New-York tribune., 1921-10-07
hink of Long
Hours / Have to
Toll, Says Hylan
Mayor Sternly Rebukes Plea
for 1903 Budget Increase
To Be Divided Among
Court Building Workers
Cites y Million Deficit
Examiners Reports Call for
Million Reduction Over
Last Year in 5 Boroughs

Mayor Hylan. at the meeting of the
finance and budget committee of the
Board of Estimate yesterday, gave
petitioners for increases in the wages
Of civil service employees OF the city
to understand that he, the Mayor,
toiled through long, weary hours al
the duties of his Office without asking
for more pay and he expected other
city employees to follow his example.
The requests for increases were for
the 1922 budget
George 7. Cam pbell. librarian of the
Appellate Division OF the Supreme
Court, requested . small increase in
the wages of the engineers, fremen
and elevator operators in the Appellate
Division building. Mr.. Campbell said
these employees were compelled 20
serve extremely long hours and de-
served the increases.
serve long hours. | am on duty from
9 o'clock IN the morning until often
SIS late as 10 or II O'Clock at night.
fear that when it comes to any salary
increases | will have to be manda-
unused. Here we are trying to reduce
tie budget and we are being attacked
and viliied on all hands, with the
use Of every word in the English Ian
guage. There is a deficit OF about
SGT 900, 900 Board of Education) which
we are trying to make up. II is very
easy to spend other peoples money,
but when it comes to spending our
see an earthquake"
Total of S86S Refused
The committee adopted the report of
the examiners disallowing the increases
asked for by Mr.. Campbell The latter
said that the increase asked amounted
to but 1858, while decreases in other
than personal service in the department
amounted to S3,315, a net decrease for
the department of $2,44
The 1922 budget requests from the
various borough Offices were taken up
by the committee. For Manhattan
Borough the budget of 1921 allowed for
personal service, s4,176,179. This was
increased by transfers, etc, as of
June last, to S4,lS2 1865 The request
for 1922 was SA.248,733. The examiners
recommended that s4,179,41S be allowed
for the coming year. For other than
personal service the figures were for
1921, 1902, ,e94; asked for 1922, ST.
035, TIA; allowed by the examiners
1884, 1913, q decrease Of S175,366
Bronx Borough was allowed in the
1921 budget $2,543,32T the request for
recommended $2,479,610, q decrease OF
S116,515.
Brooklyn Cut Half Million
The Borough of Brooklyn's request
was cut down tentatively more than
half million dollars under this years
budget figures, though the depart
mental request was somewhat lower
The figures were: For personal serv-
1929, $3,603 ,234; allowed by the exanli-
ners, S3,527 100; a reduction Of $189,
C39. For other personal service, 1921.
Sl.763. .O44 requested for 1922, 81 Ill.,
l72; allowed by the examiners, S1,44O,-
329, decrease Of $322,7l5.
For Queens the 1921 allowance was
S5,092 ,0S3: requested for 1922, $685.
l46; allowed by the examiners, S4,646,-
800, a cut Of s45s, 1888.
The recomme nded cut in Richmond
was not so noticeable. as this is the
smallest borough and its requests we're
proportionately modest. The reduc
tons recommended in the five bor-
oughs, however. aggregated considera-
bly, over 81 100000.
Vote Same as Year Ago
The division of the voting on these
department requests was the same as
that Of last year. the Borough Presi-
dents voting with each other while the
elective officers voted with the ex-
aminers.
The examiners reports adopted yes
tcrday are only tentative and subject
to revision next week. when two public