The New York herald., 1922-01-20
$68,O00,O00 Asked by All
Departments; $9,00O,000
Only Available.
JUDGE ATTACKS .WASTE'
Finds Three Policemen Guard
Unoccupied Room From
Which Tenant Fled.

Police Commissioner Enright prob
ably will not get more than an ex-
tremely small percentage OF the $2,135,-
600 requested from the Board Of Eati-
mate for the erection of eight new
police stations and the repair and
renovation OF some of the old ones, II
was learned yesterday.
The belief among members of the
administration is that the Commits
sioner has overshot the mark by more
than million dollars, and in COM
mon with other city departments pur-
posely has placed his estimate at a
ridiculously high figure in the hope
Of getting some portion of it to be
applied to his new scheme of police
efficiency"
The city heads are willing to go
along hand in hand with Commissioner
Enright's plan. against, which not a
word Of criticism has been uttered by
the Mayor or any member of the Board
of Estimate. but the project strikes
a snag in the depleted condition Of
the city treasury, and the limitation
placed by law on the amount of cor
porate stock that can be issued in a
year for new work.
&15,OOO,OOO Bond Limit.
Under legislative enactment the city
was permitted to issue $4,000, 900
special revenue bonds for non-revenue
producing improvements, and as this is
the last year in which the Law of 1918
Is effective the Comptroller's Office has
been overwhelmed with requests from
various city departments that want to
exceed their 1922 budget allotments.
That Commissioner Enrights request
represents merely trough guess at
wat VIII actually be required for the
Improvements is shown by the fact that
neither tho sites OF the proposed station
houses nor the specifications for the
buildings have yet been determined
There are now In the Comptroller
office requests from various city de-
partments for corporate stock issues to
the amount of 6s,000,00o. OF the
$1hOJ0.000 to which the city is limited
approximately 100000 already has been
pledged. leaving a bare $4,000, 900 70 be
apportioned among the various hungry
bureau heads.
The Police Departments request, as a
matter of fact, Is rather modest in COM
parison to the amounts asked by some
OF the borough heads. who made n neat
showing of economy in their budgets
only to turn around and endeavor to
have the deficit made up by corporate
stock issues. Borough President Riegel-
mann of Brooklyn. for instance, has re
quested so.103,640 TO run his depart
mcnt this year in addition TO what was
granted in the 1922 budget. Similarly
the Borough of Manhattan makes an
additinal request for s7,225,5o0 The
Bronx $3.394,250. Queens s3,375,5a4 and
Richmond $2,11s,750.
Among the other city departments
that of Public Welfare. under Commits
sioner Bird S. Coler. heads the list OF
corporate stock requests by placing its
needs for the year at s7.055,679. Other
substantially large demands are: Belle
vue Hospital, $5.725.000 Street Clean
ing Department, S4,951.0o0; Department
OF Plant and Structures. s5,2o1. .s45
Fire Department. s1.ef0.s00; Depart
mcnt Of Education (for fire prevention
purposes following an expose of the
condition OF the public schools), $1,500,-
coo.
Attacked as ''Extravagant.'
Commissioner Enright was assailed
by Justice Leopold Prince. presiding
over the Eighth District Municipal Court
Yesterday. tor his "cxtravagance" in
keeping three patrolmen engaged in
guarding an unoccupied room at 2117
Madison avenue. BY such methods. the
Justice charged. Commissioner Enright
is wasting the money OF the taxpayers.
Samuel Hyman. owner of the house,
was trying TO dispossess John Arno-
stadt. a grocer, who disappeared on
January 6. Since then three policemen
have been assigned to duty in the room
IN the rear OF Aronstadt's store.