The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-03

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hereafter instead OF by a counting
board. Nichols also asks for an in
! crease In pay from 81 500 20 $500 for
| Clerk Charles Gadd
/ The election figures are as follows
Primary. September. 19lO...... Sls.a15
! Fan registration, 1910 ...,.,.,. b.sO9
! November election 1910 .,...-.. p
/ Enrolment. January. l9ll..... II 200
/ Primary. March. 1911 ......,..... 1850
| spring registration i9l1.....,-. 1920
| Spring election. 1911 ........... 16,O95
Storage OF voting machines SO
Total .......................IsI .SS5
The health board asks for more than
| three times as much as was allowed
last year. the total Of the budget being
$431 .4s5 as against S131 ,06s for 1909
OF this total $780, coo is for land and
additional buildings at the city hos
pital Secretary MacKinlay's salary is
| figured az s2.g00 instead Of $500;
Sanitary Engineer Williamson's at
$500 instead Of 81. 500. and other en-
ployes are put In for increases OF 500
in most cases Four additional milk
inspectors are asked; one more spe-
cial disinfector. ten instead OF three
nurses for schools and three In place
Of one nurse for tuberculosis work
! 040 as against S42.51S for last year
In the items for supplies and miscel-
/ laneous, the matter OF $50 900 is asked
for care Of tuberculosis patients as
compared with $4,000 allowed last
April For care of poor patients. $12
! 000 is asked instead of $4,000. and
Sc, 900 is asked for groceries as against
present fund OF $4,000.
1 Tltn fffr~ a@ly
clerk. City Treasurer Koch has asked
! for some small increases Of pay for his
/ employees.
Verify. old things have passed away
/ in board of education circles. Those
rare old days" when the gang did
! just as il pleased and brooked no iu-
reference from any source are gone
| beyond recall. With the Infusion of
new blood the old crowo mas lost it's
grip. and while the "antis. so-called.
cannot be said to have control OF the
| board. they are a power TO be reck-
oned with when il comes TO spending
the peoples money.
! This was forcefully demonstrated in
the special meetings Of the board held
Monday and Tuesday for the considera.
ton OF the estimates. In former years
Wv bRthih D46Hfu ITO dAludl UuQEEL III
the twinkling OF an eve, so to speak.
They gathered together OF a noOn-day.
and, in accordance with cut-and-dried
program, showed through the report
OF the budget committee with little If
any debate
Not so this year. The "antis." mead
ed by Inspector Burton. Insisted on
being shown" They had but scant
representation on the budget commit.
tee, but when the estimates reached
the committee OF the whole Mr. Burton
and his followers rose In their might.
They wanted 10 know where every dol
lar asked was going. and for this rea-
son insisted on going over the budget.
item by item. And their will prevailed.
The result was that, where the bud.
| get was formerly. disposed OF in few
minutes, II required several hours
this year. The board worked TIN 6
o'clock Monday evening. The inspec-
tors convened again Tuesday noon
and worked through without lunch
until nearly o'clock until the
work was finished. They made a net
cut OF $1l0,97003 from the budget as
submitted by the special budget com.
mittee, making total, deductinp est.
mated receipts OF 1904 900 from tho
primary school moneys and daily bal.
snces on deposits. II $2,237.945. The
amount appropriated last year was
81 ,O49, O17.31
Once the work Of slashing was un.
der way. the old crowd seemed to
! catch the spirit OF the thing and the
unusual spectacle OF "antis" and lad.
ministrationists" standing as a unit
on this or that. proposition was fire.
quently presented. And right In the
fore, every minute. stood Inspector
Burton, with flushed face and fash
ing eyes, leading the fight for econ
omy. Time and again he was turned
down. his vote was often the only
one cast in favor OF a certain cut, but
he gamely stood by his guns and kept
hammering away. One thing at least
Mr.. Burton accomplished-he put the
members on record. And right here
| he pulled of a brilliant little stunt
The board had just risen from com
mittee OF the whole after going over
every item in the budget Inspector
! Weideman moved the adoption OF
the budget as ame1ded. Mr. Burton
was promptly oR~fis feet.
Il object" he cried. There are
certain items here | do not want %
vote for and | want 10 get my obiec.
ton on the record he said. The pro
ceedings Of the board when sitting az
a committee OF the whole do not ap-
pear in the record.
Question, question" cried several
of the administration crowd.
Mr.. Burton stood his ground. and so
impressed President Kukn that In
spector Weidman's motion was lost
sight of entirely. The board then
! proceeded 10 go all over the ground
previously covered, with Mr. Burton
I'm the role Of leading director
Chas. Mcpherson Leaves Law Firm.
Charles Mcpherson has retired from
the firm II Mcpherson, Bills & Stree.
ter, general attorneys for the Pere
Marquette, of which he was the head.
TO become associated with Charles +.
Ruggles, a prominent lumberman and
capitalist of Manistee, as partner and
attorney. Mr.. Mcpherson was ad.
mitted TO the bar I'm 1898. He was
born in Marshall, Mich