The Detroit times., 1915-08-26
Property Owners OBJ
ject to Gift to Alex.
Y. MalcOmsOn
MAKE PROTEST
TO COMMITTEE
Aldermen Will Inspect
Property Before
Deciding

4 delegation o. property owners
In The vicinity Of the Vermont-ave
ard Porter-st. bridges appeared be
fore the council committee on
street openings. Thursday morning
% protest against the councils gift
of three strips o. city properly 20
Alexander Y. Malcomson. The
strips skirt property owned by Mr
Malccmson. and were vacated on
petition hled by him In June Two
pieces are alongside the Vermont
eve bridge and extend from the
POrter-st line 10 the railroad
tracks. One Is 70 feet wide and oee
feet long the other being the same
witfa and 1877 feet long 4 third
strip "A by IFS feet lies on the
south side % he Porter-st bridge
Mr. MalCOmson is constructing
two-story building for the HYATT
Roller Bearing Co. on the trilugu-
lar piece be- owns between The
bridges RE also owns the prop
erry or the east side % the Porter
81 approach 70 the Vermon;-aye
bridge
AID. Albert Wilson OF the Eighth
ward. acted as spokesman for the
deIaEs tSon. T. was on his request
20 the council % rescind rs action
.in vacating 7Ae property, that the
matter was referred back 20 the
committee or street openings
Thirty property owners within
-adins 81 one block OF the Malcolm
son property signed protest
ass.Hs' the -iying away OF valuable
city land
These strips are valuable and
win come In handy IL the city az
any time In the future, ands b.
necessary 20 widen the Vermont
ave or tho Povterst bridge said
Aid wilson There 3 talk nov o.
the necessity % widening the Por.
ter-st bridge because % the in
crease IN traffic since the c0nstruc-
tion Of the new Mich gan Central
depot The Vermont.ave bridge is
closed 20 yehicular traffic just now.
brit rhe growth q trarc may neces-
state trio construction ~ a nea and
wider Vermontsve bridge
Instead ~ giving Away val able
property ths city o1zht 20 acquire
more property in this immediate
neigh borhood The triangular .uir
owned by Mr. Malcomson ought 20
be- condemned for future use az
city storage yard n The city takes
over the operation Of the railway
system to viii reed an ne storage
room IL can get on railroad sid
iuEs'
Mr. Malcomsou and his attorney.
John p. MscKay. we're present Al.
tornev MscKsy had a petition bear.
ing the names % several neighbor
Ing property owners who did not
object 70 Mr Malcomson occupy
ing the property vacated by the
city One woman signed both the
petition FOR and The petition against
the vacation Attorney Mac Kay
argued that the strips we're useless
az city property. and that the build
ing Mr Malcomson r. preparing 20
erect would improve the neigh Dor
hood. rather than depreciate the
surrounding property az some d
The residents insist 10 Eill
This property Is nov nothing
more than mud-hole said Attor.
ney MacKay Mr MaIcomson in
tends 10 Improve 1t b. The construc
ton OF two-story building"
he added that one woman prop
erty owner near the bridge prop
eFty made the statement TO him
that Mr. Mslcomson and hls attor-
neg took the members o. the street
opening committee out and got
them full" Just before the property
vas vacated on the recommendation
OF the committee Aid Godfrey
Freivald. chairman % the commit.
tee. took violent exception to the
statement lie denied knowing Mr.
Malcomson personally. and declared
that the committee lad never Wis
tied the property collectively
II Will also say on behalf OF Mr.
Malcomson and myself that We
never took the committee on Joy
ride" added Attorney HacKay
But. nevertheless { want the com
mlttee 10 know that story 10 that
effect has been circulated.
AID Vernon gave as bic reason for
fayoring the vacation o. the prop
erty. that since the city could never
use or sell H. the best way vas %
vacate II and get 10 on the tax rolls
The committee decided 10 inspect
7 The property and make hnal he.
termination next Thursday morning
Each member Of fbe committee
I can 20 and look az the property AZ
his convenience. said Chairman
Freiwald As FAR AS Z am con
cerned think that 10 did the
right thing in vacafing n. but am
willing 20 abide hy he decision 81
I tho majority ~ the committee.