The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-15
JOHN McvICAR SAYS
80" ORDINANCE IS WORST EVER
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,Xpend $400.h 10 bring the ROAD Up
20 gnod condition This brought the
Investment up TO S3,S00.000 on "A road
Which had barely paid interest On
$500, 900 $4,000 900 bond issue
was made 10 cover these financial un-
Gcrtakings In time the business II
this line may grow sufficiently TO pay
ihterest and also depreciation on that
sum. but that time is not here.
OF the whole system OF ID. L l..
lines. the Wyandottr Is The only one
that is a real gold mine, il Is said. The
Pontiac lire is a good producer bnt
there are some heavy profits figured
,u the bonded Indebtedness Of tina;
line. The Rapid Railway TO Mt Clen;-
cls Is al'o Il paying proposition--bui
tne D. Z X. pai1 a nigh price for II.
All of he other lines are said TO y"
unable To pay interest on their own
fsDts. let alone taxing the burden OF
any moisture from the city system
financial squeezing. Should the ID. I.
H. finally consent ~ make the BOOK
keeping change which the committee
81 fifty wants 1t TO make, what Is me
outcome going 20 be- How long VIII
II take for the suburban end OF Ire
system TO get the city end into couri.
with re,eivershlI and it's attendant
evils TO be met?
Fifty" Accepts Ordinance.
BY a vote OF % 10 he committee
OF Atty. Monday evening. accepted the
street railway ordinance drawn up by
CLYDE Webster. DR.. j. IA. Carstens
and Paul c. Renaul. The DIRECTORS
we're Edward A. Brown and C. j. Rel
ly the former letter carrier and the
latter a capitalist formerly interested
I'm local electric lines. l.. c. Stanley.
Alex Brain. George II Barbour ami
Philip r. Ora. explained. In voting
that they objected to specific features
uf the ordinance. hut were content to
PASS 1t on 10 the council as whole.
Mayor Breitmeyer Will send the Orc
nance TO the council Tuesday evening
and II will then be referred to the
franchises committee. This commute"
will meet as frequently as possible un'
III the matter is disposed or.
In the draft OF the hfty's ordinance,
the amount of valuation on which tae
ID. L. II. IS to be allowed q per cent IT.
terest was left blank. This Will be
dlled in after the ID. u. Il. has oeei
given opportunity TO attack the Bar
croft and Adams appraisals
In TO the very close Of the meeting
Monday evening. the fifty was very
nuiet Then Reilly and Brown started
4 uebate by their attacks on the meas
ure.
Owing to the fact that II members
If the committee OF fifty were out OF
the city. It was difficult TO get
quorum In fact II was not until $40
that enough members were In the
chamber 10 permit OF taking up the
reading OF the franchise.
Points Out Objections.
Edward A. Brown, believer In
municipal ownership, had prepared
a protest against the passage or the
ordinance. He declared that the COM
lnittee of fifty was not ready to con-
slider IL only the day after II had been
nublished. He declared that, with It's
urofit guaranteed. the ID. u, II. man
agement would run the property with
no inducement for economy, while the
employees OF the city commission would
Rave to proceed practically as spies
Any matter might be thrown into arOl-
tration.
The only motive the ID. u. K. could
have In operating the lines would ne
to show a high cost. Brown explained.
He also wanted TO know why police
men and fremen were allowed TO ride
free upon the cars, and not letter car
riers
Webster. In going over the fare pro-
Visions. called attention TO the fact
that the city would start with lower
rate than II ever had before and could
not possibly thereafter ever pay as
high fares as at the present time. the
maximum rate allowed being six tick
cts for % cents with workingmen's
tickets at eight-for-a-quarter good five
hours Of the day instead OF. two and
one-half as at present.
IL X. Schreiter read the ordinance,
while Attorney Clyde J. Webster ex-
plained different points as they came
up. He was rarely interrupted. The
maintenance and depreciation fund he
explained would be upwards of $685..
600 per year. that figure being obtained
by taking the cat mileage OF 1908 as II
basis for estimaeingelhe requirements
Of such fund,I-A
Judge ReiIly's Protest.
George "a. Barbour stated at the
close OF the reading that he did not
believe that the d. U. r.. would ever
accept any ordinance calling for an
initial rate OF three cents. Judge Reil-