The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-01
State Tax Of $l3.97o.O21
Causes Increase Despite
Pruning.
CLOCK STOPS L
|, TO SAVE LEGALITY

Just as the lights of City Hail began
q pale in the lawn yesterday morning
eiayor John Purroy Mitchell. seated IN
| he executive chair In the Board OF
stimate Chamber. looked at tho Board
\ .,f Estimate clock with great s"tisfac-
,,ion and announced. "Thc budget for
The CITY OF New York for 1916 stands
adopted by unanimous vote'-here he
looked more attentively at the clock to
make sure Of the accurate tlme-"at
Has =. NJ. saturday, the thirtieth of
October" Five minutes later the CLOCKS
u the city that had not been stopped
10 permit the passage OF the budget
within the time get by law registered
ts A. NJ. OF Sunday, the thirty-frst OF
October.
It was the latest final bulge session
on record and 1t put through the largest
budget in the history OF the city. albeit
. budget representing "A reduction OF
$3.50 In the cost OF city government
over THE year. The figures read 10:
city expenditure proper SIPS. eSl.l55.Si.
which, with the levy for the direc, State
tax OF s13.sI5.o2l.13 made TIE grand
total se12.?5s,iI7.5i. This years budget
was si?S,o 1888, 1868.
sI,0OO.OOO saved on Salaries.
Final figures on the results of stand
ardization and reorganization will show.
Il is estimated. about the same saving
from reduction of salaries and elimina-
ton OF positions ms was announced by
the Ma! OF IN the hearing OF the tenta-
y tive budset-kl.s SOC. 900. Approximately
$50 employees suffered from the sala ~
reductions and about I.50O Jobs were
eliminated aud mot rcintroduced under
a different name. A worry apprcciable
number OF these, however. were not
occupied. There were salary raises in
about 200 cases where they were not
required by law.
The hrnl vote disclosed a division of
N board on two main isSues-ihe edu-
,atonal appropriation and s~tandardiza.
Oh. GA the one side were drawn III
1 is Mayor, Comptroller rrendergast and
ofi,sident Pounds of Brooklyn ON the
liner .Alderinsnic President McAneuy,
n On es,dents Marks Of Manhattan. Ma
"a Ia ewson OF The Bronx and Connolly OF
dole"ns and acting President Morrison
n, Richmond.
al Tae three former voted an unqualified
sos on the budget. Mr. McAnsny and
stresidents Marks and Connolly approved
n only with the proviso that they neither
sanctioned what they considered AN In
o,dequat. appropriation for the Board OF
Educa;ion nor the principles of stand
IA a, dizdtion as applied. President Mathew
IN said his objections and differences
ad been so thoroughly expressed IN
'osed session that he did not consider
necessary to air them again. Acting
v resident Morrison said: 81 vote aye
nd IN voting aye I wish that the Board
e. Education might have been more
4, oc:ally dealt with
m
IN appropriation for schools.
re The Board OF Education received the
mount decided upon in the tentative
Asstinate-s3s. Sos. gSl.jS--ha same rs
~ tais year. In addition. s250.O1S in
Il orporate stock was sanctioned for this
s,-rard. bringing the total to siO.1l6,o5a
b )urlug the closing hours Of the session
100000 was Topped on the Police de-
~r,Artnent appropriation, $4,000 iron
,the Depa -;lnent Of Water supply. Gas
and Electricity. and $4,000 from tho
're Department. Mr.. McAneny also
voted at the time of his vote an objec.
n on 20 these reductions.
Mr.. McAneny said "In voting for the
y. udget ] do 40 with he reservation OF
sseriiug that ! do not feel some APP
I, ropriations included are adequate to
" leet the needs of the city during the
D oming year. notably those i'm the edu.
alton, police and fire departments.
II wish 10 add the further s;atemen;
hat while In the main committee on the
,hudget a good many cases OF employees
,laNc been restored I have not been able
10 adopt the plan and the principle OF
reducing salaries. our differences OF
opinion IN this matter are honest diff
t'erenccs Of opinion. ! simply do not
wish 10 go ON record as approving the
Increases and decreases In salaries un.
Ter Standardization"
MIR. McAneny said yesterday after.
room that Il" had objected to the grant
bling Of the special school FUND portion OF
10 ne educational appropriation In a. lumr
um because Of the possibility brought
ut hH Ircsidcu' Churchill that IL tn.
'hoolS were unable to run on the ap-
APPROPRIATION money intended for such
valuable purposes a. the free lectures
A would he taken 10 make up the deficit.
D. adequate. says Mayor.
NJ Mayor Mitchell is still firmly convinced
Nh the adequacy of the educationa
Ahuds.', This has been arrived at he
SAID IN n general statement On The
budget issued in the afternoon, "by the
: most careful analysis and investigation
ever made In this city of the require
nlen's Of public education. am sat.
lNhrl that t' appropriation provides
spflrl'ut money to run all of the school
system 4 the city without emitting any
OF the resent valuable services and In
TACT will permit the Board of Education
II its vast budget OF approximately S4O,.
"oo,o0o is in%telligently used and EFF.
GENTLY administered to gve better edu'
%t'lional service to the city than eveI
/, fOr,"
The Mayors analysis Of the budget
.,.uNs:
"In view of all the clrcumstances hi.
b4d2et l. an Extraordinary achievement
ooutdins an Increase on account ot
o'bt service OF s3,455.s29 OF. Of which
N,'o3.oo0 represents that portion o: the
toS' Of permanent public Improvement
"1'rn under the pay as you go policy w
must meet in the budget instead Of by thu
issuance of nifty year bonds, This In
o'ea't Is all due either to debt incurred
81" Mo past or to tho new pay as you II