The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-21
HEALTH BOARD
ESTIMATES ARE
SPARED THE AK


the present Municipal building. DR..
Prices requests for main -enance are
double the total amount al.owed last
year.
The committee allowed numerous
salary increases In addition to the fol-
lowing new assistants. many Of whom
are to all newly-creatad positions:
Four milk inspectors. q statistician, q
medical inspector, an epidemiologist
(see DR.. Price for explanation of this
experts duties). two meat inspectors.
one chief nurse. one supervising nurse.
stenographer, one chief plumbing in
spector. three plumbing inspectors,
one chief housing inspector. 10 more
nurses for school work. IL more
nurses for contagious disease work.
and one extra janitor.
The item OF $1.250,000 asked for the
city hospital to take care of tubercu-
losis cases. smallpox and other conta-
gious disease cases was held open, as
were several items In connection with
the present Herman Kiefer hospital.
The committee will visit the city
hospital next Monday morning and de-
termine what additions and improve
ments are absolutely necessary at the
present time.
Aid. Heating. member of the council
committee, caused laugh when he Op-
posed q salary increase of 500 rec
commended for his brother. who is as
sistant smoke inspector. Heating vot-
ed against the increase, but was pretty
sure that his colleagues would put 1t
through.
The salary of Miss Elizabeth Hosig,
increased from $1,000 to $4,000 on the
fine recommendation given her by Dr..
Price and DR.. c. H. Oakman. chair
man Of the board. DR.. Price told the
aldermen she was Q second Jane Ad-
dams.
DR.. Price hurled statistics and scien.
tific data, charts, records, ETC., to sup
port every request he made. The re-
suit was that the aldermen. fearing
the town would be destroyed by fire.
plague and water. II they refused the
health of1cers requests, passed the
different items while the doctor was
still Grating. Every item that had the
suggestion Of germ OF tuberculosis
with II was passed unani-
mously and without debate.
The health budget this year totals
S1,894.145, including improvements,
and Il Is likely that the estlmators
will make deep cuts In many OF the
items.
The council committee on claims
and accounts met In the controllers
once, Saturday morning, and cut ap-
~ls~ax xn1~ a
library budget.
The council committee on fire pro-
lection clipped $z23.84S.80 from the
FIRE budget. Friday afternoon. The
cancelled items included proposed in
creases in salaries for Chief Brode-
rick. Secretary Finn and other en-
ployes Of the commission. The re-
quest for new engine house at Cop
lin and Jeferson-aves. was cut out.
The item of $i02.10s for extensions
TO the high pressure system was cut
To $4,000.
Estimator Edward J. C. Cowan, Of
the Eighteenth ward, IL circulating n
petition among the citizens OF the
Eighteenth ward. asking the council
to reinstste the $4,000 Item for a
new southwestern high school which
the committee on claims and ac-
counts cut from the school budget.
Andrew IA. Green. Jr, DR.. r. l.. Clip.
pert and other prominent citizens on
the west side are said to be back OF
the movement. Protest will also be
nade against the committees action
IN eliminating the $4,000 item for so
cial center work. The Federation of
women's clubs and other organiza.