The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-25
The CITY BUDGET EXHIBIT
4 NOVEL DEPIRTU ~ W.
NICIPlL FIS4NCE.
Inteatiei 10 Elicit Opinions From Tax
payers, u Win Force Department
Head TO COn,Ip.te for Appropriations
WIN Last n Month and Cost s7S.OOO.

VIII Last n Month and cost s7S.OOO.
GA MONDAY. O~toher :. or any dly Tor
four weeks thereafter. Won are Invi'e,i ~
a .Siisnt 1t New York 70 visit th. budget
exhibit Of the city ~ New Work at 1a0
Broadway. u you are taxpayer you
can see Jus, where the mouov goes. II
you only live here You should And the
exhibit exactly o., instructive. Tor rents
depend very greatly ON taxes.
The budget exhibit will no.. how"ver.
depend upon the rather labyTinthine .slk
n, ~ vunr poCk"'hook into the Ci'y's
Golfers cor Its interest and drawing power.
II Will gather crowds of citizens of all
sorts and keep Them while heca,lS. It i
to hA "A pictOriRl representation or the
spending 81 sI6J. go ."Oo = YEA
This ~ tho first bttdr cNhibIU given
hy the Cty IT, the citizens The Blrrau
- Municipal Research. which - ~ efficient
sort of recorder " municipal t"udences
here and elsewhere gave \ budget eN-
hibit last year Iratter oi private
enterprise u was enough IT a success
To- induce the BOARD Of Estimate aud
AppOrtionmsnt IA secure S25U0 Of taS
money with which to give public exhibit
this year That - not a great amount II
money to ,xpend upon an enterprise
which will ~ an exposition and thei efore
eduCative and will also satisfy the direct
desire 70 know where the money COOS
The Board Of Estimate, il may be- re-
msmbered. passed a resolution recently
that tentative budget should be pre-
pared for 1911 within the total for 1910
which was Just about tI6S .OOOOOO II
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division and every single department
could have next year what It was given
this year and no more. All the city de-
partmeu,s are encouraged - compete
with each other for funds through tha
budget exhibit and otherwise lust as II
there were millions more TO be- had. The
limit 10 only for the total budget
Here's the ldea. The Department Of
Correction IL asking for SIT less in 1911
than " got ~ 1910. so far II ~ the only
modest asker among the dopa rtments
Bul this s777 can be awarded 20 some o'her
branch of the city government. The
Water Department. the Department Of
Education and the health folks all want
II and largely need IL, Who needs II
most Who can rs" II 20 best purpose
That = ore Of the questions that the
budget exhibit ought to settle
small example this. Here IL a larger
one Recent exposures ~ waste IN print
ing the City's newspaper nave caused the
BOARD 81 city Record to claim "a saving
Il San on for next year That sSOp COZ
can be distributed among other depart
rrants short of funds Who gets II and
N what proportions will depend largely
on the showing Of concrete reasons made
at the budget exhibit.
az course the Board 81 Estimate hasn't
bound Itself 10 spend last years amount
| on the city government and no more
! Il NAV decide after October H. when
Comptroller Prendergast present, this
tentative budget. that the city must sOcnd
H75 90. COO ia 1911 Everybody will want
that extra ST. OOO 90 or so spent a. wisely
| as NAV he The budget exhibit will tnen
/ have been opan for two weeks The
! Board ~ Estimat" will un douhtsdly award
/ any extra moneys 70 the Departments
\ making the most conclusive showing
At ~ And every taxpayer will have a
chance by attending the budget exhibit
| to form HE own conclusions A. 10 now
wisely the Board Of Estimate haS acted
| And Il the citizen or taxpayer doe-n :
get TO the exhibit it'll be largely his own
! fault Both sides Of she Park row extern
SION OF the Brooklyn Bridge bear huge
| placards rroChImIng the exhibit and in
| Viting everybody to attend ~ These
ada across Park row are priceless Any
one familiar with advertising can n'oy
himself figuring out how much a manu-
] featuring concern. say. would give for
the privilege Of placing its al there
The aNhiprt is IN IN" old Tent Weller
Building a. 33O Broadway and the
| signs on the front Of u read