New-York tribune., 1920-12-17
,$s2Ol,644'|l,41,2!.'9;2:; a =
Asked i'm 1921
State Budget
Anticipated Revenue for
Same Period Estimated
at Only $l42,58 1885,
the Committee Declares
f1any Items Not Included
Paw Increases and 1850
New Positions Swell Ap-
propriation $751; 1888
spccio, pisnotch TO The 7ribun.

ALBANY. Dec l6-The appropria-
ON demands for 192l-22 as announced
B the Legislative Budget Committee
to-day total s20l ,644,2S2 The ant;ci
Dated revenue for the same period is
placed at l42.5s1,sS5.
AS state finance experts have given q
warming against increasing the tax bur-
dens at the present time, it will be up
70 the Legislature and Governor Ma
than L. Miller to cut the sppropria-
ion requests so as to bring them down
10 the states income.
Heavy increases are noted in personal
service and construction. Personal
scrvice items aggregate S33,79S,o81, an
Increase Of $5,377,7S3 over last year.
This swelling is due to requests for
higher pay for state employees and to
the creation of l $50 positions. Of this
number about half are in the institu-
tional group. such as prisons, state hos
pisals and charitable institutions. The
State Industrial Commission is asking
fer ninety eight new positions: Depart
nent Of Health ior thirty-one; the Mar
cotic Drug Contro. Commission for
ierty, Farms and Market Council,
forty-four, and .he Conservation Com
mission, twenty-three-
S7,500,0O0 for Tunnel
So far as the construction item,
totaling s51 SOP 40, is concerned it is
Ss4,G8I019 in excess of last year 5
amount. 1t is asserted b.. the Budget
Committee that these requests, par
tcularly those made by institutions,
agements of these regard as their ulti-
mate needs, with no thought that the
amounts requested will be appropriated
l. any one year.
One very large amount in the con-
struction increase is the $7,500,000
g ked for by the New York-New jersey
-idee and Tunnel Commission.
Other classihcations in which in
cleases are shown follow:
Maintenance and operation, SGT ,006,-
631, an increase of S., S,960,717; de-
fieieneies. S9.717,1 1853, an increase of ST.
SS4,972, and highways and bridges, $24,-
900, an increase Of $685. 900.
In announcing the appropriation re-
guests the Budget Committee gave out
tie following staten ent:
There is not inc..eed in the total of
SUI ,644 ,2S2 an amount to take care of
hatever bonds may be issued to pro-
vide for the soldiers bonus as approved
by the people November 2 Should it
b. determined to issue the full $45, 5,oO0,-
00o it will be necessary TO provide
S4.050,000 for this purpose. Of mis-
amount 81 800, 900 is for the redemption
O. one twenty-ifth of the issue and
S. 100000 for one years interest on the
entire amount.
Department Estimates Only
"Also, there is not included IN the
total of these requests items aggregat-
Ing S20,375, 800 which have been sub
: std by the Supe rintendent of Public
orks without 1ecomme ndation as to
how to finance these operations. A
part of this tcta. is $12,50c ,O0O which,
II is estimate will be needed to dis
charge the states legal obligations OF
account Of damage claims.
ut should be borne in mind, also.
tl.at the totals herewith submitted are
depa mental requests only. Many bills
car yirg appropriations each year have
the consideration of the Legislature,
which are not presented by the depart
nents. Obviously these cannot be in
GUIDED in The report herewith trans
nitted.
"'ro meet these requests the esvi-
II. ated resources available for the gem
e~al budget for the fiscal year ended