The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-05
BUDGET TAKES CARE
OF CTY'S STREETS
Buf sewers Draw Little, Request ci
Administrative Board Being
NoticeebIy Ignored.
MANY INCREASES IN SALARY.
Assistant City Attorney, Superinten-
dent Street Cleaning. City Ac-
couutant Are Among Favor d
Oues-Tcn Per Cent Bouus Stands,

The @pproprtatlons ordinance as
RESENTED common council last night
/ hv the finance committee. recommends
an Eupropriation Of S4.s56, 70a 80 as
.akaiust s4o3I.1as,25 the previous
year The estimated revenue for the
year In placed ct s4.S40,S10-27 which
! leaves q s per cent charter OF 1884,
Sss,ol for emergencies.
The appropriations represent 10
/ per cent Increase tn salaries Of all city
employees receiving an annual salary
Of $500 or less. the increases now
+ forming n permanent income. In ad-
dition to this there are number OF
individual increases recommended, In
4 Guiding an increase of $500 for the as
aistant city attorney; $500 for the ST.
perintendent Of street cleaning; s4oo
/ for the city accountant; $500 for the
assistant superintendent Of water;
$500 chief clerk water department.
and an insrease from 81 .440 each for
en- rtaina Of police 70 $500. In addi-
| ton to these there are smaller In
creases.
Big Appropriations For Streets
| The most notable increase In APP
preparation is that for streets, the sp-
preparation last year being for this
purpose $4,000. while that recon-
1855. Sewers suffer a setback. The sum
given for this department last year
was s5.sSS.50, while this year IL tr
but ss.e38.1o. the committee evidently
believing that first YOU get your
! streets and then you get your sewers.
| The administrative board showed In
| tss budget Of wants that sewers wers
greatly in need. naming about $4,000,
| 600 for a complete system.
| One of the members Of the admin
/ fstratfve board 1asf night. when he
sew the figures mentioned for streets
said, with a weak smile +N0t sor1e
/ consolation came along with that. al.
though he couldn't sec how they
could construct Enuch-ueeded sewer
In the middle West End that would
cost about $4,000 for less than $l0..
ooo
There was little change in the gen.
erai appropriations for mar tenance
except in that pertaining 10 the pur.
chase OF supplies fer the gas depart.
nlent- The appropriation this year roI
that end fz placed at S40o. 900 iust
twice the figure OF last year. This Is
caused largely by the increase In cost
but IL IS due to some extent 70 th'
Igreater demand.
No Increase For Water.
| NO Hd0iIipiai EtFN IL 6ttpNs0 Nns
,wster department for construction th'
same figures being visible for tina
sderartm ent--SS0. 600.
There can be little complaint from
citizens at large over the increases II
salary. The 10 per cent Is looked
upon by all as hut just compensation
for services rendered under trying
conditions. and where individual in
Icreases are indicated. the efficient ser
vices of the recipients are recognized
The greatest howl will come VI
from the citizens who viii have Il
pay the increased taxation. as recon
mended by the com nittee. Both Fai
and water go up. the former to ninet,
certs a thousand. and the latter II
per cent, which makes the minimum
bill from February /. s21o instead o
So as formerly. The committee recon-
mends that there shall be levied a ia,
on real estate and tangible property o
s1,sa per hundred. and a uniform IN
crease of ! 0 per cent shall he added
, on all sewers. area, vaults, etc. anS
market rentals. capftation tax. tele
graph and telephone poles. merchant.
and general licenses, automobile
wagon ana dog licenses
Wartime Expenses.
This increase holds good OF course
, for the fiscal year. and may h
changed at the end Of that period
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