Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-14
COUNCIL TO TACKLE
BUDGET CUT TODAY
lowering Of Tax Rate, Salary
Bonuses and 1922 Appropria-
tons to Be Considered
SOL, ,l5o,ss4 IS REQUESTED

The fate OF bonuses on salaries Of city
employees. of the tax rate and oi rc
quests for appropriations made for W.
BY the city and county departments Will
be decided today. when council sits t"
consider the budget,
As received by Council. rho budget
smounts TO sci $50. .N0iNT. Requests
last year aggregated SD, ,9ti.I5S,|I.
but Council cut them 10 SjN, ,3Oi ,%lO.IV.
UppermoSt in tho minds Of Council O..
men during the budget proceedings Will
he substantial reduction in the ~
tax rate. This will l." especially true"
Of the anti Administration group, which
controls the chamber. Last spring Coun-
Gilman Hall predicted thar II thirty cent
reduction would be possible. with proper
20 operation. Couu"iimau Jos"ph y.
Gaffney believes that III" r""nrrl""
should reach fifty cents
School Tax Rise Proposed
Whatever Council Is nhlc tu u" %,
lowering tho city rn;c will be ~ a larg"
extent offset by tn" proposed inCr"ns"
Of fifteen cents in IN" school tan. Ii l.
likely that the ever r-in"r"aSiug cost Of
conducting the schools will hc Vigorously
attacked by c"unc!lmanir Lenders. VIII"
point out that in the fnr" Of th" ire.
meudous OUTLAY more children 'hau ever
are on part time.
The present tax rate is N2.lH on rca.
estate. The school taN rate IL eighty
cents. bringing the combined ratc uD to-
S2.a5. Even II Council is able 70 ca
thc real estate rate down thirty ,cntS.
thc incrcasr in III" school tax will mean
that the reduction will hc only htt"cu
cents.
Supporters Of Mayor Moore ,,a.m
that this week proceedings will b"
nothing mo"c or less than carefully
mapped out political drama. They say
that the county office officials did Ilot
exert themselves 10 reduce their app'u-
rriations. with th" understanding tnu,
Council would do il for th"u, thus az
lowing the Combine COuncilmon 70 point
out that drastic reductions were mudr
regardless of the political atIiIation "f
the various offices. This accomplished.
friends of the Mayor say. slashing will
begin right and left on the requests ut
tho Offices under supervision ~ The
Mayor.
Municipal Court Has 81. .O00. 900 Payroll
The Municipal Court is asking for cx-
actly the same amount as last year. It's
payroll alone being 81 600 600. Inter.
est this week will center on the disposal
Council will make of the requests Of
Judge Browns court. Brown deserted
the Combine in the September primaries
and since that time his ally. Councilman
Montgomery, has voted with thc Adj
miuistration members. though his stand
has never been tested by a vote on
really important measure.
The proceedings this afternoon will
begin at 2 o'clock and continue until
about 6, when supper recess will I've
called. Work will be resumed in the
evening. During the consideration Of
the, budget Councilmanic committees
will take up only matters so impOrtunt
that they cannot be temporarily side
tracked.
According 70 City Hall gossip. there
is no danger Of minor cmployes losing
their bonus. Higher paid officials. how
ever, may be forced to get along with .
cut this added compensation. which
was authorized when war-time priccs
prevailed.