The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-16
Buiding Operations.
A Building Boom Is on
in the Vicinity Of
Calumet.
This Year a Record-Breaker
In the Number OF Dwellings Erected
-Laurium the Scene ofthe Most
Activity In This Line.

The boom which Calumet has exper-
fenced so far this summer in new dwell
ings is something unprecedented in the
history OF the town. Every spring and
summer for years back new lhomes
have been erected by the score, but this
wear has broken all records and more
new dwellings have been built in the
past few months than any time before.
OF late years the boom has been more in
Laurium than any other part oil the To-
cality and the same thing is true this
wear. The new town OF Florida has vir-
tually sprung into existence in the past
three roonths and at the rate it is now
growing will be as large as Red Jacket
or Laurium in another year or so.
The various lumber dealers all report
plenty OF business. in fact the yards have
never been so busy as they are this sum-
mer and the forces are kept continually
on the hustle. Allow estimate OF the
number OF new houses erected already or
commenced places it at 200. OF this
number fully fifty have been built at
Florida, Within the corporate limits OF
Laurium new houses are going up on
every vacant lot. The Calumet and
Hecla mining company are also erecting
a large number OF new dwellings, for their
employees.
The contractors and builders have all
had their hands full since the snow went
and the rush promises to continue until
late in the fall. Martin Brothers are
doing a good share OF the work in
Laurium. They have new house well
under way for Dan Sullivan on Kear-
sarg street and have also just completed |
a new home for Michael Howard on Lake |
Linden avenue. They have commenced
work on a new home for John 7. Will |
liams on Tamarack street and another |
for John Richetta on Kearsarge street |
and one for Joseph PerriDgo on the
same street. Michael Richetta is build |
ing new home on Hecla street and |
Martin Bros. have the contract. The |
same firm will build a home for Antoine
Sera on kearsarge street.
Contractor Barney Holstrom is erect
ing several new dwellings in Bollmann's |
addition and at Florida. He is building |
Eric Terwo a new house on the corner OF
Seventh and Pewabic strt cts and has fin
ished a dwelling for John Wuorijarwi on |
Seventh street, Lsurium. He is also |
working on house for Chris Salmonson |
at Florida and has it nearly completed. |
Bajari K Ulseth are rushed more than |
ever this summer. Beside large num-
Der OF dwellings, they are putting up for |
the mining company they are erecting |
many others. Ia Florida they are build |
ing house for Olaf Johnson and it is
now about completed. Peter Neiyi has
a new home on Pewabic street about |
ready for occupancy and the same firm
ha. nearly finished a house for Mat
Skrogstadt on AmygdaloId street His
brother, Hans, has house well under
way on Pewabic street. Bajari & Ulseth
have completed neat residence for Rich
ard karkeet on Calumet street aud have
also just started on house for Jacob
Holm on Quincy street, Florida.
Contractor James Gribble Is building
new house for John Torriano on the cor
ner of Tamarack and First streets,
Laurium, and has the framework of
new house for John X. O'Neil, the Red
Jacket business man, already up on
Third street Andrew Kukersky has
residence well under way on Tamarack
street. Tom Brown is doing the
work. John Stolt, the Red Jacket
photographer, has a new house nearly
finished in Florida. Campbell Bros. did
the work. Martin Kraft has a new resi-
dence on the fair way to completion on
Seventh street. August Kouviolpola
has his new house ready for occupancy
on the corner OF Tamarack street and
Lake linden avenup