The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-05
EAST HANCOCK RESIDENTS
FAVOR PAVING PROJECT
Petition to be Circulated Practic.
ally Assured Sufficient Num-
Der of Names.
MAY PAVE OTHER SECTIONS

At the meeting of residents OF East
Hancock held last evening at the city
hall, IL was decided to circulate a pave
ment petition at once among the prop
erty owners i'm that part of the city
and to present II to the council at the
regular meeting of that body to be held
on Monday, Feb. 81. 1t is desired to
get action Immediately i'm order that
the preliminary routine may be dis
posed of during the winter, bids for
construction called for and everything
be gotten in readiness for commencing
work early i'm the spring. IL is expect
ed that the pavement can be complet-
ed by July, so that II may be used for
some time before winter sets in. The
conditions attending the laying of the
Hancock street pavement were referr-
ed to- that street having been finished
after the snow came so little benefit
has yet been derived from II.
The streets which the city will be
lpetitioned to pave include all of Mason
avenue, Harris avenue. Cooper avenue,
a." street, West street, Center street,
Vivian street, and East street as far as
"a" street. A roadway twenty-four
feet i'm width throughout the entire
paving district is favored. allowing a
wide parking strip to be laid out at the
edges of the sidewalk, making the
streets very attractive and adding
greatly to the beauty Of this popular
residential section of the city. The
streets are of varying widths, Mason
avenue being As feet, Cooper avenue.
60 feet; Harris avenue, so feet; "A"
street, 40 feet West street, so feet
Center street, 60 feet; East street, 60
feet; Vivian street, 33 feet. t
While there was not a very large
attendance of property owners of East
Hancock at the meeting last evening,
the petition to be circulated has al
ready received signatures representing
almost seventy per cent of the proper
ty to be benefited, including the lots
owned by the Quincy Mining company,
the Dakota Heights company, the Han
cock Realty company and other large
interests. c. ID. Hanchett was chosen
to preside at the meeting and j. A.
Close was secretary. Mr.. Hanchette
spoke on various phases of the matter
including the materials 20 be used.
speaking very favorably of the tar
macadam roadway that has been built
i'm East Houghton in the Lake Shore
addition. Asphalt, creosoted blocks,
and bitulithic were also considered and
ii was decided to advertise when the
time comes for that step to be taken,
for a variety Of materials. When pro-
posals are submitted an opportunity
will be given the interested property
owners to retire and talk over the mat
ter the same as was done in regard To
the Hancock street pavement and their
Recommendation will be acted upon by
the council Brief talks We're made by
w. c. Kauth, Dr. Gallen, and City En-
gineer Craig and Mayor w. Frank
{ James who were present in an advis-
DRY capacity
] The paving of the cross streets in
the central portion OF the city is again
being agitated ana petitions may be
D circulated asking for the paving of
5 Reservation street, TeZcuco street and
;. Ravine from Franklin to Hancock
: streets Montezuma, Dakota, Mesnard
and Scott streets from quincy to Han
r cock streets.
'' There still remain unpaved the por-
> ton of Hancock street lying west OF
= the railroad crossing in West Han
G cock, the bitulithic pavement laid last
l. fall extending only to the railroad
crossing. The extension of the paving
:. as far as the cemetery is desired by
e property owners and petition to the
:. council asking for the Improvement
e VIII 1t is thought not be long delayed
The subject of removing the tele-
% phone poles from the streets Of East
{ Hancock when the paving is undertake
= en- was brought up last night, but nc
. action taken. There was opposition In
Z some quarters of East Hancock last
{ summer to the placing Of distributing
r poles i'm the rear of premises, one man
= on whose property pole placed on an
n adjoining lot, encroached three inches
:. over his line, demanding the taking
Q down and removal of the pole. He also
8 refused to allow the wires to be strung
v along his property line, making 1t nee
= essary to erect an arm on the distrib-
s uting pole so as to bring the wire
three inches on the other side of the
lot line of the objecting property own
r. er.