The Detroit times., 1910-03-05
D. R. WILL REJECT
''F|FTY's" PLAN OF
settlement
Proposed Eight Quarter Fare Is
Less Than the Actual Cost Of
Operation. General Manager
Brooks Declares.
Road Is Willing To Build New Five
Cent Lines. But Shes at Three
Cent Extensions.

street railway settlement pan pclh
prepared by ilb-C ommittee of the
committee Of nifty
General Manager frank w Brooks,
OF the ID. [. r.. stated this IN no IN
certain terms when he appeared "e-
lore the franchises committee OF the
common council Friday. He also made
IL plain that the II. t. X. Is not lis
posed 10 buIld ally considerable eXten-
slons OF The thrce-cCnt lines. Accord
ne 10 his statements. the ID. L. X. IS
wiling 10 build. in addition 10 the new
trachage on the Harper.ave. line. tn@
following.
4 new hye-cert line on Grandy-aye.
10 loop with the rheae-st. line north OF
GratiOt-aYe
The Hamilton.tlvd. dye-cenD line.
Connecting bats of track on III.
Cuette-aVe., Russell.st or Rivard-st.,
t. change the Brush-st (hye-cenD
from sipsle track line with switches
10 loop line
With regard Sc the new north and
south crosstown line on either Scot
tcn-aye or Junc'ion.aye, for which
residents OF the Fourteenth ana SA-
tcenth wards have been Clamoring, the
attitude tlker b. brooks was such as
10 make 4 unlikely tEat this line VIII
lac built Ibis year aS an extension d
the three, ent system The ID. l.. H.
Viii build it ION terms In accordance
with a general settlement however,
If such can bc arranged With the cont
mon council.
The u e x is willing To build a
loop line on Clay 81 Aubin aud lloi-
b,ook-Aves 10 connect with the OAK
land line for tie relief of the Mil
Naukee junction factory district, this
hcing the only extensive addition 10
the Detroit Railway lthreecenD sys.
Gem approved
The ten alive plan OF the snb-con
wlttoe of the committee OF fifty, pro-
,iding for an inltal fare of eight tick
e;s for quartz, On all lines. with uhl.
Ncrsal transfers. anu a sliding scale
II iares TO be put IN effect after
trial OF the eightsoT- a-quarter plan, at
Tie direction OF city commission
came up Tor discussion prior 20 80"
calling OF the regular committee scN.
sion
Won may say AS strongly as You
wish that We canuot accept any propo-
rition ealing tor that rate OF fare,
stated General Manager Brooks firm
Is. "Tha; is less than the actual COS.
a. onerati0n. such q settlement woull
be out OF the question.
what is your opinion OF the basic
principle Of the committee of fit
ian. the regulat!o OF fares 10 D
ucr cont profit basia9' was asked.
us man or q pubic utility corpora
ton TO be- considered an outlaw II Il
Ccsire IS evinced 10 earn more THAI
:, pc, ce,t?" countered the -. |. H.
manager. 1t is contrary 10 the human
iaea 10 SO limit returns. The risk Is
au the companys Such plan wouii
rro,ide that tn, company burdened
Ia the hazard Of operation. may be al
fiwed to make ; PEI cent
The committee session was long
and talkative one. about one-thira
IN tho aldermen were present. AMI
each had views TO express. \. L Wild
man and Frank STANDARD, of the MIL
uaul,ec junction Manufacturers asso.
cation. We're given the floor first. They
declared that The 81 factories in that
district now employ $1,000 operatives,
and that the transportation problem
has beCOmc acute The only service
,n that district is furnished 10y the
Brush ard Chene single track lines,
With switches, and the Clay-ave. plug
line.
,Tbo proposition is an impossible
rnc said Widman Labor Will not
come to us and put mp with the condi-
lions attendant on getting 10 and from
work This applies both 10 Office help
and to mon in the factories Our en-
cloves leave MS 10 work in other
nlaces where the street car service is
better
seven new factories hay4 been add
,d in the district within a year and
moro are 10 come. including the Gen
eral Motors plant with 1000 employees
Wc must have better car service. 1t
10 not matter OF fare but OF getting
thc ears 10 carry our people
The plan proposed by the manufac
turers calls for a track on Piquette-
ave from Russell-st. ar the terminus
If the Brush line. 10 Hastings st, the
thrush cars going mp Russell-st. and
coming down town on Beaubien-st.
This would necessitatc building a
short stretch of track on Beaubien-st..
from Adams-ave. TO Gratiot-ave., the
Brush cars coming down town by the
latter.
Al. the aldermen OF the First. Third,
Fifth and Seventh wards had received
stacks of postal cards from employees
I'm these faeIsries urging them 10 solve
the problem in this district
Aid Gutman proposed that the d..
L X. build new. track on Russell-st.
10 Gratiot-ave., and change the Brush
line into three cent line This would
mean running the Fourteenth-ave. cars
on Brush. Beaubien AKA 81 Antoine
sts and the making of a new line on
Hastings and Russehsts.. connecting
with oGratlot-ave and running 10 the
Brush-st. station as does the present
Brush line.
This plan went on the rocks be-
cause of the proposal 10 make the
Westinghouse line three-cent
one.
II do not think that this or any
other company will extend the sys-
tenn OF three-cent operation" said
General Manager Brooks determined
". we are willing to- go TO great
lengths TO help out the conditions i'm
the congested districts The company
cannot get money to extend the three
cent lines We would have TO get II
under false pretenses and we are not
doing that.
"We are willing 60 build a loop for
the Chene-st line on Grandy-ave.. and
do these other things that have been