The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-16
Lauriun Happenings
The Rapid Growth OF
That Hustling Viii
lage
Daring The Last Two Years


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The phenomenal growth OF the villag
of Laurium in the last eight years. sine
the village has been Incorporated, is ont
of those remarkable things which peopl
loot back on and wonder how il all hap
pened. 1t has been one continual boon
in real estate for eight years with new
impetus each year sending the price ofpro
pel ty higher by long ways than 1t hao
been the previous year. The village has
grown from little suburb OF Calumet
with voting population at the first
election OF 81, TO city that rivals its
ueighbor in population and has suburbs
of it's own which discount anything in
the county. When lots were tirstplatted
in the vicinity OF Viyian's store, only
lew years ago, people laughed at the
idea Of store OF that size dong business
in such an out OF the way locality, but
now houses are being put up by the score
over half mile farther away, down in
the Florida addition and property near
the store is worth big prices. The boom
this SKINNER has been greater than ever
before and more new houses have been
put 20 this year than for many year, but
conservative real estate men say that
the Boom will continue just as strong
next year and that property in the vii
isge will be worth more next summer
he hafnra Tho fuf nf tho aifv
Is certainly bright and the business out
look never has been better
The item which lately appeared in the
News referring to the continuing OF
kearsarge street To the county road ap-
pears co have been misunderstood by
some persons, The News is, as stated
before, firm believer in having as many
roads as possible into town and conse-
aquently could lot consistently feel antag-
onistic to a new one being laid out. All
the News stated was, it thought it poor
policy TO accept the fact that the Lar
Jun depot was TO be closed; at any rate
before the people OF Laurium had ia a
COON a dedihbb dug
such high-handed outrage, for such the
News looks upon IT, by the railroad COM
pany. The News should not be blamed
Tor believing that the reason stated on
che petition for the new road was the
true one.
Allen NJ. Murphy, the well known re-
frIgeratcr man OF Oshkosh, who has
built nearly all the refrigerators in the
-city, has force of men at work on the
new refrigerator be is building on the
rear end of the lot TO be occupied by Rey-
noids & Jeffrey's new meat market. The
refrigerator is aread nearly up although
WORT On the market building proper has
uOt yet been commenced. The new ice
hoese il thirty feet high. twenty.four feet
in s9ngth and eighteen feet wide. Mr.
MCrphy has also secured the contract for
the new refrigerator which the Bosch
brewing company intend erecting at Han
cock soon. He also built their ice house
at Ishpeming.
There seems to be no doubt but that
the village will have new bank and
that in short time as the proposition
the directors OF the Superior Savings
Bank OF Hancock have advanced seems
TO meet with popular favor. Ii il com
monty reported that the new bank will
use the offices now occupied bv Mr.. Joseph
C. Light. Mr.. Light was seen Yesterday
concerning the matter but said he was
unable TO state anything positively about
the matter. however, he felt it would b,
sale 70 say that in all probability the
new bank would open its offices there
The offices are az fine az could be wanted
sior banking purposes.
The frame work for one OF the new
buildings which the Bosch Brewing com
panyis putting up in Bollmann' Is addition
ID already we'll up and the carpenters ar,
working on the roof The foundation
Tor the other building is built and tn,
framework will be commenced soon
The work on the buildings il being don,
by Charles Siebold of Chicago.
The number OF new residences tina
have been built in Bollmanns addition i,
almost as remarkable as the number
that have been put mp in the Florida ad
'dtuon this summer. Ths difference il
that most OF the houses in the Bollmanr
addition have been built on more elab
crate plans than those in the Florida.
Contractor Nick Bray has two new
houses in the Florida addition well unde
way, one for Mr.. J. G. Sullivan and tn
other for Mrs. Anna Abo. Both are I'm
cottages. Most OF the carpenter work Of
them has been completed and the build
ings Sre now IN the hands OF the plast
erers.
The foundation il being built for
residence which Mrs. John Dunstan wi
erect CD kearsarge street. Ii will be
large twelye-room house and will b
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