The Detroit times., 1912-03-06
COUNCIL REFUSES TO PAY
+DUP0AT'SS $4,000 BItttttSSUlT
TO COLLECT IS PROBABLE
Aldermen Take Position That
Experts Must Not Be En-
ployed Without Permission
HOVEY ORDINANCE UP
Garbage Measure Will Be
Finally Disposed of Next
Tuesday Evening

II the city ever pays the $4,000
asked by A. b. du Pont. the Cleve-
land street railway expert who assist
ed Mayor Thompson and former Cor
poratton Counsel Hally in the negotia.
tions for the street car settlement
that failed. It will be only after
| jury has awarded du Pont a verdict
In the courts. The council, by vote
OF IL 10 Is, refused 10 pay him a cent,
Tuesday night. Its action was In the
nature OF a warning 10 city officials
that when they employ experts in the
suture they must first consult the
council
The committee on claims and &C
counts spent good part of FttesaAy
afternoon in discussing the bill Mr.
du Pont was on hand TO anSwer
questions as TO the nature of the
work he had performed. and Judge
Hally and the mayor appeared TO de-
lend the bill Both expressed the
opinion that II was reasonable. and
the Judge told OF many sleepless
nights put III by the Cleveland ex-
pert The committee, however, was
unable To reach any decision on the
matter and turned the bill back TO
the council without any recommends
tion.
The report brought objections from
several aldermen when II was read,
Tuesday night Aid. Allan, BroZo and
Keating thought the council should
insist on the committee making some
sort of q recommendation. Aid. Yer
nor suggested that the bill be placed
on Ale and the committee discharged
from further consideration OF 1t.
After considerable discussion, Aid.
Gutman, chairman of the committee,
asked permission 10 withdraw the re-
polI which was granted. Then the
committee retired and came back
few minutes later with divided re-
port The majority report, signed by
Aid. Gutman. Littlefield, Mason and
Xoeller, recommended that the bill be
denied, while the minority report,
bearing the signatures Of Aid. owen,
Thompson and Skrzycki. urged that II
be allowed at $4,000.
Mont OF the aldermen who adyo-
Gated the allowance OF the bill at
s., 2,00C could give any assurance that
Mr.. du Pont would accept that sum.
In fact. the impression seemed TO be
quite general that he would not Aid.
Gutman argued that there could De
no compromise.
We've got to either allow the bill
ct So, 900 or allow him nothing at all,
he said.
The minority report was voted on
first and was turned down, 20 10 o.
The majority report. denying the Dill,
was then adopted, II TO Ia, as ioi-
lows
Yeas-Ald. Allan. Brozo. Burton,
Ellis, Gutman. Hindle, Keating, koe'
mig, Littleneld. McCarty, Mason,
Merritt, Schultz. Theisen. Walsh,
Zoeller and President Grindley.-l1
Nays-Ald Field, who changed MS
vote from yea TO nay Derore the re
suit was announced; Garvey, HARPER,
keusch, Lodge, Lynch, O'Brien, os-
tfowski. Owen, SkrZycH, Ihompson'
Tossy, Vernon and Watson.-l4.
Aid Lynch characterized the op-
position to the measure as an exam
pie OF petty politics and a slap at the
mayor and Judge Hally.
Aid. Garvey made the point that
It would be unwise for the council
to deny the bill because such action
might embarrass the body when 1t
came to employing experts in con-
nection with the subway project. IL
might be that the council would want
to employ du Pont on that work
The ordinance committee reported
favorably on Frank II. Hovey's gar
bage ordinance. 1t was read twice by
title, ordered printed In the proceed
ings and referred back TO the COM
mittee. 1t will probably come up for
final action next Tuesday night. The
ordinance has been modified some
what, one of the principal changes
being the elimination Of the provi-
sion requiring that garbage be wrap
ped In paper.
The council concurred in City Con-
troller Heinemans request for the
authorization of Sg5 900 Of building
bonds at per cent. The board of
estimates will be asked to take SINH
lar action.
supplemental estimates from vari-
Gus city departments were submitted
by the controller, as follows:
Board OF health four garbage in
spectors, $4,S00; board of education,
16-room school building. Lambert and
Newland avenues, $4,000; addition
al land adjoining Garfield school, ST.
o00;- market building, eastern mar
ket, $4,000; sewers, $52.255; as
phalt repaving. department OF pub
lie works, new interest on note and
principal, $G6,500; $39,750; brick
repaving, $5,2S5; creosoted block. re-
paving. $3.50; asphalt resurfacing,
$1S,700; brick, $56,O00; fire COM