The Detroit times., 1910-04-28
EsTIMATORS WILL
KEEP RATE DOWN
BY BOND ISSUES
Allow Many Big Items, Including
100000 For City Hospital,
Contingent on Bonding
Limit Being Boosted.
Kiefer Says Years Delay in ProviG-
ing Facilities For Treating Conta-
gious Diseases Will Cost 200 Lives.

hammered down toward the SlS.OI
mark of last year. Few OF the alder
men or estimatoTs believe it will be
forced as low, even by the most
heroic sacrifices of Improvements,
but the aim now is TO approach the
mark as nearly as possible
In the special meeting of the com
mon council, Saturday morning, to
consider liquor licenses. a resolution
will be introduced providing that all
permanent improvements in the bud
get not covered by bond issue SO far.
shall be made contingent upon the in
crease OF the bonding limit by charter
amendment and shall be paid for by
issuance of bonds. This resolution
will cover 100000 of the sum voted
for enlarging the city hospital. $780,
600 for grade separations, a tre en-
CINE house and. possibly, some items
in the park fund.
These improvements will thus de-
pend upon the favorable vote OF the
people at the next general or special
election upon the Heineman charter
amendment giving the city power 10
issue bonds for all permanent i'm
provements, and the Trevor amend
ment increasing the bonding limit
from per cent to ga per cent.
Should these carry, the bonds can be
issued some time next fall, instead of
being available for sale at any time
after July /.
There was a battle royal, Wednes-
day evening, over the city contagious
diseases hospital Estimator Barnett,
chairman of the health fund com
mittee. had brought in a report favor
ing the spreading OF the entire cost
of the hospital buildings and equip
ment, 100000, upon the tax roll. The
minority report would have cut out
the whole item by putting it over UNI
I'll after the bonding limit is in
creased. Estimators Backus and
Bolton contended that the amount
should be allowed entire, but contin
gent upon a bond issue
There were arguments over these
various plans for half hour. Health
Officer Kiefer explained that the man
agement of Harper hospital. where
contagious diseases are now cared for,
although in inadequate quarters. has
given the health board notice that pa
tients suffering from some OF these
diseases will not be received after
July ].
1T is a matter OF lives" Health
Officer Kiefer told the estimators. III
we have no hospital where we can
care for those cases, the mortality
will he greater. years delay in
building this hospital means 200
lives"
He strangely opposed delay or al
lowing the hospital, with any contin-
gency strings attached DR.. H. B.
Baker gave some startling facts as to
the conditions in the city resulting
from lack OF hospital facilities for the
care OF contagious diseases. He had
come from home where the health
OF several children was endangered
by the fact that a sick child could not
be taken away to hospital.
AS compromise. IL was finally lie
cided TO allow 100000 by direct taxa
ton. the other 100000 to come later
by bonds. Aid Gilman told the esti-
majors that they had no option as TO
bonds, and must either allow or dis.
allow the item as one calling for dl-
rect taxation. His view was not &C
cepted
Thursday evening the estimators
may consider the board OF education
and general funds. There is expected
10 be much contest over some items
or these. The parks and boulevards.
genera. road and some minor funds
were reported in. Wednesday night.
There is cut of $446. 900 shown in the
general road fund. which ONES in at
Sl,563,Sl6. The item OF $4,000 for
decorating the city during ELK week
Is allowed.
Band concerts in the parks are cut
out entirely in the park and boulevard
fund report The amount asked was
$1,000. Automobiles for the Belle Isle
service are allowed in part. $4,000
Instead OF $4,000 being recommended
by the committee Enlargement Of the
Cadillac-sq. convenience station is dis
allowed. $1,000 having been asked for
this purpose.
Salary increases in tine board OF
health fund were almost all cur our
by The est1mators- Estimator O'NeiI
made the biterest attack on these
items. Finally he charged that the
beard OF health had employed Fred w
Davis and Harry Barter and paid them
from the tuberculosis fund Health
officer Kiefer denied this
Davis got the place you asked for
end did not get" was Kiefer's rotor:
tn O'Neil.
The sewer fund was allowed as re-
ported In by committee
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