The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-02
bRE|TMEYER TELLS
EST|MATORS To
Be LIBERAL
SAYS CITY COULD HAVE STOOD
HIGHER TAX RATE LAST YEAR
-eEHLoW's FRIEND GETS COM.
MlTTEE PLUMS.

A reasonable increase In taxes 10
care for the needs OF rapidly grow
| ing city, was the keynote or short
address when Mayor Breitmeyer
made To the board OF estimates in its
meeting. Monday morning. The as
semDling OF the board AT this time was
the formal meeting To elect chair
man. John r. Behlow. nominated IN
January, was unanimously elected and
named his committees.
IL il rather unusual thing for the
mayor To address the board. but Mayor
Brei(meyer had been asked To attend.
| He-besHff- by-tefifffg eStimatof5
that the people OF the city desire clean
streets and sdded that he had request
| ed Commissioner Haarer OF the de-
partment OF public works. 10 put In q
sufficient estimate
With regard To paving. the mayor
said:
Last year. after your work was
completed. il was realized that the city
could have stood a little higher tax
rate. II the money had been appro-
prlated, IL would have been spent
among our own people for necessary
Improvements.
81 want 10 meet with your commit
tees and give you my views, as | am
interested in the matters that will
come before them"
| He called attention to the need for
Fairgrounds for the schools.
Estimator Craig made short ad-
dress TO the president In which he
took a different view.
THE budget is the largest ever pre-
sented." he said. The people hold
you responsible, Mr.. President. for u
reasonable tax rate. To avoid political
assassination, you must make good. =
I'VE should have a low tax rate IL
we can get 1t without holding back
the various city departments said
President Behlow in reply With the
rapid growth of the city we need new
Sc hools. We also need clean streets
and alleys. | believe in keeping up
the parks. as they are great adj
yertisement for the city"
The committee appointments rather
favor the estimators who voted Tor
Behlow, none of his opponents secur-
ine a committee craftsmanship. Esti-
mator Nichols, OF the Seventeenth
ward. who was candidate for pres
ident. was at first left off the list en-
tirely. but was later put on the paving
committee.
There was some comment among
the estimators over the fact that Esti-
r,ator Craig knew OF this fact before
the committees were read. Craig was
himself mentioned for president, but
$, oke and voted for Behlow, and IL
has been said that he had voice In
making the committees. The Elgn-
| teenth ward Is we'll taken care OF this
year. its two estimators being chair
nen OF committees, Wenzel landing
the craftsmanship OF the sewers com
mittee, which is particularly import
ant 10 that new ward.
The only contest was over the nam
ing OF n messenger. The name OF
Glenn Van Ripper was presented as
the choice OF the Newsboys' assocla-
ton. aud Estimator Ferguson made
speech in which he advocated this APP
pointment as tending 70 give the
young citizens a greater interest IN
city government. Estimator Smith 3
son Arthur, was nominated by Estl-
mator Adams, while Nichols named
Harry LowtLer, son OF former estl-
Gtor. On the vote, Arthur smith
won by a clear majority.
n llOili NhC bSNiO's
Federation OF Labor, asking that the
wages OF library employees be increas'
ed was laid on the table.
The committees are somewhat
changed this year, the repaving COM
mittee being done away with and It's
work merged in that of another com.
mittee. The appointments made are
as follows:
nj Vonnrdar'c funds
Emil Snyder, Cranshaw. Ferguson,
O'Neill, Fry.
Public lighting fund-Frish, Phister.
Tapert, Armstrong, Richardson.
General road and repaving funds
Cranshaw. Baumgart. Klebba, O'Neill.
Anklan. Peterson, Theel, Nichols.
Street opening. water commission
and garbage fund-Ritter. Kulwicki,
Mcqueen. Miller Robins.
Fire commission fund-Wm.
Schneider. Delor, Baumgarth, Klebba,
IGtterson.
/ Board of education fund-Craig,
Robinson. Gambler. Backus. Long.
] Police and police pension funds
smith. Brown. Delor. Wendt. Holtz.
Public health and poor commission
funds-Wobrock Richardson. Barnett.
! L.iphardt, Davis
Park and boulevard and Belle Isle
bridge funds-Andrus, Wenzel, Nc
Queen. Schneider. Feldman.
Public building. department OF pub
lie works. general and public enter
tairing funds-Fry, Palmer, irish,
! Klebba. Wobrock.
Public sewer fund-Wenzel, Ritter
Snyder, Wendt, Phister.
10 oil faEa the budget
rext week and II will be sent to the
hoard of estimates the first week in
April.