The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-06
Draft of Appropriations Pre-
pared Last Night, Then
Council Finds 1t Would
Have to Raise Taxes.
TWILL BE PARED AT
MEETING ON FRIDAY
.Probable Increase in Fire
mems Wages, Auto Truck
and Flushing Machine Will
Be Thrown Overheard.

Although the city council, board of
works and heads OF the various city
departments, in session last evening,
as a committee of the whole, formed
an estimate on the budget for next
year, the taxes will not be increased.
Councilmen declared that the present
rate of $1.1O was high enough and that
there would be great deal of SHAY
ing" In the estimates for the various
departments. Consequently, a meeting
will be held on Friday evening and
ithe appropriations pared down SO they
will not exceed those of this year.
The total amount estimated last eve-
ming for next years expenses was
i$2O4,53O, which is s29,745 more than
this year. This means that council
would be obliged to raise the taxes or
to eliminate number of appropria-
tions.
City Light Plant.
The appropriation for the City Light
Plant will be paid out of the earnings
of the plant and although council must
appropriate for the operation of the
plant, the city does not have to con-
tribute to the appropriation. The
light plant appropriation amounted to
l$56,192.2O. about $500 less than last
year. which amount is expected to be
saved by the new stokers, recently In
stalled. srSs|
It 10 highly probable that o number
Of street improvements, the street
flushing machine, the firemen's in
crease in salary and the auto truck
for the fire department as well as the
two per cent increase for the sinking
fund, all of which were provided for
last evening, will be cut out of the
budget. The street improvements In
clude those which have been petition
ed for already.
The appropriation for the street de-
partment will be much larger than last
year. In a communication to council,
d. G. Gem, street commissioner, stat
cd that the cost of handling the trash
and garbage was increasing and that
the city had but one dump, which also
increased the cost of this work. Coun-
cilmen declared that there should be
. dump on each side of the city. Com
missioner Gem asks for $500 more
than this year for this work.
Z. Councilman Engelbert has long urg
ed council to increase the firemen's
salaries. but as council must cut the
appropriations, the increase probably
will not be given, at least not at this
Kline.
Mayor Was Reluctant.
Mayor Zimmerman was reluctant in
giving his approval for the incorpora-
tion of an appropriation of $4,000 for
the purchase of an automobile truck
for the fire department He said that
m auto truck will cost more than
horses and wagon and after the
first two years the machine would
need repairs almost constantly. The
hose wagon ut No. 3 Is almost useless.
AS arranged last evening the appro-
priations were: Department of fl
nance. $12.525;- department of law. ST.
400; board of works, $500; public
buildings and grounds, $2,S20; parks,
$3.50; streets, alleys and sewers. $44,-
500; city's part on the construction
of streets. alleys and sewers. $35,40O;
city engineers department, $4,000;
markets, $1,000; fire department, $49,-
$50; crematory. $4,000; department of
health and charities. $4,000: police de-
partment. $4,000; department of
bridges. $4,000; city court, 500; and
sinking fund increase, all of which
makes total of $204,530.
Band concerts will be given at Glen
park next year, as council sanctioned
the appropriation OF $50 for this pur-
pose. and the lake at the park will be
dredged. $500 being appropriated to be
used in this manner. Other improve
ments are contemplated at the park.
such as repairing the two barns, the
florists house, and a new green
house.
A Detention hospital.
At the suggestion Of DR.. T. Henry
Davis. head of the city health depart
ment. council decided to appropriate
$4,000 for the purchase of land for
detention hospital. He said that the
present site contains a valuable gravel
vein and that the two acres OF ground
on which the hospital is situated is
worth from $4,000 to $4,000. He said
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