The Detroit times., 1910-08-03

wy Company s!s such that the Company
|nnds a jrapooGlole - obtain ncuey where
1se e a q :sssos ana e
fares TsQnested BY your Honorable Body
and BY myself as Mayor.
A you know. have. Hiways felt that
| the securing OF an undisputed valuation
OF the property OF the Detroit United
Railway In the FIRST and most important
step toward securing a settlement with
ncials OF the Company have now offered
40 supply the money with which Go en-
ploy an engineer 10 determine the value
OF the Company property. provided me
appraised value OF the Company's prop
| erty. and / would recommend that this
course be pursued and the appointment
earliest possible time. In this connec-
ton i submit herewith letter received
today from the Stone a Webster En-
gineerins Corporation which makes sp-
the City. and / would also like TO call
your attention TO the recommendation or
the Committee OF Fifty urging the APP
pointmsnt In that capacity OF Mr.. Fred
Respectfully submitted,
PHILIP BREITMEYER,
Mayor.
Referred TO Committee on Franchises.
Following Is the letter referred TO:
Detroit, Mich. August And. 1910.
Hon. Philip Breitmeyer
Dear Strive notice i'm the local
papers that some sort OF an agreement
has been reached between you and the
Detroit United Railway whereby YOU are
10 appoint an appraiser for their prop
erty. the expense OF which appraiser Is
20 be paid by them We are handing
you n copy OF our 1910 booklet showing
the number OF properties which We, we man an
conditions OF all OF the properties. We
are at present the largest Electric Light
and Street Railway operators and are
In every way competent 20 make any
sort OF report on the Detroit United
Railway which you may desire.
We were appointed by the receivers
and bond holders Of the Mstr9g , N
make report and recommendation upon
their property, which Is now nearly com
pleted. They thought so we'll OF our
fsrsaess ' Mr. day r. Trpp az Chair
man OF the BOARD OF Directors after the
report was nearly finished. Mr.. Tripr
Is now practically n The head S % the
probably the largest single property IN
this country. We also made similar
report on some Pittsburg properties and |
e's9 sn ine We Own sna operate
about thirty-dve Street Railways and
Electric Light properties all over the
United States from Seattle 70 Boston
and from Texas TO Houghton. Mich
We would be glad TO make an appoint
ment with you and the Common Coun-
ell should you decide TO employ us, and
60 over the best method to arrive Mt the
conclusions which you desire.
Trusting that we will be able 10 get
in touch with you within the next few
days, we are.
Very truly yours. 81
HARRIS p. RAI.STON.
Stone a. Webster Eng. Corp
Referred to Committee on Franchises.
FROM THE MAYOR
August and. 1910.
From the Mayor.
To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen-T would suggest To your 4
Honorable Body that the Commissioner
OF Public Works be directed to remove
-xtrfpfus- ana ffagr -ptnrcdf-thcre ~ |
part OF the decorative scheme FOR the
Elks' Reunion Immediately.
would also suggest that the COM
missioner OF Public Works be autnorfz0d
70 rennove such OF the decorative columns
as are In unsafe places or have become |
unsightly I'm appearance and store them
until they are again needed for decora-
Respectfully submitted.
PHILIP BREITME!ER.
BY Aid. Vernon:
Resolved. That the Public LAghtinX
be and 10 hereby requested |
20 Immediately remove the wires from
the columns and arches erected during |
the Elks' Convention.
Adopted
Resolved. That the Department OF Pub
tic Works be and IL hereby directed to
remove from the streets the coiumns
and arches that were erected during the
Efks' Convention. as soon as the PUP.
lie Lighting Commission has removed |
the wires from same.
Adopted