The Detroit times., 1911-03-30
HANLEY RELIEVED
OF BIC SEWER JOB
Council Permits Contractor To Gig
Back-City Laborers To Get
So a Day.


scraps were scheduled and they all
came on strictly according TO the
card. In addition to the fight over
the Belle Isle casino contract, noted
over the Fairview sewer contract,
which James Hanley has abandoned
and over Aid. Lynch's ordinance, max
ing 81 a day the minimum wage for
laborers in the employ OF the city.
The committee on sewers submit
ted divided report on the Hanley
matter. The majority report, signed
by Aid. Walsh, Chairman; Aid. Ellis.
Heating and Deimel, recommended
that Hanley be relieved of his con-
tract and be paid $4,662.04, the bal
ance due him for the work already
performed, at the contract rate. He
has already received $11,3l16S. His
bid OF $24,634.3S was much too low
to enable him to do the job at prof
II, and the committee found that he
had not possessed the same knowl-
edge as the other bidders cas- to the
nature of the soil he had to contend
with at the time his bid was submit
In a minority report, recommending
that Hanley be held to his contract.
lengthy debate followed, which end
ed In the majority report being adopt
ed by vote OF 81 to 3, Aid. Littlefeld
Vernon and Watson voting No"
Aid. Schultz took the occasion that
II Mr.. Hanley did not know the con-
dition OF the soil and what he would
be up against IL was his own fault.
Because he did not take the trouble
TO satisfy himself on this point, the
city ought not to be obliged to suf-
fer, he declared. In short, he object
ed to the city's paying for Mr.. Han
ley's mistakes.
The row over the pay of the lab
orers came up in the form OF a divid-
ed report from the committee on or
dinances. Two of the members, Aid.
Allan and Field, urged that considera.
ton OF the ordinance be indefinitely
postponed. Aid. Garvey and Hindle,
constituting the minority, urged it's
passage. The minority report carried,
Aid. Allan being the only member OF
the council TO vote No"
You are forcing the old men out
of the citys service" Aid Allan told
the council. That's exactly what 1t
amounts to. AS IL Is now there are
many old men working for the city
who cannot earn 81 a day, and their
places will be taken by younger men"
The council adopted a resolution,
presented by Aid. Watson, indorsing
the Martz bill, now pending in the
legislature, which provides for more
Int do In hn 80
The resolution recltes that strict com
pliance with the Warner-Cramton law
as 1t now stands works great hard
ship TO those of our citizens engaged
in the particular business covered by
the act and materially Injuries them
financially to such an extent that the
limitations are almost prohibitive and
unenforceable under ordinary police
regulations" A copy of the resolution
will be forwarded to the legislature.
Aid. Tossy submitted a draft OF a
natural gas ordinance, giving Joseph
". Martin and others the right to
Sell natural gas in the city, and ii
was referred to the franchise com
mittee. Martin submitted an indefin-
lite proposition to the franchise com
mittee some time ago, but the matter
was never reported out. 1t is believed
that Martin had the ordinance draft
ed so as to get some action, one way
or the other.
The council passed an ordinance
the old boiler ordinance, the |
provisions of which are practically |
obsolete. Under the new ordinance IL |
will not be necessary to secure per-
mits for hauling boilers or machinery |
under ID tons in weight through the |
streets, or for the removal of build |
ings less than 14x20 feet and 13 feet !
high.
The regular session of the council |
occupied more than two hours. II |
was nearly $3.50 o'clock before the al !
dermen reached the estimates, which
were taken up in special session i'm |
following the regular meet
ing. The reports of the various COM
mittees as passed on by the commit |
tee of the whole, were disposed of in
about 10 minutes, the clerk reading
them simply by their titles.
There was little change from the
figures printed Tuesday The gross
estimates, as they now stand, are
$11 POI, 745.10, or s3,636,727.94 less
than was asked originally. Items add
ed to the proposed bond issues at
the last minute brought the total of
the bonds up to s2,724,5 5S.SS. Deduct
ing this sum and s250,000 estimated
liquor moneys from the grand total, !
the amount which the estimators are
asked to raise by taxation Is $8,227,-
1862 compared with $685., 63S.57
raised by taxation last year. The !
bonds are subdivided as follows:
Sewers, $1,040, 55sSS; schools, $685. |
600; art museum, 100000; library
sites, $4,000; Ferry park, $4,000; !
city hospital, $4,000.
The report of the committee or |
went through without discus
sion, as was expected and was the
very last thing submitted. The gen |
eral road fund, as pruned by the COM !
mittee, totals $2,5S6,1S7, a cut of ST.
306,577. The greater part OF this |
comes under the head of maintenance |
and here, of course, the slashing was |
done. The committee allowed all but |
$500 Of the s202,575, asked for i'm
Some of the items in
the report are as follows:
Resurfacing. repairing and repatch- !
ing with asphalt. s4S7,41S. cut OF
$259,761; resurfacing and patching |
with brick, $441,134, cut of s262,S77; |
with cedar, $55,440. same
as asked: resurfacing with creosote !
block S1221S6 n cut of S444S1S. re- I