The Detroit times., 1910-12-20
d. U.R. OFFERS To
. PAY FOR APPRAISAL
Will Stan6 Expense and Let City.
Name Engineer-Committee
Recommends Acceptance.

With the exception of Aid. Gutman.
who will submit a minority report
favoring the Bancroft appraisal. the
common council committee on fran
chises. Tuesday noon, adopted a reso-
luton recommending the acceptance
of the offer made by the ID. u. r.. to
pay the expenses OF new appraisal
and arbitration looking toward set
tlement of the street car question.
The offer allows the city to name the
engineer who shall make the apprais-
al. The letter. received during the
morning. follows:
Dec. 20. 1910
L. r. Schreiter. Jr. Esq.
Secretary Common Council commit
tees, Detroit. Mich.
Dear Sir--I am In receipt of your
letter of the 18th inst. written by di-
rection OF the franchise committee Of
er the Detroit United Railway will
pay the expense incident TO determin-
Ing the value Of its properties.
In reply thereto, l beg TO state we
the company's properties determined
for the information or the common
council and the people OF this city. and
TO that END We are Wiling 10 pay sne
engineer selected by the city. as well
as the expense incurred by the cpm-
pany's own engineer, and also any eN-
pense that may be incurred by board
OF arbitration, should Ii be determined
that the services OF such a board are
necessary, and to abide the decision OF
the engineers or arbitrators as to the
final disposition OF the expense so In
Cured.
Since the work OF ascertainins the
value OF the company's properties was
H. L. nd I'm n A A
filed, two full work years have elaps
ed In that time all OF the ''pay-enter''
cars in the Service and many additional
cars and appurtenances. including
power developments and terminal
yards and buildings have been added.
We very earnestly desire that the pub
lie shall have the fullest knowledge OF
all OF the affairs Of this company, and
TO that end we stand ready to render
every assistance at our command.
j. &. HUTcHINs,
President.
Aid. Gutman opposed the acceptance
of the offer from the start.
I'VE have one appraisal, the Bar
croft appraisal, already" said Gut
man. I'VE can just as well take tho
Bancroft figures. and then put 1t up
to the d. u. r. to come before the
board of arbitration and say wherein
the Bancroft figures are wrong. The
present way looks like bid for a
delay OF five or six months, and moth
ing else. You will have to pay the
engineer for defending his report be.
fore the board OF arbitration. Why
not pay Bancroft to go before the
board now?"
Aid. owen, link, Harpfer and 9th
ers declared that 1t would be better
to accept the present offer, arguing
that II could cost the city nothing and
that 1t would be up to the people In
the end. Aid. Garvey. who had taken
time to consider, came over to the
opinion that II would be best to ac'
cept the offer
"The d. u. r. Is scared TO death
, for fear the present Bancroft figures
will be substantiated," said Gutman'
"Tll dare any alderman to go before
the people and approve an appraisal
higher than the Bancroft figures, ex
cept for the addition Of new cars and
track improvements made since.
The motion to recommend the ac'
ceptance of the offer was finally car
ried, on Aid. links motion. seconded
by Aid. Barnett. There VIII De
warm fight when the matter comes NY
before the council Tuesday night. "A
poll OF the aldermen in the city nan
Tuesday noon showed:
|. For accepting the d. u. X. proposal
Owen, Barnett, Grindley, Ostrowski'
Freiwald, link, Wing. Theisen, Non
kel, Garvey, Harpfer. Keatine. Up
posed-Glinnan, Gutman, Koenig
Besides these, Tossy, Ellis ana
Lempke are not entirely satisfied with
the wisdom of accepting.
Before the franchise committee
meeting, there was joint meeting OF
the franchise and public utilities com
mittees, to consider the Garvey ordin'
ance. compelling the d. u X. to i've
ND TO it's franchise and better the ser
vice on the three-cent lines under pen
alty OF forfeiting its franchise.
II was objected that the features
of the ordinance were already In force,
and the company ought TO know 1t as
we'll AS If another ordinance were
passed.
"They don't know it officially. ap-
parently." said Aid. Garvey, and the
ordinance was reported favorably, on
Gutman's motion, seconded by Aid.
owen.
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