Mayor Brown's First Veto Message

MAYOR BROWN'S FIRST VETO MESSAGE

VETOES EXPENDITURE OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS

And Gives His Reasons for Doing So-The Glenn Avenue Storm Sewer Is Vetoed

Mayor Brown's first veto message is in the interest of economy. A haphazard method of making city improvements uses up the city's funds without always making the most necessary city improvements. The message is as follows:

To the Common Council of the City of Ann Arbor:

Gentlemen- I desire to express my disapproval of so much of your proceedings of May the 4th last as refers to the storm sewer on Glen avenue.

First, for the reason that the city has no money at this time with which to pay for said work.

Second, that your honorable body ought not to sanction the letting of a contract which is to cost upwards of one thousand dollars before our tax budget is made up and before you know to a certainty that you will have that much money at your disposal for that purpose.

Third, for the reason that I believe that this water can be handled by the construction of about thirty-five rods of paved gutter at a cost of not to exceed $2.50 per rod if cobble stones are used for the purpose, and

Fourth, when this storm sewer is constructed it ought to run as far south as Huron street and be built with a view of carrying away the the water standing in the highway on Huron street between Glen avenue and Fourteenth street.

-ARTHUR BROWN, Mayor

Dated May 6, 1903.