The Detroit times., 1911-03-29
HANLEY RELIEVED
OF BIG SEWER JOB
Council Permits Contractor To Gig
Back-City Laborers To Get
So Day.

came OF strictly according to the
card. In addition TO the fight over
the Belle Isle casino contract. noted
elsewhere, there were lively debates
over the Fairyiew 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 a 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 S4.662.04. the bal
ance due him for the work already
performed. at the contract rate. lie
has already received Sill Bliss. His
bid of S24,634.3S was much too low
to enable him TO do the job at prof
IL, and the committee found that he
had not possessed the same knowl
edge as the other bidders as TO the
nature OF the soil he had TO contend
with at the time his bid was submit
ted. Aid. Schultz and Littlefeld sent
in a minority report. recommending
that Hanley be held to his contract.
A lengthy debate followed, which end
ed insthe majority report being adopt
ed by vote OF 81 to g. 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
leys 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 city's service" Aid Allan told
the council. That's exactly what il
amounts TO. AS IL is now there are
many old men working for the city
who cannot earn 81 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
latitude in the conduct OF saloons
The resolution recites that strict COM
pliance with the Warner-C ramton law
as il now stands works a 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
w. Martin and others the right TO
sell natural gas in the city. and it
was referred to the franchise com
mittee. Martin submitted an indefin-
tie proposition TO the franchise com
mittee some time ago, but the matter
was never reported out. Ii 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
amending the old boiler ordinance. the
provisions of which are practically
obsolete Under the new ordinance it
will not be necessary 10 secure per-
mits for hauling boilers or machinery
under 10 tons in weight through the
streets, or for the removal OF build
ings less than t4x20 feet and l3 feet
high.
The regular session OF the council
occupied more than two hours. II
was nearly $50 o'clock before the al
dermen reached the estimates which
were taken up i'm special session i'm
mediately 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
s11,201 ,745.10. or $3,636,727.94 less
than was asked originally. Items add
ed to tho proposed bond issues at
the last minute brought the total OF
the bonds up to $2,724.55S.S8. Deduct
ing this sum and $250.000 estimated
liquor moneys from the grand total
the amount which the estimators are
asked 10 raise by taxation Is 1927,
1852 compared with S6,837.63S.5 7
raised by taxation last year The
bonds are subdivided as follows:
Sewers, s1,04O,55SSS; schools, $93S,
600; art museum. 100000; library
sites. s2i6,00O: Ferry park. $l35,OOO;
city hospital, sos, 900.
The report OF the committee or
streets went through without discus
sion, as was expected and was inc
very last thing submitted. The gen
eral road fund, as pruned by the com
mittee. totals s2,5S6.1S7, a cut OF 81
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 bu'
$500 OF the $202,575, asked for i'm
provements. Some OF the items IN
the report are as follows;
Resurfacing, repairing and repatch
ing with asphalt. $4S74lS. a cut oi
s259.7Gl: resurfacing and patching
with brick. $441.134, cut of S262,ST
resurfacing with cedar. s55,44O, same
as asked resurfacing with creosott
block. St221 1856. cut of $4i4.SlS; re
a.