The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-20
AK SWINGS HARD
ON BUDGET OF
SCHOOL BOARD
Council Committee Chops Of
$l.2l6,349, But Much of This
is Supplemental Items
MONEY NOT ALLOWED FOR
TEACHERS FUND DEFICIT
Board Must Continue Present
Plan of Securing Advances
From City Treasury

The council committee on claims
and accounts cut $l,216.349.75 from the
school board budget. Wednesday night
leaving total appropriation Of $3.slS.
1880. The biggest cut WAS supple
mental estimate for $S96.000 asked by
the board TO cover a deficit in the
kteachers' salary fund
The board Is now borrowing money
from the city at two per cent 10 pay
the teachers salaries, the appropria
ton from the primary school fund nav
ing been exhausted last month. Since
the legislature changed the date OF
payment ON primary school moneys
from November 10 July in 1911 the
board has been forced to borrow each
year TO carry II over until money IL
available again in July. AS Secretary
Charles Gadd explained TO the alder
men this Is poor business arrange
ment. as nearly half OF the approprla-
ton from the primary school fund IL
used TO cover the deficit each year.
the balance only carrying the board
to January or February OF the follow
| ing year The $S96,000 was asked 70
square up the boards accounts so that
lit would not be necessary 70 continue
borrowing.
Aid. Albert Allen explained that the
board could continue its policy OF Dor.
rowing from the city and that the DEBT
could be cut down gradually from
year to year Controller David r.,
Heineman sees a possibility OF the
board being seriously Inconvenience
flor funds under this arrangement,
should complications arise 10 prevent
| the city treasurer from advancing the
money on demand.
The committee allowed items Tor
|nine new school buildings. an addition
| to the Central High school, $4,000
athletic field, approximately 100000
|for additional Fairgrounds and $lO,-
900 for more truant officers. Salary In
creases amounting to $4,000 were al
lowed school teachers. Charles "A.
|Gadd. secretary of the board. was al
lowed salary boost from $2,oO0 10
|s3. 900 and Supervisor A. +. Stewart
was also allowed an increase OF $ooo
Ito $500. The plea OF the schooi en-
|gineers for 10 per cent increase IN
|salary was granted. The committee
|also recommended a request for VIZ
|OOO for free pads. pencils and other
requisites to be furnished the school
children
The budget as passed by the com
|mittee provides for $350,Ooo high
|school building on 100000 site IN
|the North Woodward district; $4oo,ooo
|for q building and site 10 relieve the
Eastern High school: two Zo'room
buildings 10 cost 100000 each. one AZ
|Russell-st. and Eliot-st and the other
lon Iambert.aye., between Newlahu
land Seneca-aves Sixteen-room buiid
linss 10 cost $4,000 each. TO be bulit
Inn sites costing from 100000 to $2s,ooo
each were allowed for the following
|neiRhborhoods. vicinity or Gariaha
land Charley oixaves. West Grand.
|hiyd and puchanan.st.. Oakland ana
East Grand-blvd. and
|Dubois-st.
A small appropriation for the extern
s,op NJ social service work among the
poorer classes was turned GOWN y!
Tho committee although a delegauoh
|of club women pleaded that the item
|be allowed. -. Al.
The committee cut $4,000 from the
,rnd for the purchase OF school sites
and eliminated 100000 for proposed
a;sht room addition to the Rose school
|Othar refusals we're $4,000 for the
,nrchase ~ land adjoining the -Capron
school $4,000 for the installation OF
,nndern heating plants in the Ferry
and Williams schools. and $4,000 10
remodel the lunch rooms in the cen
traI eastern and Western High
|schOOls