The Road To Saline

The Road to Saline

Wiil Depend Upon a Committee of Six.

Equal Chance with Ypsi

Ann Arbor is Now Known to Have it.

A Large Shirt Factory Can be Had. - Other Matters Brought Before the Business Men's Meeting. - An Association to be Organized Thursday.

Upon the shoulders of a committee consisting of Walter C. Mack, Henry S. Dean, George F. Allmendinger. F.M. Hamilton, E.F. Mills and Charles E. Hiscock depends the success or failure of the project to build an electric line to Saline. Monday night meeting developed two facts one that Ann Arbor had as good an opportunity for setting the Saline road as Ypsilanti and the other that Ann Arbor will have no opportunity at all if she does not act at once. The committee should lose no time in getting the lay of the ground and acting at once being ready to report progress at the business men's meeting next Thursday night.

Mayor Hiscock, who presided over the meeting, brought out in his remarks clearly that Mr. Hawks, of the D., Y. & A. A. road, stated that that road would not build a line to Saline from either Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti but that they would furnish power if desired to a line built from either city or would give proper connections in either city and that they would not favor Ypsilanti more than Ann Arbor. Mr. Hiscock continued: "If you want a line to Saline, you have got to build it."

Mayor Hiscock was called to preside over the gathering of business men in the court house last evening. After stating the object of the meeting and what Mr. Hawks had said as given above he called on Col. Dean, who said he didn't know anything about it, hadn't read the papers, etc., etc., intended to be funny no doubt. Walter C. Mack moved that a committee be appointed by the chair to take charge of the matter of securing the Saline road, to report at another meeting. He said he saw no reason why Ann Arbor should not have the road. The motion carried and Mayor Hiscock appointed Walter C. Mack, Henry S. Dean, G. F. Allmendinger, F. M. Hamilton and E. F. Mills as the committee.

A proposition of a large shirt factory for a branch here employing 100 hands, who wanted a building was favorably commented on and referred to a committee consisting of Robert Campbell, Arthur Brown, Thomas J. Keech, H. G. Prettyman and Titus F. Hutzel.

L. D. Wines wanted the charter fixed so that street sprinkling assessment districts could be legally made. The motion carried. Mr. Wines wanted street paving bonds and payment spread over 10 years instead of four and this also met with favor.

The matter of organizing a Business Men's Association came up and the officers of the old association suddenly came to life. A hundred names had been signed to a call for an organization and Mr. Mack gave notice that a meeting had been called for the court house Thursday evening at 8 o'clock to organize. A meeting of the old association was called for the same time. A number of citizens spoke of the good the old association had done and considerable interest was manifested in its revivification It is hoped that every business. firm in the city will be represented at the Thursday night meeting.