The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-09
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GREAT CITY OF HAMTRAMCK
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and better service. but they would not
even give us "A shed for X waiting
room We have Co pay a fve-cent fare
inside the village now, on the North
Detroit line. and another fare 90 come
down town 60 Detroit. So We are not
going to bee any worse of II We grant
the new franchises, only we will have
two more lines. Perhaps the d. L. r.
Is back OF the franchises ] don't
know.
Il do know that we must have cars
To carry the workingmen from Is fac
tories or more. The line we have now
Is not enough and we Will have TO do
something.
What are the terms Ia the other
franchises? ! don't know; but / un-
derstand that we are To pay the same
rates that people i'm Detroit get
have appointed a committee 60 look
that up. The committee will report
Thursday night"
President Geimer was not sure who
had the copies OF the franchises, but
believed that Clerk Henry NJ Jacobs,
Jr.. had them Jacobs proved to be
too elusive person 10 catch up with.
IL is understood. however. that the
street railway franchise provides for
a straight fye-cent fare within the viii
lage limits and has no provisions for
transfers To the city lines in case the
D. u r. takes the franchise over No
definite limit seems TO have been
placed upon the charges for gas and
electricity
The southern and western portions
OF Hamtramck are now virtually por-
tons OF Detroit. industrally, the ter
rit0ry being about as we'll built mp on
one side OF the boundary as on the
other. II IL a matter OF only few
years until all this portion Of the vii
lage will be as solidly built up as
most OF the city.
Yet, there are few improvements in
Hamtramck at the present time With
a sure prospect OF a big population,
the village has mud streets and is but
partially lighted and severed as yet.
10 must get a great many improve
ments all at once as soon as the fac
tories now building or projected. are
completed. and the workingmen en-
ployed therein move into the locality
Those franchises will be very profit
able investments II they pass the
council and the vote OF the people
later
"Hamtramck needs improvements
and we are ready 20 furnish them"
SAYS Arthur c. O'Connor, one OF the
applicants for the public utility fran
chises. II the people want them. and
vote approval OF the franchise. we will
go ahead at once.
MIR. Finn and myself are applying
on our own responsibility. We are
very heavily interested In the village
and its development. | know OF two
factories which have declined 10 To-
late there because the transportation
facilities are insufficient for getting
labor to and from their plants. Since
we cannot get the service from the
city limits 10 carry workmen south. we
must have new lines TO carry them
north to the upper portion OF the vii
lage
"No one but Mr. Finn and myself are
interested in the street railway fran
ehises Naturally. with enterprises Of
This character other capital is requir-
ed. but we vill finance the enterprises
ourselves.
With regard TO gas and electric
light we must regulate our rates be-
cause OF the fact that the Detroit City
Gas Co. and Edison Co. already have
franchises in the village. We must
meet their rates.
'Hamtramck has a tax rate half
that OF Detroit and will have low
tax rate for years. II is the ideal spot
for factories. But there must be street
cars 10 carry the people and other i'm
provements must be provided That
is vital. If We are given these fran
chisc rights. we shall have 20 develop
them for considerable time before
they will become profitable. That is
10 be expected
There IS nothing secret about the
applications We want the fullest pub