Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-21
BUDGET AWARDS
TEACHERS FOURTH
OF SUM DEMANDED

lContinued From First Pagc)
| in The Times Dispatch. the budget.
10 be recommended 10 Council. will
provide for minimum for school
teachers OF sl,l00, The money to be
provided for this purpose Will come
from segregation OF taxes amount
ing to 80 cents. This Will aggregate
about $4,000. being that much more
than was appropriated las, year, but
iaF below wha, the School Boar,
asked for to meet the salaries pro-
posed fer the coming year. This SIM,
viii be turned over to the School
Board 10 be used as il may deem best.
Council will make no special recon-
mendatIons, but il was understood
ny members of the committee that
the school Board would first provide
for the suggested minimum before
applying the money to other salaries
Install Two-Platooa Plan.
The Fire Department will huye Tho
l"o-piSioon system, which will ne
cessitate an additional force OF forty
'"tec men These men will be dis
'E'oulea among the twenty compa-
MES
Iweire men are to be added to the
o'!Se department.
me water rate will be slightly in
creased. The present minimum r,re
is o. cents. II will go to &c cents
mere VIII be no change immediateIv
IN the gas rate, although il is be-.
iieFed that before the year IL over
'here may be a substantial reduc.
ton.
IN reaching these conclusions rho
e - considered every nhaso ~
t u,ser iilnaneial situation, ii found It
quest ,. Of the school board for an sd-
.iiional appropriation OF more ,bnn
irYvooV without increasing taXes
OF "t nnv was ms no inclination on the part
!nfose additional burdens ,hs
p.Stotic, although. rs pointed oar by |
: : nmii,'iam Carton II. Grundy, the |
mit It.'v Was OF w GyeFy man On the COM
p,, Police Need More Aien.
were s' ot Insr ,n eommi,teeman. there
connection if win ithh'p ,nn INT elements in
lice Department is far below in "1 nm
ne's mat OF any city anywhere near
us size IN the country. The same was
i i"uMG true, true In reference TO the Fin
selves had 10 be- considered. So The
revenue III sight, that to he derived
from existing license fees and taxa
800, W as 90 uiFldcd aS TO meet the
situation with rs little burden ms
possible upon any one department.
Under the rearrangcment M The
nih,rlhution OF the general tax of
S"'lp, the committee saw nj Ia soprc
smte me school tax, ana increase the
20 cents The Rodcn bond issue for
peFmanent street improvements will
,ake !? cents as provided for in The
bcEihhinS, ana the remaining sl2g
II to
li"Ned by members OF the committees
that the school fund will he fixed per-
nanently, and that hereafter what
ever Increases are nsked must come
from the estimated revenue ON n *
per cent basis.
DrtnIis Not Available.
ton mere wi, are M many details IL eonnec-
not available last night the com
mittee not yet having completed The
draft Of IN. a99cument All these vii!
ccmmom co u% i to tng iafeit rhf of
1t was learned, however. thai there
would be some slight Increases in
sn'aries; due TO enlarged responsible
Chairman Grunhy last night paid
hlgh trihute TO Mayor Ainclie, who.
he said, had given the committee
Indicated" said he. that the Mayor
/ mad spent many days over a problem
which might have sent many OF us
| ~, Ills kNOWivNke or
MI the little details In conncctlo
/ with the departments was wonderful
/ lie condensed ana boiled down. and
I edges"
The committee Will meet tonight TO
/ further consider the license and fee
! ordinances The meeting will not
| be open 10 the public. Whatever rev
| cnuc is derived from possible license
/ increases or. In installation of the
lee system in the building, depart
nue. but the budget. il was clearly
| pointed OUT is not dependent upon