APPROPRIATIONS. The money assigned for the work of the Public Works Department during the year February 1, 1921, to January 1, 1922, was made available from the following sources: First. Maintenance appropriation, derived from the income of the city raised by taxation. In December, 1920, the department estimates of the money necessary for the different services were submitted to the Mayor. The estimates were made in segregated form to the Mayor, who made such allowance for each item in the budget as he considered necessary and submitted them to the City Council. The total maintenance appropriations as passed by the City Council and approved by the Mayor are shown below. On another page will be found the total expenditures by each service for each item in the segregated budget: Central Office $88,634 20 Bridge Service 432,769 22 501,856 57 727,688 20 1,278,474 40 Second. * BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGe Bridges. streets assessable on abutting property authorized by chapter 393 of the Acts of 1906. (Paving Service.) $761,550 39 Amount expended during the year Third. Loan inside the debt limit under the provisions of chapter 426 of the Acts of 1897, as amended by chapter 204 of the Acts of 1908, from which all sewage works are now built. (Sewerage Works- Sewer Service.) * Paid by Bridge Service and included in that appropriation. 974,138 27 $321,477 74 Fourth. High Pressure Fire Service. (Water Serv Sixth. Dover Street Bridge, rebuilding. (Bridge Service.) Seventh. Hyde Park Avenue Bridge. (Bridge Serv *Authorized but not issued, $600,000. † Includes payment made by Board of Street Commissioners. $7,293 34 *GRANITE AVENUE BRIDGE. (Bridge Service.) SEA WALL, ETC., ROXBURY CANAL. (Bridge Service.) Balance February 1, 1921 Loan issued Total Expended during the year Unexpended balance January 31, 1921 EAST BOSTON FERRY, IMPROVEMENTS, ETC. Balance February 1, 1921 $109,492 69 80,000 00 $189,492 69 95,040 53 $94,452 16 (Ferry Service.) Loan issued (authorized in 1920 but not issued) outside the debt limit $343,399 29 500,000 00 Total Expended during the year $843,399 29 582,783 16 $260,616 13 $100,323 38 98,754 21 $1,569 17 FERRYBOAT "NODDLE ISLAND." (Ferry Service.) Balance February 1, 1921 Expended during the year * Maintained jointly by Suffolk County and town of Milton. FERRYBOATS, REPAIRS, ETC. (Ferry Service.) WASHINGTON STREET, WEST ROXBURY. (Paving Service.) STUART STREET. (Chapter 312, Acts of 1920 and Chapter 407, Balance February 1, 1921 Loan issued (authorized in 1920 but not issued). $33 83 90,000 00 Total $90,033 83 Expended during the year 58,852 93 $31,180 90 |