The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-07-27
NEARLY $4,000
FOR PUBLIC WORK
HoUoHToN VILLAGE COUNCIL
VOTES TO SPEND LARGE SUM
ON SEWERS, WATER TANK
AND LIKE WORK.

special session at the village hall last
night voted TO expend nearly $4,000 of
funds, public and private, for various
improvements. This large amount of
money is distributed between several
items but two OF these take the major
portion of the amount. They are the
additional water storage reservoir and
a sewer i'm East Houghton.
A contract was awarded for the con-
struction of the water reservoir. which
is to be built near the water works at
Dakotah Heights and is TO be entirely
constructed of concrete ana steel.
Three bids were handed TO the engin-
Ger on this work as follows
A. w. Anderson & Son, S3S2217; Glib
son & Doetsch. s41s7.O4; Wick OCon-
nell & Co, $5.1S9.S0. The lowest bid
der, Anderson & Son. was awarded the
contract and will start the work within
a few days, a superintendent or in
spector to be selected by Village En-
gineer sesing to look after the villages
interests in the carrying out of the
contract.
East hou9nton GETS sewer
The patient and long-suffering resi-
dents of that part of East Houghton in
the vicinity of Emerald, Fifth and Gar
net streets are at last to be given some
hopes that their sewer is TO be built.
The village engineer submitted an es-
innate of the cost of this proposed
work at the meeting last night, which
showed that there is needed in these
three streets about 1,S62 feet of sewers
and that the total cost of the work
will amount to about $4.325.92, which is
in the neighborhood of $3.50 per run
ming foot The streets to be severed
are Emerald from Diamond TO Sixth,
East Fifth from Emerald to Garnet and
Garnet from East Fifth TO Diamond.
When the engineers estimate had
been read there seemed to be some dis
position on the part of some of the
members of the council to defer con-
sideration Of the matter on account of
the large amount of money which the
village has been spending of late for
public improvements and the depleted
state of the corporations finances but
a couple of the councilmen who live in
that section of the town urged the
building Of the sewer, one Of them say
ing that property owner of that vicin-
ity had told him that he would begin
a court action soon unless the village
took some steps 20 take care of the
sewage. Another said that this same
matter had been postponed several 9TH
er times and that all the property own
ers out there had signed several petit
tions asking that this sewer work be
done. 1t was decided to direct the viii
lage attorney to arrange for a special
assessment to cover the cost of this
work, which makes two-thirds of the
expense fall upon the owners of front
age affected and the other third to be
paid for from the general fund.
An Opportunity Grasped.
Trustee John Michels, who is chair
man Of the street committee and a
contractor, called the attention OF the
council TO the fact that the village now
has a splendid opportunity to construct
the retaining wall below West Sheldon
street, near the cold storage house,
which is an absolute necessity before |
the contemplated Improvement to the
road bed of the street at that point |
can be started Mr.. Michels has |
contract to build the new temple for |
the odd Fellows of Houghton and this |
building is TO be erected on West Shell |
den street about two blocks from the |
point where the retaining wall is to be |
erected. Much rock will be removed |
by Contractor Michels for the basement |
Of this building and he offered to haul
this rock TO the point i'm question If |
the village would employ stone mason |
and a couple Of helpers TO build the re-
tanning wall. It was decided that this
should be done and IL was voted 10
leave the matter IN the hands of the
street committee with power to spend
not TO exceed 5000 of this work
Herman Gundlach petitioned the
council to build street around the
water reservoir Of the village at Ed
wards and Dakotah streets. so that ac-
ttSc may De Hdu 10 lile several houses
which he has built in that vicinity
There was some opposition TO this be-
ing done. some Of the councilmen, es-
pecially Trustee Haas, believing that
the road into this private property
should be built by the owner thereof
and not by the village It was finally
agreed TO expend not to exceed $3.50 on
his street.
To Force Sidewalk Building.
Trustee Haas brought up the subject
81 the building Of the sidewalks, IN II
with the resolution OF the
council passed about two months ago,
which stipulatos that the property
,wners be given sixty days in which !
% build concrete walks or have them 6
lone at the order of the village and the {
ost assessed against the property
Trustee Haas wanted to know n all a
he property owners had been notified I
nd when the time would be ripe for T
he village to start 60 build the walks 4
hat had not been already built. lie n
'as informed that all the notices had n
cen sent out but that they had been :
ent out In various lots. so that some r
al now been notified for at least sixty y
avs. while others had received their a
offices only n few days ago. e
IL was the sense Of the council that I,