Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-10 | Page 26 | Slow Spending Urged for City

SLOW SPENDING URGED FOR CIT GIT Heads of or Salt Lake City dep ments were warned Tuesday by J A Samuel F F. Nicholls to tJ I ape pi care carefully ully for the remainder of f fIt 1 if It the m municipality is to maint its depression record of ot being of few American cities which h hi h lived within Its income and reU its bonded indebtedness during 1 lean years Yr 13 t The auditors auditor's monthly stater for Cor the period ended August showed total expenditures for tor of toS to'S year compared to tC J during the Ic corresponds correspond p period rI d In 1934 i. i The budget balance money operate all departments from n until January 1 Is c co ca pared to on A August gust 1119 31 Expenditures in August or less less' thank t. t July In August 1934 city dep ments merits spent the st t. t m shows An surplus of existed as of August 31 co co pared with an overdraft of ot 89 in the same fund on August All AU departments spent less Jess in A A. h. h gust than during July and all hi ha hi substantial balances in their bu budgets g gets ets except the park department which has a book deficit of This the auditor explained is du duto du duto to the fact that the park department department depart depart- m ment nt financed the city's purchased r Forest Dale DaJc go golf course and has no not yet been reimbursed the pa p paid J for lor the new park area Revenue collections arc are up to ti fi a a total of ha haing haring hir har hiring ing been collected compared to 1 during the corresponding period last year Collection of ot prior years' years taxes more than they were they were Au 31 1934 moro morn in curre taxes have been collected this ye than last making a total of this year this year and more in lice licen fees lees have been collected this ye than last i Revenue from water sales Is 29 less than it was in 1934 for tor tb month eight period It was ex explained that bills for peak wa sales will not be paid by users un unto September and October The report was ordered filed city commissioners