The New York herald., 1921-09-22
$4oO,0O0,0OO CITY
BUDGET FORECAST
Board of Estimate Announces
Estimates Of Several Small
Departments.
FEW ECONOMIES SEEN
Larger Departments Expected
to Request Increases for
Personal Service.
FEW ECONOMIES SEEN

The Board Of Estimate made public
yesterday the 1922 budgetary requests
of more than dozen of the smaller
city departments. following which per-
sons familiar with the city govern
ment made the prediction that, de-
| spite the desire of the Hylan admin
istration to economic for the sake Of
political effect in the municipal cam
paign, the pressure from Tammany
Hall will force a budget Of $400, ,000, 900
upon the city next year.
! The requests made public yester-
day are preliminary to the making up
Of next years budget, which must be
completed on or before October 81.
Those requests were regarded as Of
small consequence in relation to the
entire budget, however, since they did
not include any of the big city depart
ments, such as Police, Street Cleaning,
Plant and Structures and Education.
| All Of the departments announced yes
| terday were minor departments and with
one exception showed decreases ranging
from $4,000 out OF total of $780,
900 down to $4s3 out OF $2s1.000 the
last named figure being for the County
Clerk Of Queens county. The disclosure
Of decreases only was regarded generally
as for propaganda purposes. Numerous
requests for increases. such as 1000
for the Park Board. $4,000 for personal
service In the Park Department Of
Queens and $4,000 for personal service
| by the County Clerk of Queens. were
cut just below this years figures by the
boards examiners. which was taken to
mean that orders have gone forth that
every effort must be made to make the
best showing possible before the big de-
| partments come along. 1t was explained
that an increase of s50.000 in the office
of the District Attorney of Queens was
due to mandatory legislation. but not
explained that reduction of $4,000 in
the Board Of Aldermen was due to the
| same cause.
Increases Looked For.
The larger departments are expected
to put in requests in excess of the al
lowances given them in this years bud
get. The drop In the cost of supplies is
expected to be more than Offset by the
increases which will be asked for per-
sonal service. and, In instances, 1t Is
expected that even the lower supply
prices will not suffice to hold down the
requests for such appropriations.
The budget this year amounted to
ss45.5so. 900. leaving out of consideration
more than $20,000.00 which the Board
4 f,u
for schools, though it knew 1t would
have to borrow the money anyway and
| pass 1t along to the taxpayer IN the end
That policy was for the purpose of hold
| ing the tax rate to $2.S5. The result
Of that borrowing policy will be that
| the burden will have to be added to
next years budget, with the inevitable
| accompaniment OF an increase in the
! tax rate.
1t was reported around City Hall yes
terday that about the only Tammany
official who is getting any fun out of
the situation Is Comptroller Charles l..
Craig. As chairman of the finance and
budget committee Of the Board of Esti-
mate Comptroller Craig exercised the
guiding hand over the making up of the
budget last year. But last spring. when
the Comptroller and Mayor Hylan were
having their warmest squabbles, the
Mayor called a sudden meeting of the
committee with the Comptroller absent.
and when the meeting was over the
Comptroller was out of the chairman
ship and the Mayor sat in the chair.
The Comptroller thereupon resigned
from the committee.
Allow Mayor to sauirm.
| For the sake of party harmony. since
Tammany Hall has put the Comptroller
back on the ticket with the Mayor. there
are few who regard y as probable that
Mr.. Craig will allow his running mata
to drown In the budgets flood of figures.
but there WAS no question OF the Comp
| trollers intention to see the Mayor
sQuirm before he dashcs to the rescue.
The requests made public yesterday
| included those from the Mayors office,
which. It appears, IA one OF those In
which a demand for y larger appropria-
| tion for personal service was made. The
4 Mayor requested an additional clerk at
a salary of $1.376 a year, but the Board
of Estimates examiner recommended
that the Mayors request be refused.
The Mayors total request was s76.5st.
being an Increase only to the extent OF
the clerkship which was cut out. Sew
enty-five dollars was also recommended
to be cut off the Mayors request for
$500 for telegraph and similar expenses.
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r. ID. ROOSEVELT IMPROVES.
| Notable Improvement in the condition
| of Franklin u. Roosevelt, formerly AS
sistant Secretary of the Navy, was re-
| ported last night at Presbyterian Hos
rital. where he Is under treatment for an
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