The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-19
COUNCIL ACCEPTS PLANS FOR
THE INSTALLATION OF SEWERS
Sanitary Sewers to Be Built in
All Unsewered Sections to
Cost $2l,6l5.
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD

The first regular meeting of the
council since election, and with the
new alderman Tom Payn of the third
ward present, was held last evening.
report was received from the
hoard of public works showing the
expenditures and receipts of the de-
partment for the year, as follows.
pecoiyed from sale OF bonds $43, 0S2.50
Expended for water extension 32,356.76
balance i'm water fund $50. 10,725.76
Receipts from water rates :. 100000
EXPENSE of maintenance 16,52326
credit balance ....... S674
ON motion the report was received
and placed on file DR.. Scallon re-
marked that there was an apparent
discrepancy between the figures given
in the report and those i'm the report
Of the finance committee presented at
the last meeting, but IL was explained
bv showing that it resulted from the
dividing OF the water boards report
into three departments, the cost of
operating the old water system the
Installation of the No. system and
the extension to the old system.
The board of public works recon-
mended that the plans of the city en-
gineer for the new sewers TO be built
I'm all unsewered sections of the city
he adopted. The total cost of the
new sewers proposed will be $21,615,
distributed among the four sewer dis
i~'ots into which the Improvement
will be divided. The plans were ac-
cepted and Monday evening May >,
was set as the date for hearing OBJ
jections.
An extension Of time for two weeks
was allowed for the advertising for
bids on the sidewalk bonds.
Alderman Scallon, in behalf Of Louis
Stralow read a statute covering the
question of the liability of railroad
companies for assessment for city i'm
provements, in which it was stated
that such companies might be as
sessed for road improvements. The
matter was brought up i'm relation to
Mr.. Stralow's contention of long
standing that the Mineral Range rail-
road ought TO have been assessed for
the building of the sewer on Rail-
road avenue. The matter as on mo-
ton of DIR. Scallon referred to the |
claw department"
How long is the law department |
TO be given to make a report" inquir- !
ed Alderman Hosking.
"The law department" answered |
the other member from Ward Four |
should be given as long a time as it |
needs. The wheels OF justice move |
slowly and should not be hurried. If |
his decision doesn't come quickly |
enough, however, we can call on him
to report"
Alderman Holland asked that some
thing be done towards fixing up the
driving park, and said that the park
committee had looked over the
grounds and decided that something
should be done at once. He moved
that the park committee prepare an
e-timate OF the cost of repairing
fences and making other improve
held on "Wednesday evening.
This meeting on Wednesday night
will be held primarily for the purpose
Of giving the council an opportunity
to discuss the annual appropriation
bill. At first IL was to be special
meeting, but the original motion was
withdrawn and another substituted
making ii an adjourned meeting at
which the park matter and others I
might be considered.
The attention of Alderman Mailer
was called TO the fact that year ago I
he was appointed a committee of one
to look into the matter OF purchasing
a drinking fountain to be placed at
The foot of Dakota street. The al {
lerman said he did not understand {
that he had been empowered to make
he purchase. He said he had receiv-