San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09
CITY To HAVE
CASH BALANCE
At YEAR END
Tobin Administration FL
nances Are in Good
Shape.
BUDGET IS MADE UP
Will Meet Current Expenses
and Have $4,000
Left.
BUDGET IS MADE UP


will pay its current operating expenses
and have a balance Of some $4,000,
according to figures for the final bud
get which were made public by Mayor
John w. Tobin Saturday. The budget
will be presented to the commission
on Monday afternoon for adoption.
The total budget for all purposes
for the year is S2,179. G65.65. This
compares with the budget for last year
under the previous administration OF
S2,500,0O0 in round figures. The Tobin
administration fell heir TO an oyerdratt
of some 100000 when it took office
The available revenue of the city for
the current year based on an assessed
valuation of S1S2 100000 will be S.
1877, 500. Mayor Tobin estimates. This
allows for a certain percentage of the
taxes which will be delinquent. With
total budget of $2,179,G65, this will
leave the city a cash balance OF
ST., S35.
Mayor Well Pleased.
II Mayor Tobin Saturday expressed
himself as highly gratified at the con-
dition OF the city's finances. The COM
missioners in every department, he
pointed out, have economical wherever
possible but have operated their de-
partments efficiently. The saving has
been made. he pointed out, despite the
fact that an enormous amount OF work
has been done.
Among the projects which have been
paid for out of the general fund and
are included in the final budget are
the Roosevelt park swimming pool, the
deepening of San Pedro creek, macada-
MIXING of scores of streets, repairs to
others and numerous other minor I'M
provements.
\ The largest item in the budget is
4 that of $3.50, 504.S7 allowed Fire and
Police Commissioner Phil Wright for
| the fire department. This is for sal
aries and varies only slightly each
year. The next highest is $34S,2I6.41
! for street maintenance in the depart
nnent of Commissioner Paul Il. Stef-
fler.
Joint Contingency Fund.
Other important items in the budget
hare: 5000, 732.37 for the police depart
Ement, which also represents salaries
$3.50, 279.60 for street cleaning in the
4 department of Commissioner Ray
Lambert, largely salaries and equip
ment; $101. 644.S3 for parks and
sSplazas and $1S0.403 for contingencies
The appropriation for contingencies
this year is large because the contin-
Egent fund has been open to all the
commissioners. Out of it Mayor To
bin has paid for number of projects
and at the end of the fiscal year the
money will be charged to the various
! departments for which it was spent.
All equipment purchased has also been
|paid for out of this fund.
$4,000 for Hospital.
Other items in the final budget are
IS23, 929.22 for the salaries of the
|mayor and commissioners S16,06S. 43
for the city attorneys office; $13,-
I656.24 for the auditors department +;
ISL, 204.27 for the city clerk; SS636.2O
for the purchasing department :
tS51 ,925.15 for the health department ;
ISL, 003. IL for the city clinic; S2164.3j
kfor weights and measures; S41 ,42S
|for the city tax assessor; 5000 for
1.-THE collector; $4,000 for the back tax
Iicollector: S4976.5S for the license and
{dues collector; S4631. OF for the city
|treasurer S23.261.32 for the santa
Ition department; S19,003.64 for
kplumbing and sewer department; So
f231.72 for the city market; S2392. &c
for river and bitches S9207.32 for the
kcity hall building; S4047 for the old
Icity cemetery; $670S for the new city
cemetery; S66,476.30 for the city en-
sineer's department; SS6S9.19 for
sewer construction S17.764.66 for the
kfire alarm department; S12.130 for the
police and fire stations $4,000 for
flights. 81 900 for water, S37 900 for
1.-THE Robert b. Green Memorial hospi-
Ital and SAG, 900 for interest.