The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-15
100000 BOND
 ISSUE PLANNED  Commission Faces Very Im-
 portant Week SOME MORE TRIMMING Police Department and Even Educa- tional Department Are Scheduled for Some Rather Gener-
 Ous Slashes
SOME MORE TRIMMING

A bond issue of $1,5OO;Oo0 will be re- quested of the voters by the Birmingham Board of Commissioners The sum, 1t is stated, has been tentatively agreed upon by the commissioners acting as unit, and unless it is decided to make the sum slightly larger this figure will be re- quested
 The question of bond issue has been pretty well understood since it was ascer- tained that Birmingham was floundering under a deficit of approximately s500,OOo The auditors report, of which a portion has been given out, will be completed in full this week. At the meeting of the commissioners tomorrow the bond issue may be taken up. The time limit set by the pressing need as realized by the com nissioners is 90 days. Within that length of time 1t Is hoped the bond issue will have been voted and the city placed in good operating condition financially.
 That the issue of bonds will be sold im- mediately after authorization is the gen. eral impression. A greater amount of the money realzed will be used to iquidate the obligations of the city while the re- mainder will be used for various pur- poses. It is stated that a crematory is one of the improvements that will be con- sidered with the new bond money. The commissioners, it is stated, do not look with approval upon the present large cost for the destruction of garbage. The ere matory will follow, it Is expected, with out much delay.
 The erection of the proposed new stock ade will also be taken up when the | finances are better able to stand a drain. The North Birmingham light plant will | consume some of the money, while other small but important Improvements will be part of the general scheme of | things
 | Although the city contempIates the re- | ceipt of a large sum from the bond is- sue, if it carries before the people, at the same time no let up will be consid- cred in the trimming of salaries and de- partments downward.
 | It is stated that at the meeting tomor-
 row Judge Lane will doubtless recom- mend that several traffic policemen be re- | leased He will also eliminate some few detectives, and it is probable that some | captains will be reduced to the rank of sergeant. In all saving of 5000 per | year or more is contemplated in the police department. Judge Lane says that he realizes the importance of the department, and is approaching any decreases with the utmost caution.
 The Board of Education, which was Jeff separate and apart from the commission by the law, will be trimmed considerably | It is stated that the educational fund | is entirely too large for a city like Bir-
 mingham, and there must be some steps taken to do away with the large appro- priations for that department. The com
 missioners, it Is stated, are not inclined
 to exempt the schools from the general
 and sweeping reductions. The educational
 work will be consideration for this
 week doubtless.
 The street department, that of the sani- tary department and others will be
 trimmed, as it is stated the reductions
 have only begun and still further savings
 must be affected to rescue Birmingham
 from her financial condition.