The Detroit times., 1911-04-19
FROM THE SAME

10 the honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen-Your Committee on Ways
and Means. to whom was referred 10
the communication from the Public
Lighting Commission requesting a
transfer Of funds, respectfully re-
port that during the last fiscal year
an appropriation OF s45,33s5O wns
granted for construction OF conduits In
JEFFERSON avenue. This appropriation
also covered the cost OF construction OF
lateral connections required I'm some OF
the, intersecting streets that IL is very
desirable to extend some OF these lateral
conduits beyond the limits defined I'm the
o,lglhal plan; that in addition TO the
above, the Public Lighting Commission
received communication from the Com
missioner OF Police requesting more light
AT the intersection OF Woodward avenue
ana me boulevard; that while the con.
tractor building the conduits has not vet
completed his work, il Is impossible to
determine Just how much OF a balance
Will remain in this account. but accord
ing TO the igures of the Commission.
based on the present cost OF construc-
ton, II IS not likely that same will ex-
coed 5000 or $500, and this the Commits
sion desires to use for the construction
OF other lateral conduits man holes
hand-ho and lamp posts i'm connection
with the Jefferson avenue conduit and
the construction OF conduits, handholes
ana lamp. posts at the intersection OF
woodward avenue and the Boulevard 10
which your Committee can see no oh
lection, and we therefore recommend the
adoption of the following resolution.
Respectfully submitted
ALBERT T. ALLAN
JOHN G. LODGE,
WIN. KOENIG.
HERMAN SCHULTZ,
A. J. WALSH
Accepted, and on leave the folIhwing
resolution was offered:
BY Aid. Gilman:
Resolved That permission be. and is
nereDy granted TO the Public Lighting
commission TO use any unexpected bal
ance OF the sum appropriated for the
construction of conduits in Jefferson ave-
nue. Tor the purpose OF constructing other
lateral conduits, man-holes. hand-holes
ana lamp posts In connection with the
Jefferson avenue conduit and the con
struction OF conduits. hand-holes and
lamp posts at the intersection Of Wool
ward avenue and the Boulevard. and the
city Controller Is hereby directed to make
the proper entry upon his books show
Ing his transfer
Adopted as follows;
Yeas--Ald. Allan. Brozo. Burton. Del
mel ellis, Field, Grindley, HIndle.
Heating, Keusch. Koenig, Knapp. lit,
tlehcld, Lodge, Lynch, McCarty, Mason.
Merritt, O'Brien. ostrowsk owen
nosehthal SchuItZ, Skrzycki. Vernon.
Walsh, watson, Zoelier, and the Presi.
dent-29
Nays-None.
FROM THE SAME.
To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen - Your Committee on
Ways and Means. to whom was re-
ferred tho communication from the
City Clerk transmitting formal ac-
ceptance from the Michigan Central
n. X. Co, OF an ordinance entitled AN
Ordinance to provide for vacating GER
and establishing the grade OF certain
streets and for other purposes, APP
proved Sept. 20, 1909. etc. also bond
in the sum OF $4,000 for faithful COM
81 % - - al
sum OF s25.0c0 for the faithful perform
ance OF certain other duties, also war
ranty deed OF several parcels OF prop
erty which is decided TO the City OF De-
troit, and also check for $4,000 given
TO the City OF Detroit in accordance
with the terms and provisions of said
ordinance, respectfully report that we
have had same under consideration and
have not been accepted and approved
owing 10 the fact that the Corpora
ton Counsel has not been able to CeT-
tify as TO the title Of the property. but
under date OF the 18th inst, your COM
mittee IL in receipt OF a communica-
ton from the Corporation Counsel
calling attention to the Fling OF the
above documents and In which the Cor
poration Counsel says:
'"rhe deeds have been indcrscd as
correct ir form and execution. but the
the fact that the abstracts were not
filed The reading Of these abstracts
would be an exceedingly ardUous un-
dertaking and would. ! believe, In view
OF the provisions OF the ordinance and
in the light of the deposit and the
bond, be an unnece ssary undertaking.
Section l6 of the ordinance provides
that in the event OF the failure of the
NJ c. r. r. to carry out Its contract
with respect 10 the depot, the streets
are TO revert TO the city OF Detroit
and their previous condition is to be
restored TO the satisfaction of tho De-
partment OF Public Works.