The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-28
PARTY MAKING
GREAT RECORD
Americans Are Proud of Show
ing Made During the Past
Six Months.
DEPARTMENTS KEEPING
WITHIN APPROPRIATIONS
Committee Is Now Considering
the Budget for the Com
ing Year.

Economy. coupled with public improve
ncnts such as any city might be proud
of. is the record of every department
of the city government under the Amerl-
can party for the first six months of the
present year ended June 30 The true
condition OF the various departments
came to light Wednesday when the COM
miitee on estimates and apportionments
met 10 consider the budget for the COM
ing ycur. This committee. which Is com :
posed OF the finance committee OF the
city council, the mayor president OIL INC .nc
council auditor and city recorder mas
been Keeping Il close tab on the nnanccS
OF the CITY, rs well as every department:
so that the members We're not surprised
when department after department re-
ported that il had sufficient money 10
carry IL through for the present year
and would need no additional appropr,-
ations,
The engineers department. reported
that unless something unforeseen occurred
II would have balance OF at least SlOOo
10 return TO the city treasurer at lhe
end OF tho year. Others who reported
that they needed no additional appropfl-
ariuns for the year were the city attor
ney, the food and dairy commissioner
The mayor the street and Irrigation de-
pnrtment. the janltor. the engineer OF The
building. the humane department. the
poundkccpcr, and the city veterinarian
The other departments asked for appro-
priations OF small amounts with which To
cover the present years business
Committee in Session.
The committee WAS in session all OF
Wednesday afternoon and until nearly
midnight Wednesday night, and will be
i'm session this afternoon and tonight,
by which time ii expects TO close UP the
matter OF the additional appropriations
FOR this year. as well making up the
budget for the coming year. The re-
mort and requests of every department
Is being gone over carefully by the COM
mittcc, No department Will be cut
where the money means Greater SAT-
Lake City. but no department Will be al
lowed one cent oyer what tho committee
thinks II needs. Every legitimate request
will he granted. but there Will be no APP
preparation OF money unless the commit
tee can see that IL is needed. Said a
member OF the council and member OF
the committee last night: ''1 think that
the American party has reason 10 be
proud Of the reports which have come
10 the committee today II shows that
there has been no money wasted and
that practically every department has
lived within the apportlonment made last
January, which Is credit TO the depart
mgntS.
Safe and Conservative.
"In the cases Of those who have had
u ask for additional money ! think that
] am safe In saying that IT is no fault
OF these departments, but Is simply
case OF conditions arising that they did
not foresee I do not believe that a dol
lar has been spent by any department
That was not necessary and the improve
ments made show that no money has
been wasted. The reports of the various
departments today IS one that any city
in the world might be proud of. To my
mind il shows that the city government
is in safe and conservative hands,
When the budget for the coming year
is made up. the matter of fixing the tax
rate Will be decided on. 1t is practically
certain that the rate will be no higher
than thnt OF last year. The committee
expects To complete its work so that the
report can go before the meeting of the
council this Thursday evening.