Members of t h ?- finance ?"ommltte'
*niph<ttlcall> -a'att 1 that in pi' paring
the I til 7 budget n Itemized form, it
was aot itti-n ?i? ? - it- >r Ititeiiti'in to
.eMrict the Administrative I'.nar.l or
I'n'lv of dep.. ? t in. hi s i'i 11; t - mat it -1* of
mnkn tr ?ip ii'- ir pa > I'.'.l- Tut *. saitl
that she t otn nit ? ???? /.a ai-ttiiitod in
doi'ir thii l'\ a .p-sot- tt> fiirtilsh dt -
l4il"d information ft i 11??? hc'Kltt of
the public, which h:?s oiaiiiftn-tcd nu
lifct* 11 ittt?-re*-t in municip il afiaii ? in
l.'ertnt month- . The ?. on-iniiti;e declares
that tho Administrate? Hoard will
Iij'.vc under ti e n-;w hi'tls-t a~ frie a
rem to handle il e fnmi'* ippropriatcl
foi it \ use as it ewi did in 11.past
when lump sums v <-r? s?-i aside for
?-:?t h depai t nit lit
fr:itnoi(s to hi: < uiiiit:i t i l)
t in a>ii:m>mi-:vi> fito.M n.ooit
Then- was evident in sotio t|uart?-rs
apprehension concerning some t?f the
appropriations. It has been discov
ered that in tiie sum set aside for the
fire tiepartinent provision is made to
pay only 10S firemen of tirade I!, when
there are already 111' men of this grade
on the department's pay toll. In the
Ktreet-C'leaiiinn I>epartniens pro\ is ion
Is made for 1 ?J?? laborers, while tiiere
are now on this pay roll 170 men. A
idmih'.r erim of one man is found in
?he funds proxided for tiie Police l>e
partment. Tiies- and similar errors
will undou i-l edly 1m- corrected by
amendments on the lloor of the
Council.
