New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-01
C|TY'S BUDGET CALLS
FOR S1S9,210,95O.
Board of Estimate Finally
Adopts It-Mayor Says
It's Too Large.
BIG JUMP OVER THIS YEAR
Gaynor Hopes Board of Alder
men Will Reduce 1t-Long
Session Before Final Fig
ures Are Passed Upon.

The Board OF Estimate, at ll:46 iast
night. passed the budget for 1912, Just
fourteen minutes before tho expiration
of the time within which it must be
presented TO the Beard of Aldermen
under the law.
The budget as passed amounts Z"
s1s9.210,950 33, as compared with sl'5'-
967, ,S35 10 this year, an increase OF Slo'-
24S.11517. As there are mandatory IN
creases which are burdens on the city
for the first time, amounting to nearly
SIC, 900. O0O, however. the actual increase
amounts to s5.999, O63 "a.
/ As il is impossible at this time 10
figure the amount of the general fund'
which is deducted from the budget the
tax rate for next year can be only ap-
proximated shut it was estimated last
night that 1t would probably be in the
neighborhood Of 1S5 or 1S6, as COM
pared with 17S for this year
Mayor Gaynor made a formal state
ment in which he said: IL think the
budget should have been considerably
reduced by the committee. and shall
look to the Board OF Aldermen TO reduce
il. We are doing too much with our
money"
The signing Of the teachers equal pay
h; bv the Governor entirely upset the
calculations of the Board Of Estimate
committee on the budget. Just as they
thought their work was done they
learned that the new law would place on
the citv an additional burden for equal
pay Of S3.S5o,OoO. AS the board did not
want the budget to go above Sl9o,"H,-
O0c il was necessary to set out the knife
and cut ruthlessly.
The entire board met at 2:%0 o'clock
Yesterday afternoon and worked until I
o'clock. After the cuts had been decided
upon il was necessary for the force IN
III, Controllers office to rearranSe the
schedules entirely. They were not ready
IN. II we'll on toward midnight, an"
nr,parations were being made to turn
back the clock, if necessary.
when it came to making the cuts III
th, tentative budget. as already pub
lished. s.. T2l 600 was Topped off the AL
1ouance to meet the deficiency in taxes
leaving that item at Slo,VN,o", as last
var Tho Board of Education budget
uas on, $500 OOG. a total OF Sl33, 900 was
taken from the borough prendents' the
BOARD of Health was cnt down by Hi"4'-
ooo and So. 300 was taken out or the
ououance Of the Department OF Char-
tiles.
In all cuts were made in IA different
i,o,,,s as thev appeared I'm the tentative
i,,de,ot one Of the things that was not
,ut was the 5000, 600 TO pay the expenses
rr., committees Investigating the Board
,f rducation and the Department OF
charities and tho Standardization oi
GRADES and salaries. also 10 establish
,.,rn,anent budget bureau which shall
Investigate the use Of he money ]"
various departments. with view to saw
ing money and making the budget max
ing more scientific and exact.
alderman Bowling. majority leader OF
tine Roard of Aldermen, has already sald
that the board, which has to pass on Inc
budget now. would cut this item out
Thcy Mayor may veto any cuts iheF may
rake. but hc did not DO so last year
ghen similar items were cut out
The Mayor may have had this III NINA
hen hc said. in voting on the budget
last night THE Mayor should properly
say that as the Board OF Aldermen nave
to pass upon this budget and he has tins
veto or what they may do. he votes on
the budget now with the reservation that
he shall act with his best judgment when
the BOARD of Aldermen have acted"
The Mayor in his formal statements
stated that the increase in sums al
lowed 10 the departments whose heads
were appointed was less than $2,5OO'OOO.