time since by special appro-
priation
The budget subcommittee from the
committee on Finance for this year
I viii be Chairman II r. Pollard. n.
Alderman Barton II. Grundy and coun-
Gilman w. Fred Richardson. Public
| hearings from department heads VIII
begin early In January. when each
official Will present tho needs of his
department. for the coming year. Spe-
clal Accountant George S. Crenshaw,
who serves as clerk 10 the Committee
on Finance, has already begun to map
out skeleton budget as basis from
which to work
SystcmDtizinE Accounts.
For several years Mr.. crenshaw has
methods OF accounting OF the Various
departments. in some introducing ell
tirely new methods Of bookkeeping.
One point In which he was only par
TALLY successful last year, but which
the committee proposes to Insist on
this year, is a separation of the pay
roll and expense items. In each de-
partment the number of officers and
employees and their compensation isl
fixed by city ordinance. and 1t is not
difficult therefore to figure out ex-
actly what will be needed for the pay
roll on the basis of positions already
created. and at the present salaries
AIR Crenshaw hopes 10 effect a scpara-
ton of the pay roll the current ex-
pense, and the permanent Improvement
accounts. along lines recently adopted
Cor railroad accounting
The budget will then show by a COM
parativcly simple estimate Just what
the city pays to It's permanent en-
ploycs for the year-something more
than si.ooo,oo0. by the way--what is |
expended in current expenses of opef |
alton from which there is no perma-
nent or enduring benefit, and WHAT
amount of the current revenues is used |
for permanent bcttermcnts and con-
struction of an enduring type.
Separate pay Rolls.
For each department there should
be at least three items-the pay roll.
current expenses. and permanent i'm
While attempted last
year the idea was not fully carried
out, as many Items appeared in the
budget Expenses and pay roll. leav-
ing the committee on that department
10 expend the fund fer either salaries
1r expenses. and making it difficult
. - tt,s'- q ~
asst years budget the items for Mar
shall Reservoir for pay roll. Improve
nents and cleaning out the reservoir
we're all Jumped, SO that the account
loes not show what was for salaries
and what went into betterment of the
property. The pay rolls are fixed and
,annot be altered save by city ordi
lance. Members of the Finance Com
nittee assert that sharp watch will
re kept in making the budget on ex-
ense items, as it is believed that that ]
large loophole for waste, Attention
ornament betterment, and as much
f the bduget as practicable will be ,
o designated. /
streets ana Parks.
Having provided by bond issue for /
ewers and water mains, which are
ow being installed, q large part of :
his years item for improvement will
o to street.-the grading and gravel !
lg of outlying thoroughfares, and the !
xpenses of some of the larger parks. /
revision will probably be made for
Improving the Shields Grove annex =
], William Byrd Park. and for some i
at Joseph Bryan Park.
n annex to Chimborazo School is as
ired. and the purchase OF the Van
ew property for school purposes is
eing considered
Provision will be made in the new !.
ldget for expenses OF operation and u
~ roll at the new city electric plant. o
1T the item of electric lights. here \.
fore about $4,000 per year. paid out y i
+ street lighting. will be omitted Il
increased by interest on electric q
ant bonds and on sewer bonds.
The item of 100000 fora new wharf N
Ill probably be enlarged sufficiently
cover the accepted bid for concrete "
about $4,000, and pro- ~
sion will be made for beginning ac- ~
'e work In the construction Of Lester !
rect, the made ground having now III
eli filled in by pumping from the III
yer.
Demands OF South Richmond.
Ward will secure in the
dget for street and other improve
ants an item equal to 30 pnr cent of
G actual receipts from that ward lin
om April Is to January l., less APP
oprlations already made under that
ad, in accordance with the annexa- n
IN agreement The Fire Depa rtment ~
is new engine for South Richmond. ~
is already erecting ii new engine
use there. The Grounds and Build M
IS Committee asks money to Improve
3 Courthouse Square as public G
rk; the Street Committee will have ST
: expenditure of the fund guar w
teed for streets and sewers in the FIR
teed for streets and sewers in South L q
chmond; the Water Committee is n;
King $4,000 for new mains In that / =
,tion. and a flume across James / =