The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-07-18
AID. LYNCH WILL
H0NK- -H0Nk e|7T
CARS TO PUBLIC
Stirred BY Appropriation for Another
Auto, Declares He wnl End Joy
riding at city's Expense By
Labsling Machines.
Alderman and Park Commission
wrangle Holly at COMMITTEES
Meeting.

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A series of lively verbal tits be-
tween Aid. Tom Lynch, Of the Fiji
teenth ward, and Park Commissioners
Hurlbut enliyened q meeting Of the
council committee on parks and
Douieyards, Tuesday morning. Lynch.
who introduced resolution IN the
council some time ago, looking TO the
commissioners removal, and later
withdrew II. came to the meeting with
fire In his eye, and while he wac
overruled on every proposition that
came up, by the majority Of the COM
mittee, the alderman had the salts
faction OF ridsing his system Of few
personal opinions
/ The first matter to draw Lynch's
fire was a request from the commits
sioner to be allowed to take $500 from
the surplus receipts to build q new
receiving station for the auto busses
at the Bell Isle aquarium and at the
bath house.
| Lynch had various objections. In
the first place, $500 was too much
Then, too, the commissioners used too
expensive lumber and did the work
by the day instead OF letting 1t By
contract.
Your man Diedrich over there can
use up more 500 lumber for ordinary
purposes, where cheaper lumber
would do, than any man know Of"
said the alderman from the Fifteenth.
who Is coming to be known among his
colleagues as the Guardian Of Belle
Isle"
There's no SIS lumber over there
and you know it," retorted the COM
missioner.
Il know more about lumber than
you do or ever will know"
We'll, maybe that's true, but II you
say we've got any $55 lumber over
there, you don't know what you're
talking about
"well, do know what I'm talking
about"
Someone moved that the $500 be-
allowed.
Make 1t half that" suggested
Lynch. "Give him $500 and he'll
come In here for $500 more when
that's gone"
The commissioner was allowed $500
Aid. Lynch alone voting md"
The commissioner also asked for
Il
| used by the department engineer,
toward the purchase Of q gasoline
the surplus fund
Some more Joy rides, eh" snorted
Lynch. There are rigs galore over
there now, more buggies than they
need or can possibly use, yet they
want to go and buy another automo-
bile"
The commissioner explained that
the car was to be used by Mr.. Muir
ply In his daily trips all over the
city TO the various parks and property
controlled by this department The
horse in question, he said, was ~
years old and the buggy was an old
timer. Besides, an auto would save
much time. The rest Of the commit
tee, including Aid. Thompson. Ellis.
Merritt, Hindle and Rosenthal, voted
to allow the purchase.
Anything to spend the peoples
money" was Lynch's comment. =
tell you, it's time things were curbed
over there
Gee, but you're corker.' explod-
ed the commissioner, laughing up
roariously.
well, know something, and
know damn sight more than you
ever did"
THAT may be true," the commits
i sioner agreed.
Lynch announced that. az result
OF the committees liberahty. he
would introduce resolution In the
council, Tuesday night, requiring
every city department to plainly
label their machines so that every
one will kow they are owed by the
city. The resolution will also require
drivers of the cars to keep account
for every trip made at the city's ex-
pense
'Wiil you have the park commis-
sioner's machine labeled was asked.
yes, sir, we'll stop him from Joy
riding, too"
Lynch invited all the members Of
committee to go 10 Belle Isle
with him some day In the near futurs
on a quiet little investigation OF CON
ditions existing there ad promised to
"open their eyes" The aldermen all
expressed willingness to go.
The committee, on Aid. Merritt's
motion. decided to report favorably
on Aid. Garvey's resolution for later
closing of the Belle Isle bridge. Aid.
Garvey fixed the closing time as
1880 a. m. The committee compro-
missed on IL. midnight. from June !
Ito Oct. 1. The change will unQuee-
Itionable meet the councils approval.
/ Commissioner Hurlbut said he would
need more electric lights, but did not
insist en- them. He would also like
few extra coppers.
The commissioners purchase OF
new Warren motor car at $1,000, fulv
equipped. was approved over Lynchs
tobtectfcn. George Al. Kerr Who Was
among those fined In the recorders
court Monday, for violating the new
ordinance. offered to sell the com
missioner his Chalmers for $3.50
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