The Detroit times., 1913-04-28
JOHN F. DODGE
Will Be NAMED
FOR CAR BOARD
Assures Mayor Before leaving
City That He'll Accept Rail
way COmmissiOnership
JAKE" HAARER TO GO
Is AUTHORITATIVE DOPE
Marx Determined to Carry Out
Campaign Promise to Re-
place ID. =. w. Chief

! John +. Dodge, millionaire manufac-
turer, will be the second member on
the proposed municipal street railway
! commission Joseph 5. Stringham, ex-
pert engineer. accepted several
months months ago a tentative offer
from the mayor to serve on the com
mission.
/ Mr.. Dodge left the city last Monday
on two-montns European tour. Pre-
yious 10 his departure he assured the
mayor that he would accept the rail
way commission appointment, and
while in Europe Mr.. Dodge will de-
vote some time to making an eXhaus-
tive study OF municipally-operate
| railway systems there.
The third member of the commits
sion has not been definitely decided
upon. although William H. Maybury
/ has been prominently mentioned. The
mayor IS elated over Mr.. Dodges ac
| ceptance, as he has a splendid reputa-
! ton as a business man and al organ
! iZcr. He has also had previous expert
ence on A city commission. having
served as member OF the water
! board.
The mayor Will appoint the mem.
! bers OF the street railway commission
as soon as the court passes on the
| validity OF the municipal ownership
| charter amendment, that is II the
amendment is upheld. A decision is
expected within the next week.
| Regarding other commission al-
| pointmcnts Mayor Marx will make
shortly, it is authoritatively stated
! that Jake" Haarer, present commits
! sioner OF public works, will not be re-
! appointed. The mayor will not 30
back on his campaign promises to re-
place Haarer AS yet nobody has
been mentioned for the $4,000 posi-
| ton, but the mayor has frequently
stated that he would like to have the
| affairs of the biggest department in
the city controlled by an expert civil
! engineer
Hearers friends are making an ef.
! fort TO have him retained. 1t is said
! that Aid. Albert Allan is interested in
petition that is being circulated In
| Hearers behalf. The mayors refusal
| 10 reappolnt Haarer is denial of the
! campaign charge that the mayor re-
! lied for his election on the support
! or the so-calied -. p. W. machine
! Of which Jake" Haarer was supposed
70 be the boss, and that reappoint
ment Of Haarer would be the result.
Incidentally, the mayor is being
| deiuged with petitions and letters in
lbehali OF Park Commissioner Myrtle p
| HpRlbut, who is slated for removal
May a. II has been intimated to the
mayor by friends of the park com
missioner that he would accept the
position of secretary OF the DEPART
ment if the mayor did not care to re
appoint HIM commissioner. Hurlbut
was secretary before he became com
missioner.
The mavor stated recently that he
would not pay any attention to petit
tons and letters circulated in behalf
Of the various commissioners on the
list for removal
Commissioner Croul's friends have
about given up their fight to have him
retained, il being regarded as a GER
| tainty that Water Commissioner John
! Gillespie will get the appointment,
| July l.
Saturday morning. Mayor Marx an
nouuced the appointment OF DR. Frank
| T.. Pitcher, No. 1910 West Grand blvd.
! to succeed r. y. c. Hinchman on the
city plan and Improvement commits
/ sion, A delegation Of prominent west.
side residents and merchants waited
on the mayor recently and asked him
to consider Or. Pitcher for the com
missionership. The mayor informed
| the delegation that DR. Pitchers name
was already under consideration.
George Engel, a Gratiot-ave. mer-
/ chant, is mentioned as possibility
! for the Office Of city controller 10 sue
coed David E Heineman and William
| T. Dust, chairman OF the charter com
mission, will likely be given the park
commissionership The mayor has
received six applications for the last
named office, one from an ambitious
not roitpr ONLY % wears old