The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-11
SUPERVISORS SLASH
TENTATIVE BUDGET
TO REDUCE DEFICIT
Political Pulls and Friendships
Are Brushed Aside During
Pruning Process
- - & n i. e. IS
CONTEMPLATED SALARY
RAISES ARE ABANDONED
Increased Appropriations For
Parks and Police Department
Also Dropped

The supervisors In caucus yesterdav
went at things with will. and when
they got through with the budget n
great many of the advances made Mt
former meetings had been sxpnnged.
What started to be a little less than
the budget Of the last six months was
SO pruned down and squeezed by the
city fathers that a person would not
recognize 1t as the same bill which was
traught with the hopes of those who
wanted special little appropriations
here and there and little rp;se in
salaries by way Of good measure for
faithful service rendered. The budget
for the six months ended December 81
carried an appropriation of $365 900.
When the budget was finished yesterday
il totaled but $2S5,OOO.
Apparent Deficit Now $4,000
The amount of money shown In he
available for the coming year in tho
general fund was 100000. First going
of, an apparent deficit at the end Of
last year, of money overspent and M.
preparations made, had to be deducted.
This left balance of $276,500 for tn
present six months, or to the end of the
fiscal year, june 80. With the budget
left at what IL was when the super
visors got through with il yesterday
the apparent deficit in June should be
$4,000, instead of the $4,000 il would
have been with the budget at the
figure it was left at at the last meeting.
The deficit of $l47,000 was reduced
considerably by the knowledge that
$780, would be saved from the 1915
appropriation by not spending $4,000
of the amount appropriated for water
Investigation and the $32,250 for the
Seagrave fire engines. Those two items
brought the only ray of hope to an
otherwise gloomy meeting, but the
board has resolved itself into a com
mittee of the whole and each member
special committee of one to find
where a further saving can be made.
Police Department Included
The budget was posed for the time
being yesterday after Sheriff Rose had
Eeen called into conference and the
fact made known to him that he would
have to get along on several thousand
dollars less than he had been given to
understand he would have for the com
ing six months. .,.'r - =
He made fight for three additional
motorcycle officers and saved them, but
the rest of his $1,000 raise went by
the board. .., y
Auditor Sounds Warning
The letter from the city auditor
putting the matter of appropriations
up to the supervisors and submitting q
financial statement for the current
twelve months was as follows:
81 have the honor to enclose here.
with statement of the different fund
accounts with relation to the calendar
year 1916 in order that you may be
guided in your appropriations: g.
General Fund-This fund is estimated
for 1915 at. ......,.... 500, 100000
Deduct 1918 overdraft. -. I47,O0O.O0
Balance available to ap- -
., propriate ;....:...... $55s, 100000
The present bill under dis
'cussiOn carries, ...... $3.50 $4,000
Figuring the July bill the
same ......:a........ 2S9, $4,000
Special resolution covering
court expenses, ete.,... 46;6s9.75
Election and registration
expenses, October prim-
airy, say, ........,,,..... 100000
....:....,:.......... $6SOy97
Deficit at December 81, 1915
insight now .........r.. 77,979.75
Note-This prohibits the appropria-
ton of one dollar for emergency or
special purposes under this fund.
Permanent Improvement Fund-This
fund for 1916 is estimated at $l50,000
net.
Requirements under the i'm
pToYement act amount to
~, now .................... $4,000
The Pail cOncreting project a..,-
for months requires. So. 1900
The. KaukOnahua FecoDstruc- ~
ton requires, .,.....,...., 1900
The Nunanu culvert requires 1000
The KoOlaupoko Belt Road ~.
construction eontemplates -a
an expenditure Of :, 10000
The Kalakaua avenue lighting IT,
scheme requires, ,.....%.... 5000
A total of $26l, 500 or an amount
$lll 800 in excess of the estimated
revenue. ..-, 't.',l -
Water Works Fund-The @r
receipts from all sources
for 1918 were .......... $l95, 542.26
The amount actually spent ...i.t.
was =. ,.'.,.',.,....',. lb6,2S2.S9
Balance forward to 1916. 9,259.37
interchangeable against this bal
ance is an amount Of $22,S4O.62 for
interest on bonds, but, as this amount
is rcludcd in 'the bIl undeb dis
cussion,, this balance carries forward
to 1915 and win bring the revenue ac-
count for 1916 up to practically the
same as in 1915 ($l95, 542.28(. ~
Sewer Work Fund All this fund had
at its disposal for 1915 after deducting
the 1914 deficit, WAS $2l ,665.Il.
The amount actually spent in 1918
was $S9,Ol5.S0-an amount $l7,350.l9
in excess of the revenue and without
any reference to bill for interest ON
bonds %,O5l-which you have now in
"hded in the bin under diqa"ssi, n;
this will have to be met out of the 1916
revenues.