The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-26
FIGHT ON TEACHERS
PAY COMES TO-DAY
Effort Will Be Made To Restore
Boost Gut Out BY Committee
z Laborers' Wages Boosted.

The items for salary increases loi
teachers and other. board OF educauon
employees furnish the main interest III
the meeting OF the council In commit
tee Of the whole. Saturday afternoon
While the report OF the claims and &C
counts committee has been sent III
without including any OF these In
creases, Aid. Grindley and Freiwald
have stated that they will make fight
on behalf OF the teachers.
Should they win. 1t Is possible tha'
the budget will be opened up and otneI
salary increases allowed. One rea
fight along this line was made Friday
afternoon. when the wages OF parh
board labdrers were increased 10 u
per day To be consistent. the alder
men will now have to entend this In
crease to other departments. but the
board OF estimates 10 expected to cu'
II out again.
Taking the committee reports on the
budget as the basis, the aldermen
have now cut the estimates to 1854.
1921. OF which. 1t Is provided. tha'
81, 964, 1850 Is to be cared for by bond
issue-contingent on the increase Of
the bonding limit-leaving a net bud
get of $7,679.967.52. This amount VIII
be still further reduced by a provision
shifting the $4,000 allowed for city
hos pital building to the bonding list
from the direct tax levy.
AS II will go to the board OF esti
mates for further cutting. the budget
will be at the rate of about $50 PEI
81, 900 of valuation. II Is expected thai
another 81 per $1,000 will be cut ou'
by the estimators. leaving the tax rate
where II was last year.
The aldermen finish their work Mon
day evening. and the estimators viii
take hold OF the budget April 8.
Most Of the session OF Friday after
noon was devoted to the park funds
All went peacefully until after the
wage items had been passed Then
Aid. Koenig. Goeschel and Tossy made
concerted attack and succeeded In
getting a majority vote to put back the
extra amount required to increase
laborers' pay. this item having been
cut out by the committee. There was
a lot OF debate on the matter, Aid
Reinhardt referring TO the resolutions
for increases as fool resolutions,
and Aid. Goeschel declaring that he
was proud to have introduced this fool
resolution. Aid. Gilman and Shap
land tried to avert the increase. warn
ing the council that there was no tell
ing where the salary increases would
stop II they were once started.
After some contest, the item for
S38 900 for automobile for the Belle
Isle service was cut out. Aid. Heine'
man made q fight against allowing ~,
coo for enlarging the convenience sta
ton in Cadillac-sQ, declaring that i,
Is an eye-sore now and should be re
moved to a location underground near
the city hall. He had only Ave sup
porters on a standing vote.
Chief Clerk Charles Gadd. OF the city
clerks ONCE. was given an increase In
pay from $1,000 to $1,000. The sal
airy of the stenographer in the park de
partment was first increased to $500.
and then cut 10 5000 again.
Aid. link made q vain attempt &c
wedge In some OF the increases In pay
in the police department. but he was
outvoted so signally right at the start
that he gave up.