Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26
BUD c { 7 IS
KNITTED IN
CAUCUS
Peachtree Street Widening Fund
SIashed $4,000, and $4,000
Taken From Spring Street.

Councils caucus demands for
changes in the budget were made
public Monday when Councilman
Claude c. Mason and Orville II. Hall,
acting as a committee representing
the caucus, presented them to Mayor
Woodward and Chairman w. C.
Humphrey Of the Finance Commit
tee, which prepared the budget.
The amendments slash the budget
in many points, taking the $1,000 pro-
vided for the beginning OF the Spring
st. Improvement. reducing the item of
$4,000 for widening the bottle neck"
on Peachtree to $4,000, halving the
$4,000 appropriation for the widen
ing of South Pryor street and re-
ducing other funds SUFFICIENT to make
up fund of $4,000.
COMMITTEES Against Chanss.
This amount. by the caucus pro-
gram, is parceled out for small i'm
provements in each of the ten wards
in the city.
Mayor Woodward said he hoped
the budget would be adopted, but 1t
was up to Council to amend II as il
saw Mt Chairman Humphrey told
the committee he would present their
amendments to the Finance Commit
tee at a special meeting just before
the converting of Council Monday af-
ternoon; but at the same time he gave
a. statement to the press declaring
that he would insist on the adoption
of the budget as II stands and that
he believed the other members of
the Finance Committee would do
likewise.
The caucus committee was very
diplomatic, making a simple request
| that the amendments be adopted. It
is well understood, however that II
the Finance Committee refuses to
adopt the amendments they will lake
an open Sight against the budget OF
the floor of Council
Deadlock Foressen.
The insurgents assert they have a
| safe majority in the Aldernfa mic
Board and good fighting strength IN
Council, and that the budget can not
be passed unless the amendments ara
recorded.
If the Finance Committee and It's
outside support stand pat, a deadlock
| is inevitable
This condition could not last long.
however, for when the pay rolls OF
| policemen, firemen, school tea cheers
and the others are held up there will
| be so much pressure from the people
that someone will have to yield.
Here are the new appropriations
provided by the caucus program:
New Appropriations.
Veterinarian for the health depart
ment, $4,000; to replace Sidewalk In
spectors Dozier and D'Alvigny, $4,000;
to increase the pay OF five clerks In
the tax office. $500 for an auto f,r
the Dairy Inspector, $500; increase in
the salary of Meat Inspector. 5000;
extra police signal system, $1,000: 70
add to the $4,000 fund for the i'm
/ provement OF Cherokee avenue, &c.
! 600; Fifth Ward fire station, $500:
| Improvements in the Davis Street
| School, $500; sidewalks on Sidney and
Berne streets. $1,000: to widen Lii
liam avenue to Tiff avenue, $1,000; &c
add to the $4,000 fund for the i'm
provement OF West Peachtres street.
$4,000; additions to the Battle Hi
tuberculosis Sanitarium. $4,000; q
pave Lucil, avenue, $780, Forsyth
street regarding. $4,000: TO pave Joe
! Johnston avenue, $1,000 for a chem
list for the waterworks department
$1,000, and to grade Anna street, 5000
| Pruning in Detail.
This $4,000 was taken from the
following sources:
Proctor Creek boulevard sewer. 81,
000 Eighth Ward fire station fund OF
| s21 900, $4,000; Pryor street, 1880;
Spring street. $4,000; adjustment OF
J place OF stenographer In tax ONCE
5000; Peachtree street, $4,000; bond
interest fund, $4,000 Bellwood ave-
nue. widening, $4,000; abolishing the
| jobs OF three OF the six operators OF
the alarm and telephone systems al
fire headquarters and reducing this
salary OF the superintendent $500 d
year. $3.50; aboliqhing tho job Of
boiler and elevator inspector, $4,000;
from the street rereir fund. $4,000,