Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-21
WEST SIDE NOTES.

The Consolidated Railway company
kas the old tracks tora up aud the new
ones nearly LAID on BulterwOEth ave
nue. and are placing POLES 10 receive
the trolley wires. Route No 8.
from the Clarendon hotel. across Full
ton street bridge a. BaIteFw nth ave
nue. aud west TO Shepard street, VII. be
Ia operation WITHIN the next month
West side people are clamorous for the
" est Bridge street car route 10 be run
through on Grandsllle avenue south As
far as possible. Manager Chapman
says ne - only waiting for the paving
contractors on Granville avenue to
surrender the street To run II clear
through.
West side people are Oh their met.ie
IA the way OF Improvements. and the
booming or real estate and Du slness IN
terests OF that part OF tie city. Ia adj
dition 10 the improvement board
scheme, mentioned IN TIE HERALD a
FEW days since. the business men are
now ouslly engaged IN collecting SUD
scriptons for stock IN new bank. IL
is to DC organized as state bank with
a savings clause annex, with capital
stock OF not less than 100000.
"a sunday night the water IN the river
rose 10 within four inches Of the nigh
est point ~ has reached this spring. The
Golfer dam of the Kent Stone company's
works on the wesL SIDE was broken
through. hut the break WAS speedily
repaired yesterday morning and Mr..
Hayemrysr, the superintendent, has u
large force OF hands still at work IN the
quarry anu IS rigging up his steam Grill
Tor tbs seasons work.
The S0th birthday of John Mccain,
an old flity-year settler of Grand Rap
ids, Was celebrated At his residence, cor
ner OF Michigan and First streets, on
SunGav. About ssyenty-ive friends
and relatives were present, including
many from Grattan and Cascade, anu
very enJoyable time was had, the re-
freshncnts served being most, sump-
tuOus.
The Valley City Coal com PAW has
planted set OF Standard scales near
the l.. 5. & VI. s. depot on West Fulton
street and enclosed and covered them
with y neat little office Building. The
maximum weighing capacity OF the
scales Is 1900 p unds-slx and one
fourth toss.
Captain Samuel White left yesterday
morning for Yellowstone park OIL his
annual visit TO his son. Fred, on his big
cattle ranch in Wyoming. He will be
absent sixty days at least, bnt declares
that ne will be back in time to vote for
Ben Harrison.
Ernest Dicirich. superintendent Of
the Grand RapldsVepeerw works, and his
wife are t0in living dangerously III at
their residence on Scribner street, OF
malarial fever and intiammatory rheu
maIlsm respectively.
The postponed Chiidron's day exer-
cises IN the new sixth ward Baptist
chapel on Scribner street were largely
attended, and passed off very pleas
anty under the charge of Superin-
tcndent E. n. Rowe.
A. Stoaehouse and family and F. n.
Edie and family OF Scribner and
Broadway streets visited IN Casnovia
over SUNDAY At the parents OF Mrs.
Eiie.
little one-story brick building,
forty feet square, IS being built 10y the
Scribner brothers on West Bridge street,
opposite the Northern hotel.
Mira. AMI Miss Gilbert OF No. Ais
Scribnsr street left yesterday for Brook
lyn, y. Y, and q tour through the
east to be gone all summer.
Ground was broken yesterday for the
continuation of the West Fulton street
cedar block pavement, east OF the
bridge.
l.. 5. Provin is building a handsome
residence Tor Mrs. Potts on the corner
OF Broadway and Fifth street.
Mrs. Leonard Covell of No. 10 Shaw
nut avenue 10 very Ill with malarial
fever.