The Detroit times., 1909-12-29
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"F|FTY's" REF1|
Mayors Crowd Wins OF y I
Of Four After Torzi6 Ds1u1
Which Heineman WhnG1s
the D. D. \.
Gilman, Beaten, Bobs Up WA I
Plan To Temporarily esttls ~
Traction Problem.

Aiter torrlu oeUato tuox IUDIIU
nearly an hour. the common eonnclf
Tuesday night voted to approve of ~
paymen tof $17.500 for the report a.
the committee Of nifty. OF the 81
votes cast for the payment ol tho,
money. Is were of Of Republican ~
dermen; OF the Is cast against it, 10
OF Republicans.
There yet remains the formal A.
proval by the council of the vouchers
for the sums contained In the commik-
tee of fifty bill, these vouchers con-
ing up noxt week.
Aid. Gilman, although beaten IN hIs
opposition to the mayors plans, cans
up again at the close of the meetlux
with another plan for q Temporary ~
tlement OF the street railway question
this being In lieu of the Gilman Mich
OILS resolution, which died peacefully.
Monday, through non-acceptance ~
the Detroit United Railway.
Gilman would have the COMMITTEES
on franchises and ways and means
negotiate With the d. u. r. manage
ment for temporary reduction IN thx
rates Of fare, the alternative, In coce
the street railway company does moi
accede to this, being an increase ~
the rental now charged for the use ~
streets in which franchises have e.
PRED
Aid. Heineman led on In the ora,
torical fireworks. He brought up hia
motion to reconsider the vote b
which the council had previously re-.
fused opay the '.fifty's" bill. ne
viewing the history OF the commlttee
of fifty. he showed that the council
had acquiesced In It's work through,
out, declared that that work had been
we'll done and that the city is now Ia
honor bound to return to the members
OF the committee of fifty the money
which they have expended for investi.
eating purposes
No one had questioned the ~fifty''
report, said Heineman. except the d
u. r.. and he added that II would b
very pleasing to the ID. II. r. 10 have
the report go over the wires to Mont
real and other stock centers that the
city of Detroit had repudiated fh(
work OF its committee.
ut Is question whether the u. U
r. has been, for the last Is years. m
the street railway business or the
I stock jobbing business" said Heine
man. With regard TO the payment
OF Attorney Clyde l. Webster by the
committee Of fifty. Heineman stated
that the legal work which had to be
done could not have been handled BY
the corporation counsel's office with
out crippling that department. another
assistant being needed there even now
for the routine work.
Aid. Ellis replied to Heineman. de-
claring that, II $17,500 had been asked
for In the FIRST place by the committee
OF nifty. 1t would not have been allow.
ed. He inquired why, II the fifty
members were so far superior To the
aldermen. they did not go out in their
wards and run for election 10 the
council. n
AID. Harpfer declared that. II the
present investigation were rejected,
the council would have to make one Of
its own at great expense and with a
delay of months before It's compile
tion. Then Aid. Owen and Garvev
got into the scrap on opposite sides.
AID Tossy brought laughter by say
ing that he liked nothing so much 40
TO see the Republicans fight among
themselves. Aid Gutman, Trevor,
Gilman and others also spoke. and
then came the vote on reconsidern-
tion which carried, 10 TO I.
Aid. Reinhart wanted to refer the
matter back to committee with in
structions to find out what further
cost there would be for the defense
of the report by the committee Of
ffty experts. Aid. Allan went after
Reinhart savagely. telling him that
III fv<x~ tak -
greater expense The supervisors
had voted $4,000 to one county audi
tor 10 investigate a county ONCE, he
said, and then voted more money for
the defense of the former treasurer,
and he considered the committee OF
fifty report very cheap as 1t was
Reinhart and Wing were the only
ones to vote for the amendment. Then
Gilman tried 10 have the payment
resolution sent back to committee. He
was defeated by vote of 80 TO after
a wordy wrangle with Aid. Heineman.
Then the vote recurred on the resolu-
tion TO purchase the report. The vote
follows:
Aye-Allen. Burton, Field Freiwald,
Grindley. Gutman. Harpfer. Heincman.
Heating. Koenig. Lempke. Owen.
Thompson. Tossy. Trevor. ernor.
Watson. Zoeller and Zink.--19.
Nay--Deimel. Ellis. Garvey, Gilman.
Goeschel. KonkeL Reinhart. Rosen-
thai. Rutter, Schultz. Shapland. Skry-
zycki. Theisen, Walsh and Wing.
10.
Absent-Korte and Ostrowski.
Aid. Reinhart who had voted for the
reconsideration switched on the pur~
chase while Aid. Zoeller broke away
from his colleague. Aid. Gilman and
voted with the mayors supporters. q
Had Aid. Korte and 0strowski been
present Il Is expected that they wouD1
have voted for the purchase. Kor<o
is sick. and II Is reported that Or
trowski had been taken suddenly ~
In the afternoon.
Miss RooseveH Marriea.