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TAT AND Vol. CII. NRW YORK, 0CT01!1<:K 26, 1918 No. 17 Proposed Budget May Raise Tax Rate to 2.48 If Adoi)tecl, This Will Be Manhattan I^lgure, aii Advance of Twelve Points Over 1918—Other Boroughs iii Proportion THE proposed budgct presented by the Board of Esti- of Estimate aml Apportionment to (^liscuss budgct require- niate and Apportionment at the piiblic hearings this ments. week showed an increase over last year of $9,- "The appmpriatioiis for the 1919 budget vvere the result 984,728.18. This is a considerable increase over the tenta- of this harmonious co-operation. Substantial reductions tive budget in its original form, and is due largely to the were made in the amounts originally requested by the additional amount allotted to tbe Board of Education. The Board of Education; but in every instance this was done budget now stands at $248,108,487.38, as compared with by the voluntary and spontaneous action of the members $238,123,759,20 for last year. o'f the Board of Education. Although the Board of Estimate may make decreases "The appropriation provided in the proposcd budget for up to October 31, when that body niust finally pass on the the Board of Education is $4.^,121,163.26. This is $3,025,- budget, and the Board of Aldermen then has twenty days 000 in excess of 4.9 mills on ta.xalíle values required by law. in which to make decreases, it is probable that there will "Numerous attempts have been made to create the im- be little change from the above figures. [jression that this appropriation barely exceeds that of The biggest increase in the budget over 1918 is in the 1918. Such attempts are founded upoii sheer manipulation Department of Education, $9,730,658, but in reality the of the tigures involved and careful avoidance of the facts. schools will get only about .Íí^^^OO.OOO more than last year, "Last year the Board of Education requested a]3propria- as last year the budget carried a special fund of $7,110,651. tions of $49,599,834.79. This was cut by the former lioard This year the special fund has been thrown into the genera! "f Estimate and Apportionment to $43,3.30,363.02 in the fund for the reduction of taxation. proposed budget, An examination of the news])aper files Some of the large increases are shown in the following t'f last year will disclose that not one of the mischief table: niakers now active uttered one word of protest against 1919Budget 1918Budget Inc. 1919 ""' i-eduction of more than six and one-quarter millions. Departinent— total total over 1918 •"'^ ainount thus allowed for 1918 was $829,206.98 in ex- Police Dept...............$20,671,579 $19,394,613 $1,276,965 cess of the 4,9 mills required by law. Dept. of''HeaÍth;:;:::;:::: '3:932:292 '3:711:376 2209IS "^'"-^ appropriation proposed by the present Board of Dept. of Public Charities. 5.794,963 S^HU+^O 683:522 Estimate and .A.pijortionment for 1919 is $3 0'5 000 in ex- Board of Child Welfare,.. 1,664,120 1,552 170 111950 r ..i , j . •, • , ', • ' ĸ.,' Bellevue and allied hos- ' '^í^ss of that mandatonly required, and is $2,620,007,22 P'tals ................... 2,415,233 2,089,625 325,608 above the appropriation for 1918." Dept. of Street Cleaning.. 11,240,668 9,033,349 2.207,319 í-L.,,-l„cA P.. l r . r'.i r> r»^ •• , Payments to charitable Lhailes A. beard, director of the Bureau of Mumcqjal institutions ............. 6,949,800 6,485,510 464,290 Ke.search, .savs that while the budget shows an increase of Dept. of Correction....... 2,042,074 1,814,954 227,119 i u-ooqivoqio .i , • . 1'' Is Dept. of Plant and Struc- ""')' $9.984,728.18, the actual iiicre;ise is $12,249,329.98 tures ................... 2,785,440 754,632 2,030,808 over 1918. He said: Debt service.............. 77,931,938 75,590,460 2,341,478 <.ti va i . ' '^'° The difference between the actual increase and the ap- The Law Department budget is increased over this year's I';"'<-'"t mciv;ise is explained by the fact that ihe item for by over $30,000. Tn the mayor's ofiFice thcre is an increa.se ^^^ deliciencies is placed at $1,835,000 in the budget, while of several thousand dollars. t'ie actual tax deficiency, according to the statement of At the hearing on Wednesday the mayor explained the ^'iarles L. Craig, city controller, to the lîoard of Esti- increase of his secretary's salary to $6,500 as follows: '"'''^^' '""""""ts to $4,101,302.88. This dift'erence the con- •'ĩ had Whalen's salary reduced to $5,000 when I took *'""''' '' !'^'-""«e'l this year to take froin the sum of $2,- office. I have found out that he did a great deal to help -^'-^-''^'-'^^ "^ unspent moneys from previous administra- save the $9,000 which the Mavor's Department turned back ^'°"f' • . i • to the city treasury last year,'and which we intend to turn • ?" T' "^ '.'"' t^velve-million-dollar and over increase, back again this year, so 1 recommended that his salary be f "' ^'"\ ?°'T i °"ĩ ', "'' '"'''" °^ '''" '^'^>' ^^' restored " '^'" "''''tcrially depleted, because of the large decrease in Controller Craig issued a statement in connection with P''''T"Í ^°', ij;"^^'-^^'"'^. ''^e Department of Water the Board of Education appropriation in which he said • ^ "'^P'^' ?"', ^""^ Electncity drops about 140 employees, „., „ . ,.• • ,: wicnnesaĸi. at a total salary of alwut $180,000, The Tenement House ror the hrst time m the history of the present City of De,.artment drops ahout 76 emplcvees, at a total of New York the appro])riations for educational purposes $56.000 s;il;try. The Board of Estimate and Apportioii- have been the suliject of joint confercnces and discussions n,,.„t dr.iiis about 66 emplovees, Holes likc thesc are between ihe members of the Board of Education and the slint thr.mgh thc service of'pracíi.-r.llv all divisi.ms of lioard of Estimate and Ai)i)ortionment. OnThursday, the city-. .vernment. the 17th. these two bodies were in continuous joint session "In otlur words, the present admiiiistn.tii.n is íurnish- fi-om 11 oclock m the morning until midnight. Never ing less scrvice for more monev." betore has a Board of Education ?at down with the Board Thc Ciiizens' Union in a statement pointed out numer-