The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-04
MOORE PLAN IS
To HAVE RIVAL
Council Committee Will Prepare and
Submit Alternative Municipal Own
ership Scheme-M. U. R. Position

| Moore plan, The plan drafted Dy Alu.
Field and Corporation Counsel Hal!y
will be the basis OF the new amend
ment.
LET us submit something that will
be in accord with the views OF the
council" urged Chairman Trevor
I'VE should have a plan that viii
make municipal ownership possible
and provide the means for carrying IL
out. but without making 1t manda-
tory" said Aid. Field. Aid. Grindley
and link also took his view.
Almost everybody Is in favor OF
municipal ownership II we can not
make better bargain with the ID. u.
r." said Grindley.
The aldermen discussed the Moore
plan, which must be submitted, and
picked out a great many faults. these
being principally along the lines that
the proposed street railway commits
sion would be always In politics, and
that II would have control OF vast
property and immense sums OF money
without having TO make an accounting
TO other branches Of the city govern
ment.
1T would be worse than the ID. U.
r." commented Aid. link.
| The Detroit United Railway, In n
communication signed by President
Jere C. Hutchins. has formally accept
ed the terms OF the city for day-to-day
, franchises for new trackage In Ham
| ilton-blvd., Chene-st. and Grandy-ave.
and Mack.ave. The Hamilton grant
is an extension of the Third line 10
the city limits, the Chene and Grandy
grant provides relief for the northeast
ern factory district by looping the
Chene-Baker line north of Gratiot-ave.
and the Mack grant permits the
double-tracking OF Mack-ave.
The acceptance does not state how
soon the work on these much-needed
extensions is TO begin. Assurances
have been Informally given. however,
! that the ID. Y. r. will rush this work
and complete II this summer
| Acceptance OF these grants carries
with II the acceptance Of the provi
sion for a uniform workingmen's
ticket on the fve-cent lines.
| Mayor Breitmeyer and his advis-
| eTs are not yet ready to discuss the
! details OF the new plan being formulat-
| ed TO be given to the council next
week. Engineer Frederick w. Walker.
who took Frederick T. Barcroft's
place as the adviser of the committee
| of fifty, in the city and has been in
consultation with the fifty" leaders.
The Michigan United Railways Co.
| is anxious to get some action on It's
proposal TO build a new three-ceut
line into the city as an entrance for
its interurhan cars. So far, Attorney
S. w. Ladd. general counsel for the
! NJ a IN Ear
with Corporation Counsel Hally with
regard TO changes to be made in the
! franchise sought. Ii Is expected that
some changes will be made within a
week, however, and that II will then
come up again before the council COM
mittee on franchises.
I'VE want to reach an agreement
with the city now, and not in a year
or two" said Attorney Ladd. For
that reason, we do not wish to stand
aside and wait for a general settle
ment, the time OF which is uncer-
tain
In considering the NJ. Y. r. PROPOSE
ton. the two portions OF II must be
kept separate. This grant would call
| for the entrance of the interurban cars
into the city and also for the running
OF city cars on the entrance line.
these transferring with the present
three-cent lines. As the interurbans
are the main thing in which the NJ. U.
r. is interested, that company is will
Ing to concede, a great deal with re-
gard to its city service.
1t asks from the city OF Detroit an
agreement reaching through a term
of years by which the entrance Of the
interurban cars would be guaranteed.
But with regard to the cars running
only inside the city limits the NJ. U.
r. Is willing to sell these to the city at
any time that municipal ownership Is
decided upon or to accept any other
reasonable terms with regard to these
city cars that the city desires.
The position Of the NJ. U. R. is that
II would lose money anyway on It's
city service at eight tickets for a
quarter. good at all hours OF the day,
| with transfers to other lines. There
fore, II will sell this city service IL
the city wishes to buy later. But it
wants a term grant for its interur-
bans. A day-to-day grant for the city
service would be acceptable, but not
for interurban cars.
Under the circumstances, II would
be necessary for the NJ. u. R. fran
chise, IL approved by the council. 70
go to the people for a vote. No action
by the common council such as that
taken for the Hamilton boulevard and
other extensions would be legal and
binding for term grant. These ex-
tension resolutions we're I'm the nature
OF revocable franchises, which may be
repealed at any time. and would not
be applicable In a case where a com.
pany wishes the right to run cars for
a long term Of years guaranteed.
In case the city should grant the
NJ. U. r. the right to come in over
Fort-st. west. some arrangement
would have to be made to allow the
ID. U. r. TO bring its cars In from Del.
ray and Woodmere, and also the To.
ledo and Wyandotte interurban cars
Being anxious, principally. to gain en-
trance for itself, IT Is probable that
the VI. u. r. would consent to a pro
posal for joint use OF the street III
some way.
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Frank Hibbler, proprietor OF the
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