The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-28
c 0UNCIL FINALLY
ACCEPTS SCOTT
MEMORIAL
Matter Slips Through Easily, Tossy
As Chief Protestor Being Able To
Muster Only Three Other Votes
Building Code Adopted.
Proposal To Amend Bread Ordinance
Fails-Koenig's Ordinance Due
For Rough Shedding.

In a strenuous effort by members
OF committees to get their work dis
posed OF before the end of the alder
manic term, and an equally strenuous
effort by various obstructionists to
prevent such an outcome, the common
council meeting Tuesday night.
stretched out into one OF the longest
sessions of recent years. Ii was close
TO 10 o'clock when the building code
was finally hustled through and the
meeting adjourned.
Besides adopting the code, the coun'
Gil, accepted the Scott beQuest and
defeated the proposal to repeal the
bread ordinance.
The building code was the frst
stumbling block"to those who wished
to get away early. Ii Is stated that
the code takes seven hours TO read.
Chairman Gutman, of the committee
on ordinances, has held a number OF
public hearings on various sections
and on the completed measure, and
thought il could be read by section
number and disposed of. Aid. Charles
w. Burton, OF the Second ward, OBJ
jected. He first wanted the whole
code thrown over for future considera.
ton, and then he demanded that the
code be read.
Burton made several objections to
the wording of sections reclaring that
too much power was given the build.
| ing commission at the expense of 9TH
er departments.
Aid. Konkel also offer objections
to sections which he said would re-
quire builders OF cottages to go to
| ~ n1anG
would have to be submitted for APP
proval. Aid Gutman pointed out that
this was not necessary. After about
| one-third OF the code had been dis
posed OF. Aid. Heating succeeded in
having the rest of the discussion put
over till other business was out OF the
way A motion TO postpone for week
| failed.
When the code was again taken up
II was after o o'clock, auo there were
few objections, most OF the people
actually interested having been heard
before.
| The Scott fountain bequest was the
next matter considered There was
a strange falling off among the MEM
bers s,vho had voted against its accep-
tence ION moral grounds" Aid. Tossy
vas the only one who made speech.
| He wanted the acceptance put to
vote of the people. Aid. Allan asked
| that the council dispose of the matter
at once and save haggling which might
defeat the gift Tossy's colleague, Aid.
Ostrowski, stuck by him on the vote.
| Aid. Watson, who filed the original re-
consideration, and Aid. Owen. who had
opposed the bequest from the start,
were the only others to vote with
Tossy
On the proposition OF returning to
standard sized loaves OF bread. the
committee submitted divided report.
Chairman Gutman and Aid. Garvey
favored the repeal OF the sliding scale
ordinance. Aid. Field who stood with
| them, was not present TO sign the re-
port. Aid. Freiwald, Walsh. Grindley
and Reinhardt submitted report rec
ommending the present ordinance.
| Aid link declared that ii was the
common people that had asked TO have
the ordinance changed, and the manu-.
| faCturers that awnted the present or
dinance. An effort TO put the decision
over week was opposed by Aid. Allan
and voted down The motion to repeal
! the ordinance was defeated by vote
OF 20 10 = Those who stood out for
| the standard sized loaves were Aid.
/ Garvey, Goeschel. Gutman. Koenig.
Konkel. owen, Shapland. Thompson
and Watson