The Detroit times., 1917-01-11
ROT TIM E s

! picturesque testimony might be
taken without restraint
Aitho the meeting was adjourned
AZ O'Clock "a be resumed Friday
anemoen. and the biz case-thc
Harry Hollands afair-hsd not hecl
disposed 81. The session as a Who'll.
resulted "a victory for the men who
complained that they had been un.
fairly dealt with ny The building de
partmeut OF The city
building Inspectors Halpin and
SteuseN who we're dismissed by
I he blildlpS commission without
trial cn the recommendation OF Chic.
Inspector plport. complained tha'
their Dismissal WAS unjust. The
! civil service commission upheld
4 hem ~ his coatention and wa
about 70 ortcr them back on the
/ JOB when vincent prennan. assist.
4 am corporation counsel. who Rp-
pearet for the building department
I asked that the matter be referred
7 hack 20 ne building commission
.hat q might have an opportunity
70 .~-rverse is action This WAS
/ done and e Il probable that the
men viii Be TelnsAted AZ once. y
not. he civii service commission
will order their reinstatement a, its
next meeting
Hollands Starts Fireworks.
when The case % Harry Holland
WAS taken NJ the fireworks started
Hollands bad appealed 70 the com.
mission 20 reverse the nndins OF
The building commission which fred
h.m as an Inspector after charges
~ lnsubordinA,ion and misconduct
had Beer Sled against him by Chief
Inspector p-ponc Hollands has sc.
cuseG someone connected with III
h4t!G.ne department OF grating and
has 54en Instrumental in csgsing
o. arrest ~ one builder charged
sirh attempting 20 hribe him re
declare. 'hs. Z the six months he
was an inspector re discovered 450
violations OF the building code ir
eases where ~ had reported sgains'
Tie violations gEe further declares
,hat money gas used IN fixing
,he complaints In short, his con
ertion : that he was dismissed
oecsGs, d. was honest and refused
ina code
AZ the opening Of the hearlns
James y May Who presided a; tha
meeting declared that the commits
SIGN would consider only the charge
A..s-! .--a--on. and nlIsconduc
ana rorid rot 90 INTO ;he other
saadalou, gossip hat has been go
i1e around
Secretary Indy of ne hundine
commission. th4 rrst witness. real
i sitter from chief Inspector pu
por which 10 said had been sub
aiued 20 ths commission az one
q, its regular meetings n ron
tslnea charges upon which Hollands
ras dismissed
Building Commissioner Mcdonald
jgmpe 70 his feet and asked II h.
might b. heard Tire pe-ml ssioa
was granted and Commissioner "
Donald declared fhat the leter had
not been presented 10 tire commss-
s.or and had not been discussed
let us BE- clean-cut and homes
10 this investlgauon he cried
Then qu.vering vi,h indirnsuon. his
voice rising 20 a shou- M warned
The civil service commissioners 90
De uhoro and not 20 giost hing
over
DO sou mean me- demanded
Attorney Brennan You are look
ing az me when you insinuate Te
arr not trying 70 be honest
give Az Square Deal"
40 repled Mr Mcdonald e
mean myself am looking direct
~ into mirror As r member Of
I the building commission want An
Z open and above board investiE CATION
. % he affairs % that commission 7
want 70 see hat everybody has A
square deal
Ludy said then that the letter
may not have been formally pre-
sentea % the commission. bur tha:
il was passed around Commission.
or Haggerty also said that G. had
been
Two or three witnesses were
called 10 tell about proiane Ian
gusge Hollands had used 70 build
ers when he found fault with their
work II was during the discussion
~ Tho wording OF Hollands alleged
picturesque language that the stem
T ographer was permitted 20 Withdraw
from the room The witnesses gsvc
what they said were very llfe-like
limitations Of Hollands and his en-
phulc language
Two % the witnesses, a contracto-
and his foreman. threatened to
''llck" Hollands and the foreman
actually tried 20 assault him Al,
once He was restrained by COM
missioner Guthard.
chief Inspector Dupont testified
that Hollands exceeded his author
ity By ordering work stopped when
In his opinion II was contrary 70