The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-28
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TRIMMED FROM
BUMPER BUDGET
Aldermea Fiaisk Work and Pass
the KNIFE Along To
Estimators
SOUTHWESTERN HIGH
SCHOOL IS ALLOWED
Item Finally Restored and $780,
600 Voted For Cas- Tech
nical School

The 1914 budget o. Il now stands
after having been reviewed by The
aldermen In committee of the whO1o,
totals approximately $1e,226,o00. q
which amount, according 70 1Guree
prepared by Deputy City Clerk Guy
ingalls,. $l2.963, ,647.66 will have 70 ~
raised by taxation, the balances "
the requests being taken care ~
by bond issue. y Il 4
The sidsrmsA, in committee - ~
whole, completed their Woek O. ~
budget, Saturday nooat& - -
tld1d 20 Jpoptponc the fofl&ot eDe1t-
an<e soe me ctnmittee's foport ~ ~
council In special sesQ1on -untkls ~
Afternoon 10 give the CorpOfatto0
counsel's once time u 30 over tho
items and carefully check the bona
issues. there being Q question - 70
whether certain small items should bo
spread on the tax rolls or come out
OF the bond issues.
The council committees succeeded
In cutting Approximately $6,000. 900
from the record budget submitted. The
estiinators will have to make ~
O00, 900 additional cut to bring the
amount to be raised by taxation down
to last years hgures.
The report Of the council commit
tees on public school, library and
street funds were submitted, Satur-
day morning. rbe committee on
claims and accounts finally allowed
S276,0 for southwestern high
school and $4,000 for . site for the
same, in addition to $160,000 for "a.
asxI~--s --~..-A -. A. rS.~ 0~~h
nical high school. These two items
wsne In and out Of the budget several
times while the committees report
was being prepared. Aid. Maurice
Keating Was responsible for $50. con
OF the 9s00.0O0 asked for the Cas-
Technical high being allowed. He
threatened to attack the COMMITTEES
report on the 1oor II his request was
ignored. and at the last minute the
committee agreed to grant half the
amount asked. e
Aid. 0Iinnan fought for thS. scflfh-
western high school Appropriated.
using the same tactics that uvlilo0
Heating. To Offset these amounts the
committee cut out 4400, 900 previously
allowed TO partly make up the denCit
In the teacherS' salary fund. The Or
iginal amount asked was $500, 900.
Each year the city has to borrow
nearly $1,000, 900 TO pay teachers' Sal-
aries. This IL necessary because the
primary school money from the state
10 not available until August, and the
fund IL exhausted In the early spring.
For social center work the COMMITTEES
allowed $5,325 and $1O,675 was a.
lowed to increase the salaries Of high
school teachers.
A. e. Stewart, supervisor Of schools.
was given the privilege OF the door
to ask for $4,000 extra TO puvchase
seats for two schools that he expects
TO flnish before the next fiscal year.
Work on these schools has not yet
been started. but the supervisor ex-
planned that under the new system
Of doing business In the Board Of
Education. school work II proceeding
more rapidly than heretofore. The
supervisor apologised for neglecttng
to include the two items In his budget
and passed around two boxes Of good
cigars. The requests were allowed.
These were the only two additions to
the school budget In committee Of the
whole.
The report Of the street fund com.
mittee was fled without being reed
az IL the usual custom.