Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-14
BUDGET SUBMITTED
BY CITY EXECUTIVE
If Revenues From Other Sources
Remain Same Property
Must Pay More.
PAY ROLLS ARE GREATER
Asks Thirty More Men for Police
Duty and Eighty More
Fircmen.
PAY ROLLS ARE GREATER


Firemen.
Addition to the existing tax rate on
real estate and tangible personally of
Of the city's revenue m remain main SourfSs at tSs
present rate. will be necessary to meet
the difference between the estimated
get of expenditures for 1920, according
to a message transmitted to the Board
Anse last his nsfs deraSyee by Mayor ia 10.
65t,076.0l. -
Budget estimates and recommenda-
transmitted to the city fathers last
night and by them referred to the
Finance Committee.
for the ensuing year amount to $6,-
S6I.s53.46: and a statement comp!Iel
mitted to the Board of Aldermen by
the Mayor show estimated revenues for
the year to s5,213.777.45. Ift
Gives budget In Detail.
tain complete detailed budsess, %s tof sheM- SSR-
ing the proposed expenditure of the
entire , amount. which. it Is est mated.
the city for 1920.
The message of the Mayor says, In
part: -f$@,-,
Understanding that the Finance Com
! m:ttee has for some time had under
advisement revision of the rates OF
'"N Atiou oU SupJcClS OlftSr llan real
and personal property, am unable at
| the present moment to estimate Just
what changes in those rates would he
equitable under existing conditions. and
| with the Finance Committee. suffice
J.. to say that in the exact amount in
which tho sums received from these
! other sources are increased tile sum
to be gotten, from realty and person
| atty will be decreased
The budget provides for an average
pay roll increase in all departments
OF less than 10 pei, cent, and does mot
! crcaBe, each department being consid &
cred solely on Its own merits. Increasss
ing ing eosdtlons AND ante ana Peia PeHisent aS
! postwar. salaries. II is stated.t
;, Aside from increases in salaries, the
! lay in directions which were not pro-
vided for last year. {6fa
Thirty New Police Omccrs.
! Recommendations include increase
| OF the Police Department by thirty
men, who will be used at traffic points,
and and, to protect outlying sections, and
| pariment, which it is claimed will
bring the department nearer the mini
safeguarding of public and private
This increase also will enable the de-
which provides that. each member Of
| the department. shall have two days
| OUT of each six off.
|
creased 10 per cent; $4,000 is appro-
| printed to take care of increased en-
r9liment ane the rest Of an increase oe
'nce of present school properties.
For SIDEWALKS and alleys. the sum
OF $4,000 is recommended; for street
ters and curbing. $1,000 is recom-
mended; for cemeteries. .2.500:, play.
grounds, sISS;o5s; bridges. sl3,5oc and
| Projects provided for in recomnen5-
ed appropriations in the Department.
OF Public Utilities include acquisitions
Gas Plant, for. the purpose OF AFFORD.
ing relief on the. North Side. The city
VIII take e,orss. over the J., plant AM tomorrow.s
| Department pay rolls show IN.
crcases, over last year as follows:
General government. s9.s42.51: Depart.
fare. s72:oSs;54; Public works. l. :xs, sss,-
puSliG Sassan" Schools, sia5:443s1; sa:a .
| tions. p'' opt 40
On account OF the voluminous nature
expense Of between $4,000 and $4,000
! and considerable delay in getting it
before the Committee on Finance, 1t
ment printed. -. s.
Maintain Present Scale.
rna,nTeGa resolution authorizing the city
salaries of city officers and empioyees
~ present rates until the 1920 budget
Is s,i,s available; wa, was referred to the Com
| mlttee on Finance when it came be.
fore the Board of Aldermen from Com.
mon mon Council for concurrence last
The resolution was introduced IN ,,fs
lower branch in anticipation Of DELAY
IN dtsposins of the budget. The pres.
fas soard entre sbsrs ssss to the Advisory
pay or city employees, and the Ad-
vtsory Board has been at work sinco
eauaze " wages nGssmnsF n dere8t II ae eS1, Sssar.
, ments.
The Mayors budget carries with i.
cent.-the first general Increase OF BAY
or city employees since October. 19ISsr,
while Council comedies that It Is With
GHi 4Sinp@ power "f 10 rhanse these figures s
the Advisory Board 1t specifies in It's
hss1.ution, h,,dsut pending passage of tho
| heretofore in effect. So
Amendment Adopted.
A1acr Ian amendment n offered last night by
| to the effect that increases OF wages
provided for in the 1920 budget take
effect as OF the beginning of the fiscal
The Board OF Aldermen last night
! concurred in the following measures
which came from Common Council: = J
| Of 4 strip OF land tifteen feet wide,
! connecting Chamberlayne Avenue and
Brook Road; dedicated by tho Lewlas
Ginter Land and Improvement COM
, Resolution TO acquire land to open
Cleveland and Kensington Streets tos
Ordinance authorizing the United
states government TO widen and main
1nin an areaway on the east side OF.
Tenth Stree. between Main and Bank
:, Resolution. authorizing Mayor Aips.
ife TO accept land dedicated for thSS 4,