Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18
MAYOR VETOES MEASURE
TO BETTER WALNUT ST.
Removal of Steps, Areas, Etc,
Beyond Building Line to
Be Postponed
FINANCES DISCUSSED

Because OF the cost Of "clcaning up"
Walnut street, between Seventh and Sew
onteenth streets, Mayor smith this after
noon vetoed bill calling for the removal,
OF all steps or stoops, stands or booths,
fences and cellar doors, extending bevond
the building line above the sidewalk Level,
The bill was fathored by the Walnut
street Business Association and its passage
through Councils two weeks ago was hailed
with rejoicing
The Mayor in giving his reasons for the
veto says: THE Department of Public
Works informs me that the estimated cost
of removing nuisanCes would he about
100000 aud the City Solicitor advises mo
that TINS would be properly chargcablc
against the borrowing capacity of the CITY
You will. believe, agree with me that IL is
inadvisablc to add to the city's debt cxcept
by definite loan ordinances
CONSIDER FINANCES
Financial measures before Councils today
included report Of temporary loan hill.
the amount TO be filled in later bv the
Finance Committee, a transfer bill caring
for immediate needs for depleted items and
a number of measures involving small
amounts Of money
With grand total OF about s25OO avail.
able for general appropriation until tho
end of the year. Councilman will ponfno
themselves to shifting" funds already an.
proprated. Pressing needs include money
for the mothers pension bill salary items
in the Department Of Public Works and
a number of supply items
Financial bills introduced by .Toscph T.
Gaffney. chairman Of Councils Finance
Committee. appropriate $49,OS9 for tho
Municipal Court, $4,000 for burial cX-
service and 5000 to pay old claims for
several societies for taking care Of children
during 1915.
The Municipal Court needs the money
for furniture, stationery, labor and automo.
bile hire and can mandamus the city for
the various amounts If they are not other.
wise forthcoming.
KRUSEN'S BILL
\ bill introduced at the request Of hi.
rector Krusen, Cf the Department OF Health
and Charities, is designed TO abolish tn,
$1,000 position Of diagnostican i'm the Bur.
eau of Health, reduce the corps of assistant
medical inspectors at $l4OO from fifty tc
forty-fOur and create seven new assistant
diagncsticians at S1700 each.
Chairman GaffneY offered q measure re,
questing the board Of trustees of the Phila.
delphia Commercial Museum to release tc
the city part of the lands the board con.
trOlS near InlTty-tOurtn and spruce streets
! The property is needed for new structures
at the Philadelphia General Hospital Th,
city in return Cffers the board a clear It'll,
to all of its remaining museum property.
Among the resolutions passed was on,
authorizing Mayor Smith to notify tn,
United States engineer in charge Of the dis
trict that the city will maintain tn,
! S'chuyliill River channel below South stree
recently improved by the Government, unit
| the new municipal sewage disposal plant il
| completed. Another authorizes the Depart
ment of Public Works to employ extra en-
gineers and assistants for work on the Park
way and other boulevards