The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-18
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GAIN FROM TURK FOE
affirmative vote of the people before
starting suit.

ahirmattve vote OF the people before
starting suit.
The proposed charter amendment,
which accompanies the plan, II
adopted, will give the necessary
powers to the commission and to the
common council to carry out the
eity's part Of the contract and the
necessary powers to operate the rail-
way system. The whole plan Of the
commission, the communication
states. is to pay for the entire prop
erty and its extensions out Of the
earnings.
"The board believes that the prop
osition as embodied In the contract
with the company is the most prac-
teal and economical method that
can be evolved at the present for
securing possession Of q street rail-
way system for, the CITY," states the
communication. 1T provides for the
prompt delivery of the property ut
fair and reasonable price. on =
basis that is entirely workable from
a business standpoint"
lnAthe wake Of the municipal
railway propaganda came the 70
port Of the committee on health and
city hospitals recommending that
the city tie up with private cor
poratior under ave-year contract
for the disposal Of garbage. The
corporation counsel was instructed
to draw up contract with the De-
troit Reduction Co. for q period of
five years from July 1. 1916. The
contract is favorable to the reduc-
ton company. Under the new con-
tract 1t will cost the city about ST..
600 more annually tc dispose Of the
garbage than at present. The COM
pany officials as a Anal coDcession"
to the may or. agreed to split the
freight rates Under the present
contract the company bears the en-
tire expense OF moving the garbage
to its plrnt in French Landing.
Aid Case and Wilson, of the
Eighth ward, were defeated In an
attempt to take from the committee
on public utilities the petition Of the
ID. U. r. asking permission to con-
struct a loop OH Trumbull and stan
ley-aves.. and rush the grant through
the council. Aid. Vernon, chairman
of the committee. Is opposed to
granting the petition, insisting that
the company can reconstruct the
present loop on its own property
without using the public streets.
aid. Cases resolution giving the
company the desired permit, was
laid over for one week. Meanwhile,
Chairman Vernon will call public
meeting on the petition, probably
for next Monday night.
Mayor Marx vetoed the action OF
the council in indorsing a report OF
Aid Wartelfs committee on claims
and accounts. awarding s400 each to
Jesse bort and George bort, Jr..
scns of George bort. Sr., a foreman
In the department OF public works.
who was discharged in 1913 for pad
ding the payrolls. His sons worked
under him and they, too, were dis
charged. although no charge was
made against them. The father was
arrested and pleaded guilty in the
recorders court. lie was released
on $500 bond pending sentence.
ne has never been sentenced.
Dorts sons appealed to the civil
service commission. and that board
ruled that they had been Illegally
dis missed and were entitled to com
pepsation for the time they had no
worked. The corporation counsel
agreed with the ruling made by the
commission. but he made no recon-
mendation as To the amount to be
peid the Dorts. The committee voted
them $40O each. The mayor thinks
the amounts are excessive and he
asks the committee TO make sub
stantial reduction.