South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-31
EXPENSE Of CITY
IS CUT $4,000
DURING YEAR A
City Controller Manning'S An
nuaI Report Shows Actual
Amount Spent by Various
Departments is S345, 958.48

City Controller Manning south Beuu,
in its various municipal departments,
spent S345.958.4S in 1914. which is
some $4,000 less than was required
10 run the city through the 2 months
preceding. The exact figure for 1913
IS 1882 .297.23
In practically every department
and niche Of the citys many branch
es a saving has been shown in the
annual reports of expenditures ana
receipts for each which are now be-
ing filed with the mayor and with the
city council From nearly every one
a balance has been turned back into
the general fund from the appropria-
tions granted them when the new city
council prepared the city's budget OF
concentrations for the past year.
The city's largest item of expense
was the fire department, which is
largely a fixed expense and subject
To little variation. The payroll and
miscellaneous funds required by this
department in 1914 was S73-O1S.SZ,
while the corresponding figures FOR
last year were S74.O27.62.
The total amount Of outstanding
general purpose and water works
bonds is S520,5O0. from which debt
should be deducted the amount in the
sinking fund which at the end of the
year will be about S27.500. This viii
leave the citv's bonded debt at the be-
ginning of the new year at about
$4,000 Even this figure is more
than 100000 below the ciy's bond
ing limit.
Streets and Alleys Improvements.
The board of public works and its
several departments spent $33,0S3.16
for improvements upOn streets and
alleys alone The boards original
iii rrrgfZ
$4,000. leaving a balance from this
one branch of the works department.
of S191G24. which was turned back
into the general fund of the city
Added to this was $2.250. a special
appropriation which was not used.
The salaries for the street commits
sioner, his deputy and two foremen
amounted 10 $3.9S6.25, while for
labor the board was compelled to pay
S19.90S.17.
The garbage department showed a
saving of S1231.46. compared with
S742.56 for the year preceding. The
appropriations for this year and last
were each $4,000. In 1914 $S,16S.54
was spent while I'm 1913 S9,257.44 was
paid out of the original appropria-
ticn.
Department Reports.
Reports from the . departments
OF the board Of public works present
the following statistics To Pres't +. NJ.
Morris:
Expenses in engineering depart
meat: In 1913. $16,671.51; in 1914.
S14.499.71 Street and alley depart
ment: In 1913. $34,573.35; in 1914.
92.0S3.76. Garbage department: In
1913. $9.257.44; in 1917. $S.76S-54.
Miscellaneous expense department:
In 1913. S3.13242; in 1914. $3,626.17.
City hall department; in 1913.
S4.756.69: in 1914, $3,S20. Printing
department: In 1918, S3.52I.65; in
1914, $2.62615. Street lighting de
partment In 1913. $4,000; i'm 1914.
$50 600 Cemetery department: In
1913. S1,961: in 1914. 1915. Street
repair department. In 1913. $4.196.-
%: I'm 1914. $5,3S9.50. For street in
tersections: In 1913, -$6,6l2.t1; n
in 1914. $19.964.
In paying for street intersections
the present board of works was com
pelled to pay S13.599.20. a debt
which was left over from the work
of the old board. In all. the street
improvement-includ sewers. side
walks. pavements, curbs and other
improvements-agg S3SO,3OI.-
81 as compared with S31I,025.I6 for
1918 More than 10 miles of sewers
were installed In the city through the
past and more than three miles of
paVements were laid.
Saving i'm Labor Expense.
Partially completed reports from
the water works department show
that that office saved both in Office
and labor-hiring expense. Totals for
both of these items show that ST.
461.06 was saved the city by various
new suggestions made by the heads
,.f the department. In presenting his
report Supt. Toyue emphasized the
fact that saving for the year on cart
age and fuel when added TO the saw
ing to the office and labor expense
account showed a complete balance
OF SS.53S.1S.
Ia the actual office work there was
a saving of more than SEQ "a month.
The figures for 1913 show that office
salary expense for 1913 was $4I6
month. while for the year past that
6gure was reduced TO $3.50. In place
OF seven assistants i'm the office there
were only three throush 1914.
Cast iron piping used for plumbing
in the city was bought at S22.35 ton.
while last year the department was
compelled To pay S2t.S5 ton More
than 500 tons OF the piping was used
by the department through the year
Another item in which the water
department saved neat figure was
ia the purchase of water meters The
department of 1913 paid 81 each for
procured standard meters at $3.50
each The department installed and
purchased 936 new water meters in
1914.
Prest Morris stated that the works
board i'm it's report was compelled to
account for S15o which was expended
by the city school board. lie said
that that amount was turned over 10
the board of works for the construc-
tfou 1f "a munfcina1 nlayurounGs hrlt
that the board placed the moaey at
the disposal of the school board di-
rectly the board Of works thereby re-
ceiving no direct benefit from the APP
preparation
Bridge RcplankcG.
Street Commissioner ID. g. Layton
stated in his regular report TO the
works board that bridges OF the city
were replanked. repaired and re-
painted Many ~ the bridges were
rcmoGeled. thc work on the Colfax
av bridge being the cause of the
largest item ~ expense.
Layton also suggested that the city