The Detroit times., 1913-11-18
Board of Commerce Tries ia
Win Over Aldermen Opposed
to Depot Line Extension
SEVERAL SOLONS SEEM
PREPARED TO FLOP"
O'Brien, Though, Hurls Phil.
ippic at Marx, Charging
"Shiftlessness"


against the Michigan-ave. extension
proposal. last Tuesday highland
convince them of the necessity Of Sc
curing some kind Of street car service
for the depot.
This statement appears on the
notices sent out by the board:
It is q disgrace to the city to
have thousands of people coming
and going through this magnifi-
cent station and having it mac
cessible by street cars. -
The question between the alder
men and the d. u. r. Is really
petty In this case and should not
delay the construction of the
loop.
The names of the aldermen oppos-
ing the passage of the Michigan-ave
extension resolution, together with
their addresses and telephone num-
bers, are printed on the postcards.
Mayor Marx stated, Monday, that
he felt sure the proposed extension or
the Michigan-ave. line would be
allowed by the council Tuesday night.
ut Is the only sensible way out Of
an embarrassing position" said the
mayor. II was opposed to any extern
sion plan that did not include the
Fourteenth line, but after saw that
we were up against a choice OF
Micnfgan-ave. extension or no depot
service, changed my views on the
matter"
Several other aldermen, who voted
against the resolution in the last
meeting, Will likely change their vote
Many Of the aldermen collected In the
council committee room. Monday
morning. to test out. the general feel
ing on the depot extension. Aid. Bar
nett, Dill and Goldner. of the "opposi-
tion." stated that they might be in
duced to vote for the extension plar
Barnett said he did not want to block
the plan II the city Is unable to get
any better terms. Dill and Goldner
both from the Sixteenth ward, viii
vote Tor the depot extension rathes
than have the Junction-ave. line held
up. as has been threatened. Aid. Case,
who was not present In the last meet
ing, will vote for the depot line reso-
luton which will be brought up Ivy
Aid. Reid on motion for reconsider.
alton.
Aid. O'Brien has prepared six-page
statement, showing his attitude in the
Michigan Central station loop matter,
and attacking the city administration
for "shiftlessness and inefilciency" in
trying to secure but single car route
to the station instead of four as was
originally planned.
The alderman describes how plans
II 1ck
ceptable to the city, the ID. u. r. and
the Michigan Central.
What happened?" he continues.
istratiOn did one blessed thing to fur
Their this matter. As a matter OF fact,
the mayor never came out there until
| our people got an automobile and
brought him out, and that holds good
with almost all tb. people who should
have felt keenly the responsibility Of
this matter.
when August came, a new order
was rushed through the council upon
the urgent demand of the mayor,
which, unhappily, did not properly
cover the transportation to the depot.
THE ID. u. r. is attempting to make
this city state that any extensions
made hereafter on the Detroit Rail-
way lines must be at seven tickets for
a quarter. defy any citizen to state
tAat-the .day to day ORDER franchise,
or call 1t what you please, was meant
TO affect any lines, but lines upon
which franchises had expired; and I.
for one, will never submit to have
any extension of the Detroit Railway
lines made upon any such outrageous
basis.
Are we to believe that the city ad-
ministration cannot cope with the
company, particularly after having
the services of high-priced advisers,
the street railway commissioners--ail
Of whom, we were told, were superior
to the aldermen?
ut would seem that they nave fail
ed signally to take care OF the trans
portation matter. or else we must be-
lieve that the first act Of the D. U. II.
In agreeing to what the council com.
mittee did do, which covered every
connection possible-Fort-sr., Baker
st.. Detroit Railway and the Michigan
ave. -line--was not as good az what
they now want the council to agree
to, namely, one connection only with
|Michiganave.
"The commission has made the IL
Illuminating remark that the ID. u. r.
has US by the throat do not be-
lieve the d. U. X. has anything of the
kind.
THE d. u. r. may have the city by
the throat, and the city may be rat
isfied with one-Quarter OF the trans
portation 1t should have, and | may
be the only one who Is obstractiag
this kind Of transportation to this de-
pot, but call attention to the fact
that because OF the Incidence and in.
difference Of others, we are led to
believe that the city must now kneel
down and take one-quarter of what
It had year ago. A fine spectacle
for big city like Detroit to be ad'
vertised by its administration that by
Indifference, or worse, II must now
take anything the company chooses
to construct!
You cannot discuss transportation
without covering the whole subject
The loop Is only one line to this de
pot, when II was to have four"
The most exhaustive Of tests have
shown TIA. IL tanes oI.y one-swentleth