NOTE.-In order to get the total estimates of the office within the maximum fixed by the Bureau of the Budget, the sum of $47,280 was deducted from the total shown above under an agreement with the Director of the Budget that the appropriation made to this office would be in the form of a lump sum ao that this office could at any one time have a number equal to or in excess of the 1,598 employees, provided the total expenditure for the year for salaries did not exceed the reduced amount of $1,637,015. The saving would be made by dropping firemen from the rolls during the summer time and eliminating some of the mechanics and laborers during the wintertime. With a lump-sum appropriation the force would be flexible and would permit of getting the greatest results with the least expenditure. |