The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-08-27
TWO CAR TRACK
EXTENSIONS ARE
AUTHORIZED
Council Grants Permission For
Building CrOsst0wn and Ker.
cheval-ave. Lines
CITY RAILWAY BOARD
TO SUPERVISE WORK
Expressly Stipulated That d. u.
r. Acquires No Continuing
Rights in Streets

The common council, uesday nighs,
adopted resolutions authorizing the
ID. u. X. to build the north and south
crosstown line on the west side. snd
the kercheval-ave. extension, under
the supervision of the municipal
street railway commission. The res
olutions were adopted without argu-
ment, and call upon the railway COM
pany to begin work on the extensions
as soon as possible. The two exten-
sicns, together with the proposed
Myrtle and Mack extension. which
has not yet been authorized by reso-
luton OF the council, are provided
for In the compromise agreement
which Mayor Marx recently effected
with the d. u. r.
The route Of the crosstown line Will
be on Junction-ave., from West JET.
fersOn-ave, to Michigan-ave At Mich
igan-ave. the line jogs west to Thirty
on Haslett from Thirty
tourth-st. to Tireman-ave., east on
i-eman to Larchmon' hve., north on
Larchmont to Grand River-ave. Aid.
Alexander Dali, of the Sixteenth ward.
introduced the resolution.
The second resolution, which pro
vides for the extension of the Kerche
yaLaye. line and was introduced by
Aid. Herman Schultz, of the Seven
teenth ward. demands that the ID. u
r. extend its tracks from Hurlbut
ave. to the easterly city limits. In
the compromise agreement the d. U
r. is bound to extend the line only
as FAR as (. Jean-ave., and southerly
OH st Jean to JeffersOn-ave. Both
Dingeman and Schultz. the Seven
teenth ward aldermen, fought to have
this changed In the original agree
ment, and on being unsuccessful
they voted against the agreement.
The council. however. has been
/ brought to their view of the matter.
and an extension to the city limits
Is demanded.
The resolutions by which the ex-
tensions are authorized are modelled
exactly after the resolution by which
the Hamiltan-blvd. and Grandy-ave.
lines and the Mack-ave. double tracks
were constructed In 1911. An addi.
tional resolution introduced by Aid.
John G.. Lodge provides that all ex-
tensions authorized by the common
council shall be built under the direct
of the railway commits.
sion. Previous to the council meet.
ing the committee on public utilities
met with the railway commission and
agreed on this program.
The resolutions give the company
the right to lay tracks In the streets
but II Ia expressly stated
that neither the city nor the COM
pany valves any rights by the agree
ment, nor does the company asquire
any continuing rights. Provision is
also made for the taking over OF the
lines by the city In case the city en-
ters on municipal ownership and de-
s.res to operate cars over the streets
affected In the resolutions.
Aid. Maurice ]. Keating kept the
hospital question alive by
o resolution directing the
committee on public buildings and the
city plan and Improvement commits
sion to submit a plan for grouping
the proposed city buildings on the
site bounded by Beaubien, st. An
tcine, Macomb and Clinton-sts. so as
10 allow the building Of detention
hospital In the square. The resolu.
ton was adopted. The council also
adopted Aid. George Owens amend
ment to the building code to compel
wider spacing between the seats In
theaters hereafter constructed. Cush-
Ioned seats must be set 80 inches
apart, and plain back seats, % inches.