The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-24
SECOND BRIDGE
TO BELLE ISLE
IS PROPOSED
Plan VIII Be Put Up To the
Voters In Spring
Election
FENKELL WILL SELECT
ANNEX" FOR CITY HALL
Council Rescinds Action In Au-
thorizing Renting Of Winn
& Hammond Building

II will be up to the voters TO de.
eide whether they want q second
bridge to Belle Isle, the shore end of
the proposed structure to rest In Wa.
ter Works park.
The council. Tuesday night, rejected
the project favored by Park Commits
sioner Dust and some OF the alder
men to rebuild the present bridge ct
cost Of approximately $4,000 900, &C.
cording to plans outlined by the OK.
pert engineers who made the traffic
survey for the railway commission.
There are several obstacles to the
building Of q new bridge to Belle
Isle, and should the necessary bonds
be voted In the spring election, when
the proposition II to be submitted, II
may be years before O start could be
made. Meanwhile, the action Of the
council will have prevented the park
commissioner from reconstructing the
old bridge to properly accommodate
traffic to and from the island.
The vote on the second bridge
proposition was more to justify the
action OF certain council members q
year ago when a resolution was
pushed through for a bond issue for
than to voice popular sentiment At
that time the matter caused q consid-
cradle ''muss." The land selected for
the site was adjacent to Water Works
park, now being boosted az the
proper approach for the proposed new
bridge. The property was not pur-
chased.
The argument for the second bridge
fo ho< xxrfIl 10 60
florists who will cross to the island
other, thus avoiding traffic congestion.
tentative plans for the reconstruc-
the widening of the approach 30 that
trafiic can be handled without dim
Guilty. Mayor Marx favors the COM
bridge. Before second bridge can
sion of the war department must be
obtained
At the request Of members Of the
ways and means committee, the mat
ter Of selecting q proper building for
q city hall annex, was placed In the
hands Of Commissioner Fenkell OF the
uOPoI puUikC WOEAb. LIE
was done after the council had re-
considered it, action In authorizing
the renting OF the old Winn & Ham
mond building on Wayne.st.
The rules committee lost out In an
attempt TO enlarge its powers and to
change its name to the committee on
rules and recreation. The members
Of the committee slipped q Joker"
through the council week ago, but
Aid. Burton fled q reconsideration
and the newly-acquired power was
promptly voted away from the COM
mittee.
To provide committee jobs for the
to be elected In the new
wards. Aid. Lodge has proposed an
to the council laws, In
creasing the membership Of the COM
mittees on public utilities. public
and public health from
seven to nine members.
A proposal to revoke the regulation
requiring q private fire alarm box In
theaters having seating capacity of
less than 800 was voted down. An
ordinance to license loan agencies
was passed. The council Endorsed the
proposed federal pension bill for civil
service employees.
An ordinance lifting the liquor re-
strictions on the property at No. II
Grand River-ave., was passed, to give
Patrick j. Hayes an opportunity 70
move his saloon from No. 40 State-st.
to the new location.
The council adjourned after adopt
ing resolutions on the death OF for
mer City Clerk John A. Schmid.