New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05
Budget Pared
I'm Several CITY
departments
Requests Of Water Supply,
Gas and Electricity. Plant
and Structures, Docks and
Chamberlain 'sOflicefIeard
Tentative Action Taken
Hyian Tells Child Welfare
Board 20 Take Economy
Plea to Meyer Committee

The committee on finance and budget
Of the Board of Estimate yesterday
considered the 1922 budget requests of
the Department of Water Supply, Gas
and Electricity, the Department of
Plant and Structures, the Department
OF Docks and the Office OF the City
Chamberlain.
Commissioner Nicholas J. Hayes, of
the Department OF Water Supply, Gas
and Electricity, requested S4,54S,455 for
The department was allowed S4,469, 493
Tor this year. and the examiners rec
commended that S4,413,353 be allowed
for 1922, a decrease of S56.14O. For
nent request for next year was &c.
56l, $50. For this service the depart
ment was allowed S6,305 ,656 this year
and for the coming year the examinsFs
recommended an allowance of S6,170,-
0S5, a decrease of S135,570.
Lighting Allowances Cut
The allowance for lighting the
Bronx this year was $1,318,000. The
department requested S1,342,422 for
1922. and the examiners recommended
1912 900 The department requested
s1.1oe,371 for lighting the streets and
parks of Brooklyn for 1922. The al
lowance this year was $1,068.000. The
examiners recommended 81, o55,5oo. The
request for lighting in Queens was
mended S542 500 The allowance this
year was s53s,50O. For lighting Rich
mond Borough the department re-
quested s1S3.647, and S174o00 was rec
commended. The allowance this year
was sf6o. 700.
An increase was recommended for
the lighting of public buildings in all
the boroughs, the examiners explaining
that the "increase is based on several
years. experience"
Dock Commissioner Murray Hubert
requested s1,17S,423 for personal serv-
ice in his department for 1922. He was
allowed s97l 500 for this year. The
examiners recommended an allowance
of sl,092,045 for the coming year, an
increase of S12O,125. For other than
personal service the department re-
Qrested S395.I65 for 1922. This year
the department was allowed s782.610.
The examiners recommended only $780,
SOB. q decrease of S425.752. The total
decrease recommended for the depart
.aent was $205,626.
Commissioner Grover A. Whalen re-
qlested for personal service for the
Department Of Plant and Structures for
1922 S4.328,S73, which includes the
municipal garage service. This year
the department was allowed s3993 ,646.
The examiners recommended 81 288,772,
an increase of s296,126. The increase is
due. the examiners explained in their
report. to mandatory increases in
wages and new activities, including the
new municipal ferries opened during
The year. With these items excluded
q reduction of $4,000 is shown in
stead of an increase of s296,126, &C.
cording to the examiners.
Request From Whaen
For other than personal services
Commissioner Whalen requested for
1922 S1.703,279. The allowance this
year was S1,947.203. The examiners
recommended S1,647,0S1, a decrease Of
s3o0 121 The total decrease for the
department. however, is $4,994.
City Chamberlain Philip Berolz-
heimer requested less than this years
allowance for running his office next
year. He received sS1218 for this
year, and he requested for 1922
1881. The examiners recommended
that his request be granted The re-
quest for other than personal servic.