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During the latter part of the year it became evident that the 
Garden could no longer depend upon hired horses for carting, 
agricultural operations, and snow plow. The increased use o 
the automobile has made it no longer profitable to keep work 
horses for hire in this City. Consequently, on September. 20, 
1928, we made application to the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment for an appropriation for the purchase of a tractor and 
attachments, including dump wagon, snow plow, agricultural plow, 
cultivator, etc. 
This request was granted on October 18, 1928, in the sum of 
$1,392.60, and the equipment was purchased in December. 
Also on October, 25, 1928, the Board of [Estimate and Ap- 
portionment approved our request of September 4, for a supple- 
mentary appropriation of $850 for necessary repairs to the chimney 
of our heating plant and the installation of lightning rods. FEx- 
amination showed that this stack, constructed in 1917, and never 
repaired since then, had been struck by lightning (possibly more 
than once) and was otherwise badly in need of repairs. 
These supplementary appropriations and the transfers above 
noted brought the total Tax Budget appropriation for 1928 to 
the following figures: 
inal Amount 
Appropriation Requested 
Personals Senvice) ses eae eee $74,600.50 $ 97,565.50 
Code 18,622.60 ° 21,143.60 
thet (@odese wet ey eer eee wee 
SiO t all Simereenst eee ey ema crae are neice $93,322.10 $118,709.10 
Private Funds Accounts 
The private funds budget for 1928 was $102,456.90, as against 
$116,677.99 for 1927, a decrease of $14,221.09. The difference 
was due largely to the 1927 contribution of $15,000 for the Rose 
Garden. The private funds exceeded the Tax Budget appropria- 
tion for the second year, the amount being $9,134.80. The per- 
centages for the past four years are as follows, in round numbers : 
1925 1926 1927 1928 
AB e 1ejhelsqarn ak eee eee pos oy Gee 58% 57% 43% 48% 
IFAGhigyge MNO, 5 o oa g deo edo doo Hot 42 43 57 52 
