The Detroit times., 1917-03-29
Council Completes
Pruning of S10,WO,@
From Requests
ALDERMEN DE-
FEND SCHOOL CUT
Board of Estimates To
Lop OFF At Least
$4,000, 900

city budget figures a. passed by the
council late wednesday sfternoen'
viii have before h estimates total
ing 90. sss.Tss. OF this amount
about s1s, 900. 900 II 30 be raised By
oond issue, the remainder TO be FRO
cured by direct tar levy. This leaves
about so, O0o. 600 that the council
has left TO 80 on the tan reils I'M
less the board al estimates inser-
venes and does q very eMefent prun-
Ing JON. an amount that In -. 3d.
Oot more than vas nnaliy allowed
by the board OF estimates q year
ago TO BE- raised BY both taxation
and bond issue.
Cuts made by the committees
we're followed In general ey the
council In committee Of the whole.
the aggregate pruning By the alfer-
manic body amounting TO less than
eie, go 900 from the original esfi-
laatss. which with the supplement
ais. totaied more than 90. -. ooc.
General criticisn Of the claims and
sccousts committee FOR having cut
mere than u, 81. 900 from the school
estsmstes aroused Ala. Albert Kunr.
chairman. Thursday. The total re-
quests Of the board of education
amounted To sfe.s14172.1l.
The board OF education OF any
one else has no reascn 20 complain
because OF the treatment that the
school estimates received xt the
hands Of the committee and the com
rnittee of the whole" be said. Ar
er the council had rpaiiy passed on
the figures, supt Chadsey told me
that the council had treated the
board sxceedingiy veil and that he
was pleased with the libsrsiity OF
the aldermen"
Richard Lindsay. city clerk. who
Is member OF ths new board OF
estimates. predicts that after the
hoard Of estimates gets thru with
the figures the budget viii be less
than $40 900, coo OF % 900 900 less
-----.---.---------y the council
Members Of the new board Of esti-
mates are the mayor. corporation
counsel. city. clerk. city treasurer
and controller. AItho their first
meeting Ia ret for April Q. Il is ex-
pected that they win start work on
the figures az passed by the coun-
ell before that date.
Following are the amounts allow
ed by the aldermen In the various
funds:
Detroit city sinking. sSlt.sso 10
Interest tsss.ssa5S. water commits
eS cont a' isss.ccc. Gn Impairment Srs
retiremsnt and pension. ts1ss0: p0-
lice pension. ss.so: superannuated
police, $3.50: rseordsr's court sis.-
1se; IRE Commission. s3.57S,sii 81
police. tl,s35.s3sSl: poor compatsston
s7T0.ksf.eo; public health. sass 3ss. :
IS. public lighting. tl.3ie.1sss7: pub
lic library. ti,32o-5zn- &. public an
tsrtainmsnt 81 500 board OF sduea-
susiie ..w .sai ,ssoS s2s paSIie sSiIG
Ing. tsts.1ss.7i garbage. ta0o. eso 50
market. tif5. 900 Belle Tale bridge
sf1.13S: nark and bouievsrds ~.
| sof.s3i general o. a97 41esT.
Al the last minute. Wednefday
afternoon succeeded in making
changes. One was the allowance oI
sis5.0oo for buying the Detros Uni
versity school properly. instead o.
$4,000 az decided by the commit
tee. The council learned that th'
property could not be bough, At tina
figure. The proposal to buy Tune,
hall was eliminated. the COMMITTEE
having allowed $4,000 for that pur
pose. whereas the owners said the,
would accept nothing less than $50
600.
An item OF lighting Mack-avs
from Parker TO Huribut was restol
I'd by the committee Of the whols
hich followed its. action by cuttin
The Kercheval-ave. lighting projec
between Hart and HurIbutAve,
Lighting on Lodge-ave.. Fiske-av,
end Dwightave. was cut from th
estimates.
Efforts 70 put thru supplements
sewer estimates at the last minut
failed. Aid. John Kronk stopped N
proceedings when be said
The committee has seen a. {
elbow a big sewer program and q
the rate Of 81 .ooO. O0c a minute. an
! oppose all supplementals that ar
coming In at this bslated hour"