The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-01-12

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ing out its opposition
Yours very Euly.
THE HARRY b. PARKER co,
w. b. j. WILLIAMS.
West Side Manager
THE Michigan state Telephone Co.
Is now engaged I'm making an inyen-
tory OF all It's property connected
-with-tirc fbrtroit rxciiange, satd Gt-ti-
eral Manager Arthur Won Schlegcll
Monday morning.
I'VE shall be glad to furnish this
inventory TO the city, and give the
city any further help, within reason,
that ii may desire
Asked whether the inventory would
include property lying outside the city
limits. Mr. Won Schlegell said:
1T will include all property lying
outside the city limits which We in
clude in the city exchange, such as
the telephone property in Crosse
Pointe. Highland Park. River Rouge
and other districts, outside the city
limits, which we consider as part OF
the city system The property within
the city limits will not be separated
from the property as whole.
The inventory Is bgjng taken by
our own men. Mr. Hagenah. the ex-
pert whom we have retained, IL now
busy on the coast. and probably Will
not come 10 Detroit before Feb. /, or
whenever the hearings begin. MIR.
Hagcnah will act in an expert ca
pacity entirely He will advise us
OH various points that come up; ne
will not be expected To engage ac-
lively in inventory or appraisal work.
And besides Mr. Hagenah, we expect
to have other expert advice.
IL is doubtful il the company's in
ventory will satisfy the city. Tor the
city does not assume that even under
the new charter IL will ever be able
to control the property OF the com
pany which lies outside the city linz
its. Chairman Hemans, OF the state
railroad commission, told Mayor
Marx, Corporation Counsel Lawson
and Aid. Lodge. last week. that the
commission could force the company
to turn over an inventory nut wheth-
or the commission can demand an III
ventory that will confinc itself 10 the
property within the city limits. re-
mains 10 be seen.
Mr. Won Schlegell denied that the
company is refusing to make four
party line contracts, or that II is max
ing them for but "a single month or
that the rate has been raised TO $3.50
a month.
There has been absolutely no
change in our contracts be said
The only four-party lines which have
contracts AT 81 80 are nickel-in-theslot !
lines in apartment houses and other
places whsre we demand guarantee |
Of $3.50"
The city committee will take up
the expert question again this week. !
probably Wednesday. Another candi- |
date for the job OF city expert Will |
then be examined.
Mayor Marx received a telegram |
Monday. from ID. G. Jackson, OF the /
firm of ID. {. Il William 3. Jackson, /
Of Boston. declaring that newspaper /
reports TO the effect that he Is re-
'ponsible for metered service in /
pittsburgh are untrue. The telegram |
'aised a laugh. for no one, so far as
he newspaper men know, has ac- /
fused Mr.. Jackson or being connected .
With the Pittsburgh metered service. (
A Pittsburgh man, In an interview
With a Detroit reporter. advised /
against the employment Of ID, c. Jack 7
son. saying that he had brought in |
reports in about four different cities, /
IN the strength of which metered SER
iice had been installed The Detroit |
committee has never considered Mr.. |
iackson's application very seriously. !