The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-30
S4,25O,OOO SPENT
BEYOND BUDGET
To Keep Hylan Pledge of
Economy City Heads Must
Save S31,500,000.
DEFICITS ARE GENERAL
Unexpected Burden of Wage
Increase Given in Part
ExtenuatiOn.

Figures obtainable yesterday from the
records OF the examiners OF the Board
of Estimate, upon whose reports the city
budget for 1921 was made up. indicated
that if Mayor Hylan is able to carry out
his promise of having the city depart
ments save enough out Of their 1921 APP
preparations to make up the additional
S2700O,00O needed to run the schools
through the coming year he will have to
insist upon vastly different showing
from that of the departments for the
year now closing. Not only did the va
rious city departments fail to save any
thing from their budgetary allowances in
1920, but, according to approximate fig
ures they have overspent their appro-
priations by nearly S4,250,0O0. That Is
the approximate total represented by de-
partmental' demands for special revenue
bonds and other means of meeting de-
ficiencies this year.
The exact figures were not available,
but those obtainable showed that the
city departments have demanded in
round figures $4,000, 900 to make up
deficits for this year, while the several
county administrations in the city have
added $4,000 TO that figure. Those
totals do not include the Board of Edu-
cation figures, which were not available.
Thus, to retrench to the point where
the departments will be able to give the
schools $4,000, 900 1t will be necessary
for the department heads to make q
complete about face from a policy OF
corresponding appropriations to. policy
of expanding millions less than the
amounts they convinced the Board OF
Estimate they absolutely needed.
1t was shown that large item in
the deficits of this year was constituted
by increases in salaries and wages. a
great deal of which was mandatory.
Some departmental heads either did not
make the effort or did not succeed in
curtailng their expenditures suiii-
! GENTLY to absorb the unexpected burden
of pay increases. The larger items
making up the total demands beyond
budget figures for 1920 are approx
mately as follows
Law Department, s45.650; Board OF
Elections. $4,000. Civil Service Com
mission, $4,000 Department OF
Licenses, $500; Department of Public
Markets $1,000; Examining Board of
Plumbers. $3.50, President Of the
Borough of Manhattan, $9S.700; Presi-
dent of The Bronx. s5s.300 President
of Brooklyn. s194,650; President Of
Queens, S33,970 President of Rich
nond ~$4S,470; Department of Parks.
Manhattan, $50, 270; Parks. Brooklyn
$125,s0O; Parks, Queens. $4,000
Parks, The Bronx. s77,250; the Aqua
I rum. $4,000: Police Department. S99,-
320; Fire Department. S29S,520. OF
which $4,000 was for pensions; De-
partment of Health $100,250; Depart
rnent of Public Welfare. $4,000 Board
Of Child Welfare. S250.500: Bellevue
and Allied Hospitals. $117,500 Depart
ment Of Water Supply. Gas and Elec-
tricitY. s1S1,170; Department OF Street
| Cleaning, 1855. $50. consisting OF
! s20s,00O for forage, s1,120.o50 for final
dIsposal expenses and 1921, 900 for
wages Department of Plant and Struc-
lures. $4,000; Department Of Docks
$4,000: Board of City Record, $4,000
New York county, $4,000 Bronx county
$4,000: Kings county. $4,000; Queens
county 5000.