Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-25
To A|NEN0
BUDGET To GO
To COUNCIL
New Money Apportionment In.
creased, But $4,000 An.
preparations Rejected.

| The caucus amendment to the brd...
carrying approiations amounting g..
$4,000 having been turned down H..
the finance committee, a forcefu, eu..
to amend the budget in an open mao,
ing of council will be made Monde,
afternoon. A strong force is being Or
ganized to make the fight
Aldermen John S. Gambler and Jama.
R. Nutting urged the adoption Of N.
caucus amendments before the finance
committee. Alderman Gambler do.
clared that after the $4,000 was An.
propriated the city easily would have
100000 new money to apportion in
June. Alderman Gambler especiauv
urged an appropriation of $4,000 for
girls commercial high school and a Oo0
to help defray the expenses OF send.
| ing the Fifth regiment to the inauTura.
ton.
Chairman w. G. Humphrey, Of n.
council finance committee. said TODAY
! the committee most certainly Womb
provide an appropriation for a CONNER.
cial high school when the June sheet Is
made up. He opposed spending any
more anticipated revenue until the
money actually is in hand.
Increase New Money AIIotments.
The finance committee made some
new appropriations, however. incre8s.
ling the new money apportioned from
$4,000 to $10S,000. Some of these an.
portionments were urged by the caucus
They are:
Tech High school equipment. $1,000
for a school census on which the state
apportionment to schools is to be based
which, it is said, will result in an in.
crease of $4,000 in the states school
apportionment to Atlanta. $1,000;
Glenn street underpasses $4,000 add.
Etional; White Way extensions on
Mitchell and Pryor streets. 81, 500, and
for repaving Central avenue from the
Union station to Fair street, $4,000
| The last two appropriations were
made at the insistent request of A.
derman McCleiland. A Second ward
delegation, led by Councilmen C. D.
Knight and Thomas |. Lynch. had come
before the committee and urged these
improvements.
| Five dollars month raises were pro.
vided for four assistant librarians and
an additional clerk at the Carnegie Ii. |
brary at $3.50. Salaries for two new
| sidewalk inspectors and two rodmen
and $4,000 for drainage system on
Dekalb avenue were added. At the
request of Alderman Ragsdale, an ap-
preparation of $1,000 for a lot to en-
large the G. W. Adair school yard was
| made.
Woodward ReIents.
| Mayor Woodward did not remain in
the session, but before leaving he partly
forgave the committee. which he re-
Gently denounced, for refusing to strike
out the $4,000 crematory Appropriation.
"All l ask is that you get on the char
ter and sit on it," said Mayor Wood
ward. That is all l am going to de-
! mand."
We'll, haven't we done that so far?'
asked Alderman Harwell.
Some of the things you have done
have been all right. anyway" replied
Mayor Woodward, and he laughed,
Chairman Humphrey and Alderman
James R. Nutting had a lively tilt be-
fore the committee went into executive
session.
| Repartee Enlivens Session
! Last year the Eighth ward couldn't
get enough money to fix one school
yard said Chairman Humphrey in an
swer to Alderman Nutting's argument
that there should be no fear in anttci-
pating revenue.
Perhaps the Eighth ward was not
well represented" laughed Alderman
Nutting.
The people out there didn't want
Nutting," shot back Chairman Hum
phrey. (Joseph Nutting, brother OIL
Alderman Nutting, ran against Chai''
man Humphrey for council)
Il was joking. | know the ward "as
we'll represented" explained Alderman
Nutting.
Doesn't Want Bouquets,
60 on with your business | con
want any of your bouquets. | am no'
asking anything from you, repH7u
Chairman Humphrey.
| When the hearing was over Aioe''
man Nutting attempted a further tN
PLANTATION, saying that he had no'n.s
to do with his brother Joe running 'o'
council and that he took no part IN ','7
race. The clash between the two al '"s
meeting of council Monday, WneH
Chairman Humphrey charged Alor'
man Nutting's charter reform actINiu'S
as slap at him, and threatened 10 say
the alderman back, was referred TO-
The two finally parted, smiling anu