The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-01-21
COMMITTEE !.
PLUMS PASSED
OUT TO Gilman
Alleged CRATER Heads Fran
chise Board and Draws Other
Important Places
COUNCIL VOTES $4,000
FOR G.. A. X. GATHERING
Attempt 10 Change Name of
Ferry Field Fails-POllasky
Barred From Chamber

Prosecuting Attorney Shepherd, Aid.
Tom" Gilman. under indictment as
! a CRATER, IN addition 10 being ap-
pointed chairman OF the council com
mittee on franchises, is made mem
Der OF the streets and sewers commit
L.teessstwo OF the most important IN
the council, handling hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars annually He
also gets place Oh the health and
I city hospital committee
! President Dingeman announced his
entire list OF committees, Tuesday
night. The Is Republican aldermen,
including Gilman, and the six Demo
Gratis, who voted TO elect Dingeman
president OF the council. are all given
committee chairmanships and desir-
able committee assignments. Those
who opposed Dingeman and cast their
J lot with Aid. Allan, draw unimportant
committee places. With the excep-
ton OF the Craftsmanship OF the COM
mittee on city and charter Legislation
given Aid. Allan, the leading commit.
tees are almost deyeld OF Republican
aldermen who supported Dingeman' 3
opponent
Aid Schultz. Dingeman's colleague
IN the Seventeenth ward retains his
assignments on the House OF Correc-
ton and rules committees The rules
committee seldom meets and the
House OF Correction committee meets
but TWO or three times year
Aid Case draws the Hfth place on
the liquor committee. Chairman Bur
ton wanted Aid. Sherman Littlefeld
10 accept the place. but he refused.
Aid. Nose NVRrtells friends made a
hard fght 10 land him on the liquor
committee. but Burton absolutely re
fused 20 have him.
Following is the complete list OF
council committees for 1914:
Ways and Means--Vernor, Lodge,
Burton, Freiwald Guthard. --JakelJ
SchemansAy
Claims and Accounts -- Brien,
Warteu, Case. Rutter. Owen, Guthard,
Move
Judiciary-DeGalan. Skrzycki, Dill,
Hess and Field
ranchises--Glinnan, Wartell, Rein
hardt, Schemansky. Thompson,
Skrzyck,. Bleil
Public Utilities--Lodge, Burton,
Heating, Freiwald. O'Brien
Grade Separation--Owen, DeGalan,
Vernon, O'Brien, Behlow, Heating,
Thompson.
Streets-Keating. Littlefeld. owen,
Barnett. Case, Gilman. Skrzycki.
Fire Protection--Case, Schemansky.
Dill, Hindle, Lempke.
House Of Correction-Th Thompson,
Reinhardt. Schultz, Dill, Hess.
Public Buildings-Guthard, Barnett.
Burton, Littlefield. Skrzycki.
Sewers-ltutter. Ilttletield. Wartell.
Gilman. Freiwald. Jakel. DeGalan.
Taxes-Nowo, Freiwald, Vernon, AL
Ian. Wartell, Wenzel Hindle.
Street ngs-FreiWuld Vernon,
Owen. Littleneld Knapp. OBrien,
Wenzel
-Schemansky, Allan. Gold.
ner. Reid. Lempke.
Markets and Pounds--Krapp, Gold.
ner, Field. Hess. Wilson.
Public Lighting-Skrzycki, Lodge,
Knapp. Reinhardt. Bell.
Parks and Boulevards--Jakel, Bar
nett, Heating, Rutter, Burton. Little
field. DeGalan.
Ordinances-Littlefeld. Owen. Bar
nett. Rutter, Case. Nowc, 9cheman-
sky,
Health aud City spitals--Barnett,
Heating. Burton. Gilman. Nowo.
Licenses-Wartell, Reid. Schultz,
Hlndle. Behlow.
Liquor Observation-Disclosures, Keat
ing, Nowc. Guthard. Case.
Rules-Bleil, Wilson, Schultz. Field
Reid.
Charter and City Leegislation-Al-
Ian. Lodge, Vernon, Rutter, Owen, De-
Galan, Jakel.
Bridgees-Behlow, Wenzel. Lempke,
Wilson, Goldner.
The common council. on motion OF
Aid. Vernon. Tuesday night, instructed
the city controller TO include In his
as Inmates $4,000 To pay the expenses
OF the q. A. X. reunion 10 be held In
Detroit next August. and authorized
the mayor 10 sign contract guaran-
teeing the war veterans this amount
for their annual encampment.
The attempt made by citizens In the
northwestern section OF the city to
change the name of Ferry field to the
Northwestern playground was defeat
ed by Aid. Lodge, who declared that
| II would be q lasting insult TO the
memory OF Dexter NJ. Ferry, ST., to
change the name OF the field which
the Ferry estate had sold 70 the city
at one.quarter It's actual value, so that
Il might be used as O public play
ground. The vote was 20 TO Il.
An ordinance prepared by Aid. Bur.
ton over q year ago. limiting the hight
OF buildings TO 10 stories, was placed
on It's first and second reading and
referred to the committee on ordI.
nances. Arguing in favor OF the pro.
posed ordinance. the alderman said
that smaller Office buildings would
held to avoid congestion during the
busy hours OF the day when they dis
charge their tenants into the street.
add 10 the architectural beauty OF the
business section OF the city. and tina,
in case OF fire. they could be more
easily protected.
Aid. Rutter. chairman OF the sewer
committee, introduced resolution re-
questing ID. T. w. Commissioner Fen
kell 10 take steps 10 collect $500
from Highland Park parties for lateral
sewer connection made without peg.
mits
Police Commissioner Gillespie's