The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-24
Would Have Conventions of Mu-
nicipal Organizations Take
Place at Same Time


Eddie" Schreiter, council commit
tee secretary. had a new inspiration
Saturday The events OF the day In
Chicago may soon be forgotten or
boiled down 10 a paragraph in hts
tory's pages, but the day will be re-
membered, anyway, for the momen-
tous event when Eddie" Schreiter
conceived and organized the grand.
consolidated junket The organization
OF consolidated junket Is about as
rare as the organization of new
political party and great significance
is attached to both.
Terribly tired by the strain OF send
ing out notices to aldermen for the
next committee meeting and figuring
up the bills against the city for en-
pertaining the Cleveland bunch Ed
die" turned his eyes TO Gods own out
of-doors, as represented TO his vision,
high up as he is in the city, by the
|checkerboard design of the steel
framework OF the new Dime Savings
bank building against the western
sky. He longed for brief respite,
a sojourn or-to speak plainly
junket.
Good old junket days" ruminated
Eddie" Here It's two weeks since
we went 10 see the Cleveland play
grounds and no junket in sight until
about July 3, when We return the visit
OF the Cleveland councilmen'
You see the danger lies in running
these junkets In the ground" re-
marked Eddie. We mustn't kill
,em on. There are some good junkets
and some junkets-weIl, at least, they
shouldn't be taken III we go too often
people might get sick and tired OF II
and spoil our-well. stop our junkets,
and that's just where the city would
lose out. because it's our duty to take
some OF those junkets. Now down in
Ohio. 10 years ago. they made II a
Law that no city employe or official
should be permitted TO go away at the
city's expense. That shows what too
many .junkets may lead to. oh, it was
a fright the conditions down in Gin
cinnati there when Boss Cox was
running things.
1 believe will work out fine. Now, II
there IL one junket the alderman and
officials should go on IL Is TO attend
the convention of the League or
American Municipalities. I'm trying
to get all the other municipal associa-
tons to hold their conventions In the
same city and at about the same time
the convention Of the League OF
American Municipalities Is held. The
controllers and accountants. the play
grounds people, the engineers and all
the organizations intended to aid
cities would come under the plan
except the health officers, and that's
something entirely separate. Where
the city now sends representatives to
different cities when these conven-
tions are held, they'd send all those
interested TO the one city and at the
same time.
I'VE might announce meetings as
follows Fairgrounds discussions,
Monday; League OF Municipalities dis
cussion, Tuesday; controllers meeting,
Wednesday; Fairgrounds discussion,
Thursday; League of Municipalities,
Friday. and so on"
Wouldn't that keep the delegates
on the job longer than usual?" was
suggested.
What II II does. replied Eddie. :"
They get the benefit OF all the ses-
sions. They can learn everything.
Why, that junket would be so benef-
cial TO the city the people wouldn' I
want 10 stop IL. would they?"
| How about the junkets TO other
cities for special purposes. Would
they be taken, too?"
Sure. IL We had to" again replied
Eddie"
What suggestion did you ever
make. growing out OF your observa-
tons on 4 junket, that resulted in
benefit to the city?"
Eddie smiled as though the crea-
tion OF the world itself had been
doubted
Many, many" he replied. Il got
em to start using creosote wood paw
inG blocks in Detroit went out in
one city, and pulled up square yard
OF creosote blocks and said 10 my.
self, That's pretty good paving and
got 'em to lay II in Detroit. That's
only one"
What year was that I'M"
IL don't just remember. Here is
the secret of this junket business
THE success or non-success OF II de.
lpends on the caliber OF men you send
Some will pick up a lot OF things
where others will not But as for
junkets, they're a good thing and it's
foolish to talk OF abolishing them"