The Detroit times., 1914-04-29
ESTIMATORS
PLAN $5OO,OOO
RAID ON BUDGET
Last Minute Attempt Will Be
Made to Keep Down Tax
Rate
$4,000 CHOPPED FROM
POOR BOARDS FIGURE
Hospital Item DisallOwed-Belle
Isle Bridge Project Is Again
Defeated

| A 100000 raid on the budget is
planned by the estimators TO bring
the amount to be raised by taxation
down TO a reasonable figure.
Estimator Arthur l.. GORDON is
ready TO lead an attack on a list or
appropriations when the board con
venes I'm its last working session on
the present budget. No fund viii be
immune from attack The heads OF
the various departments have been
watching closely the work OF the
board, and will all be on hand In the
eleventh-hour meeting TO try TO pre-
! vent further cuts.
/ The board will hold it's final meet
/ ing on the budAet, Thursday, but
practically all the work must be i'm.
/ ished in tonights meeting. TO give
| the controller time to figure up the
! bonds, and also 10 allow the city
clerk TO make the proper tabulations.
| The Thursday meeting will be given
up largely to bouquet tossing. pas
time that the estimators delight in
| Approximately $500, 600 must be cut
from the. budget figures as they now
stand, ifvthe tax rate is to fall below
S20.29 the record rate necessitated
/. Ss.. thA So t~,ssl~st .S.,'as ~ We
{4923 budget raised by taxatGca to-
tailed $9S77 ,1S3,4S. Figuring ON su
increase OF more than $3.50, 100000 in
assessed valuations, the present board
can allow tax budget OF about $lO,-
100000 this year. and at the same
: time keep the rate lower than last
year
In lengthy session on the health,
poor. Board of Education, and park
board funds, Tuesday afternoon, the
estimators made a net cut OF 5000,
1isallowing items amounting 10 $685.
600 and restoring others totaling
$50, 100
The biggest cut was an item Of
$4,000 asked by the poor commission
for an additional story TO the receiv.
ing hospital. which. it is expected,
will soon be under construction. Esti-
mator Gordon insisted that the proper
place for a municipal general hos.
pital was on Hamilton blvd, and that
the $l50000 already allowed the poor
commission for the building would be
adequate for a receiving and detea-
ton hospital
of Health work in harmony on this
hospital proposition, they will be able
TO get along nicely on the money they
have been allowed" said Estimator
Gordon
President Bolton declared that the
100000 hospital appropriation made
by the board last year is illegal. and
that the estimators had no right to
! 10 ~ - ktg
allowing an additional $4,000 for the
Jackpot" The item was stricken
out by a vote of II to IA The effect
OF this cut was partially neutralized
when the board decreased the esti-
mated receipts in the general fund by
$40. 900
The health board lost an $500
statistician There was little discus
sion OF this item most OF the mem
bers being unable 10 pronounce the
word.
DR. c. II. Oakman had three pa.
tients from the dental clinic appear
before the estimators, to show the
nature OF the work. He made such
a strong argument for the 10000 APP
preparation that the estimators read
lily restored the $4,000 cut out in COM
mittee.
The board granted $7O5,S0O out of
1912. 900 asked by the Board OF
Health for additional lands, buildings
and equipment for the Herman Klefer
hospital on Hamilten-blyd.
Estimator Lloyd made pictur-
esque plea for $1,000 to increase the
park concert band to 80 pieces.
This band stuff is great for the
women and children and II you fell
lows don't allow the increase never
want TO be an estimator again" he
said The increase was allowed A
second attempt to put over" the sec.
ond Belle Isle bridge scheme failed
Estimator Gordon offered resolu.
ton authorizing the issuing OF bonds
for $4,000 for the purchase of a site,
but Il failed by vote OF 10 to 10, the
$125.00 appropriation approved by
the common council having been pre-
viously cut out.
School Supt Chadsey is embar-
raised by the action of the board IN
cutting $1,000 from the teachers sal
airy fund. Six teachers were granted
vacations at $50 a month contrary to
an opinion from the corporation coun-
sci the superintendent planning to
pay this amount out OF next years
salary fund The school superinten-
dent will have to find other means of
providing the money.