Evening star., 1942-09-02
Police Budget
Estimate Set
AT $4,008,382
Rank Of Corporal
Asked; Fire Dept.
Seeks S2,529,237

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An appropriation Of $4,008. .352 for
the fiscal year of 1914. part Of which
IS to include funds for the creation
IF 65 corporals, was asked of the
Commissioners by the District Po-
lice Department. 1t was announced
today.
At the same time. the Fire Depart
ment submitted budget request for
81, ,529, ,237, part of which is asked to
staff a new truck company at En-
gine Co. No. 19, Twenty eighth place
and Pennsylvania avenue Sc. The
Fire Department estimates for 1914
is $44,0l8 less than the sum allo-
Gated for the present year, due to
the fact that $4,000 was asked for
of a station at North
Capitol and Crittenden streets.
The new rank of corporal in the
Police Department would cost s13,-
600, according to budget estimates.
This would allow the promotion of
IS privates from $2,400 a year to
81 800 year, as set up in the budget
request.
Efficiency Gain Seen.
Heretofore it has been customary
to designate private as acting
sergeant when needed" the budget
request stated, "but this practice has
not proven to be satisfactory as q
private can hardly be expected to
institute disciplinary action against
another private. Nor is it fair to
burden a man with additional re-
sponslbillties without bestowinR
commensurate rank and pay. It is
felt that the creation of the rank of
corporal will appreciably increase
the efficiency of the department"
The Police Department also is
asking for 10 new sergeants, one In.
spector and one lieutenant. The
inspector, it is explained, would
head the Police Academy, and the
lieutenant and the sergeants would
represent the chief and the staff
OF the Police Radio Station.
The police budget for the 1914
fiscal year allows for within-grade
promotions to the extent of S2.7eo
among civilian personnel as pro-
vided in the Mead-Ramspeck Act.
In addition, the Police Department
seeks clerical help to relieve police
officers in the robbery. fugitive and
check squads, the. files room and
the pawn inspection unit. An addi-
tlonal Janitor and one more mes.
senger are also sought.
Asks More to Feed Prisoners.
The current high cost of living
is reflected In the police budget
estimates Of food costs for prison.
ers. Rising prices have forced off,
cials Of the department to request
an additional $4,000 in 1874 Ca total
OF $4,000 for feeding prisoners.
Communications services also will
be higher in 1914, the department
believes. and an appropriation Of
5000. or $4,700 above that of the
lS43 fiscal year, is requested.
AS the price of textiles has risen
since the 1943 budget was submitted.
the department feels that every
effort should be made to conserve
materials" A program to effect
this result has been formulated, it
was said. Included among the con-
servation plans, it was reported, was
system OF altering uniforms trans
ferred from one person to another.
An allotment of $118,15O for new
Vehlcles is also asked by the de-
partment in place of the Sis .892 re-
quested for the 1943 fiscal year.
Despite the request for 18 new
members of the Fire Department
10 staf1 the truck company con.
templated for the house at Twenty-
eighth place and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc. the 1914 salary requests
OF the Fire Department, totaling
S2,266.072, will actually be less than
the 1943 budget by 1888 due to the
s26,80o which it is expected will be
saved when new men replace older
hremen called into military service,
FIRE Department rockies get $1,000
as compared to s2,400 for the highest
of privates. .w
The new truck company, it Ia
estimated, will cost S36.940. This
sum will enable the department to
employ one captain, one lieutenant,
one sergeant and Is privates for the
new truck company Apparatus for
this new unit already is on hand.
it was said.
Ihe areas to be served by the
projected truck company include
Bradbury Heights, Hillcrest, Sum-
NIT Park, Randle Highlands, East
Washington Park, Bennings and
the adjacent property on Good
Hope road, including the German
Orphan Asylum.
Uniform Costs Rise.
Fire Department uniforms will
cost $15,965 more in 1914, it was
estimated, than was provided in the
l943 fiscal year budget. Of this
$3.50 is planned to outfit
the Is men contemplated to staff
the new truck company. The re-
s13,625, it is reported, rep
'esents increased costs of materials,
While it formerly took orlly SIS to
outfit man completely. the depart
nent said, the cost now is $l30.
Repairs during the 1914 fiscal year,
t was estimated, would cost $4,000,
)r $500 less than the amount ap-
for 1943. The depart
nent also asks that the funds grant
ID for the replacement of hose be
'ut from $4,000, as provided in the
.943 budget, to $4,000, due to the
difficulty in obtaining new hosc.
The Fire Department has also
lsked the Commissioners to recon-
mend an outlay of $96,425 for the
'eplacement of apparatus, as COM
pared with $59,425 set aside in the
943 budget. New apparatus asked
or includes three pumping engines.
hree hose wagons, two aerial trucks,
,wo chiefs automobiles and one
car.
An increased fuel appropriation,
rom $4,000 to $4,000, is asked to
'over the increased cost of gasoline
md fuel OIL
'lot Machine Owner Fined
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