The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-14
BIC FIGHT COMING
! ON SOS" REPORT
IN COUNCIL
!. Committees Recommend Purchase OF
Data for $17,500, But Aid Gin
n. nan Will Wage Battle In
tkMAy Opposition.
Says Report Is Of No Value and
Points Out That It Has Never
l., Been Adopted.

One OF the most notable contests IN
the common council In long. long
time is due to occur In the meeting OF
Tuesday night unless the factions can
get together In the meantime. re-
port Of the committees on franchises
and ways and means favoring the pur-
chase of the committee OF fiftys report
1t $4,000 for the use OF the common
council In negotiating street railway
settlement will be submitted.
Aid Thomas Gilman. presidential
be OF the council gave notice TO his
colleagues on the joint committee
Monday morning that he was against
the report. 1t was carried over his
head
Il will not have it laid over 10y OBJ
tecting.' Gilman stated after the
meeting IL don't believe in them
methods OF delay. Let's fight II out on
the floor and have II over. That's my
way"
The session was long one and was
given up mostly 20 Aid Glinnan's oh.
jcctions aud th replies 81 ofncers OF
the MAYORS committee and retoTts by
Aid Allan. Watson and owen.
The aldermen were informed that
committee had been handed over ex-
cept the Bancroft report. Engineer
Bancroft had ordered this printed OF
his own accord The committee found
that this loft a tangle In the matter
of ordering the report printed. City
Clerk Nichols was instructed tn ask
for bids for printing 1000 copies OF
the reports OF the "fifty's" sub-cornmit-
tees, the appraisal report to be paid
for separately, and then bound with
tho remainder. Barcroft's work Will
take about $50 pages and the remain
der OF tho reports as much more. so
that IL will be stable volume when
completed
Attorney Clyde ! Webster checked
the aldermen somewhat by telling
them that they must. as a matter OF
law. buy the report before they could
order II printed The committee re-
port will therefore. contain first a
recommendation for purchase and
then one for printing and binding the
report.
Aid Gilman began Directing right
at the start. saving that he could not
see what use the committee of fittys
report is TO tho city or council NJ this
time Then he commented on the fact
that the reports were received only
and not adopted by the entire commit
tee, saving that. as a matter or fact,
the committee Of fifty had made no
report.
Il will make that plain. said
Frank w. Eddy. chairman Of the com
mttce OF fifty. I'VE were appointed
only 10 investigate. not To recommend
any settlement. That would be TO en-
croach upon the prerogatives or the
common council. This investigation
has been hurried as much as possible,
although .it is true that there have
been some delays The committee or
fftv will meet later to adopt recon-
mendations. II II is requested to do so
by the council or the mayor.
IL want To say 10 You. Mr.. Eddy,
rctorted Gilman that II the common
council did business tho way your com
mittee Of hfty did We would never do
ANYTHING. You have sIdctracked your
committee Of fifty and left everything
10 YOUR sub-committecS. rs matter
Of fact your committee has never
passed upon these reports.
This called for an explanation from
ATTORNEY Webster that the fifty had
not considered II wise TO debate and
pass upon the reports at this time
since majority Of the committee
might vote down n report which con-
tanned great deal OF information use
ful TO the common council
1T was not for us 10 say whether
We should have municipal ownership
o. not. vot We had TWO reports On that
subject" he remarked. II is MOI Tor
rs 10 say whether 6 per cent should he
allowed On franchise values. Nor
should We alter or change the Bar
croft appraisal We have turned over
nj, the facts We found"
Then the committee OF fifty was not
aprointcd 70 settle the street rail-
way question:" queried Gilman.
THE committee was appointed tn
assist the common council" said
Mayor Breltmeyer. For instance,
they have made a valuation Of the
Detroit United Railways property.
Now it is for you to allow the d. y. r.