New-York tribune., 1910-11-01
AGREE ON 1871 BUDGET
Increase S10,951,064 Exceed
ing Estimate by S2,573,547.
MORE FOR TAX DEFICIENCY
Prendergast Says Burden Should
Be Liquidated as Promptly
as Possible.

The budget for lF1l Will be sl74.07g. 5SS 10. II
was finally passes or and si2p,'d bV the
members OF the Board Of kstrnate at GO
O'Clock last night. After a series OF con-
feTences. which lasted most of the DAY.
S2.573.54 30 was added TO the tentative bud
get. which was SI7l. .JO5. 7s7 s6 This will
make the budget f3r nrxt year Si9."',.t%i -
more than the huiget loT th'' wear.
Contrary TO what has happened in past
years. the tentative budget was changed TO
q considerable extent The principal addi-
zion 70 the tentative budget was an item
OF 100000 20 aid in paving up the dei1cien-
cies Of taxes Of past years. making a total
for this purpose in next years budget of
100000
The amount Of such deficiency up to De
cember 81, 1852. including the large dehcien-
cy IL franchise taxes and exclusive of those
deficiencies tnow amounting TO $So.oo.oaO
to be funded under special legislation
passed in 1906. is Sl4.277.S72 90.
Thus il viii he seen that the Board or
Estimate has decided TO take the bull b.
the horns and wipe out this tax deficiency,
which is 4 legacy or past aGmmlstratIo.s.
with as little delay as possible. The r.
naming 81 -S1.372 05 can he wiped out in the
budget Tor 1872 without much trouble.
When il is considered that only S4.eocob
was appropriated to pay tax denclencIes
in this years budget. about SS.@ev0 in
1862 and the same amount in 1891 with
smaller amounts in 1857 and 1906 il viii pe
understood what step in advance the
present Board Of Estimate is taking,
Eardless of the cry that may be raised over
The increase in t}e budget. On this point
Controller Prendergast. who introduced the
resolution to appropriate coo for tnis
purpose next year. said last night:
The present Board of Estimate considers
& better business TO face the situation anc
include in tn. budget for 1871 a considerable
portion OF these dericiencies-namely, So
Urtpe,-in order that this burden, which has
been increasing year by year, always bear
ing interest. and which will have 10 he paid
some time. should be liquidated as prompt
~ possible.
Aside from the 100000 for tax deficiency
the principal increases over the tentative
budget are $3.50 900 for the Department of
Charities: sll6.57 for the general fund of
the Board OF Education. So, $50 for twelve
additional captains in the Police Depart
n1ent. sN.a45. mostly for highway repair
work for the President of Queens Borough;
an increase in the allowance for library
purposes. permitting among other things
the establishment of three new branches in
Queens: $4,000 for the educational inquiry,
s25 .Or0 for the health and charities inquiry
and SIS, ,0oo for a salaries inquiry.
The salaries inquiry was decided upon at
the meeting yesterday on resolution or
President McAneny. 1t provides $4,000 for
exDenses of a committee Of the board to in
vestigate the questions Of salaries and
work out system of equalization and pro-
motion in regular grades 1t also provides
for the esta blishment OF efficiency tests, and
the committee is empowered TO look into
the feasibility of providing a means for the
retirement Of superannuated employees on
the basis of length of service.
There also was added TO the tentative
budget $4,000 to pay for a budget exhibit
next year. $1,000 for the Department of
Street Cleaning, $4,000 for the College Of
the city of New York so that night classes
may be maintained. and 81, 800 for the office
of the Mayor. largely for the Mayors Bu-
reau of Weights and Measures
II was announced that the request Of the
teachers in the lowest grade Of the ele
rnentary schools for an increase in salary
could not be granted on account of the linn
itations of the Davis law. They now get
$500 for the first year $3.50 for the second
and S7e7 for the third year The desired in
crease WAS to S720 for the first year and
later years in proportion
President Mitchell offered resolution,
which was passed. pledging the board TO
increase these salaries To $40 next year,
provided that they should remain al this
fzure for the first three years, as soon as
u. Davis hll can be amended. The board
pledged itself 10 introduce administra-
ton measure in the Legislature providing
for such amendment.
Alderman White protested because the
hoard had not provided for increasing the
Yves Il day laborers TO s. a day, but he
v.s told that the city could not undertake
e 60 il At this time He declared that he
VS. willing 10 Jet the board take the re-
sponsbIity for its failure TO do so, if they
wished 10 take that attitude.