El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-06
MAKES
UP THE BUDGET
Estimates S1,2O3,019.28 Is
Needed to Pay Admins
tration Expense for Year.


class as regards city expenditures /
Mayor Charles Davis and the city
council completed the budget for the
current fiscal year. which ends March
81. 1918. and announced at noon
Thursday that actual expenditures TO
date and estimated expenses until the
end Of that period viii total S1,2o5,-
O19.2S
The mayor and council had been at
work on the budget for the past
month and finally whipped it into
shape at a recess session following
their regular meeting Thursday
morning. Details Of the budget are
as follow.
Big Item Il sinking Fund
Mayor and council, SO, 800 city
clerk. $500; election expenses, $500
city attorney. $500; litigation, 800;
auditor 5000. treasurer. Sz9Vo'
assessor and collector, ST, 100; finance
committee. $500; corporation court, (
$4,000; city hall, $500; police depart
ment. $1O9. 000; fire department, SllO,-
zoe: weights and measures, $500 Z
building department, $500; pound, Z
$1,000; traffic, S4o2oi city electrician, Z
Sz510: plumbing Inspection. $2Z20; T
health department. S2l,4 800; isolation
hospital. $500; comfort station. $1,000; /
sewers. $10,325; garbage collection. Z
S51.64O. garbage disposal $4,000, I
streets. 1890; highways. $500, /
civil service commission, $1,000, dona- Z
tons $500. emergency hospital, 4
$500; city jail, S14,350; general parks, I
So. 200; Washington Park, $500, /
sinking fund and interest, S273, 00O.S2, I
purchasing department $4,000; ware Z
house. $3.50; interest. exchange and I
notes, $4,000; capital expenditures, /
S79,215.1O.
Distribution OF Tax Rate.
The tax rate was apportioned as .
follows. Forty cents for schools; !
Sg-461l for sinking fund and interest,
and $L01S9 for general fund, making 4
total rate OF SLSS- This viii bring I
SI113.0lg-2S revenue, TO which is 10
be added $4,000 indirect revenue.
This viii meet the total of the budget, +.
81 ,203,O1g.2S.
study 1918 Budget.
The analytical budget study being
made by director u. a. Bandeen Of
The taxpayers association and T. +.
Paxton of the municipal research
bureau Of the University OF Texas,
viii cover the city fiscal year be
ginning March 81. 1918, it was eX-
planned. The only cost TO the city
for this work will be Mr. Paxt0n's
expenses. which viii be less than
S2O0. His salary is being paid by the
university
Demands Truthful Advertising.
The fake" advertising ordinance
was passed on final reading by the
council at this meeting The law,
which was suggested by the AdVer-
Using club and is based on similar
law existing in 81 states, makes II
for anyone to advertise
through assertions, representation or
statement which are untrue. decep-
tive or misleading" The penalty is a
fine of not over 5000.
Estimates on Sewer.
City engineer 3. N. Williams Killed
a fourth estimate on the work and
material furnished by W. G. Stewart
for the Government Hill sewer The
estimate shows the cost to be SIS
549.45. 1853 feet Of 10 inch pipe laid
and about 5000 feet OF the Is inch
Births Exceed Deaths.
There were A births and - deaths
In the city during the week ending
Wednesday evening. as stated in the
weekly report Of the board of health,
received by the council Thursday. The
births were u Americans and 81 Mex
leans, while the deaths comprised 10
Americans and i MeNcans- There
were p cases Of contagious disease
in the city at the time of The report,
Is follows. Four measles, six scarlet
fever, six typhoid fever, eight diph-
-lerla and three chicken pON.
Foods condemned during the week
were $40 pounds meat. % pounds fruit
and vegetables. one COW and one hog.
Sanitary commissioner L ID. Hullum
having had hauled during
the week 510,g00 pounds garbage,
5000 pounds ashes and 10000 pounds
manure.
The following petition was referred;
J. ID. Stalker. for barber pole removal
from SOC Texas street TO 207 san An
tonic street.
Files Paving Acceptanees-
City engineer B. N. Williams filed
1cceptances Of paving as follows:
Cliff street from FL Paso TO Ange.
showing cost TO property holders of
and Park street from Second 70
holders Of $11,236.O6 and to the city
u S2S91.98
A petition OF the fire insurance
asking that the city offer
rewards for recovery Of stolen auto
mobiles and also publish details OF
-he1ts Of cars in the daily press was
received and filed.
Would Close Rivera Street.
An ordinance, framed at the re-
quest Of the school board, received I
first reading and provided for the
closing TO traffic OF Rivera street be-
tween RaynOr and q point 100 feet
EAST OF Piedras. the reason being that
many school children pass along this
street and traffic makes il dangerous
for them The council Will hear any
protests before bringing the proposed
ordinance I'M for final raaTfwe-