The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-01
TWO ORDINANCES ADOPTED;
DISCUSS PAVING PROBLEM
Village Council Acts on Fire
Limits and Electrical lnspec-
tion Laws.
PROPERTY OWNERS PRESENT

evening there were i'm the hall a dozen
or more property owners from the hill
streets upon which there has been
much talk of laying a pavement and
making other improvements during the
coming summer. Also as stated yes
terday these property owners found
that there had come over the members
of the street committee and. the others
of the trustees who have been favorable
to the fixing up of the hill streets a
change. which made the contemplated
lprotest of the committee of objectors
of little avail.
The street committee had held a
meeting the night before at which the
report of Engineer Herman Fesing on
the cost of the proposed work on the
streets was taken into consideration
and the trustees ascertained to their
entire satisfaction that the work was
going to cost much more than they had
anticipated and more than any of them
were willing to ask the majority of the
property owners along the streets eff
fected to pay all at once. Engineer
Fesing's report shows that the great
lcost of the proposed improvements Is
due to the rebuilding OF the sewers
under the streets to be paved-a step
which is quite necessary before putting
la great amount of money into paving.
This cost runs much higher on some
streets than on others because some of
the streets would be found to be un-
derlayed with rock which would need
to be blasted out. running the cost to
lover SO per foot in some places.
Cost on Various Streets.
The report of Engineer Fesing shows
that the average cost per front foot
of laying the sewers, installing catch
basins. putting i'm curbs and laying the
sandstone pavement would approx
mate 81. Th cost of the work on diff
lferent streets varies from So to $3.50
per foot, according to the composition
, of the earth heneath of the street and
the amount OF grading necessary be-
fore the street Is ready for the pave
ment.
The engineer estimates that the
sewer work alone on all the streets In
; aging $225 per lineal foot. The cost
OF the entire improvement as planned
lat first would foot up to something
over $4,000 the cost per lineal FOO
being as follows on the different thor
oughfares: Portage, s7.21; Isle Royale
S7.19; Huron. s6.03: Dodge. $500; Pc
wabic. s7.45; Quincy. $7.0S: and Da-
kota. s966. This makes the average
cost per foot front on all the streets
amount to $6.94.
May Build Sewer System.
1t was brought out at the meeting
that the village now has no regular
system of sewers. each street having
there and nearly all of the streets
which have any sewer at all. have one
of a different size or laid at a different
depth than any other In the same
lneighborhood. Trustee Stoyle advanc-
ed the idea that IL would be well fol
the village to assume the cost of the
lconstruction OF all the sewers. catch
basins. ETC., and Trustee Haas re-
marked: That's all right provided
the property owners agree to lay the
pavements on these streets"
President Miller thought that some
of the property owners who had already
been assessed for sewers under the
ordinance which makes the property
owner pay two-thirds and the village
one third of the expense of laying
: sewers I'm the streets upon which these
property owners have frontage. There
was much discussion on this point
some of the property owners present
participating. There was no apparent
great objection to this plan. however
1.-THE main objection being to the valid
Iity of the spreading of general as
sessment for such work in view of the
ordinance mentioned.
No Objections on Two Streets.
There are two of the streets on which
. the proposed work may still be put
+ through this summer. as there has as
, vet been no objections voiced by tho
property owners fronting these streets
Isle Royale and Dakotah. one o'
a the councilmen called the attention oi
1.-THE council to the fact and President
, Miller said II might be we'll to do these
Y two streets this summer and that wher
(, the owners of property In other streets
Z see how good the job Is they viii wan
: their streets fixed also. He also re-
e marked that IL they accomplished the
Z task of paving these two streets ant
$ layine a sewer system this summer J
would be a pretty good task for one
z season.
III. Moss entered the hall late an'
president Miller asked him IL he cam'
lin regard to the proposed paving. MI
Moss astonished some Of those presen
$ when ne replied. "Yes, I came not q
e object but to petition this council Z
: pave the north end of Dodge street
: from Sheldon street to the water front
x There is a good sewer In there nov
n and all the property owners are amp'!
a abe to stand the expense. All tn
j property down there Is owned by tn
Hall Building company (Citizens' banl
n IbuIlding), the Haas brewery and tn
o beef trust There II much traffic OF
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