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Mayor Seeks Removal OF Poles
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lion Of leOs. provides as Follows:

"No person, partnership. association
or corporation operating a public util-
lty shall have the right of the use OF
highways, streets or other public places
Of any City, or Township or Village,
for wires, poles, pipes, tracks or con.
Quits without the consent OF the duly
constituted authorities of the City,
Village or Townships nor 10 transact
a local business therein without FIRST
obtaining a franchise therefor from
such City, Village or Township.
The Michigan State Telephone Com
pany is operating Its system in this
City without franchise or even per-
mission Of the City Council. IL is
notorious that its apparatus is old
and Anticipated. II is impossible
with the present system to obtain
efficient service. If this company was
engaged in a competitive business,
1t would long ago have installed a
modern and up-to date equipment.
BY reason of our own indifference, 1t
has been permitted to enjoy the fruit
of it's monopoly, and disregard entire
ly the convenience of its patrons or the
character OF service it renders. |
recommend that this company be re-
quired to obtain from the City tran
chise, and that it be so drawn as to
protect long suffering public from
the indifferences OF this company and
the abuses resulting from its monopoly
in our streets.
LIQUOR LICENSES
The licensing of saloons since the
passage Of the Warner Crompton Law
has, been the source OF great deal Of
perplexity to each succeeding council.
This act fixes the maximum number
of saloons the council is entitled to IL
cense, and is designed gradually to
reduce that number by provisions
therein decreasing the same by volun-
tary surrenders. 1 understand the
maximum number this City is now
entitled 10 is represented by the num-
Der now engaged in the liquor bust
ness, aud the council should under no
circumstances permit that number TO
be increased The act gives the council
broad discretion with respect to H.
censing whom-soe lever IL wishes up TO
the maximum number permissible
This broad discretion Is given in order
to carry out more completely the par
pose of the Legislature in passing the
act. We should not in exercising that
power, however. become autocratic
or arbitrary. but should act In the
utmost good faith and justice, and
should not destroy or jeopardize the
property or business of those who are
now engaged in the liquor business,
and who have conducted their saloons
within the provisions of the act. In
passing upon applications for liquor H.
censes, preference should DO given TO
those now engaged in the business, il
there are no just complaints of the
manner In which their business has
been conducted in the past year.
If this policy Is followed, it will be
an incentive to the saloon keepers to
obey the law. and will work an in
justice IN none. Any other policy
will result in great hardship to the law
abiding saloon.keepor. and will de-
stroy and conhscate his property and
subject him 10 the whims and caprice
Of succeeding councils
ORDINANCES
The ordinances aud resolution of
the City council represent the leglsIa.
tive WILL with respect 10 those rules of
conduct pertaining to our internal
welfare. There has never been a
printed compilation OF the same. and
IL IS a matter of great inconvenience
and trouble to refer to legislation on
any given subject. I would recon-
mend that your honorable body au-
thorize the compiling Of the ordinances
under appropriate heads, properly in.