Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-08
COUNCIL To CONSIDER
BUDGET THURSDAY
Skeleton Measure Viii Likely Be
Presented at Next Weeks
Session

City Council will begin the prepara-
ton of the 1915 budget ordinance at
a special meeting Thursday afternoon
The departmental estimates will be
submitted and pruned as much as pos
sible and the figures will then be in
corporated in a skeleton measure to
be submitted on first reading at next
Tuesdays regular meeting.
Some idea of the expenditures of the
departments were given in Council
this afternoon, although the figures
are all subject to change. Commits
sioner NJ. Harvey Taylor. superintend-
ent of parks and public property, said
his estimate for the fire department
will be S40,196. Included in this will
he the $500 for a new firehouse for
the Royal Company. For parks $34,-
10S.75 will he asked, including $1,000
for the salary of the city forester and
500 for equipment. Only $632 for
maintenance is asked for the new
lights. Commissioner Taylor also in
cludes in his budget the necessary ap-
preparation for the stand lights along
the river wall.
Commissioners w. II. Lynch, streets
and public improvements. could not
say what his budget would probably
total, although II is believed that he
may ask for $4,000, practically
what would have been required for
the present year had twelve instead
of nine months expenditures been
provided for.
Commissioner w. l.. Gorgas, super
intendent of finance and accounts, has
not yet prepared his budget, but this
will run ahead of this year in view of
the fact that interest and sinking
funds for twelve instead of nine
months must be provided. The Water
Department appropriation for 1915,
according to Commissioner II. F. Bow
mans tentative figures, will total
$122.236.S3. For 1914 it was $13S.-
700.9S. The estimates for the health
and sanitation bureau will be about
S11,930.
Mayor Wants More Cops
Mayor Royals budget will total
s69,215. The Mayor among other
thinks asks for $500 additional salary
for Col. Joseph B. Hutchison, chief
of police, making his salary $1,SO0.
The Mayor says he doesn't consider
the establishment of a detective bu-
reau and captaincy necessary at this
time and doesn't recommend this. He
does ask for an increase in salary for
the detective who conducts the Bertil-
Ion bureau. Detective Joseph Ibach
is now in charge of the work and his
salary is 500 month; the Mayors
recommendation is that this salary be
raised to S100. He asks for one addi-
tional policeman, the traffic officer al
ready provided by Council, and five
more patrolmen if the city can afford
it. The Mayor also asks for $500 for
the installation of a city scales in the
market houses and $1,000 for an auto
mobile runabout for the sealer. About
$40 is also asked for the framing of
the pictures of seventeen Mayors who
served the city since 1860.
City Clerk Miller's department asks
$4.6S4.50; the sealer of weights and
measures. $500. and the printing de-
partment, $500. The law depart
ment wants SS,5S6.64, including dam
ages for the recent South Front street
park condemnation cases.
Council authorized the city solicitor
TO file bonds to cover prospective
damages incident to the taking over
of unacquired park land from Kelker
street northward, so the treatment of
the river embankment may be pro-
ceeded with.
The food inspection ordinance was
amended to revise the fixed rates for
different license fees.