The New York herald., 1921-08-16
CITY SALARIES SOAR 81 p. G..
IN HYLAN,S ECONOMY ERA

ing the year This is Hylan economy
with a vengeance.
The Fire Department budget for 1927
was s17.033.032. In 1915 1t was sio.-
251.145. Here again salaries rose from
s9.711.369 to S15.999.632, an increase OF
more thar 64 per cent.
The Department OF Health costs
s5.s55,S6S in 1921: in 1918 1t cost only
s3.7l1.376.
Public Charities or Welfare. as 1t IS
now called, costs ss.197,4s7 In 1921; in
1918 IL cost only $5111.440.
The Board of Child Welfare costS
s3.oS1.6 in 1921; in 1918 1t cost only
s1,552.170.
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals costs
s3,313.291 In 1921: In 1918 the cost was
only s2.oss.625.
But in each OF these departments, as
in the case of payments to charitable
institutions which rose from s6.4S5,5ln
TO sS,146,850 during the same period, the
item Of salaries or personal service Is
not 50 predominant as In Police, Fire and
other departments The Health Depart
ment's salary list rose from S2.ss6,6s6 In
1918 to $4.251. .466 this year. but its ap-
propriations for supplies. equipment, Sc,
were more than doubled. jumping from
$6f4.6S0 to $1.404, ,402. Similarly In the
Welfare Department where salaries rose
from s2.3o4.412 to s3.sSs.660. the cost
of supplies and similar Items jumped
from s2,S07.o2s 10 s3,s54.327 in the
Hylan budget There was also added a
total of s354.ooo for "fixed charges and
contributions" of which s242.0oo was
set down for donations to soldiers.
sailors and marines
The "flxed charges and contribution
TO the Board or Child Welfare for 1915
amounted to $500. .000 but for the cur
rent year they total s3.970.000. This is
| practically the entire appropriation for
this board, the salary list amounting TO
only s106 $50. Though this is more than
| double the s4s.60d allowed for 1918.
But in the Street Cleaning and Tene-
rrent House departments the salary list
again energies as the big item Street
cleaning appropriations for 1918 were
| S9.033349 and for 1921 si6,790. 036.
This does not include special appropria-
Tons made for the equipment OF the de-
partment with snow fighting apparatus
eggrcgating several millions. The street
clearing salary list jumped from S6,255.-
521 three years ago to s11,S5e73G, an
inci ease OF about 90 per cent. Purchases
OF supplies rose from $760.2i4 10 $685.
,17 and contracs orders from sf493. .937
In 1918 TO S36l9.615 In the current year.
Except for thr contract and open order
purchases authorized for the Depart
inent OF Water supply Gas and Elec-
ricity for 92l. amounting to S4,699.f77.
| this appropriation OF S3.s13,6T5 for
street cleaning contract purchases Is by
! far the larsest OF any department or
branch of the city Government. But in
the Water Department this item is not
| unusual, the 1918 budget providing au-
thority for sf,3is.2S5 worth Of pur-
chases under contract or on open order
during the year The main items Of
/ expense in this connection are for street.
Park and public building lighting. which
'alls upon the departments budget.
In the Street Cleaning Department the
only large stepl authorized under con
| tract service" IL that for the final dis
| posal Of the ashe'.. garbage, rubbish and
street swecpings OF the city collected by
the department. In 1918 the budget al
| iowance for this item was 1880, 253
| IN the present year. after three years OF
Hylan economy" the expense for the
came service has risen to $500. 900. an
increase Of more than $50 per cent.