The Detroit times., 1909-04-29
School 9UDGEg
stAsH|NG GOES
Few Changes Made in Committee
Reports, But Cap" Stewart Gets
His Salary Boost.

Despite the efforts of the estimators'
committee On general road fund. the
budget of that committee, which IN.
cludes everything pertaining to the
paving and care of the streets. will
not be presented to the board until
the next To the last meeting. giving
the members just one day to study it.
This is not the fault of the committee
which had It's report done Tuesday at
ternoon. Certain changes were made
In the materials used in resurfacine
and repaving different streets, and
this necessitated new cost estimates
from the city engineer.
Thursday evening. the board OF esti.
mates will have before Il the park
board budget and also the propositions
TO Issue bonds In payment for a new
west side bath house. at $4,000, and
voting machines, at s125,000. The two
bonding proposals will have strong
opposition, IL is expected, and the
session is likely to be a long one.
Wednesday nights meeting was a
long-drawn out affair, with the school
board funds as the subject of discus
sion and constant wrangling Econ.
emy prevailed, the report OF Chair.
man Craigs committee going through
with only few minor changes. The
greatest Efforts made were those TO
get new schools. But the advocates
of new school in the lower end OF
the Fourteenth or Sixteenth ward to
relieve the crowded schools of that
district and the estimators who want
nd mil - h..
Pitcher were equally unsuccessful in
getting thoss items reinstated.
While the school population of the
city increases by about 5000 per year.
the board cf estimates has found 1t
possible to increase the accommoda-
tons by but LOO this year. two new
schools being allowed. These are at
Burns and charlevoix. and Livernois
and Herbert
Cap Stewart. supervisor of the
board of education, got his salary
boosted from $4,000 TO $4,000. That
had been cut in the report, but every
member of Tic committee except Craig
himself sto.o up and argued that the
supervisor get his increase When
this carried, Craig withdrew his OBJ
jectio nto teh other salary boosts ask.
ed by the board for the Office force.
In opening, Chairman Craig declared
that the school fund committee had
the approval Of the mayor and OF
School Inspectors Burton and Num-
ford. This appeared TO annoy Supt.
Supervisor Stewart, and
Inspectors George and Hutton. who
sat In the rear of the room.
Estimator Barnett tried to break
down the committee report in several
instances and called upon Martindale
and Stewart for information at various
times. These defended the budget gu.
the votes were almost invariably
a gainst IT,
The first contest came upon the con-
tingency fund for the board for which
s. 900 was asked. Craig declared that
the board had used this fund once TO
buy automobiles cut out by the esJi-
Finally enough was allowed
in this fund to permit of transporting
deaf and defective children to special
When item for the purchase of the
old Penberthy factory site, adjoining
the land purchased for the new
Houghton school, came up. Estimator
Mcqueen reviewed the Houghton
site deal as an instance of school
board extravaganza, saying that the
board has bought piece OF land on
which a school inspector had IN op-
ton. and now had the gall to come