New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-22
Initial Budget
Requests for
1922 Are Pared
Board of Estimate Examiners
Refuse Pleas of Park
and Smaller Departments
in City for Increases
Mayors Office Cut Down
Public Hearings to Start
When All Figures Are In;
Final Action by Oct. 81

The first lot of budget requests for
1922 from the heads Of the various city
departments and county Offices were
released yesterday by the Board of Es-
innate. They were all from the small
eer departments, with the exception of
the Park Department Other requests
will be released from time to time, as
they are considered by the Finance and
Budget Committee Of the Board Of
Estimate. With all the requests are
the recommendations of the boards
examiners as to the amount of allow
ances for 1929. When all the requests
have been considered, the Board of
Estimate will prepare tentative bud
get and fix dates for public hearings.
The final budget must be passed by
the Board of Estimate before midnight
October 81.
Nearly all the smaller departments
show decrease in personal service
and some of them show decrease in
other than personal service owing to
a decrease in the cost of supplies As
to most Of the requests the examiners
recommend the existing allowances for
this year. Requested increases in sal
aries, new positions and increases in
time are disallowed by the examiners.
Mayors Office Asks More
For the Office of the Mayor, the re-
quest for personal service for the COM
ing year amounts to $76,581, an in
crease over the allowance for this year
of $1,376, for a new clerk. This re-
quest is not recommended by the ex-
aminers and the explanation is made
that this position was transferred to
the Police Department on January 6,
1921. The recommendation is made
for $75,208 for personal service.
For other than personal service Sc, TOO
is requested. OF this amount $500 is
requested for telegraph, ETC." The
examiners recommended reduction Of
$75 in this account Chased on annual
experience" The total amount allowed
for 1921 was $80,281 and S78,830 is
recommended for 1922.
The allowance for personal service
of the Department of Parks, Man
haitian, for. 1921, was $1,000, 500, and
for the coming year the department re-
quested S1,299,450, while $1,289, $50 is
recommended, decrease of $17,778
over this years allowance. For other
than personal service the department
requests for 1922, $247,549, while s207,-
626 is recommended, a decrease Of $780,
466 In comparison to 1921.
The recommendation for Grants
Tomb is the same as this year, $1,000,
and the Jumel Mansion is allowed
1928, the same as for 1921.
The New York Aquarium requests
for personal service for 1922, S54.875.
This year $48,062 was allowed, and for
1922 $48,O45 is recommended. For
other than personal service for tho.
coming year $21,759 is requested and
$17691 recommended.
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Ar
boretum was allowed this year ST. ,24t
for personal service. The department.
requested for 1922 $83,174, but the rec
concentration of the examiners is the
same amount as this year. For other
than personal service the departments,
request for 1922 is $16,259, but as the
allowance in the budget for this year
was $500, the examiners. rec ommend-
ed an allowance of $16,347. The total
decrease recommended for next wear
is $2,462.
Aldermanic Request Denied
The request Of the Board of Alder
men and City Clerk for personal sery-
ice for 1922 is $405,512. The recon-
mendation is 1894, 712. The examiners
cut out $4,000, as two Aldermen are
dropped under the new apportionment
OF Aldermanic districts. Six new posi-
tlons of clerks at $500 a year. as
recommended by the City Clerk, are
not allowed, and vacant position of.
fling clerk at 81 300, requested by the
PRESIDENT OF, the Board Of Aldermen
is also disallowed. For other than ner,.
sonal service the amount allowed foy..
1921 was $1,000. The request for 1929
was $6,370, and $3.50 was. recon-
mended. The. total decrease in both
services for 1922 being $4,000. -
For personal service for 1921. the
New York Geological Garden was al
lowed $198,445. For 1922 $2O7.85a was
requested, but the recommendation nf
the examiners is s198,055. For other
than personal service, $82.368 was re-
quested for the coming year. The rec
for S73.872. Na'i'