O. & M. Officials Were Here

O. & M. OFFCIALS WERE HERE

Engineer of New Electric Line in the City

ARE PUSHING THE WORK

Everything Being Done to Facilitate the Work – Material and Tools Being Secured

Apparently something will be doing with the Ohio & Michigan Traction Co. soon. There seems to be an air of hustle about those who are promoting the line that augurs well for its early completion. The first of the week the chief engineer paid a visit to the city in search of expert workmen in road building to act as foreman, and to one gentleman who he approached he said that the company were in earnest about starting the work September 1. The contracts are practically let and material and necessary tools are being gotten on the ground preparatory to starting. He said that nothing but bad weather will delay the progress of the work and that it is now the intention to have cars running into Ann Arbor in eight months.

The engineer would say nothing regarding their franchise in this city, although it was intimated to him that there would undoubtedly be a big protest put in at the council meeting next Monday night against allowing the road to use any of the routes now proposed. That there will be determined effort to prevent the use of these streets is settled and it is very doubtful if a majority of the aldermen could be secured to vote for any one of them. At any rate there is prospect of an interesting seance at next Monday night's council meeting.