The Detroit times., 1913-06-21
1AYOR ADMITS HE BACKED
NOTE FOR OTTO CUELICH.
OWNER OF ASPHALT MIXER
NJ He Went On Paper to Tune
q $l.b00 Merely - Personal
Favor to IN Old
Friend
bENIES, COMMERCIAL
INTEREST In MATTER
knxtouD, Though, to Have City
PROFIT by Contrivance II
It's q Success

Pro0v Dy C0utrlv1nce IL
It's q Success
Mayor Marx admitted. Friday morn
hg. that hs II intsrssted In the "0usl
th portable asphalt plant" the work.
hg Of which Otto q. c. 0uelioh 10 try.
hg to demonstrate on Warrington.
lvd-. with . view to selling tho ma
hins to the city II It proves satis
ectory, to the extent that he indorsed
uelich's note to the Milwaukee build
70 Of the machine for $500. Also
he mayor admitted that he was in
sr ested with Guelich IN q paving ven
IRE some years ago and lost $4,000,
dding that he expected he would have
D make good on Guelich's last note
br $1,000
The mayor absolutely denied that he
Interested In Guelich's proposition
. bueanees venture. having backed
IL note. he says, merely out Of friend.
hip for Guelich. who 10 an old man
nd has Invested his life's savings In
he model plant, which he has for Is
avs been vainly trying to operate on
Hashington-blvd.
"Mr. 0uelich 10 an old friend Of
nine and Endorsed the note to help
i'm our. said the mayor. II make
ID attempt 10 cover up the fact that
indorsed the note, and later asked
commissiouer Haarer to give Mr..
uelich an opportunity to demonstrate
he machine. The fact that Endorsed
he note does not In any way connect
ne with any exploitation Of the ma.
kbine.
II believe that II the machine can be
)perated successfully Il will be q big
ping for Detroit, saving the city thou
lands ofsdollsrs q year. II does away
With the expense Of hauling asphalt
Ind uses only three per cent OF new
Asphalt N the mixture.
1T 10 true that l am interested In
J Pkiladelphta company that is build
Euelich's con 10 also interested In the
Philadelphia company, but know
Fery little about the business OF the
pncerns and 30 not know Of my own
knowledgS that he IL president Of the
company. 4 have 100000 worth OF
promotion stock In the Philadelphia
concern. for which have refused q
lash offer Of $4,000.
Tho Philadelphia concern makes q
maller machine. used for patching
)tphalt pavements. For several years
have advocated the use Of portable
asphalt mixing machine In Detroit. be-
lisving that II 10 the most economical
method Of paving. In company with
Commissioner Haarer and Mr.. Proc
Tor. the city's asphalt expert, I made Q
"trip to Milwaukee and saw q demon.
btration OF a portable plant. 1t was
hot as large as the one Otto Guelich
has here and only new asphalt was
Sased. Mr.. Proctor said the pavement
laid by the machine was good, but he
did not think that old asphalt could be
successfully mixed in the machine.
THE machine which Mr.. Guelich 10
|trying to demonstrate here cost him
|3I2, 900 or $4,000. He has invested
|all his money In the venture and gone
lin debt besides. would like to SEQ
|the old man make success Of his
venture for two reasons; nrst. because
Inc IL q friend of mine, and. secondly,
because Detroit would be the FIRST city
liz the country to make use OF this
Economical method for putting down
|ax rhalt pavements."
Otto e. c. Guelich also owns $780,
|00c worth of stock in the Philadelphia
company. In which his son and Mayor
Marx are interested. Several years
ago the mayor was interested with
both Guelichs IN a company organised
70 build portable asphalt paving ma.
chimes. but the company disbanded. the
elder Guelich branching out for him.
self, while his son went ahead with
the Philadelphia company.
The machine which 10 now on Wash.
ington-blvd. was built for Otto Guelich
by Paving 4 Harneschfeger. Of Mil.
waukee, Wis, under contract. and
Guelich's agreement with the depart.
ment of public works provides that
the city shall pay the builders Sc, 800
&r the machine, II the commissioner
decided to buy 1t after successful
demonstration.
I'd to Friday noon Guelich had been
unable to make the machine operate
successfully. The city had previously
agreed to furnish the labor and mate
ria; for the experiment. The labor
bills now amount to $1,000 and not .
yard OF asphalt has been laid. 0uelich
has q bill against the city for $3.50 for
supervising the work on the Job. In
addition to the labor expense, the city
hat furnished 0uelich with q blower
for his machine at cost OF "a, also
betting. thermometers. etc. The pro.
moter also asked Commissioner Haar.
or to equip the machine with q $500
stone crusher, but this Haarer TO
fused TO do.
Il know that the experiment has
cost the city some money" said Mayor
Marx. but II the machine proves sue
csssfui. what will q bill Of $1,000 be
compared to the thousands Of dollars
that the machine will save the city?
At that, Mr.. Guelich ought TO have
perfected his machine and supplied the
necessary parts before bringing It to
Detroit for . denomination"
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