The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-16
WHERE IS
OFFICE OF
MAYOR NOW?
w. n. THOMPSON
FOr mer Executive
Hints It's Over on
Shelby-st.
WRITES ANOTHER
LETTER TO NEWS
Says Paper Now Pro-
fesses Confidence
in ID. u. X.

son has addressed a third letter 10
the Detroit News in which he
makes further attack on the street
railway purchase scheme and the
action of the News in espousing it,
The letter follows:
Editor OF the Detroit News:
Tell me please amidst your raw.
ings on the blank check, pIgin-a-
poke. now you see il and now you
don't street railway deal you are
trying TO put over, the answers 10
these simple questions:
Where is the mayors Office now?
You used TO fear that II wasn't in
the city hall and insinuated it was
at No. 10 Woodward.ave. Where is
II now? Wouldn't the letter car
rier deliver letter addressed TO
the mayor to No. 80 Shelby.st to-
day?
Tell me, too. that II your trio Of
street railway commissioners who
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when they have power. are such
fine business men, why they don't
enforce the building CT the Grand
Belt from its present terminus at
Warren-ave. and Thirty-frst-st. 70
it's required terminus at Mt. Elliott
and Harper-aves.?
There is an ordinance requiring
that extension on a day.to-day occu-
Couzens and Wilkie are going TO
do so much when they get more
power why not give specimen Of
their abilities with the undouhted
power they have now?
Tell mo. too. and tell the electors
through me, how much of the peo-
pies money is to be paid Messrs.
Iucking and lawson to get the peo-
pie TO insure the continuance Of the
payment of the D. L. X. bondhold-
crs' interest according 70 the terms
W the present mortgages"
Tell me. too. WHY. If you are so
anxious about extension. sou and
your bold heroes of the burned
Belle Isle bridge don't get them on
he day-to-day basis? I got exten.
sions. now in operation and running.
on Hamilton-ave, Chene-st, and
Grandy-aye. TO the I.ozier plant.
Why can't you and your pure and
without drugs or poison street rail
way board show At least as much
for the S150.000 they have spent SO
far?
Tell me. too, and tell me quickly
who is going to get the 30 per cent
difference between the present price
of 20 and the par value of the s14,-
$4,000 worth OF existing u. u. X.
bonds that are going TO be paid off
m full according TO the terms OF
the mortgage"
This is matter OF s4,366,500,
and surely the Detroit News never
saw a profit as big as that lying
around without exposing IL or show
ing who was going to get II
Incidentally, let me tell you that
when | asked I'm my last letter who
was going to get the brokerage on
this deal that | wasn't referring TO
or insulting either Mr.. Dodge, Mr..
Couzens. Mr. Wslkie, Mr. Lawson or
Mr.. Lucking. hadn't suspected
that they we're after anything. My
suspicion was directed elsewhere.
Tell me, too, and tell the electors.
who is going to profit by the ad-
vance OF the d. U. r. stock. now
selling at $63 share, TO $50 n
share where II Is bound to go n the
d. ". r. gets it's debts all paid of?
This amounts to $l0,S75.000 profit
on the stock alone. As IL belongs
TO different set OF people. Is or
isn't II fair 10 assume that there
Is a different deal with them--plain-
~. are there two rake-ofYs?
Tell me how you have got 40
much confidence In the D. U. r.
You used to say don't trust the
n. U. r." Now you take their earn.
ings on faith. their property values
on faith, and want the people to
take the n. U. r., yourselves and
your blind.man's-buff decker on faith,
too. Why the complete change in
attitude? Why has some one gone
mo farther than the first floor"
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