New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-10

Of which George Girrell is director,
have adopted a policy of not drasti-
cally cutting salaries, but providing
for plan whereby vacant positions
will not be filled until the salaries for
those positions are properly standard
lied, thus gradually establishing the
entire city employment force upon an
equitable salary basis.
The comparative statement showing
the budget allowances for 1916 and
the departmental requests for 1917,
submitted up to September 8, show that
there are decreases in but six Of the
city departments and in eight Of the
Offices under county government. The
city departments, with the amounts,
are as follows:
Department of Taxes and Assess
meEts, from S5S6,S7750 in 1916 TO
S551,5O8.75 in 1917, or decrease Of
$53GS.75.
The Municipal Civil Service Commits
sion, from $2l5,l39.30 in 1916 TO S2l3,-
1890 in 1917. or decrease OF 81 $50.
The Law Department, from SS3l,0
in 1916 to SS30,925 in 1917, or a de-
crease Of SlG0.
The Department of Water Supply,
Gas and Electricity, from $6,52l, 52y67
i'm 1916 to $6,432, 235.50 in 1917, or a
decrease Of $92 294.17.
The Board of City Record, from
S679,2O7.s8 in 1916 90 SS78,782 in 1917,
or decrease of S4258S.
The Central Purchase Committee,
from $1S,315 in 1916 to $18,0SO in 1917,
or a decrease of $235.
Retrenchments in County.
The county Offices where decreased
estimates have been submitted are the
Board of City Record. SIS; the Com
missioner Of Records. Surrogates'
Court, $50; the Sheriff, $275.50, and the
District Attorney, $4,440, in New York
County. In Kings County the District
Attorneys Office and Commissioner Of
Jurors have decreased Sl07 and $500 so,
respectively, while Bronx County has
two departments that show a saving,
namely, the Board Of City Record, 1881,
and the Commissioner of Jurors, S6j.
All the other city departments, forty
TWO in number, show increases IN their
budget, as do the other county Offices,
thirty-four in number. The largest in
creases in the city government are:
$930,20i5l in the Police Department.
$s4l 907.50 in the Board Of Child
Welfare
Sl0S,O10 in the Department of Docks
and Ferries.
$232,746O9 in the Department of Cor
rection.
S195.3s53O in the Fire Department
S1G3,s53 in the College of the City
of New York.
$lO0,658 in the New York Public Lii
brary.
In the county government the lars-
est increases are:
In the Registers Office Of New York
County, S33. 18o.63.
The District Attorneys Office Of The
Bronx, $lO,7877G.
The Sherif's Office Of Queens, So
The County Clerk Of Richmond. S.
1880.
The District Attorney Of Queens, &c.
$50.
The Sheriff Of Bronx County, S4,95O.
The Surrogato's Court Of Kings, So
965.97.
The County Court and Surrogate's
Court Of Richmond, S3,2is.
Some OF the Increases.
In 1905 the Mayor and his subordi-
nate departments spent S66,24i,O9S.
Zach succeeding year marked am in
crease i'm the cost Of these bureaus OF
from two to six million dollars, until
in 1914 their expenditures were $l0i.-
gsG.5S8. but in 1915 the budget was cut
TO slO3.22s.7i6. The Department Of
Finance showed a gradual increase
from S1,000,575 in 1905 10 Sl.b37 $50 IN
1909. then a decrease TO Sl,37S,6S9 in
1911, then an increase to 81, Gl5,32O in
1913. and finally a decrease 10 Sl,l5t,-
sos in 1915. The Board Of Aldermen
and City Clerk increased from Sl5S--
$50 in 1908 10 $426.75l in 1915. Boards,
commissioners, etc, OF mixed respon-
sibility, cx-oficio bodies. representing
two or more preceding, branchcd from
81 - aaA - ion. IN 81 go Ell In 1910.