Jacking Up Hawks & Angus

JACKING UP HAWKS & ANGUS

Mayor Doing so on Grade Separation

SOME CORRESPONDENCE

The Mayor Demands That Hawks & Angus Show Their Hands

Mayor Copeland is proceeding to talk to Hawks & Angus on the matter of grade separation.

The following letters are interesting:

Detroit, Mich., Dec. 26, 1901.

Mr. R. S. Copeland, Mayor, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Dear Sir: - I have your letter of the 21 inst. -Mr. Angus is out of town for a few days. He told me some time ago that he had made an offer good until Nov. 16, agreeing to put up $30,000 if the city of Ann Arbor got $10,000 from the so-called Boland road, and an agreement from the Ann Arbor R. R. that they would elevate their tracks.

I am not advised that any of these things have been done and now see by the newspaper that Mr. Ashley is to leave the Ann Arbor R. R. Jany. 1st next.

This matter has been so long delayed that it looks to me as though it was liable to fall through.

Yours truly, J. D. HAWKS, President.

Then comes a letter from the mayor to Mr. Hawks.

Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 3, 1902.

My Dear Mr. Hawks:

I am glad to report that the grade separation affair is looking bright. Mr. Boland has filed his bond and backed it up with such collateral that his share is provided for. Under date of Dec. 30th Mr. Ashley writes that the owners of the Ann Arbor R. R. are favorable to the plan. Knowing your own good will, I see no reason why there should be the slightest delay.

This matter must be closed up at once, however. In order to take up the work the first thing in the spring this plan must be closed at once. This is especially true since Mr. Ashley leaves the road Feb. 1st. We ought to have all details settled by the 15th of this month. Can your road have your share in the plan provided for and in my hands by that time?

Yours truly, R. S. COPELAND, Mayor.

The fifteenth of the month has come and gone and still no reply. Yesterday morning the mayor went to the telegraph wires and fired the following into the Detroit magnates:

Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 16.

Hawks & Angus, Detroit. Mich.

Am i not entitled to an answer to my letter of Jan. 3 about grade separation?  Why not frankly declare yourselves?

R. S. COPELAND, Mayor.