The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-25
R. EXPECTED
40 TRY TOSTOP
MUNICIPAL Line
Likely to Seek Injunction to
Prevent Laying of Tracks
in Junction.ave.
BASIS OF SUIT WOULD BE
OLD FRANCHISE GRANT
Provides That When New Lines
\ Are Needed Company Gets
First Chance to Build Them

4 II Is expected that the ID. L. X. vii!
attempt TO restrain the city from
building municipal street car line IN
Junction-ave. with the $o50.000 appro-
priated by the board OF estimates.
Such action would not surprise the
corporation counsel, and several mem
bers OF the board of estimates asked
him for an opinion on the possibility
OF the D..lU. X. tying up the entire
appropriation fr 1913 by attacking
I. the municipal street railway item. be-
fore giving their support TO the
mayors request They were assured
that only the item attacked would be
affected. Ii the ID. L. r. shows It's
hand before the board concludes its
session next week. the estimators may
review their actio non the appropria-
Gtion aud cut it out.
Reference Is made TO a clause IN
the old l,clroit street raIIway grant,
under which the three-cent lines are
now operating, by those who are
skaptical Of the mayors ability 10
build his first stretch of municipal
street car tracks without costly litiga'
Z ton which. it il said by legal experts,
will hold Up municipal ownership for
another four years in the federal
courts
\ Section No. 10 of the three-cent
grant. gives the ID. u. r. the first
right to build in streets to be desig-
mated by the common council. The
!. ID. u. r. will likely take advantage Of
tins clause to enjoin the city from
\ tsslding in Junction-ave on Ire
hot hn 10 40
\ rrived of its rights under the terms
I. Cf the Old Pingree grant.
The section referred 10, reads as
follows:
The said grantees, their associ-
" ates, successors or assigns. are
also hereby authorized TO con-
struct. maintain and operate
Ii street railway lines on such other
streets, avenues and pubic places
and upon such other route or
y routes as. the common council OF
the city of Detroit or other proper
Il municipal authorities may desig-
nate, said grantees having the
f1rst right to construct said ad-
"a ditional lines or routes, provided
they shalt signify their accept
ance of said routes In writing.
hled with the city clerk OF the
city OF Detroit, within 80 days
hitter the same have been lawful
u y designated by the proper NUM-
tIpal authorities and due notice
u thereof given TO said grantees,
f their associates, successors or AZ
signs Such additional lines shall
be constructed and operated I'M
h der all the conditions and pro-
4 visions OF this ordinance; proviG
"a, that nothing in this ordinance
ahall be construed TO give the
grnntees, their associates. success
oOrs or assigns, any right or OPP
ton to operate street railways on
streets now occupied by or here
after granted for lines of the Fort
Wayne 4 Belle Isle Railway com
pany.
Whenever the common council
shall decide that the establish
ment OF q new route Oy the ex-
h tension OF q street railway line
II necessary for public convent
once and accommodation. IT shall
properly designate said route or
\ extension and the terms and con-
M Gitions under which II shall be
constructed or operated and shall
nv bier the same TO the grantees OF
this ordinance, giving them 80
days In which TO accept the same
NJ and. Ale q bond Of $4,000 for the
construction, thereof, and II &C
cepted within said period, said
grantees shall have one year
thereafter In which to construct
and put into operation said new
route or extension.
Thursday morning, Corporation
& Counsel Lawson admitted that the
I Alanguage In the grant was pretty
strong go
''That ordinance must have been