The Detroit times., 1911-03-22
ALDERMEN HUMP :
ON ESTIMATES
Whole Time Given to Budget, Which
Must Be Presented to Council
Next Tuesday.

The estimates are occupying prac-
tlcally the undivided attention OF The
aldermen just now, TWO OF the com
mittees--parks and bouieyards and
claims and accounts. have completed
their work except for framing their
reports to the council. The streets
committee has its hands full In try
ing to cut down the budget OF the
department OF public works Inc
committee on sewers started out Wed
nesday morning, for a tour OF the
city. Thursday morning, at . O'clock
the committee on ways anu means
win start out in automobiles for 4
visit to the various police stations IN
connection with the police depart
ments large budget, and the commit
tee on fire protection will tackle the
fire departments estimates Friday
morning. at 10 o'clock.
The streets committee expects to
finish its work Thursday afternoon,
as does the committee on health and
city hospitals. The committees on
public buildings and markets and
pounds will meet Friday afternoon.
The judiciary committee, which has
charge of the recorders court fund,
will meet at the same time,
Only one more week remains for
the consideration of the estimates By
the committees, as the reports must
all be In the hands OF the council by
next Tuesday night, March 20. The
council will then consider the budget
In committee OF the whole and Will
then consider the budget In commit
tee OF the whole and will turn II over
to the board OF estimates not later
than April s.
The committee on public lighting
clipped only $33,6S9 from the lighting
commissions budget, Tuesday after
noon, leaving the total appropriation.
as 1t will 20 to the council, at $475,-
245.50. No cuts were made in the
items for operation and maintenance,
which total $212,195.30 as against
sls6,4l5 q year ago. An item OF SAL
391 for installing ornamental lights
on Woodward-ave., from Adams-aye.,
to the Boulevard, was reduced to $26,-
4e6. This will permit the commission
E to carry the lights only as far as War
ren-ave., this year. The aldermen al
lowed s22,108 for similar improve
ments on Michigan-ave., as far as
Trumbullave. The department ask
ed S29,575 more.
While the committee on streets will
not meet to discuss it's report until
Thursday afternoon, the members
have practically agreed on cuts ag-
gregating upwards Of 100000 from
the total OF $2,56S,631 asked for re-
paving, resurfacing and patching.
Aid. John Grindley, chairman Of the
council committee on claims and &C
counts, which handles the school
board budget, and School Inspector
Samuel G.. Mumford, chairman OF the
finance committee Of the board OF
education, went to Lansing, Tuesday.
to get line on the amount OF prl-
mary school money. Detroit will re-
ceive In the fiscal year starting July i.
\ Auditor General Fuller estimated the
amount at sS19,932.50 the auditor
general computing the number OF
children of school age In Detroit to be
109,231, a gain of 7,267 since last
years computation.
Aid. Grindley called his commit
tee together after the council meet
ling, Tuesday night, and the commit
; tee finished its work on the school
budget. The committee estimated the
total credits at 3406.273.S7, net. and
this sum was cut out OF the budget
This with previous cuts, aggregating
y 4543, 1920, reduces the budget to
about S2,500,000, In which form II will
80 to the council