Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-18
SOME MEMBERS STILL
FAVOR RE,RENCHNENT
Experience Meeting" Follows Action
Upon Appropriations for Next Fis-
cal Year-Ordinanc Now Goes TO
AIdermen-Ford Would Have
Mounted Policemen.

BY a unanimous vote of the sixteen
members, the common council, sitting
ins adjourned session, last night adopt
ed the budget for the coming hscal
year and passed the tax levy ordi-
nance, imposing a levy OF 81 on every
500 for municipal purposes ana
twenty-five cents on every 800 Tor
the city public schools. The budget
did not get through until several or
the members had made attack after
attack CT it and until one or TWO OF
the councilmen had made strenuous
effort TO have the council proceed
with the consideration OF the report
o. the retrenchment committee, which
they still believed to he a part or
the budget
As adopted by the council the bud
get carries appropriations Tor all de-
partments and purposes to the amount
Of $I6f 332.2S. a reduction of S2,l00 in
the total of the appropriations con-
tanned in the original and supplement-
budgets as recommended by the H.
nance committee. The reduction was
brought about by the abol. shment OF
the items for appropriations for the
salaries of the superintendent or
street and superintendent of sewers,
the two salaries aggregating $4,000.
Sixty dollars was taken off the APP
preparation for the salary of the keep
er of the almshouse and overseer or
the poor and $500 was added to the
budget for the salary of the rodman,
who assists the city engineer.
President ID. S. Jones and Council
man Christie religiously voted against
all of the appropriations for the va
ricus departments when the budget
was being taken up by sections. They
favored some reductions in the de-
partments and some cuts in salaries,
bit no cuts were made in any OF the
salaries. However, some cuts may be
made in salaries asst is more than
likely that the council VIII amend the
ordinance fixing the salaries of the
city officers after the new council
comes into office.
President d. S Jones. who return
ed yesterday from trip through New
York and Pennsylvania, called the
meeting to order and all sixteen OF
the members were present and an
swered the roll call. This was the
first time in several months that there
had been a full attendance and sew
eral members commented upon this
Mr.. Fellows asked that the clerk
look up the records of the meeting IN
April when the council considered the
retrenchment reports and see whese
the council left of in the reduction OF
the budget, but several OF the mem
bers objected and Mr.. Fellows with
drew his request.
Wanted to Retrench.
Councilman Cheadle moved that the
council take Up the consideration OF
the budget at the appropriation of the
police department, where the council
left of when the retrenchment report
was considered. Mr.. Cox offered as
an amendment TO the motion that the
council strike out the salaries of the
super ntendents OF sewers and Of
streets and ado2; the budget as a
whole.
MFR. Ford wanted to leave out the
consideration OF salaries and merely
appropriate the money for the depart
ments. Mr. Cox agreed to this and
withdrew his amendment and Mr..
Ford offered an amendment in tine
with his suggestion
species OF Animal"
Mr.. Fellows said he could not see
any use in the council goin- over
what Il already has done. lie declared
that he knew that some OF the mem
BIS OF the council had. at the last
meeting. referred to him as a species
Of an.msi. bat he didn't care what
the members thogght % him as long
as he knows that he 3 right lie
wanted Co adopt a budget in conform
ify with the report Of the retrench'
mcnt committee as amended by the
common council
Councilman Ford explained that the
budget had not beea before the coun.
Gil and that the report Of the re-
trencbment committee has no bearing
on this ordnance a. Il Is on the table
In the board o. aldermen. Tie want.
cd 70 have a vote on his amendment
TO Mr.. Chrislie's motion.
DECLARING that he was not tryin7
20 hold Nd the budget as some people
had claimed, Mr.. Christie said that
he r. convinced that the council mas
acted on all Of the budget except