The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-09
PRUNING KNIFE IS
USED TO CUT THE
next YEAR BUDGET
Appropriations for 1912 Are
Sliced Right and Left by
Council to Avoid Raising
the City Tax Rate.
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les for but sixteen patrolman, whereas
there we're seventeen employed at
that time, the appropriation being ST.
100, when 1t should have been 1910
more.
Il hope you will see the necessity of
making the appropriation large enough
to cover all expenses the paper
read, and for cases of emergency. l
will further say that the districts are
large and are filling up all the time.
] would recommend an appropriation
OF not less than 100000, nor more than
$21 1000"
Following the reading of this, coun-
Gil, acting upon the statement OF Con-
troller McMahan to the effect that
$3.50 will cover police salaries, 1890
was taken from the estimate formerly
made.
The budget as outlined will now be
placed in the hands of the city con-
troller and the finance committee COM
posed of Councilmen Engelbert, Wal
dele and Burdsall. who will draft
at the next meeting OF city council.
. Discuss the Hospital.
Much time was devoted to the dis
cussion of the advantages to the city
OF Richmond offered by the Reid
Memorial hospital. The subject was
preached by Councilman Engelbert
and Weishaupt, who informed council
that the institution was erecting
laundry and was sorely in need OF
funds. They requested that council
appropriate $1,000 towards the laun-
dry. 1t was In this manner that Coun-
Gilman Bartel suggested the raising OF
taxes, the motion being carried by
vote of 6 to 5, Councilman Thatcher
being absent, Councilmen Williams,
Engelbert, Weishaupt, Kaufman, and
Won Pein voting aye and Councilmen
Vessel, Burdsall, King. Waidele, and
Evans, voting nay. However, as stat
ed above, the motion was afterward
withdrawn.
started between Messrs. Engelbert
and Waidele on this subject. Mr.. En-
gelbert declared that no one would
complain II council would raise the
taxes two cents in order to make an
appropriation towards the hospital.
.Well, no one except few cranks
would kick" declared Engelbert.
"Oh, yes they would kick, and they
are not cranks either" retorted Wal
dele.
Il know where your statements
come FROM" replied Engelbert in an
angry tone.
"No you don't" Waidele quickly re-
piled.
Both men glared at each other for
a few seconds, when another city
father suggested that the meeting pro-
coed.
In order to explain to council the
need OF laundry at the hospital Coun-
Gilman Weishaupt presented list OF
figures, showing that the laundry bill
OF tho institution each month Is $3.50.
He also showed that most patients
were treated gratis, or In other words,
were charity patients. II was alleged
that the township trustee sent pa
tients to the hospital to be treated and
did not reimburse the hospital.
It was decided, upon motion OF
Councilman Bartel, to appoint COM
mittee Of three councilmen at the
next session of council, who with a
committee of hospital trustees will
confer with township trustees on this
matter and attempt to get the town
ship and county to help in the support
OF the institution.
Mayor Zimmerman made the some
what startling statement that the city
OF Richmond could not get along with
out the hospital. From his statements
1t was gathered that personal feeling
existed between himself and the hos
pital authorities.