Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-28
Of YEAR MAY
EFFECT CITY TAX RATE
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to July /. when the taxes are due. At
present the time is from April l to
July 1.
One of the changes suggested for
the fire department is the raising of
the salaries of all the drivers of city
fire apparatus to $50 per month. This
will mean in the Ifeighborhood of
$4,000.
In addition to consideration of the
budget this afternoon the City Com
missioners also took up the new Ii
cense tax ordinance. The delegation
of business of the Chamber of
Commerce, headed by President
George B. Tripp, asked for a hearing
V. Grant Forrer, park superintend-
ent left the city's service to-day. Mr..
Forrer and Park Commissioner Taylor
parted on the most cordial terms. The
eX-park superintendent will remain in
this city attending to other business
affairs, and in the meantime will con-
slider Warren III. Manning's offer to
enter the park experts service.
With the exception of the depart
ment of public safety all the depart
mental financial estimates for 1914
were submitted yesterday at the con-
ference of the commissioners. The
amounts were merely tentative and
future sessions will be necessary to
nnally thresh the measure into shape.
Sealer of weights and measures, po-
lice, including Mayors salary, $47,-
III; city clerk, S3,4S7; printing s5,-
500; department of accounts and
finance, s3,165; city treasurer, $S,-
1880; department of streets and pub
lie improvements, including superin-
dents salary, $90,591.25; parks and
public property, parks, $4,000; fire,
s32,4SS.75.
The larger increase according to
tentative figures was submitted by
Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor. For
department of parks last year, $34,-
666.73 was allowed; Taylor wants
$4,000 for the nine months of 1914
An additional $1,000 is desired for a
new reservoir park pavilion, $500 for
lights and more funds for additional
tennis courts Ind Fairgrounds on Nc
Cormick's Island.
To Place Arc Lights
About twenty new arc lights will
be placed about the city and Commits
sioner Taylor advocated the Jumping
or the park nd other city lighting
items in one. Mr.. Bowman promptly
opposed this; the park lighting was
feature of its own he pointed out.
Taylor wants $32,4s8 for the fire de-
partment this year although for the
twelve months just closing the fire de-
partment got $39,917. About $500 is
asked for the repainting of fire ap-
paratus so the machines may look we'll
during the firemen's convention, and
$1,000 is desired to buy a plot in tho
Thirteenth ward for the Royal fire
company.
Mayor Royal asks for increase in
salaries. He wants his clerk to have
$1,000 instead of 5000; and the janitor
s65 instead of $50 per month About
$3.50 will be asked for extra police
during the firemen's convention and
500 is wanted for a filing case. In
the near future an ordinance for four
or five more policemen and a police
captain will be offered and between
$4,000 and $4,000 will be needed for
this
Among the new items of Commits
sioner Lynch's requests are: $1,000
for street sweeper; $4,000 for street
cleaning; $3.700 for grading; $2,S50
for cleaning inlets, and s4,0OO-an in
crease of S1,000-is asked for inspec-
tors salaries Additional miles of
paved streets make the large sums
asked for street cleaning, etc. AS
usual a portion of the revenue from
the liquor licenses will go to the
streets department. All told about
$73,605 was paid in from that source
last year.