Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-11
BUDGET ESTIMATES
TOTALED S549,OOO
Preliminary Figures Submitted by
Departmental Heads Yester-
day VIII Be Pared

Harrisburgs complete budget esh-
mate for 1915. submitted at yester-
days executive session of City Council,
it is said. totaled $4,000.
Councilmen declined to discuss the
figures. but it is understood that they
will make every effort to pare and
prune to keep within 9-mill tax rate.
The following departmental figures
are only tentative, however, and are
based on the estimates already made
public. They show the approximate
division of the various departmental
requests as follows:
Public property (police depart
ment), S69.215.
Parks and public property,
SS4.304 (parks sS4,10S, fire
Streets and public improve
ments. S117.106.
Public safety. s122.236.
FdiR4ance III and accounts, S135,oOGo +.
miscellaneous. treasurN board OF
revision of taxes and appeals).
Total. S529. .S6L-.r.....-
Cluster Light Change Possible
Ornamental cluster light standards
may be placed in Second street from
street. instead of in Walnut and Lo
Gust streets from Second to Front.
In his estimates for the coming
year City Commissioner II. +. Bow
man, superintendent of public safety,
has asked for sufficient appropriation
to provide for the long hoped for,
much desired extension of the cluster
lighting system in the commercial dis
trict of the city.
Sixteen more five-globe electric
standards are INCLUDED in the lighting
budget and Mr.. Bowman's original in
tention had been to place four in Wal
nut street between Second and Front
and the remaining twelve in Locust
street from Third to Front.
Cluster Lights in Second Street
During the discussion of the budget
Yesterday afternoon by the council
men in executive session, the sugges-
tiun was made that in view of the
gradual growth of the business dis
trict northward in Second street, the
natural and proper place for the new
clusters would be in Second. Com
missioner Bowman had that idea in
mind. too. and he admitted that this
plan may be adopted.
BY his original scheme two lights
would be placed at the intersection of
River and Walnut streets and two at
Front and Walnut; two each at the
intersections OF Locust ana front.
River. Dewberry and Third, and four
at the intersection of Locust and Sew
ond Should it he decided not to light
Walnut and Locust streets between
Second and Front. then the eight lights
could be distributed as satisfactorily
as possible northward in Second street.
The Lower Lights
The fifteen additional arc lights have
not yet been located but il is under
stood that provision for all of them
will be retained in the budget.
Provision for lighting the river front
wall will be made in the park budget
by Commissioner NJ. Harvey Taylor.
on the wall now there are manholes
spaced at distances OF 104 feet
throughout the length of the front
steps" for the attachment of the nova
BILE standards.
BY this arrangement 10S lights
would be necessary Commissioner
Taylor. however, will ask for lights
enough to space them at 20S feet dis
tances. This will necessitate only fifty
four lights.
ITO my mind that number will be
ample to satisfactorily light the wall. -
said Mr.. Taylor. because the upper
part of the park will be lighted. Fur
thermore. | think the wall standards
will be kept in service only a portion
of the year, say, perhaps eight
months.
The law department has asked for
SS.5S6.64: the city clerk S4,634.50:
sealer Of weights and measures, $4,000.