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Show CITY'S OUTLAY FOR 1 937 BOOSTED ADDED $94,425 "BRINGS BUDGET-TO BUDGET-TO HIGH LEVEL Unexpended Surplus Is Expected to Materialize By AL FERGUSON Operating expenses of Salt Lake City government Wednesday were headed for a postdepression "high" as city commissioners after a formal for-mal public hearing added (94,428 to the 1937 budget. Not a singls taxpayer or representative represen-tative of a taxpayer's organisation was prssent for the hearing. The action of the commission brought the 1937 budget appropriations appropria-tions to a total of 13.371,717.4. However, officials said that "about (100,000" of tha total sum provided will likely accrue as an unexpended surplus at the end of tha current year. IsM Figure Cited . On ..the . other . hand., observers called attention to the fact that tha anticipated surplus will have to be well ovsr 1100,000 If the 1937 expenditures ex-penditures are to be under 193 expenditures. ex-penditures. Municipal government expenditures expendi-tures and surpluses for paat years to 1930 are: Expenditure. Bnrplna. 1M IS, 0, 1.U gltS.401.lS 1M S,el.7n.75 4S.7M.SS im s, ns.os4.se tt.Sta.IT ,757.W.ll ao.WO.ll 13. t,777,lS.M 7.K4JS last l,17tJ.M lljIBIM 1M 1,980,130 .It UMtJ The boost in the 1937 budget, previously agreed upon by all members mem-bers of ths commission, was actually actu-ally voted by but three members. Commissioners William Murdoch, George D. Keyser and P. H. Gog gin. Mayor E. B. Erwln and Commissioner Commis-sioner John B. Matheson, who war out of ths city, howsvsr, bad previously previ-ously approved ths action by ordering, or-dering, with other members of tha board, that ths appropriations be made and advertised for hearing as budget increases. It was ths ninth time tha 1937 budget had been increased slnos It was originally adopted December 31, 1930. The 94,423 was apportioned aa follows: To statutory and general, for airport air-port Improvements, (43.000; ta tha sewer extension revolving fund, 131, 000; to tha street department for snow removal and wages, 110,300; to the park department for salaries and civic opera, $4525; ta the department de-partment of public affairs for tha dog license division, (260; ta tha -public safety department for shade tree control, (300; and (AO for addition addi-tion to public safety capital investment. |