The Detroit times., 1909-12-29
COUNCIL FINALLY
VOTES TOPURCHAsE
''F|FTY's" REPORT
Mayors Crowd Wins Out by Margin
OF Four After Torrid Debate, in
Which Heineman Whacks
\. the d. u. 3.
Gilman, Beaten, Bobs Up With New
Plan To Temporarily Settle the
Traction Problem.

After a torrid debate that lasted
nearly an hour. the commoa council
Tuesday night voted to Approve of the
payment OF $17,5O0 for the report OF
the committee of nifty. or the 10
votes cast for the payment of the
= money. 10 were of Republican al
dermen: OF the Is cast against II, 10
were OF Republicans.
There yet remains the formal ap-
prevail by the council of the vouchers
for the sums contained In the commit
tee OF fifty bill, these vouchers COM
Ing up ncxt week.
Aid Gilman. although beaten In his
opposition to the mayors plans, came
up again at the close of the meeting
with another plan for temporary set
Element OF the street railway question.
this being IN lieu OF the Gilman Mich
OILS resolution. which died peacefully.
Monday. through non-acceptanoe by
the Detroit United Railway.
Gilman would have the committees
on franchises and ways and means
negotiate with the d. ". r. manage
ment rUr temporary reduction in the
rates OF fare, the alternative. in case
the street railway company does not
accede TO this. being an increase In
the rental now charged for the use OF
streets In which franchises have ex-
PRED
Aid. Heineman led of I'm the ora
torical fireworks. He brought up his
motion TO reconsider the vote by
which the council had previously re-
fused to pay the "fifty's" bill. Re-
viewing the history OF the committee
of fifty. he showed that the council
had acduiesced In its work through
out. declared that that work had been
well done and that the city is now In
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 nifty"
report, said IIeineman, except the d.
u. r., and he added that It would be
very pleasing to the d. u. r. to have
the report go over the wires to Mont
real and other stock centers that the
city OF Detroit had repudiated the
work OF It's committee.
1T Is a question whether the ID. IT,
r. has been. for the last 10 years In
the street railway business or the
stock jobbing business" said Heine-
man. With regard to the payment
of Attorney Clyde /. 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 counsePs Office with.
out crippling that department. another
assistant being needed there even now
Tor the routine work.
Aid. Ellis replied to Heineman. de-
claring that, IL S17.500, had been asked
for in the first place by the committee
OF fifty. II 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 to the
council
Aid. HARPER 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 its compile
ton. Then Aid Owen and Garvey
got into the scrap on opposite sides.
Aid. Tossy brought laughter by say
Ing that he liked nothing so much as
TO see the Republicans fight among
themselves. Aid. Gutman. Trevor.
Gilman and others also spoke, and
then came the vote on reconsidera-
ton which carried, 10 to Is.
Aid. Reinhardt wanter 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
fifty experts. Aid. Allan went after
Reinhardt savagely, telling him that
his resolution was an invitation to
greater expense. The supervisors
had voted $4,000 to one county audi.
II tor TO investigate county office, he
said. and then voted more money for
-
and he considered the committee OF
fifty report very cheap as 1t was.
Reinhardt 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 a vote OF 80 to after
wordy wrangle with Aid. Heineman.
Then the vote required on the resolu.
| ton TO purchase the report. The vote
follows:
Aye-Allen. Burton, Field Freiwald,
Grindley,, Gutman, HARPER. Heineman.
Heating. Koenig, Lempke. Owen.
Thompson, Tossy, Trevor, Vernon.
/ Watson, Zoeller and Zink.--19.
Nay-Deimel, Ellis, Garvey. Gilman.
| Goeschel. Konkel. Reinhardt. Rosen-
thai, Rutter, Schultz. Shapland, Skry.
zycki, Theisen, Walsh and Wing
Is.
Absent-Korte and Ostrowski
Aid Reinhardt who had voted for the
reconsideration switched on the pur-
chase while Aid. Zoeller broke away
l. from his colleague, Aid. Gilman and
voted with the mayors supporters.
Had Aid. Korte and Ostrowski been
present II is expected that they would
. have voted for the purchase. Korte
Is sick. and II Is reported that Os.
trowski had been taken suddenly III
. in the afternoon.