Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-10-26
Tax Budget Of $l74,6OO As
Proposed Is Adopted By
City Council
STREET DEPARTMENT
GETS AMOUNT SAVED"
City Attorney Reduced $500
and Fire Department Cut
To $4,000

After quibbling, whiting and prun-
ing through 20 items of the proposed
city budget and Looping off $1,000 tne
city council added the $1,000 to Item
No. 30 and the gigantic struggle for
economy ended where it had begun, the
proposed budget total of $l74,6OO for
next year remaining as it was in the
beginning snd requiring II mill tax.
The city attorney 3 salary remains as IT
was last year, $1,000, ana three hun.
dred dollars was eliminated from this
appropriation. The fire department
asked for $4,000 and this was cut to
an even $4,000
The street department proved to be
the most expensive department ON the
city budget as it receives total of
$29,056.75 to spend next year, The city
charter provides that the street fund
must be supplied from tax levy Of
y mills and it was found that this
would produce but $l7,550 so Il def
cheney from the street fund was ere.
ated which amounted to $9,60B.75 and
then this amount was raised by the
addition OF the 3l900 Topped off Of
the other departments until it totaled
81 ,506.75 which with the $l7,550 will
make $29, ,056.75 for the uses of the
street committee next year.
The police department secured to-
tai Of $1,000 which includes $1,000 for
the salary Of the chief, 5000 for the
police matron and $4,000 for the salar.
les Of the patrolmen. This provides
a. - . tOnn 3d. n, taa
or $5400 and $400 more for extra po-
lice md specials during celebrations
and the state fair la Salem.
The $4,000 sought by the fire de-
partment included three new regulars
and eliminated seven call men but the
council decided in favor of tine call
men and against the three new regu
lars. An item Of $500 for vacations
for the regular firemen during the
summer was also cnt OUT
The following list shows the amount
appropriated for 1915 and the amount
Of the proposed 1916 budget, as 1t will
be presented at the meeting Of the taN
payers:
General Fund.
Recorder 5 salary, 1915, $1,000; 1916
$1,000.
Clerk hire, 1915, $l76O; 1916, $l74O
Treasurer 5 salary, 1915, $1,000; 1910
$1,000.
City attorney, 1915, $500; 1915
$1,000.
Stenographer, city attorney, 1915
$780, 1916 siOO.
Marshal's solary, 1915, $l2OOj 1915
$1,000.
Salaries, police department 1915
$4,000; 1916 $500.
7 Expense, city Jail, 1915, $500; 1916
5000.
Salaries, and maintenance fire de
partment, 1915, sl2S35; 1916, $4,000.
Health officer 1915, $500; 1916
$500.
Incidental expresses, health officer
1915, $500; 1915, $500.
Public parks, 1915, $4,000; 1916
$500
Ligating, 1915, $4,000; 1916, $l5l35
Engineering and surveying, 1915
= $1,000; 1916 $4,000.
= Bond redemption, 1915, $3s62; 1911
s375s.03.
$ Public library 1918, $500; 1916
, $500.
Y Elections, 1915, 1880; 1916, $500
4. Maintenance Of public building
@ 1915, $500; 1919, $1,000.
{ Public printing, 1915, $500; 1910
$1,000.
( Fuel city hail, 1918, 5000, 1916, $500
4 Incidental expeiseo Of the city, 1911
$500; 1916, 5000.
s Salary, police matron, 1915, 5000
4 1916, 5000
}. Salary, police matron O. T.. depo
4 1916, sl20; 1915, 800.