The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-17
WAN rs SQUABBLE
WITH FERRY co.
SETTLED
Mayor Tells Council to Get Busy as
Lack of Service to Belle Isle
Works Serious Injury
to City.
Aldermen Divided on Question, But
Majority Seem to Be in Favor OF
Refusing Company Concessions.

Mayor Breitmeycr will send COM
munication 10 the common council.
Tuesday evening requesting that that
body take some action with regard TO
resumption of terry service To Belle
Isle for the season. tie will call at
tention to the fact that the lack "a
ferry service deprives the people OF
the city OF the pleasurerioing priv
ilege during the hot weather that Is
coming and also reduces the attrac'
ton OF the city in its water amuse-
ment, BE- sides making IL harder ~ get
10 Belle Isle.
Hts message Will be referred To
either the ordinance committee or the
committee Gil public utilities. Aid.
ellis, who Is "a member OF the ordi'
nance committee, desires ii TO go TO
tha. body Ellis now has stronger sup
port than at the time he tried Ito Sc
cure an amendment TO the ferry ord
nance. cutting out the one-way fares.
Il shall stand with Aid. Ellis this
time says Aid Reinhardt. When
this matter was up before, | voted
against him. although 1 felt he was
right on some -fnatteFs.-ln- view OF
10 vote with him now
Aid. Gilman, whose opinion carries
great weight in the council. is not
ready-to stand for warlike tactics
against the ferry company, such as
the raising OF the license fee.
I'VE shoud adopt position OF being
willing To do what Is right and stand
by II but we should not go out to take
revenge he says Gilman is In favor
of holding out for the fve-cent fares.
however.
Aid. Shapland Is lined up with Aid.
Watson and Friewald to 60 after the
Detroit, Belle Isle a. Windsor Ferry
, Co.
: THE quicker we get another COM
rany for this business or "a municipal
line, the better II will be-" he says,
Then they cannot hold US UP every
year Other people are willing TO
take up this service. | he'd some
parties in view last year who would
have taken the Belle Isle service II
they could have been assured or the
Windsor ferry business also. That Is
: not an impossible thing, for | under
. stand that the Canadians are far from
satisfied also
Aid. Schultz has not made up his
mind. as his constituents are divided
on the question Aid Korte. Wing,
Theisen. Goeschel and Rutter are
ready to stand pat and lei the com
pany keep its boats tied - the dock
|, IL ii wishes. Aid owen takes dlf-
ferent view.
Our ferry service Is the best In
the country" he says. THE company
asks only what is reasonable. What
IL has had 20 put up with IN the way
of cheating and trouble from people
who tried 10 ride for less than full
fare. only its ofncers know"
The fact that the mayor has taken
his stand In behalf of the ferry COM
pany is likely TO have considerable
influence upon some OF the aldermen.
Aid. Garvey Is set against any con-
cession.
"pingree worked hard TO get the
present arrangement and the terry
business has paid handsomely. ne as
serts Il do not see why we should
be called upon to pay double as much
for a ride now when the business Is
20 times what II was at the begin
ming"
Aid. Heating and Zoeller also say
that they will stand by the present
ordinance.
PARK Commissioner Hinchman
would like TO see some arrangement
made TO get the ferries running again.
I'VE used every means we could
to get the people to the island Sunday.
hut the walks were black with those
who went across the bridge on foot"
he saws. "The ferries were missed"