The Detroit times., 1910-02-10
ALLIS-CHALMERS
CO. QUITS FIGHT
Withdraws Check Guaranteeing
Lower Price on Pumping
Machinery.

: By a sudden withdraw. ot us su'I'
Iautee 10 bid lower uh second auN et'
rs.ng for pumping machinery Tor tue
! Park NieM-aNt sewage station tue
Alhs-Chalmers Co. TUESDAY nlsh' ;
gave up the night against x. ID, WOOD
4 Co. low bidders un TIE hrs' auNV''
tIsn l 1900.
Thls retreat came after $4,000
check had been placed IN the h"hu'
OF CITY Clerk Nichols earlier In the
dav 90 guarantee a bid ~ least So.uVo
lower than the present one uhder
" hich the CONTRACT Is let. some uI
the aldermen who had supported the
Alis-Chalmers Co We're indignant AT
its withdrawal. ant wished TO hold the
check and force readYerusing, Out
Corporation Counsel HaAy declared
tLat The Certi6Cation Of The eheck was
such a. TO require a lawsuit Tor is
collection and the motion 90 readNeF-
tise was lost - To H.
A telegram from the AllisChalmer'
Co, which vas read by Aid. hort@'
stated that the low bid guarantee was
the act OF the local representauNr
Cnly. and was. therefore. Glsclalmed.
There had oeeu long distance lei
phone talks between r. d. Wood
Co in Philadelphia and officers OF the
Ains-Chalmers Co in Milwaukee.
which may have had something TO dc
with the reversal OF action.
Aid. Garvey withdrew his motion -
reconsider the foJe by which the
council last week allowed Garnet
Bros 10 adjust sidewalk assessment
where this hrm. As city contractors.
lad collected tor The walk both from
the city and the property-oWners. Gar.
Ney announced that he would have al
ordinance prepared. however 10 make
city contractors liable in case "i
failure mistakes OF this sort.
4 report OF the streets committee
fayoring the closing OF portions OF
SeCond-aye. and Front-st. during the
Detroit Industrial Exposition. June 20
10 July 8. on petition OF COMMITTEES
o. the Board OF Commerce, was adopt
ell by the council
Specifications for concrete paving
were submitted By Public Works COM
missioner Haarer.
4 transfer o. $1,000 was made -
provide for 5uildins new and repair
in old election booths
A petition asking that Delray
church be exempted from paying pay
!ry assessment was denied, the com
mittee stating that such precedent
would be very costly 20 the city, as
all other churches would ask he same
exemption
Aid Heineman introduced a resold-
tion calling upon the fire commission
to take the utmost precaution for the
protection Of the city in the matter
of ANY future applications for perm $
fo- amusement resorts along the river
front This is intended 10 block the
building of any more inhammable
structures on the Electric
Park property adjoining Belle Isle
bridge approach in case that parN
should be taken over, as contemp!at-
ed. by eastern capitalists
Aid Watson introduced a resolution
calling for the drafting OF charter
amendment disseminating publication
OF the council proceedings in q DALI
newspaper and substituting their pub
LEGATION in pamphlet form II was r..
ferred TO the committee on charter
and city legislation
The committee on rules was in
strEcted 10 draw up new rule bv
which no person not connected witr
the municipal government will be a.
lowed 10 address the council in future
except by unanimous consent
Aid link put through resolution
requesting the controller 10 investi-
gate the title of the city 10 the old
police station site on Twentieth-st.
now occupied in part by the Vigcr
Coal & Wood Co