The Detroit times., 1916-10-17

| ever orders wee made by the com
mission would he subject 20 attack
II they demanded that the Grand
Trunk violate NJ legal obligations
because OF this situation We did
J not want 10 make an order that was
| not complete I'm every way. and ono
! OF the nccCssa.r items was AN eati.
mate on ADULTS, damages which has
never been given
"t sect Letter 20 Richard Law.
son. then corporation counsel. ash
ing for his opinion about abuttsl
( damages and referring 10 the need
OF an estimate. That was in Janu.
airy. 1913 was ~ turnout the
next summer I'm September 1915,
| / wrote 10 Mr. Dugeman calling his
! attention 10 tho correspondence
! had had with ais predecessor Mr..
pTneeman replied that be- would be
| gone for TWO weeks and that tho
matter would D." taken up when he
returned
ON Sept 80 ! wrote him that no
one had gotten the engineers esti-
mates on o. 90 Mr. Atkinson
wrote that ne would consult Mr..
Lawson. did not hear anything
from him Th,n. in March, came
TO Detroit and had the interview
Hemans declared that the com
mission could nave engaged An en-
gineer TO 90 the work. bu' that y
expected the city would look after
It.
~ wo had had the engineers re
port on abuttal damages, when We
asked 'or IT," he said tho order
for The grade separations could
have been mad more than ono year
ago"
Figures Easy To Get
Isn't It a fact asked Keidan,
that the figure are almost impossi
/ BILE 10 get''
$50 sir" was tho reply. III is
possible 80 get enough data for a
prima 'acie showing, and further
more I'll say that I'm my estimation,
! IL is An easy task
The somewhat vague possibility
Of progress i'm 'hc grade separation
work was explained boy Mr. Hcmaus
/ after his rlt with Koidau as fol
I lows
As matter OF fact AZ the last
hearing ON H., Grand Trunk mat.
+ ter. ~ was stated and a. wen, on
I the records 'ha' no agreement with
/ the railroad would require grade
/ separation wors 20 commence for
/ four years at least because Of OK
/ i-tinE agreements between the rail
I road and the city Furthermore, the
understanding was hat an agree.
| ment would not require completion
I OF the work for l. or - wears by
reason OF the same agreements COY.
! ering tho amount Of grade separa-
! ton work tho railroad should do
/ each year
Mr. Hemans said IL vas his IN
dcrstanding tha' tho Grand Trunk
had agreed to spend 100000 IN.
! nually in grad" separation work.
/ but he could no, state whether or
not any improvements OF that ma
ture had been made by the railroad
! In Detroit
In the early part of his testimony,
Mr. Hemans declared no one in he
troit had ever suggested that there
was no adeQuat" protection al For.
est-ave
"If protection isn't adequate, it
isn't protection at all, commented
Keidan Hemans replied
we usually don't discover that
protection Is needed untl after a
thing happens Then We all regret
| It."
The railroad commissioner declas
cd AZ the start thai ne did not Iecos-
elze tho rlEht OF the coroner or jury
10 pass Judgment or the sctiore ~
the railroad commission
You must remember he said.
that Detroit Is q fast growing city.
and that crossing which is regard
ed a. safe today would not he safe
| 90 days from now ! think the sit.
uatIon IN this city requires tho en-
| ligtment Uf help from every possible
source II would be presumpt ,ous 10
think that commission Of three
men could stipulate Just what pro
lection should ne given AZ each of
the thousands OF crossings in Mi,hi.
gan
while there is no legal obliga.
tion. there is N least a moral obliga.
ton that Detroit should protect It's
own crossings.
Chief OF Police Bernard Whelan.
Of Hamtramck. also testified He said
he had allowed sleeper" In The
Hamtranck Jail 10 leave the cell
block 40 he could assume new duties
as a watchman on the Joseph cam.
pau-ave cross ~ the Grand Trunk
in Hamrram. Is
\ machine has boon perfected In
Saxony that embroiders designs on
three dOzpuR nEirs of stockings al