San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-29
|HARP CUTS IN
|1|TYEXPENSES
|ONLY SOLUTION
Municipality Not Able to
Continue Spending Money
Recklessly.
WRIGHT TO SUFFER
ayor Fixes 1t So Police
md Fire Department Pay
for Another's Mistake.
WRIGHT TO SUFFER

kOI nIlOkliSi NAhSSe>AA~s
Suspension Of all work in the street
partment with the exception pos
bIy of repair gang TO maintain
reefs. and drastic cuts in all other
.acrtnents, in an effort to curtail
fpendithres during the remaining
rec months Of the fiscal year so
TO bring expenditures within the
tvs available revenue was decided
bon at a budget conference IN the
ayor's office Thursday morning.
his has become necessary, 1t was
ought out because of the huge ex-
nditlres, particularly in the street
mmissioner's and mayors depart
ents. where tentative budgets have
on greatly exceeded. Commissioner
bill Wright. who has kept within ms
ntatiye budget. must suffer 1or the
ckless waste practiced in other de-
rtments. Commissioner Pfelfter'
no has also kept close TO the sum
lowed him in his tentative budget,
lin be unable to share any large
rt of the burden as his force is
teded to handle tax payments when
art on April /.
1t developed at the conference
hursday that there is little posi-
lity of the mayors putting over
proposcd scheme to borrow an
bditional 100000 with back taxes
n lien as Commissioner Phil
right stated positively that he
ould not vote for it. Commissioner
feiffer. at a recent council meeting
so declined to assist the mayor IN
ltting out of the financial muddle
hitch the tax commissioner claimed
as the mayors own fault. 1t Is
so known that Commissioner Kay
nmbert is opposed TO pawning the
ty's back taxes for an additional
Ian, so it seems that the mayor $
heme must fall through.
Wants To Cut Wright's Budget.
1T also developed at the Thursday
bnference that the mayor wishes to
1t the police and fire department
ldgets TO the extent of about S0S.-
DO in an effort to make up the
hortages in his and the street COM
issioner's budgets. 1t is also neces-
nv TO make up the sum of about
b. 900 which the mayor authorized
Commissioner Lambert to spend on
fsurfacing the park drives and which
R>nkHeto allow him out of the con-
Tigency fund. Had this been given
the park commissioner, the over
raft in his department would have
ben negligible.
After considerable wrangling and
CURING Thursday, the mayor an
ounced that he would order the
rect department shut down effective
pril 1 and that only a few men
no must be kept to maintain the
reefs, would be retained on the pay
bill. He also promised to dispense
18th the services of his special in
estigator, efficiency expert and men
the sanitary department. He also
rected that word be sent to Com
Missioner Lambert to shave his
brces.
Commissioner Wright declared that
would be absolute folly TO attempt
prune his budget to the extent of
5S,O00. The police commissioner de-
ined to agree TO such a cut, assert
be- that it would too greatly cripple
is fire and police departments. which
re vital TO the protection of life and
property in the city. Commissioner
Wright, however, did agree TO cut
inc men off his mounted police force
hid to cut out the sick time" This
beans that when policeman is
bsent from his beat on account OF
Eckness, the beat must 90 unpro-
kcted.
Wright Opposes Lean.
Commissioner Wright was asked
he direct question by the mayor il
e would vote for the borrowing OF
he additional 100000.
Il will not now and never will
ote for it," Commissioner Wright
laid. ,"You knew three months ago
hat there was going TO be an over
raft. .rlou should have taken steps
b shut down the departments which
heed overdrafts and should have pre-
ented the tearing W of streets which
occurred after it became known that
here was no money available TO re-
w3wSr:.
Il take the position that when the
commissioners anu mayor nave spent
he total available revenue of the city
Hat the time has come to call halt.
don't propose to mortgage the city's
uture by voting for this additional
ban of 100000. If Ricden didn't
NOW what was going on, you as
mayor and head of the city govern
hent should have known and stopped
him."
The conference on the whole was
ntirely friendly and was attended by
nly the mayor and Commissioners
Wright and Pfeiffer. Commissioner
lambert is still i'll and Commissioner
iieden did not show up.
4 Dozen Pairs.-Twelyc pairs of
| ilk hose were recovered when n Next
Ian senorita, 10, was arrested at
oske Bros store Wednesday after
loon. The woman was mingling with
he shopping crowds, it is said, fit
| ing from one counter 10 another.
Kept under surveillance by a detec-
live, the woman is reported to have