Republican farmer., 1920-01-02
All Acquisitions Are
 Filed With Auditor
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS ASKS FOR $313,387 FOR HIS DEPARTMENT-WAR
 BUREAU $2000O.

Practically all of the acquisitions of the various city departments were filed with City Auditor Bernard Keat- ing this morning. Director of Public Works Jacob B. Courtade asks for SS13 3,37S.92 to run his department for 1920, while the school board appro- priation asked is $4,233,647.e9. The streets and sidewalks committee ask ed for $741.000 while the War Bureau wants $20,000.
 About the only large appropriation which will be asked is the police de- partment requisition which has not as yet reached the city auditor.
 City Clerk Clarence E. Winton re- quested that the board of apportion- ment allow his department S20,281. The acquisitions filed today with their principal items are as follows:
 Town Clerk Clarence B. Winton asks for s20, PSI. Of this amount $16,395 is asked for clerks and sal- aries and the balance is for the run ming of the department.
 Streets and sidewalks: Alfred w. Burdick for the streets and side walks committee asks for $741, ,000. Of this amount $32,500 is for the first district and $70s,500 is for the SeCO1u d6neTdI STdQlIS Ol sidewalks will cost $40,000, according to the estimate. State highway con- struction is listed at $5,0OO. New sidewalks, curbs and gutters is listed at s10O,O0O. General grading will take $45,000.>. For tree removal and setting back, curbs $25,000 is asked The committee wants s1,0o0 for new street signs. s The balance is listed as follows: General land damages $25, 900; new maca dam roads in both districts, $302,50o; special grading $175,000; new culverts on Arcadia, Capitol and Cleveland avenues, $22,- 800
 Street Cleaning - Thomas J. Gun ningham, superintendent of streets, asks for $153,000 for street cleaning and $20.473 for sewer well cleaning. | The salary list alone of the street l cleaning amounts to s125,000. Registrars of Voters - William F. Lounsberry and Thomas F. White asks for $12.297.6o for the registrars | of voters. Of this amount $9,257 is | for general expenses and the balance | is for primary work with the excep- l ton of one item of $2,250 which is for the work of compiling a list of per sons to pay personal tax and is said l | ment with Mayor Clifford B. Wilson l Board of Education-EImer H. Ha. vens, as president of the board of ed ! ucation, this morning filed the annua, budget with the city auditor in which | he asks for S4,233,64799.
 Of this amount $2,500,000 in bond issues is asked for new school build. ings and the balance of $1,716,731.3 | is for general maintenance. This is l 62o,7S1.30 more than was asked las1 year. There is also an existing de. felt of $2s,5s9.
 l Under the head Instruction" wficr includes teachers salaries, supervis. ors, special teachers, the state bonus | increase granted to staff by board upon recommendation of Mayor Will. son and g. deficit of s45,0o0 which ex, ists now the board asks for s1, 329, II: to meet the 1920 scale of pay for tn. 1 instructors. Increases in this depart, ment amount to s491,6
 | For text books d supplies tn. board asks for $1 ,409, ,212. This is al increase of s513,15s over the last year
 Under maintenance including water heat, light and power as well as jani | tors $266,350 is asked in the budget There is an increase here s100,41!
 and an existing deficit of $500. Fo rent for the trade SchoolS Slb b,9l b. b' is asked.
 | Selectmen-For the running of thei department the Board of Selectmel
 ask $1,495. The principal item her
 is $1,000 for salaries of five men. War Bureau.-The Bridgeport Wa
 Bureau through Justice George W
 Wheeler, asks for s2o,e92. The sun
 of 5000 is asked for a secretary an
 $2oO0 for a woman assistant. Tn
 balance of the budget includes light
 heating and janitor service, togethe
 with S1,000 asked for advertising.
 Claims Committee.-The Claim
 committee through it's chairman, Pau
 D'E1ia, asks for s16,00O. Persona damages is the biggest item wit
 $5,000 requested.
 Public Works-Director of Pubi Works Jacob A. Courtade asks for
 total of $313, 3,37S.s2. Of this amour $28,000 is for the first district an
 $2s5, ,37S.s2 is for the Second district The principal items in the requisi
 ton are: Macadam repairs in Firs
 district, s15,eoo; macadam repair Second district. $100,o0o; sidewal l repairs, s10,000; sewer repairs, s10,
 900; operation of pumping station
 $s00O; new macadam deficiency, s21, s02.56.