The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-10-06
IAURIUM COUNCIL HEARS
MANY REPORTS AT MEETING
Report Of the Sidewalk Contractor
Shows That Much Work Has Been
Done During September-Pond Wa
ter Improvement Will Cost the Vii
lage Large Sum Of Money.


No business of special Importance
came before the regular meeting of the
Laurium village council last evening.
The council approved the usual batch
OF bills and disposed of its routine
business.
Action was deferred upon the APP
| plications of widows and others in ex-
IRENE need, to have their taxes re-
mitted, there being an unusually large
number of such applications. In other
years the council Is called upon to re-
NIT the taxes for about six or seven
| applicants, but this year there are
| round dozen to be acted upon. The
warrant on the tax roll expires on
oct is, but il is not expected that
the county treasurer will call for its
return until long after that date.
The council decided that john Hunt. |
street commissioner of the Village. !
should be paid for services rendered
during the flrcmen's tournament I'm tho |
capacity Of a night Waterman.
The agitation which was mentioned |
in these columns last week. which aims |
To secure a shorter connection between |
Laurium and the county highway both |
on the north and south, reached tho
council last evening. The members
looked with favor upon the proiecr,
and named a committee consisting Of
w r. Vivian. Malcolm Mcleod and NJ.
T.. O'Brien. who win wait upon the
officials Of the c. & IT. Mining COM
pany and cndeavor To devise n plan
whereby the connecting links may be
established. 1t Is suggested that n
short road between Church street
calumet and Amygdaloid or Ahmeok
streets on the north ana between CO.
umbia or Union streets, Raymbaul-
-own and Tamarack or Hec>a streets
m the south would prove very bcne-
fetal 10 the town.
1t was suggested that the village
meter tester, at n cost Of
bout 800 II develops that some
# the meters which have been in
tailed by the village do not operate
properly and II is claimed that a me-
er tester would protect the village IS
'cll as the water consumers. Up TO
ne present time 1875 meters have been u
Installed. and in many cases the sand Il
locks the meter and prevents IL from
living correct returns. l.
the council decided to pay $3.50 of l.
ne money now i'm the special assess
tent fund upon the note which was j
ntered into for this fund. The bal W
nee VIII be retained to meet the in "
rest upon the note when it falls due.
he special assessment noto now T
mounts to about $4,000 The presi- O
INT and clerk were authorized to c.
axe n small loan for the general h,
lnds in case such a loan is needed.
The report Of Contractor John r. 7,
.cDonald, who has laid the cement u
dcwalks In the village was received >
Y the council last evening. The re- +.
'rt shows that during the month Of
'ptember, 35,29O.97 square feet Of 30
AXIS were laid the record for this .,
ohth being almost as large as the -,
cord for July, when 37.602.94 square r,t
ct were built. This makes the total
r the summers 113,22l.51 square feet. no
hich at So cents per foot. amounts 49,
$I642.43. OF this amount $2O24S2 a,
due. which together with the fifteen ~,
n cent Of the total cost of the work.
hich has been retained by the coun- ma
until a final settlement is made. 80
lves the balance $S.17117. 49,
The street commissioners report ~
ows that during the month S1.564.3S
ere spent for public Improvement. the -,
nd water Improvement being the -.
ost important item in this account. 90
lus far the work which was done -.
S cost the village. $1,19413.
The following reports were presented
d approved by the council last eve
lg:
Clerks Report. ,,
lance on hand Sept. LIS S02.31 an,
Receipts. 90,
neral fund .... ..... 660671