The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-10
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PRUNING CITY BUDGET


tanned in the budget presented by Com.
missioner Lynch, he said, are proper
tionately the same as this year, al.
though provision is made for a twelve.
month year whereas in April last. the
budget was made up for a nine-month
year" Since 1913, when s53,364.51
was allowed for street sweeping, more
than fifteen miles of paved streets have
been added, and Mr.. Lynch now asks
to have the street sweeping appropri.
alton for 1915 increased to $4,000.
There are 437 concrete posts ON the
Mulberry street bridge Of which SO
nave been replaced during the last four
or hve years. Engineers now say that
l4S of the posts are cracked and must
De replaced. So dangerous is the condi
tlon OF the guard railing along the
bridge that warning signs have been
placed on the viaduct. With an appro.
prlatlon of $1,000 all damaged posts
can be rebuilt, SO, Mr.. Lynch figures.
$4,000 Asphalt Plant
Provision is made through a PROMISED
$3.50 fund for paying Charles P. Wal.
|er Tor making repairs to the asphalt
streets during the first three months in
1919. After that time it is expected the
municipal asphalt repair plant will he
In operation and street repairs can he
done by the city out of a $1,000 fund
which Mr.. Lynch proposes creating
heretofore asphalt repairs were maid
Tor under contract at the rate of SIX.
600 year. ~
Ihe asphalt repair plant is to ba
constructed out of the $4,000 i'm
proVement loan approved by the voters
III 1915. A site has not yet been se
iected. 1t is figured by the Commits
sioners that the entire amount of tbe
loan Will be liquidated through the pur.
chase of site and the construction of
the plant.
Mr.. Bowman told his colleapues +bis
afternoon that his sugoestion to has s
the post of assistant PLUMBING insnect.
or created is made at the reouest %
the Journeymen plumbers. There will
be no changes in the estimates for tbe
City Building Inspectors Department
nor for tie fund out of which the coi'
lection Of garbage and ashes is paid
The City Electrician IS fund will be
materially decreased. For the present
able.
The estimate for street lighting has
been fixed at $59,000, proportionate
increase OF something like $4,000 over
this years budget ..,,, -.
For More Cluster Lights
Mr. Bowman proposes placing clus.
lipri,f II
streets between Front and Third. Fif
teen additional are lights are to be
placed in the outlying sections of the
city.
For the Department of Finance,
Commissioner Gorgas said he will not
be prepared to fix the amount of his
appropriation acquisitions until it is
definitely determined what part of the
1913 loan bonds are to be fioated for
Improvement work during 1915. Be.
sides his office expenses and the salar.
les of himself and his clerk, Commits.
sioner Gorgas' budget is made up prin-
cipally of funds for the paying of in.
terest on loans.
The proportionate increase in the in.
terest money, due to new bond fota.
tions, may approximate $4,000 or
sis, 900, although it is believed that It
will be Offset by decreases due to inter
est ceasing on several funds. There
is the possibility Of his budget total
being proportionately less than for this
year, Mr.. Gorgas said.
Estimates prepared for other depart
ments, as published in detail early in
the week, were as follows: Water De-
partment, by Commissioner Bowman,
1924, 4,177.4S; Public Affairs Depart
ment, by Mayor Royal, $91,636.14;
Parks and Town Property, by Commits
sioner Taylor, $74,224.75.