Reports of health office, Fire Chief & Police, Jan " Enfield Realty Co. refund Finley Method Co. Speedway Finley Method Co. Guadalupe --- Page break --- 161 J. W. Maxwell & Light foot and Light-foot, Brady and Robertson, same amounting to Three Hundred Forty-nine Dollars and Twenty-seven Cents ($349.27). This appropriation is based upon the allowance of a 20 per cent commission to the said J. W. Maxwell and Lightfoot, Brady and Robertson for $1,746.36 back taxes collected by said firm under their contract with the City of Austin from the Dallas Title and Guaranty Company on judgment heretofore recovered in the District Court of Travis County, Texas, 53rd Judicial District. The Resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas--Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes, and Powell, 5; nays, none. APPROVED, Feb. 21, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Mayor offered the following Resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That, in consideration of the fact that the driver for J. C. Bauer, defendant in the case of the State of Texas vs. J. C. Bauer, No. 12731 in the J. C. Bauer fine Corporation Court of the City of Austin, Texas, was exceeding the speed limit at a very early hour and in a remote part of the City to deliver bread which was urgently needed by customers of said J. C. Bauer and the public at large, the sum of Seven Dollars and Forty Cents ($7.40), or one-half of the fine and costs imposed in said cause be and the same is hereby remitted. The Resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas. APPROVED, Feb. 21, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Mayor laid before the Council the following Resolution, accompanied by written statement from Miss Kate Casparis: Miss Kate Casparis auto assessment WHEREAS, it appears from the attached statement of Miss Kate Casparis, sister of J. N. Casparis, which is made the basis of this resolution, and which statement the Council believes to be entirely correct, that the said J. N. Casparis did not on the 1st day of January, 1917, own the automobile assessed against him for taxation for the year 1917 in the amount of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00), and which automobile was not acquired by the said J. N. Casparis until the 20th day of April, 1917, Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That the Assessor and Collector of Taxes of this City be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to strike from his rolls as an assessment against the said J. N. Casparis the value of said automobile, and this shall be his authority for so doing. The Resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas. APPROVED, Feb. 21, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. Spur Track Sand Beach Reserve The Mayor laid before the Council copy of a communication from J. Bouldin Rector, City Attorney, to the Railroad Commission of Texas relating to the removal of a spur track of the I. & G. N. Railroad from the "Sand Beach Reserve" in this City; to which was attached a copy of the Act of the Legislature authorizing the lease of this "Reserve" to the City of Austin. The same were ordered received and filed. Water Rate for Gardens A committee of women representing the war gardens movement in Austin, and particularly this movement among the children of the Public Schools, came before the Council to ask a reduction of the water rates for irrigation, especially during the months of May and June. After discussion, the Council --- Page break --- 103 Budget Adopted Full time Health Officer - offico. reduced Municipal Nurse item retained Summer Band con- certs - item re- tained Municipal Or- chestra - apprp- riation retained Woman Police Assistant - item retained Woman P.F. Ins. item retained 1918 Budget adopted agreed to take the matter under advisement. This being the day for the adoption of the Mayor's Budget for the year 1918, representatives of various organizations, including the Chamber of Commerce, were present in the interest of particular items. Speakers emphasized the view that the provision of an adequate salary for a full-time Health Officer and Bacteriologist was of great importance. A committee of women representing the Mothers' Clubs made a plea for the retention of the item of $1250.00 for summer band concerts. The Council discussed the Budget at length. Councilman Bartholomew moved that the item of $2400.00 for salary of a fulltime Health Officer be reduced to $1800.00. The motion carried by the following vote: Yeas--Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, and Haynes, 3; nays--Mayor Wooldridge and Councilman Powell, 2. Councilman Haynes moved to strike out the item of $75.00 per month for a municipal nurse, which motion was lost by the following vote: Yeas--Councilman Haynes, 1; nays--Mayor Wooldridge, Anthony, Bartholomew, Powell, 4. Councilman Anthony moved to strike out the item of $1250.00 for summer band concerts. The motion was lost by the following vote: Yeas--Councilman Anthony; nays--Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Haynes, Powell, 4. Councilman Haynes moved to strike out the item of $500.00 for Municipal Orchestra. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas--Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes, 3; nays--Mayor Wooldridge, Councilman Powell, 2. Councilman Haynes moved to strike out the item of $75.00 per month for salary of a woman police assistant, which motion failed by the following vote: Yeas--Councilmen Bartholomew and Haynes, 2; nays--Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony and Powell, 3. Councilman Haynes moved to strike out the item of $75.00 a month for salary of a woman Pure Food Inspector; which motion was lost by the following vote: Yeas--Councilmen Bartholomew and Haynes, 2; nays--Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony and Powell, 3. The Mayor then laid before the Council the following Resolution: RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS: That the budget of the Mayor of the City of Austin, Texas, for the year 1918, bearing date the 14th day of February, 1918, and being of the total amount of $815,780.03, be and the same is hereby received, filed, adopted and approved after the amendments to the same which have heretofore been made by the City Council, which amendments consist in the striking out of the item of $500.00 for a municipal orchestra and the reduction of the salary of a wholetime health officer from $2400.00 to $1800.00 per annum. The original budget was read the first time on February 14th, 1918, and finally adopted on this, the 21st day of February, 1918. --- Page break --- Anthony Reasons for vote The Resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas--Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes, and Powell, 5; nays, none. Councilman Anthony filed his reasons, as follows, for his votes on two of the Budget amendments: Austin, Texas, February 20, 1918. To the Honorable Mayor and City Council, City of Austin, Texas. Gentlemen: My reason for voting against a wholetime health officer and free concerts is that I do not believe they are absolutely essential at this time now that our Government is so hard run for money to do the things that have to be done and is compelled to leave off so many things that ought to be done; our city heavily in debt; our people burdensd;with high taxes; our country in the worst war the world has ever known, and no man can see the end. Therefore, I feel it my duty to myself, my city, and my country to economize in every way possible. Respectfully submitted, W. B. Anthony Superintendent of Police and Public Safety of the City of Austin, Texas The Budget of the City of Austin, Texas, in its final, amended form, is as follows: BUDGET To the Honorable City Council, City of Austin, Texas. Gentlemen: Budget for 1918 I submit below a budget of the City of Austin for the year A. D. 1918, of which I ask your approval. The assessed values of this city for the year A. D. 1917, upon which the appropriations in the budget for the year 1918 are largely based, amount to $25,000,000.00. The income from ad valorem taxation in the General Fund is $254,813.27. The income from ad valorem taxation in the Interest and Sinking Fund is $158,375.00. The total income from ad valorem taxation for all municipal purposes (exclusive of school taxes) is $413,188.27. The income from ad valorem taxation in support of the Public Free Schools is $106,875.00. The total income from all ad valorem (or property) taxation for all purposes is $520,063.27. In addition to the income of this city from ad valorem taxation is the income from the operation of its Water, Light and Power Plant. The income of the Water, Light and Power Plant, including cash on hand January 1st, 1918, is $361,599.60. To the income of this city in the General Fund derived from these Page 160 --- Page break --- 166 two principal sources is to be added the income to be derived from certain other miscellaneous sources, including certain cash balances on hand January 1st, 1918, as will appear in the tabulated statement which follows. This miscellaneous income amounts to $40,492.16. Our income from ad valorem taxation is based upon assessed values of $25,000,000.00. At the present rate of taxation of one dollar on the one hundred dollars, and with the proceeds thus derived calculated for realization at 95 per cent of their face value, this ad valorem taxation in the General Fund thus derived is, as stated above, $254,813.27. Realizations for the Interest and Sinking Fund are obtained in the same way as is followed in deriving the income from ad valorem taxation for the General Fund, the only difference being that the rate of taxation for Interest and Sinking Fund purposes is sixty-five cents on the one hundred dollars of assessed property values instead of one dollar on the one hundred dollars. Our total estimated income from all sources and for all purposes, exclusive of the schools, is the sum of $815,280.03. To this money income is to be added $500.00 for convict labor. Altogether, our probable available income from all sources, except the schools, and for all purposes for the year A. D. 1918 will be $815,780.03. This gross income of $815,780.03 is derived from the sources set out in the following table and is apportioned by charter or ordinance, or both, and by this budget, as appears in this same statement. See Sheet Attached to Next Page --- Page break --- ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND APPORTIONMENT OF SAME FOR 1918. Street and AudiGeneral Sewer Park tor- Cemetery Water Receipts Fund Fund Fund ium Perpetual Light Interest Fund Care and and Fund Power Sinking Fund Fund Cash on hand Jan.1,1918- $ 45,877.07 $ 9,990.16 $321.23 $1,998.72 $1,903.68 $ 33,251.08 General Revenue Taxes 1917 230,313.27 $148,703.63 69,693.98 $9,999.40 1,998.72 General Revenue Taxes 1918 7,000.00 4,550.00 2,100.00 210.00 140.00 Taxes 1916 and Prior Years 10,000.00 6,500.00 3,000.00 300.00 200.00 Interest, Costs and Penalties 7,500.00 7,500.00 License Fees 5,000.00 5,000.00 Fees Corporation Court 3,500.00 3,500.00 Pound Fees 750.00 750.00 Interest on General Fund 500.00 500.00 Burial Permits Dead Animals 150.00 150.00 Pay Patients Hospital 5,000.00 5,000.00 Registration Fees of Dogs 350.00 350.00 Interest Daily Balances (streets) 500.00 500.00 Surveys 150.00 150.00 Miscellaneous (streets) 500.00 500.00 Interest Daily Balances (sewer) 100.00 100.00 Rent Sewage Disposal Plant Site 50.00 50.00 Miscellaneous (sewer) 50.00 50.00 Plumbing Inspection Fees 1,500.00 1,500.00 Fees Public Weighers 1,000.00 1,000.00 Income From Public Utilities Companies 3,750.00 3,750.00 Auditorium 16.77 16.77 Sale of Cemetery Annex Lots 5,000.00 5,000.00 From Water Earnings 119,504.32 119,504.32 Light Earnings 144,969.13 144,969.13 Power Earnings 42,688.12 42,688.12 Interest on Daily Bal- ances Water, Light and Power Department 2,000.00 2,000.00 Sale of Meters, Material, Commissions, etc. 14,529.00 14,529.00 Advance Credits 930.47 930.47 Miscellaneous Collections Water, Light and Power Department 3,732.19 3,732.19 Interest and Sinking Fund 1917 154,975.00 $154,975.00 Interest and Sinking Fund 1918 and Prior Years 1,000.00 1,000.00 Interest on Daily Balances 1,000.00 1,000.00 Totals - $815,280.03 $187,953.63 $75,253.98 $11,159.40 $337.00 $4,118.72 $80,244.58 $381,600.00 $160,975.00 Convict Labor (not cash) 500.00 500.00 Grand Totals $815,780.03 $187,953.63 $75,253.98 $11,159.40 $337.00 $4,118.72 $80,244.58 $381,600.00 $160,975.00 Assessed Values for 1918 - $25,000,000.00 " " " " 1917 - 24,000,250.00 Increase for 1918 - $ 999,750.00 Percentage of Increase - 4 ¼ % General Fund for 1918 - $197,253.63 " " " 1917 - 188,855.00 Decrease for 1918 - $ 8,398.63 Percentage of Decrease 6/10 of 1% To assist the General Fund for the current year in certain imperative needs, $8,000.00 has been transferred by resolution from the surplus funds in the Water, Light and Power Department to the General, or as it might more properly be designated, General Expense Fund of the city, making thus available for general expenses in that fund the total amount of $195,293.23. One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) has also been transferred by resolution from the surplus funds in Oakwood Cemetery to the Park Fund, making thus available for the indispensable expenses of that Department the sum of $8,419.40. --- Page break --- 100 Out of this gross income of $815,780.03 the following stated charter, ordinance or recommended assignments should be made. 1. $159.375.00 goes to the Interest and Sinking Fund; 2. $ 86,934.14 goes to the Street and Sewer Separtment; 3. $ 7,419.40 goes to the Park Fund; 4. $ 50.00 goes to the Auditorium Fund; 5. $ 6,844.58 goes to the Cemetery Fund; 6. $ 6,303.68 goes to the Cemetery Annex; 7. $361,599.60 goes chiefly to the Water and Light Department. These seven apportionments, amounting to $628,526.40, out of the city's gross revenues, amounting to $815,780.03, must be set apart before we can begin to consider the city's other urgent needs. Making the proper subtraction, there is left the sum of $187,253.63 and out of this balance of $187,253.63 all of the remaining expenses of the city government, exclusive of the schools, must be paid. Out of this balance of $187,253.63 the expenses of the Mayor's office, the law department, the public health, the tax and sanitary department, the care of the public buildings, the care and improvement of the public grounds other than the parks and cemeteries, the fire department, the police department, the city hospital, and all extraordinary (often unanticipated yet imperatively needed) expenses, and all contingent expenses of every character and description must be paid, and out of this remaining balance for general expense purposes the deficit of the city remaining uncovered at the end of the year 1917, and amounting to $953.00, must be paid. The appropriations recommended below are practically based upon estimates furnished me by the heads of the several departments of the city government. I have been compelled by lack of funds to decline many reasonable and some urgent requests which I should have otherwise been glad to have allowed. You will perceive that the income from the Water, Light and Power Department, amounting to $361,599.60, is greater by the amount of $66,794.17 than the total other income of the city, other than the school taxes and the Interest and Sinking Fund taxes, derived from all sources--from ad valorem taxation and all miscellaneous sources. As a consequence, a considerable proportion of the gross income of this department should be held in reserve for other important municipal needs of the City of Austin outside of the Water, Light and Power Department. This unappropriated balance for the year 1918 will be the sum of $58,009.60. The completion of the Dam should be considered by the City Council and will be considered by the people of Austin during the present year. Something immediate might be needed to be done . --- Page break --- in the way of utilizing the waters of Barton Springs and the prospect of enlarging the aviation school at this place is such that the City Council should reserve unappropriated in this fund an amount that might be needed to be used in a reasonable assistance of a larger development of this beneficial institution. As is known to yourselves, the school tax, after being annually collected by the Assessor and Collector of this city, is turned over to the School Board in gross amounts to be disbursed by that Board. I beg here to recommend by departments the appropriations submitted below: "A" DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS A. P. Wooldnidge Mayor and Superintendent Salary of Mayor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,500.00 Salary of City Attorney . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800.00 Stenographic and Typewriting Assistance to City Attorney . . . . 300.00 Salary of Assistant City Attorney . . . . . . . . . . . 900.00 One-half Salary of Special Assistant City Attorney to July 1, 1918 . 300.00 Salary of Recorder at $100.00 per month for six months and $75.00 per month for the remaining six months . . . . . . . . 1,050.00 Salary of City Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00 " "Assistant City Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00 " "Stenographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900.00 " "Secretary of United Charities . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 " "Assistant Secretary of United Charities . . . . . . . 720.00 Care of Consumptives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00 Charity of all additional sorts, including assistance to local charity institutions, wood, medicine, burial of paupers, and general relief work . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,980.00 Salary of Wholetime Health Officer and City Bacteriologist at $150.00 per month for nine months . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,350.00 Salary of Municipal Nurse at $75.00 per month for ten months . . 750.00 " "Sealer of Weights and Measures . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 Salary of Public Weigher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 Supplies for Public Weigher . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 Assistance to Home of Dependent and Neglected Children . . . . 600.00 One-half Salary of Humane Officer . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00 Part Salary of Probation Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00 Contingent Expenses of Probation Officer . . . . . . . . . 150.00 Public Free Concerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,250.00 Stationery for Heads of Departments and Postage for Mayor . . . 250.00 Supplies for Clerk's Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 Membership in Municipal Organizations and Municipal Literature for Mayor 50.00 Contribution to Armory Rental for Boy Scouts . . . . . . . 180.00 Public Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,350.00 Incidentals to be expended in the judgment of the Mayor . . . . . 500.00 Total for Department "A". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$26,255.00 Last Year's Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,415.00 Increase for 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 860.00 All of the expenditures of this Department are paid out of the General Expense Fund. page 172 --- Page break --- 175 Total 12th Street Parks (bro't forward) . . . . . . . $ 865.50 Last Year's Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . $ 854.73 Increase for 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10.77 Overdraft in Park Fund for 1917 . . . . . . . . . . . $ 291.30 Surplus for all Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 95.02 Total for Sub-Head No. 2 -- Parks . . . . . . . . $ 8,419.40 Last Year's Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,234.73 Increase for 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,184.67 All of the Expenditures of the Park Department are paid out of a 3 per cent assignment of ad valorem taxes, assisted this year by a transfer of One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) from the Oakwood Cemetery Fund.. Sub-Head No. 3 Auditorium Incidentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50.00 Sub-Head No. 4 Cemeteries (Oakwood Cemetery) Salary of Sexton at $50.00 per month . . . . . . . . . . . $ 600.00 Labor in Caring for Cemetery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000.00 Soil, Gravel and Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.00 Grading and Sodding north and south Drain through middle part of Cemetery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.00 Repairing Mortuary Chapel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 Painting Fences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.65 Tools and Incidentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 Surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,324.93 Total for Oakwood Cemetery, including Surplus . . . . . . $ 6,844.58 Last Year's Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,495.92 Increase for 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,348.66 All of the Expenditures of this Department are paid out of a 2 per cent assignment of ad valorem taxes. Cemetery Purchase and Improvement Fund Labor in caring for Cemetery Annex . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,000.00 Trees and Shrubs and planting same in Sections "A," "B," and "D" 200.00 Sodding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 For Road-building around Section "B" . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 Tools, Hose and other Incidentals . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 Unassigned Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,403.68 Total for Cemetery Purchase and Improvement Fund . . . . . $ 6,303.68 Last Year's Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,339.47 Decrease for 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,035.79 During the year 1917 Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) of Liberty Bonds were purchased for investment of a part of the Perpetual Care Fund belonging to the Cemetery Annex, and Lots Nos. 7 and 8 in Block No. 10, Outlot No. 36, Division "B," were purchased of E. J. Honig for $2500.00 to assist in completing the rectangular form of this Cemetery Annex. All of the appropriations under this head are to be paid out of the income from the sale of lots in Oakwood Annex. --- Page break --- 176 Sub-Head No. 5 Water, Light and Power Department One-half Salary of Superintendent (the balance to be paid out of the General Fund) . . . . . $ 1,000.00 Salaries (Office) Part Salary of Assistant Superintendent at $100.00 per month . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,200.00 Salary of Cashier at $160.00 per month . . . . . . . 1,920.00 " " Assistant Cashier at $125.00 per month . . . . . . 1,500.00 " " " " " $105.00 per month . . . . . . . 1,260.00 " " Chief Bookkeeper at $135.00 per month . . . . . . 1,620.00 Salaries of Four Assistant Bookkeepers at $100.00 per month each . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,800.00 Salary of One Storekeeper at $100.00 per month . . . . . 1,200.00 " " One Clerk at $80.00 per month . . . . . . . . 960.00 Part Salary of City Clerk at $25.00 per month . . . . . . 300.00 " " " Stenographer at $25.00 per month . . . . . . 300.00 Total Salaries for Office . . . . . . . . . . . $15,060.00 (Plant) Salary of Chief Engineer at $150.00 per month . . . . . $ 1,800.00 " " One Assistant Engineer at $105.00 per month . 1,260.00 " " One Pump Room Foreman at $105.00 per month . . 1,260.00 Salaries of Three Pump Tenders at $95.00 per mo. each . 3,420.00 " " Three Engineers at $95.00 per month each . . . 3,420.00 Salary of One General Repairer at $83.00 per month . . . 996.00 " " One Blacksmith at $83.00 per month . . . . . . 996.00 " " One Dynamo Tender at $100.00 per month . . . . . 1,200.00 Salaries of Two Dynamo Tenders at $95.00 " " each . . 2,280.00 Salary of One Electric Repairer at $95.00 per month . . 1,140.00 " " One Reservoir Keeper at $60.00 per month . . . . 720.00 Total Salaries for Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,492.00 (Water Line) Salary of Foreman at $125.00 per month . . . . . . . . $ 1,500.00 " " One Meter Reader at $100.00 per month . . . . . 1,200.00 " " One Meter Repairer at $85.00 per month . . . . . 1,020.00 " " One Utility Man at $95.00 per month . . . . . . 1,140.00 Total for Salaries for Water Line . . . . . . . . . $ 4,860.00 (Electric Line) Salary of One Meter Reader at $100.00 per month . . . . . $ 1,200.00 " " " " Tester at $90.00 per month . . . . . . . 1,080.00 " " " Lineman with Wagon at $100.00 per month . . . 1,200.00 " " " " " " $92.50 per month . . . . . . . 1,110.00 " " " at $90.00 per month . . . . . . . . . . 1,080.00 " " " Utility Man at $95.00 per month . . . . . . . 1,140.00 Total Salaries for Electric Line . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,810.00 --- Page break --- 180 Equipment Picks, Shovels and Miscellaneous Equipment . . . . $ 50.00 Material Sewer Pipe, Specials and Cement . . . . . . . . . $ 992.35 Labor To Three Laborers at $2.20 per day each . . . . . . . $ 2,059.20 Special Appropriations To Refund S. R. Fulmore, account cash advanced on building Sewer Line in College Court . . . . . $ 50.00 Total Appropriations for Sanitary Sewer Dept.$ 8,316.55 Last Year's Appropriations . . . . . . . . . $ 8,357.93 Decrease for 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 41.38 GENERAL SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT "D" General Street Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 78,617.59 Sanitary Sewer Department . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,316.55 Total Appropriations for Department "D" . . . . . $ 86,934.14 Last Year's Appropriations . . . . . . . . . $ 87,197.74 Decrease for 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 263.60 "E" DEPARTMENT OF POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY W. B. Anthony, Superintendent Salary of Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,000.00 POLICE DEPARTMENT Salary of City Marshal at $160.00 per month . . . . . $ 1,920.00 " " Sergeant of Police at $125.00 per month . . . . 1,500.00 " " Clerk of Corporation Court at $112.50 per mo. 1,350.00 " " Night Clerk of " " "$95.00 per mo. 1,140.00 Salaries of Four Detectives at $100.00 per mo. each . . . 4,800.00 " " Fifteen Foot Patrolmen at $85.00 per month each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,300.00 " " Two Mounted Patrolmen at $100.00 per month each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,400.00 " " of Four Motorcycle Policemen at $100.00 per month each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,800.00 " " Two Pound Men at $95.00 per month each . . . 2,280.00 (The Mounted Patrolmen and the Motorcycle Policemen are to maintain their horses and maintain and keep in repair their motor- cycles at their own cost). Salary of Jailor and General Utility Policeman at City Hall at $70.00 per month . . . . . . . . . . . . 840.00 Salary of Wholetime Woman Police Assistant at City Hall, who shall also assist the depot police matron, the probation officer and the humane officer in this county as need for her services may arise, for ten months at $75.00 per month . . . . 750.00 One-half Salary of Depot Police Matron at $25.00 per month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00 Compensation of Dog Catcher at fifty cents per dog destroyed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 Feed for Pound, Stock and Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 Rent of Pound for Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.00 Feeding Prisoners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 Amount carried forward . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 42,600.00 --- Page break --- 182 Amount brought forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 16,230.00 Hose Company No. 4 Salary of Captain at $85.00 per month . . . . . . . . . 1,020.00 " " Lieutenant at $82.50 per month . . . . . . . . . 990.00 Salaries of Two Hosemen at $75.00 per month each for six months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900.00 " " Two Hosemen at $77.50 per month each for six months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930.00 Operation of Hose Company No. 4: Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 60.00 Incidentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 Total for operation $210.00 Maintenance of Hose Company No. 4: Renewals and Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200.00 410.00 Hose Company No. 5 Salary of Captain at $85.00 per month . . . . . . . . . 1,020.00 " " Lieutenant at $82.50 per month . . . . . . . . . 990.00 Salaries of Two Hosemen at $80.00 per month each for twelve months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,920.00 Operation of Hose Company No. 5: Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 75.00 Incidentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 Total for Operation $175.00 Maintenance of Hose Company No. 5: Renewals and Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $275.00 . 450.00 HORSE DRAWN APPARATUS Hose Company No. 2 Salary of Captain at $85.00 per month . . . . . . . . . 1,020.00 " " Lieutenant at $82.50 per month . . . . . . . . . 990.00 Salaries of Two Hosemen at $80.00 per month each for twelve months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,920.00 Maintenance of Hose Company No. 2: Feed, Repairs and Incidentals at $50.00 per mo. . . . 600.00 Hose Company No. 6 Salary of Captain at $85.00 per month . . . . . . . . . 1,020.00 " " Lieutenant at $82.50 per month . . . . . . . . . 990.00 Salaries of Two Hosemen at $75.00 per month each for six months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900.00 " " Two Hosemen at $77.50 per month each for six months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930.00 Maintenance of Hose Company No. 6: Feed, Repairs and Incidentals at $50.00 per mo. . . . 600.00 Hose Company No. 7 Salary of Captain at $85.00 per month . . . . . . . . . 1,020.00 " " Lieutenant at $82.50 per month . . . . . . . . . 990.00 Salaries of Two Hosemen at $75.00 per month each for six months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900.00 " " Two Hosemen at $77.50 each per month for six months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930.00 Maintenance of Hose Company No. 7: Feed, Repairs and Incidentals at $50.00 per mo. . . . 600.00 Amount carried forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 38,270.00 --- Page break --- Salary of one Pure food Inspector for Hotels, Restaurants, Boarding Houses, Grocery Stores, Shops, Ice Cream Parlors and other Public Places, at $62.50 per month for two months --- Page break --- SUMMARY OF DEPARTMENT "E" Salary of Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000.00 Police Department (less salary of Superintendent) . . . . . . . . 42,260.00 Fire Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,717.60 Sub-Department of Public Health (Administration) . . . . . . . . 3,575.00 Sub-Department of Public Health (City Hospital) . . . . . . . . 21,010.00 Total Appropriations for Department "E" . . . . . . . . . . .$115,562.60 Last Year's Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$106,125.00 Increase for 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 9,437.60 All of the expenditures of this Department are paid out of the General Expense Fund. MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS PAYABLE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND Special Appropriation for Public Health . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000.00 To cover deficit in General Fund for the year 1917 . . . . . . . 953.00 For Contingent Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,237.63 Total Miscellaneous Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 4,190.63 I respectfully call attention to the following facts: There is not enough money available in the income of the City of Austin, Texas, for the year 1918 to pay the indispensable appropriations for the city for the year 1918 and take any important steps forward in the way of municipal progress. Intensified economy cannot largely be practiced except at great detriment to the public service. This city is growing in population and there is increasing demand upon the city for increased public service of one character or another, but the income of the city grows very slowly, so that deficits under present conditions are inevitable. The deficit at the close of the present year seems small--but $953.00--but this was so only because during the year 1917, $49,875.00 was transferred from the Water and Light Fund to the General Fund. These large transfers cannot habitually be made. The Water and Light Department out of its surplus should liberally assist the other less fortunate departments of the city government, but no such large transfers as that made during the year gone by can be expected to be made again. The people of this city must sooner or later realize that to undertake to conduct the affairs of the city in an efficient manner they must have more income. Austin needs annually an income in the General Fund of at least twenty-five thousand dollars more than it now has. More income calls for either an increase in the tax rate or an increase in assessed values. I prefer the method of honest increased assessed values; it is more sensible and fairer towards all. An itemized statement of the income of the city and an itemized statement of its expenditures for the year gone by will be compiled and printed within the next thirty days by the Superintendent of Receipts, Disbursements and Accounts. In this --- Page break --- itemized statement, the tax payers of the city will see where their money comes from and how it is paid out. I urge the citizens of Austin, and especially the tax payers, to read this statement critically. I attach hereto and make a part hereof a summary of the probable receipts of the city and of the probable expenditures by departments of the city for the year 1918, other than contingent and unforeseen expenses. These contingent expenses will always come, but nobody can foresee their character, urgency or amount. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor Austin, Texas, February 14, 1918. SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND RECOMMENDED APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR THE YEAR 1918, OTHER THAN THOSE FOR THE PUBLIC FREE SCHOOLS AMOUNTS SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION AND SOURCES OF SAME From General Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $655,405.03 " Interest and Sinking Fund . . . . . . . . . . . 159,875.00 " Convict Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$815,780.03 APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED "A" -- Department of Public Affairs, A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor and Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 26,255.00 "B" -- Department of Receipts, Disbursements and Accounts, H. L. Haynes, Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 46,210.00 "C" -- Department of Parks and Public Property, R. C. Bartholomew, Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $377,252.66 "D" -- Department of Streets and Public Improvements, P. W. Powell, Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 86,934.14 "E" -- Department of Police and Public Safety, W. B. Anthony, Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $115,562.60 Interest and Sinking Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $159,375.00 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 4,190.63 Total Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$815,780.03 The Council then adjourned. J. A. Warren City Clk.