The Detroit times., 1911-05-17
TALK OF PAVING
.TRUsTCAUsEs STIR
Members of Streets Committee Get
Into Line Quickly and Vote To
Confirm Affeld's Contracts.

Members OF the common council
committee on streets who had signed
a majority report, asking for a read.
OF five paving jobs on
which j s. Affeld was the lowest bid
der, made hasty movement to have
their signatures erased, Tuesday night,
when remarks about a paving combine
were hurled about the council cham
Der.
Affeld had bid about $4,000 below
the others on some $4,000 worth OF
work. This was his first attempt TO
get paving Jobs he having confined his
bids formerly TO other work. Aid. o.
trowski attempted to have the con-
firmation OF his contracts held up In
committee last week, and finally sue
ceeded. Monday of this week. Aid.
Gilman asked that the committee hold
up the bids another week. saying that
he had been assured that certified
check for 81 900 would be deposited as
a guarantee that lower bids would be
submitted. At $50, Tuesday night, a
special committee meeting was held.
but the check had not appeared. AID
Joseph Merritt. who had declared all
along that Affeld was not getting a
fair deal, asked that the bids be APP
proved, but Aid Theisen, Gilman,
Rosenthal and Ostrowski signed re-
Fort recommending readvertising. Mer-
ritt's minority report was almost
lost among a mass OF papers on the
reading clerks desk, but was dug up
and read
MERIT moved its adoption. and was
supported by Aid. Allan, Field and
others, who declared that there was a
paving combine, that bids in the past
had been nicely adjustly so as to give
each OF four or five bidders a slice OF
the work. Chairman Theisen was ask
ed who had offered the check. He was
unable TO state. Gilman washed his
hands OF the whole matter saying that
as the check had not appeared, he
would be willing that the contracts go
to Affeld. The other members of the
committee sought 10 take their names
of the report. but Aid. Heating OBJ
jected. declaring that the report was
the property of the council. Then the
minority report was adopted with a
roll call attached, placing the mem
sbers Of the majority In the position OF
voting against their own report.
The discussion while II lasted was
about the most intense that has been
heard In the council chamber in
months. Ernest Kurtz, secretary to
the mayor. was present with a stenog-
iapher, who took down the remarks
Mr. Kurz made no secret OF the fact
that the mayor would veto any resolu-
ton by the council to readvertise.
Aid. Krapps market ordinance. al
lowing market gardeners to rent space
OH the markets at $50 year, was
adopted after long argument. The
ordinance was amended so that the
gardeners are required to be in their
stalls by instead OF 6 o'clock in the
morning. Failing this, the stalls are
TO be given TO the first corners.
The new taxicab ordinance provid-
ing for an increase In rates. was
adopted.
The committee on liquor regulation
recommended a license for Joseph
Hartman, at No. 204 Michigan-ave., the
location that has been in dispute Aid.
Allan and Heating, OF the Fourth ward,
asked that the matter be laid over for
referendum OF the people in the neigh
borhood which was done. The refer
endum will be held next Monday from
3 TO 8 p. m. The committee recon-
mended that Edward Anglim, whose
old place at Gratiot-ave. and Farmer
st. Is being torn down, be granted a
license at No. l76 Randolph-st
The council adopted a recommends
tion by Controller Heineman. dispos-
ing Of the S3S,O00 balance left from
an issue OF sl50,000 bonds for build
ing the subway on the West Grand
blvd. Mr.. Heineman's suggestion was
that the money be turned back into
the sinking fund, which will be done
Controller Heineman also submitted
an ordinance covering his recon-.
mendations that the acquisitions for
supplies by city departments shall
bear notations as to either the con-