The Detroit times., 1912-01-08
FIGHT TO Be PERSONAL ONE
AGAINST THE NEWSPAPERS /
OPPOSING THE FRANCHISE
-wnLL,n n. THOMPSON.
Mayor Decides To Abandon All
Discussion as To the Merits
of His Measure.
LOSES GROUND STEADILY.
franchise Is Surely Dead
Duck" Executives Attitude
Fastening the Demise.
LOSES GROUND STEADILY.

meeting OF women voters will
% hold In the Cass-ave. m. -
onurch, Cass and SeIden-aves..
thursday morning at II q. m. to
discuss the Thompson-tiutchlns
franchise. The meeting will be
unaer the auspices Of the Detroit
reservation Of Women's clubs.
Mayor Thompson and Milton a.
Mchae will speak In favor Of the
franchise, and II 10 expected that
speakers opposed to the franchise
VIII also be present.
from now on, it's q personal fight
Win the papers attacking me, as Far
as i am concerned" said Mayor
thompson, Monday morning, and there
was a CLINT In his eye that Indicated
tnat the mayor was quite In earnest
Inc battle Is on and It will be 4
hight to a finish"
opposition to the franchise seems
10 be gathering strength every hour
III al sections OF the city and among
peopie In all walks of life, and the
mayor by making personal matter
IT. ID alternating the support OF many
VINO pave heretofore been fayorable to
ne proposed ordinance. They ar0ue
.nat, IL II Is necessary for the mayor
" resort 10 such tactics TO save the
ordnance from defeat, he and his
rial. ioi mate
IN an interview with The Times sat.
uroay, Mayor Thompson declared that
ne was being condemned for irving ~
get more for the people than Pineree
gave them. 1t must not be Iosf siy,,
OF, however, that the old Pingrea orr,i-
nance. to which the Thompson ordi.
nance Is supplemental. gave the com
pany no terminal rights for ire intar.
u,oan cars, as does the Thomneoc
plan, rights that are OF. inastimahI
sslue 10 the company. for It's interur-
oan INES constitute by far the largest
p oi It's system. Not one OF the
present three-cent lines is now used
prins interurban cars into the city.
Attorney Fred r.. Schmalzreidt. WHO
70 masking re-compilation OF the city
ordinances for the city, ,sent q com
inuhication TO City Clerk Nichols.
MONDAY, calling attention TO the fact
tnat the ordinance approved April I6.
l9ol, allowing the street car company
10 carry and transport certain kinds
OF freight within the city OF Detroit.
expired by Its own terms, Nov. IA,
iSVS' ana that the company Is now
running It's freight cars through the
streets without any authority what
ever. though still paying for the
privilege. The last section of the or
olnance provides that. unless sooner
repealed, all rights under II shall ex-
pre- Dec. IA, 1909. 1t was never re-
peaied and, therefore, died of Its own
accord on the date mentioned.
The proposed Thompson-Hutchins
franchise specifically gives the com
pany the right to operate express cars
and charges no fee for II. On the con-
trary, the special tax now imposed
10 wiped out, along with all other spe-
c1al taxes, rentals. ETC., including the
$500 per day the company is now pay
ing for the use Of the streets on which
Its franchises have expired and the
1900 per day demanded on the Fort-st
line, which the company has refused
to pay. The city brought suit to forcs
the company TO pay this additional
$500 per day and won In the circuit
court, but no decree has been enter
cd because the court put II up to the
common council to have that done.
The council, of course, Is holding on
until the fate Of the ordinance II set
tied, for, II the ordinance carries, the
suit will be discontinued as a part Of
the bargain between the mayor and
the ID. q. r. representatives, along
with all other litigation pending be-
tween the city and the company. :
City Clerk Nichols will call the at
tention of the aldermen to Mr..
Schmalzreidts discovery, Tuesday
night.
Attorney Gay Wasey. of Graves.
Hatch q Wasey, left at o'clock. Mon
day afternoon, for Lansing, to make
application to the supreme court for
writ Of mandamus to compel the city
election commission TO submit the
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