The Detroit times., 1909-02-10
AID. VERNON WANTS
HIGHLAND PARK
ANNEXED
PUTS THROUGH RESOLUTION IN.
STRUGGLING COMMITTEE TO GET
BUSY BEFORE VILLAGE PILES
UP BIG BONDED DEBT.

Many important matters. and "A few
frivolous ones We're handled by the
common council Tuesday night In
hurry-up session in which there was
never 4 division.
Corpration Counsel Hally was au-
thorized TO draw up general home
rule bill for all cities OF the state. to
be presented TO the legislative com.
mittee.
Aid. Vernon started the ball rolling
for the annexation OF Highland Park
and portions of Hamtramck and
Greenfield by a resolution instructing
the charter and city legislation com
mittee TO get busy on the matter. The
idea is TO annex the territory before
the village has an opportunity To- is
sue a large quantity OF bonds and pile
up big floating debt, as was done by
Fairview. A $4,000 bond issue for
the repaving OF Woodward-ave.. is one
OF the things that the village may
pass and Vernon believes in getting
busy ahead OF time. Such an annexa-
ton would also bring Palmer Park
within the city limits.
BY resembling one resolution and
passing another. the $4,000 for the
Committee of so was put in the safe
keeping OF the mayor. Mayor Brett
meyer also gets s76 for a new rug in
his ONCE and $25 TO have the walls
cleaned and painted.
Aid. Vernon Introduced a resolution.
which went 10 the charter and the city
legislation committee. requesting that
committee to try to secure the pass
age of law by which the city may
recover from property owners for per-
sonal injury judgments secured against
the city as result of defective side
walk accidents.
Aid Thompson. Ellis and Schultz
were appointed a special committee
TO investigate the condition OF the
voting machines owned by the city
with view to using them IN the
spring primary and election.
BY resolution of Aid Gilman, the
committee on public utilities was re-
auested to confer with the officers OF
the Detroit & Suburban Gas Co..
which operates in what was once Del
ray and Woodmere. with view to
getting that company 10 lower its
rates 10 the scale charged by the De-
troit City Gas Co. Gilman has been
informed that the company is willing
to make this reduction, although it's
franchise does not compel II TO do so
until 1911.
To complete the beach for the new
Belle Isle bath house, $4,000 was
transferred from the house OF correc.
ton fund to the park fund.
The National Council OF Women was
n lu inNifoh IN hold II In ~
In Detroit next June.
Gas Inspector Ed. +. Hyland report
ed that on Feb. 2. Candlemas day, the
gas supplied In the city mains went
down slightly below the standard.
This may or may not have had to do
with the grounding. but it was soon
attended to, anyway.
Aid. Tossy had some trouble in be-
ing heard and therefore introduced the
following resolution. which is unique
OF It's kind:
Resolved. That the committee
on public buildings be requested
to have the acoustic properties
OF the council chamber bettered
for the benefit OF the president OF
the council. Referred TO commit
tee on public buildings.
TosSy also came across with reso.
luton to have the pay OF garbage
wagon drivers raised from $2.25 to
$3.50 per day.
Aid. Theisen slipped in a little esti-
mate to please the folks at home,
providing that $4,000 be appropriated
to grade all alleys in the Eleventh
ward. This is joke, although not so
labeled.
Aid. HARPER introduced a resolution
to have the pay OF road foremen raised
to $3.50 per day. Like the other reso-
lutions for appropriations 1t will 60
TO the board of estimates for considera-
ton.
The streets committee reported adj
verscly to the petition OF certain prop
erty-owners &c have Fort-st.. from
Third TO Twelfthsts., repaved with
granite blocks.
Aid Watson objected to new re-
port OF the street opening committee
fixing the city's share OF the damages
for the opening OF Thompson-court at
35 per cent, and the matter went over
week
Aid Gutman introduced n resolution
asking that the pay OF precinct de-
tcctives he fixed at 200 per year In
the estimates.
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