South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-01
EXPENSE OF CITY
is CUT $4,000
DURING YEAR "A
City Controller Manning's An
nual Report Shows Actual
Amount Spent by Various
Departments is 5,958.48

City Controller Manning south Bend,
in its various municipal departments,
spent s3f5.95S.4S in 1914. which is
some $4,000 less than was required
to run the city through the u months
preceding. The exact figure for 1913
IS s3s2,2eE23.
In practically every department
and niche of the City's many branch
es a saving has been shown in the
annual reports OF expenditures and
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
appropriations for the past year.
The city's largest item OF expense
was the fire department. which is
largely a fixed expense and subject
10 little variation. The payroll and
miscellaneous funds required by this
department In 1914 w2s Sl3.0tS6Z.
while the corresponding figures for
last year were ST402762-
The total amount of outstanding
general purpose and water works
bonds is S52O,500. from which debt
should be deducted the amount In the
sinking fund which at the end of the
year viii be about $27,50O. This viii
leave the city's bonded debt at the be-
ginning of the new year at about
S493. 900. Even this figure is more
than 100000 below the city's bond
ing limit
streets and Alleys improvements.
The board of public works and its
several departments spent S33,0S3.16
for Improvements upon streets and
alleys alone The boards original
lot
$4,000. leaving a balance from this
one branch of the works departm ent
of S1.916.24. which was turned back
into the general fund Of the city.
Added 10 this was $3.50 a special
appropriation which was not used.
The salaries for the street commits
sioner his deputy ard two foremen
amounted to S3,9S6 25, while for
labor the board was compelled to pay
$1S.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 10000 In 1914 IS. 1884
was spent while in 1913 So "A was
paid out of the original appropria-
Department Reports.
Reports from the II departments
OF the board of public works present
the following statistics TO Pres't r. NJ.
Morris:
Expenses in engineering depart
ment: In 1913, S16.671.51; in 1914,
S14499.71 Street and alley depart
ment: In 1913, S34.573.35; in 1914.
s33.0S3.76. Garbage department: In
1918. s9257.44; in 1914, $S,7GS.54.
Miscellaneous expense department:
In 1913. $3.132 AZ; in 1914. $3,626.17.
City hall department: In 1913.
n pr mt no
department.: In 1913. $3,527.65; in
1914 S2.626.15. Street lighting de
partment: In 1913, S49,994; in 1914.
$4,000. Cemetery department; In
1913. S1.961: in 1914. 1915. Street
repair department: In 1913, S4,196.-
90: in 1914. $5,389.5O For street in
tersections. In 1918, -$6.612.71; in
in 1914. S19,964.
In paving for street intersections
the present board OF works was COM
PEELED to pay $13.599.20, debt
which was left over from the work
of the old board. In all the street
improvement-inclu sewers side
walks paVements. curbs and other
fmprovements-ag aggregated S3SO,3O7.-
81. as compared with $S77,025.76 for
1918 More than 10 miles of sewers
were Installed in the city through the
past and more than three miles of
paNements were laid.
Saving i'm Labor Expense.
Partially completed reports from
the water works department show
that that Office saved both i'm office
and labor hiring expense Totals for
both of these items show that 81
4s1.06 was saved the city by various
new suggestions made by the heads
Cf the department In presenting his
report Supt Toyne emphasized the
fact that saving for the year on cart
ing TO the office and labor expense
account showed q complete balance
of SS.53S.19
In the actual office work there was
q saving of more than S20o month.
The figures for 1913 show that Office
salary expense fer 1913 was S476 a
month while for the year past that
figure was reduced To- $3.50 Ia place
OF seven assistants i'm the office there
were ONLY three thr0urh 1914
Cast iron piping used for plumbing
Sra The citv was houeht mt Se2.35 ton.
while last wear the department was
compclled To pass S2f.N5 a ton. More
than see tons of the piping was used
by the department through the year
Another item in which the water
Department saved neat figure was
in the purchase ~ water meters The
department OF 1913 paid 81 each for
them while the 1914 department
procured STANDARD meters at S5.55
each The department installed and
purchased 936 new water meters IN
1s14
pres't Norris stated that the works
board n lts report was compelled Co
account Tor S75o which was expended
bv the city school board lie said
that that amount was turned over TO
the board az works for the cOnstruc-
ton az a munlci9al Fairgrounds bat
that the board pl-ced the money at
the disposal OF the school board di-
rectIy. the board OF works thereby re-
ceiving no direct benefit from the APP
preparation
Bridges Replankcd.
Street Conn ssioner ID. G. Layton
stated It's his regular report 70 the
works board that bridges of the city
were replanked. repaired and re-
painted. Many Of the bridges We're
remodeled the work on the COlfaX
AZ. bridge being the cause Of the
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