Telegram-herald., 1888-03-09
WAS DOODLE USED 2
JOHN fAsR THINKS TIERS MAS
An fatsrsie~ with the Well Kaows Cen
trsetor the able Company "a
1Aisks dsger Dik@lslan shoaid
be "NeasiIAtsa."

Il sm always in favor Of anything that
vii tend to benefit the eitr. said John
Fsw "a a reporter tor the rELEoEAA- HEssLD
yesterday, "oog the Cattle Company. and
especially the scli0n Of the C0uucn Ia
granting II franchises last Mondsy night Is
the worst piece of railr0sdiag thSt Las ever
come uaaer nay Aotiee. / attn always
wiling TO help along the best interests OF
the city, bat this company instead OF doing
this will bring the city into disfepats. OF
course IL is well EnOwn t0at their scheme
Was 10 secure ali the franchises possible and
ges them on paper. then they Will take
these 10 the Eastern capitalists and
dispose OF them. Tie latter will proc
ably imagine that every confidence
II rep3seJ ia the mpany from the
fact that they were granted franchises for
Eve or SIX miles oi road Dy the Council. tie
same night that the petition was presented
and without any deiibefation or invsstiEs-
ton whatever. The company with the
money they will obtain cn TIE sale OF the
franchises. will probably build the road
and then being al the end Of their resources
they will tell the capitalists waO have
purchased the bonds. 10 run IT, Inen they
Will see how they have been swindled. and
when a legitimate company wlsaes 10 dis
pose of good bonds In the future, they will
be told that Grand Rapids concerns are ali
| swlndlers aud they will have nothing 10 do
with them.
The Cable Company IS about the weak
est concern 1 know of. There is two COM
pAnies, the Construction Company and the
Cable Company proper. IlDoits Is Presi-
dent of both anu he mas nothing. The line
tnat they have built up Lyon-st.. is the
worst botched up pi5ce Of work that have
| ever seen done ana watched 1t all the time
| they were building II.
What 90 you think OF the action OF
| Mayor Dlkeman, al the Council Monday
| nlghU queried the reporter
ii think il is a preconcerled scheme be-
tween him and Alderman DeGraaf from
some time back. Harry made vigorous
effort TO have the Mayors salary raised and
| believe Dikeman did this 10 pay h "a
| back. My humble opinion is that De6raal
| Is getting nice little Doodle for the work
he has done for the company. | don't
| blame any of the other members
| OF the Council. for l believe Alder
| man Shanahan ana the others were
deiuded and led into what they did without
| knowing what the consequences would be
| THE actions OF Mayor Dkeman should
not DC overlooked by The people. and they
should be thoroughly ventilated By the
| press. lie will not be elected again. Al
| derman Hayward did the right thing in bis
speech Monday night. and ne should be
| cOmpilmented on his efforts TO show up the
Mayor Several of the aldermen were re-
fus1c permission TO speak by the Mayor
| bur Hay would not be sat upon, and
am glad OF II. The excuse that the Mayor
and ;he friends Of the Cable Company make
that the Cherry Street line was rushed
| n he ~
sense. You and /. and everyone know:
that IL was discussed for nearly three
| months before the franchise was granted
| The whole proceedings sre disgusting.
have petition here which | intended e
| present 20 the Council next Monday night "
| continued Mr. farf. dra wing from mis-
pocket petition demonstrating against the
line. and signed by sixteen we'll known
business men on the proposed route
| remonsiTauce were that the propose.
line woad not benefit anybody
on south Divisiou-sl., except. perhaps. tns
store anu saloon Of Alderman De Gra2s
| and the assCmed interest ~ tDe company c
MS brO'aef, John De- Gga.f, gnd tbat II
would be 6etrine9i ID south DlylsiOB-st.
/ which is The prlocipai business thorough
fare IN tnat pOf,ion the city.
Il expected tnat he petition of the com
| pahy woulu ptss rs nfst ana, perhaps, az
second reading, ara then be ordere,
printed" said Mr. karr. 'out never Va.
more surprised IA Ray lie than when
reao IN the paoer tuesday morning that il
had bee0 gfanted by the Council
City Attorney !. ". Ransom was met OF
the stairs 0f the Superior C9ufl buildin.
and sssei nis opinion as to the legality o
The tcunoii's action in gIantlng th
franchises .or the C1oie Company.
Wei, don't think ] csn say anythin;
about i just now. said thas oil .ial.
Il don know whether It VII be taker
into tue courts or not, nut anyway cOui,
not give any opinion on * just At present
/ don [ think II would be right"