The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-15
weeks will be about the time required
10 report hack TO the council"
AppraIsaI EIuures to &c Discussed.

the appraised value of the ID. II. X.
The present plans call for another
meeting of the fifty" Wednesday eve
ming, with other meetings thereafter
as frequently as they can be held. Al
these the d. u. Il. experts will have
chance TO shoot at the figures OF
Engineer Frederick T. Bancroft and
Prof. Henry c. Adams The commit
tee /of fifty should, therefore. reach
determination as 10 the value OF the
physical property and unexpired iran
chises of the ID. u. X. at about the
same time that the council commit
tee Is ready to report back the NIFTY
ordinance.
BY the time that the council Is
ready TO submit the ordinance TO the
electors, n plan OF campaign In FAVOR
of the franchise will have been
Manned. The committee OF fifty IN
cludes some OF the largest employers
of labor In the city. IL Is. therefore,
certain that factory campaign VIII
be started which will reach every I'M
portant establishment in the city.
Members Of the committee or nrty
believe that they have surmounteo
one OF the principal objections To the
Cold .Hutchips franchise TO the city
I'm the future The catch In the former
ordinance was that II did not provide
for extension into such territory. Inc
zone system would have resulted IN
time had the Good Hutchins franchise
prevailed.
I'VE did not make any slip In our
calculations, as has been said. fres.'
- hf L
ed to have told member or the COM
mittee Of fifty recently. we under
stood that the zone system would re-
suit from the adoption OF the Codu-
Hutch,ns franchise"
Two Fares Not Possible.
w. c. Noack. OF the fifty" states
that the idea that two fares could be
charged on any line under the new
plan IL a mistaken one.
"In case the rate OF fare should
have TO be increased on the general
system, the three-cent rate would con
tinue on the Detroit Railway lines, but
they would be protected by the des-
tination' transfer system stated
Noack. Suppose the rate should go
to seven tickets for a quarter A man
living on an extension 10 the Sherman
line would have TO give seven-for-a-
quarter ticket TO get downtown. but
he would have 10 pay only That one
fare. and could transfer TO the WOOD
ward line IL he desired. Going home
at night, he could get on Sherman
car. pay with an eight-for-a-quarter
ticket and get transfer to the extern
SIGN of the line. The destination
transfer system IL one OF the greatest
things In the ordinance and is not. gen
orally understood as yet
While the city Is waiting for the
completion OF a settlement, the daily
rental being paid by the ID. u. X. for
the use OF streets on which franchise
rights have expired. Is piiipg up right
along. There Is now $1,000 In the spc
cial street railway investigation fund
and $1,000 has been paid into the gen.
eral fund from the ID. u. K. weekly
checks.
What the Aldermen Think.
Opinions OF some OF the aldermen
on the committee OF fifty ordinance
follows:
Aid HARPER: Il think 1t is a good
plan. We shall give 1t the most caro-
full consideration. however
Aid. Tossy: 1T will not pass tho
council without several important
changes"
Aid Rosenthal: Il don't know about
It yet. VIII the ID. U. r. accept it?
That is the first thing"
Aid Grindley: ION the whole, IL Is
q good measure. | have not had time
TO read II as fully as | wish"
Aid Skrzycki: Hot air. | am not
for IT,"
Aid Rutter: II do not like the slid
ing scale of fares. They ought TO be
able To reach some stationary fare that
would be reasonable. The six per
cent profit Is all right. The company
is entitled to that"
Aid Schultz: II am not ready 70
say yet"
Aid Ellis: 1T looks fair to me.
with a couple OF changes. The arbitra-
ton clause should be strengthened,
SO that the men can get arbitration OF
differences. The extensions to three
cent lines should be made a part OF
the Detroit Railway system. That
would prevent the possibility OF hav-
ing to pay double fares on these lines
some time in the future"
AIO GutH1dn. III ; Hi TlSnt anu the
company ought to accept IT, This
plan Is better than a straight three
cent fare In one was. II We were 20
settle on a three-cent basis, the com
pany might give us poor service. This
ought TO insure as good service and the
city needs that"
Aid owen This plan ought 20
work out into a sensible settlement
Aid Reinhardt: Il am satisfied that
the company should get six per cent.
but how are we to prevent their Jug
Cling the figures so that they would
not get more than that? | am not
bookkeeper enough TO know The
company should get a fair return for
good service"
Aid Goeschel: IL have not read IL"
Aid Theisen: Some parts are good
and some are bad. do not like the
clause about the extension to three
cent lines. We might have to pay two
fares or have to pay the maximum
fare OF nickel on those lines"
Aid link: There is room for i'm
proyement."
Aid Konkel and Garvey are still
studying the ordinance and will prob
ably offer some amendment.
Rules Against Railroad.