The Detroit times., 1910-04-19

Council Committee Will Recommend
Ora ave, Hamilton Blvd,
Brush-St. and Mack-Ave. Projects.

AS expected. the franchises commit.
ice OF the council. in its meeting Mon
day evening. divided on its report on
the advisabiiity OF granting the Be-
troit United railway permission 10
build new line on Grandy-ave. TO re
lieve the condition OF the Chene-st.
Tine. when is now a single track line
with switches al intervals. The plan
OF having the cars run up one street
and come back another was espoused
by live OF the me.nbers OF the commit
tee: Aid HARPER. Korte. owen. Gut-
man and Tossy, while Aid link. AM
Thiesen will bring in minority repor:
calling for double track on Cnene-st.
On three other plans or improving
street ca. service the committee ~
agreed. The report which goes TO the
council Tuesday night Will call fo-
the building OF the Hamilton-blvd. ex-
tension OF the Third-ave. line under
the present franchise. which runs uD-
I'll 1916, the looping OF the Brush line,
and double-trackihg OF the Mack-ave
line
The meeting in the council chamber
was long and argumentative one.
Aid. Allan got the Hamilton blvd.
extension through and Aid. Trevor all
peared To argue for the Mack-ayo.
double track. which had not been con-
side:ed by the committee originally in
calling the meeting. There was some
debate over the plan TO run the Brush
cars out Brush, St Antoine and Rus
sell-sts. and TO bring them back over
Piquette-ave. anu Beaubien-st ALI.
Koenig declared that this would bring
too many cars onto Beaubien-st. and
inconvenience patrons Of the Four.
teenth-ave line. The committee did
not agree with him.
But the real fight came on the
Grandy-ave. proposition. Aid. Zink
and Thiesen were backed up by a ma
;ority OF the residents OF Grandy-ave.,
who declared that they want no car
line because of its noise, dust and tho
danger to children. On the other hand.
were a number or manufacturers from
tie Milwaukee Junction district who
declared that there must be relief for
that section OF the city, inasmuch az
il is now very. difficult TO get workmen
TOR the factories because OF poor car
service.
William Volrath spoke for the Gran
dy-aVe. residents, while +. A. Sumner.
Walter Russell anG others spoke in be-
half OF the manufacturers. There was
some talk OF shifting the new portion
of the loop TO Dubois-st., and this was
opposed oy Aid. Tossy. Mayor Brett
meyer was called on to speak and
urged Grandy-ave. residents to forget
their private interests and consent ~
the building OF the line for the benefit
Il would be to the city. He told OF the
opposition there was on Mack-ave. to
the building of line there years ago,
and called attention 10 the benefit the
line has been 10 the locality.
While the committee has made its
decision as to the merits OF the OK
tension propositions, there is still
considerable delay due before any
permission can be given to the ID. u.
X. The report OF the committee is
not sufficient permission to the ID. Y.
r. TO go ahead with the work. Cor
poratiOn Counsel Hally must be auth
orized to draw up the day-today fran
chises, under which it is proposed to
permit The extensions to be built and
lHeSe are cNpeCltu W tOlllt W wv
council next week An objection to
any one Of them will lay it over for
another week.
The franchises must then lie upon
the table, after third reading. for 30
days before being passed AS these
are revocable franchises. they do not
need to be submitted to the vote of
the people.
Some opposition to the extensions
may develop from the fact that no
north and south crosstown line In the
western portion OF the city is incud-
&c. The franchises committee origin
ally agreed that all the extension
urgently need must be built by the
ID. u. r. or none at all. The alder
men of the Fourteenth and Sixteenth
wards are particularly anxious for
this north and south line.