The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-15
5000 ROADS BOND
PLAN FAILS ON
FIRST VOTE
Roll Call Shows Scheme Favored 81
to 10, But the Law Requires
Majority Of Boards Total
H. Membership Of 50.
Natter Up For Consideration Again
in Afternoon and Favorable
Action II Probable.

BY Q vote OF six to three, Saturday
moon. the ways and means committee
|of the Wayne county board OF super
visors recommended the adoption OF
THE resolution for the submission OF
THE 100000 road bonding plan to
the people. but the scheme was tenn
|porarily killed when submitted to the
board. q members voting TO ratify
the recommendation. and 10 opposing
|it. There are So on the board. and
1.-THE law provides that majority vote
LOT the total membership Is required
for the adoption Of any motion.
The people. however, may yet have
10 chance to express their views on
THE proposition. for the vote OF the
board was reconsidered on the sugges-
ton Of Supervisor Vernon. who chang
led his negative vote to the Affirmative
$50 that he might move the reconsid-
|eration. The motion to reconsider was
|carried by q vote OF 80 to s. Then.
seeing there was no chance to win
with the members present. the sup
|porters of the resolution secured the
adjournment until the afternoon. and
|Sheriff CASTOR was instructed In the
motion to adjourn. to roundup the alb
sentees for the adjourned session.
Mr.. Vernon, although opposed TO the
bonding plan. was largely instrument
|al In having presented the motion
for the afternoon session, Il being the
opinion of himself and others that
the resolution for submission must
be acted on today, In accordance with
the law.
Aid. Field put up a strenuous argu-
|ment against the bonding plan In com
mittee, but he didn't wait to vote on
the proposition at the board meeting.
Mr.. George. In his argument. pointed
|cut that the people were going TO be
|burdened no more by bonding for the
|e2. 900 900 then under the present plan;
That, while the bond issue would cost
Interest to the extent OF $660,00 the
county would have the good roads In
-FOUR years. whereas II the work were
lone at the rate OF spending 100000
Sear. raised by mill rate. az At.
|Drosent, the interest on the 5000
would be 366S.O00 and the roads
would not be completed for 10 years.
Prosecuting Attorney Van Zile re-
moved all legal obstacles to the bond
ing proposition by pointing out the
following section, which settled the
point at issue on Friday. as to whether
the highway commissioners, or the
county road commissioners should
have the right to say what paving
should be done In the event OF the
bonds being issued:
~ Said board OF county road COM
A. A4.
grade, drain, construct, gravel
or macadamize any road under
their control or to- place thereon
any other form Of Improve
ments, which. In their judgement.
may be best, and may extend and
enlarge, said improvements. but
& they shall have all the authority
In respect To such roads, bridges
and cuIverts which IL vested In
highway officers In townships.
The resolution passed In committee
ON the following division: Yeas--Frei.
wald, Megges, Day, Hurst. Butler ana
Rutter. 8; nays-Glinnan. Vernon. ana
Field .: absent--Chairman Gutman
and Aid. Watson.
The board was divided as follows
on the motion to adopt the recon-
mendation of the committee:
Yeas-Atchison. Bradner. Burt. But
Ter. Crowley, Day, Ellis. Freiwaid'
Caryey. Cots. Grindley. HARPER.
Hurst. Heating, Konkel. Korte. Loecn-
ner, Msgges, Mckinney. Near. North
ron owen, Rutter Schroeder SkrzycK',
vicnoe and Wager.-27.
Nays-Beaufait. Bower. Gilman,
KelIey. Labadie, Miller. Pernot, YER
nor. walsh and Wiles.-10.
Absent - Allan. Burton, Deimei,
Rield. 0utman, Koenig. Lempke. Ma
eel. Ostrowski. Reinhardt, Rosenthai'
schultz. shapland. Stellwagen Ihei-
sen. Thompson, Tossy. Trevor, wat
Son. wing, link and zoeller.-%:
The resolution to be submitted 70
the people providtA that the $1,000.
o00 worth of bonds shall be issued at
the rate Of 100000 the first year;
600 600 during each of the following
three years and 100000 the NTH
wear. The bonds are to be redeemed
within Is years. and the money Is 10
be expended at the discretion OF the
county road commissioners.