The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-06-25
VILLAGE BOARD DETERMINES
UPON INCREASE OF IAXtS
Rate This Year to be One Eighth
Per Cent Higher Than II
Was Last Year.
RxHHEEy
RELIEF FROM SMOKE REMOTE
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The tax rate for the village OF
Houghton will this year by one and
one eighth OF one per cent which Is
one-eighth Of one per cent higher than
IL was last year, Upon only two other
occasions has the tax rate been set
so high this figure being the highest
rate ever assessed against property
within the village. It required much
debating before the members OF the
council decided that II would be neccs-
sary To make the tax rate higher than
last year, but when Trustee Haas In
troduced resolution TO that effect, il
was passed by a unanimous vote Of
the council, all the members OF which
were present.
President Miller announced that 1t
would probably require at least &c.,,
900 10 run the village during the COM
ing year and that even this sum would
probably not be sufficient To carry out
the program OF improvements already
mapped out by the council. Treasurer
Obenhoff reported that there Is ap-
proximately $500 In the bank 20 the
credit OF the village and the finance
committee reported that there are I'M
paid bills coming due that would re-
quire much OF this sum to take care
Of For this reason a resolution was
passed authorizing the president and
clerk OF the village TO borrow suffi-
Client money on the note Of the VIII
lage TO meet such expenses as shall
come up between now and the time
that the taxes begin 10 come in.
Water Works improvements.
For a long time Trustee Stoyle, who
Is chairman OF the water board, has
been fighting In the council for an adj
dition to the villages water storage
tank at Dakotah Heights. Last night
while the members OF the council, were
debating what the most necessary i'm
provements for this summer are, Trus-
tee Stoyle again brought up this mat
ter and. after but little debate, Sc
cured the passage OF a resolution pro-
viding that the village engineer be in
structed to draw plans and speciica-
tions for n suitable addition 10 the
tank now there and advertise and Sc
cure bids for the building Of the same.
1t is estimated that the addition 20 the.
tank will cost about $4,000 and that it
will increase the present capacity Of
the tank about 100000 gallons.
The matter OF the smoke nuisance
from which the people of Houghton
are suffering was brought up by some
councilman asking when the smoke or
dinance recently passed by the council
Is 10 become effective. Somewhat 70
the establishment Of the members OF
the council and the one who drew the
law, II was discovered that there can
be no such relief from the smoke and
SCOT making stacks in the village for
four months. The law states that the
smoke makers shall have ninety days
after notified OF violation Of the laws
In which 90 install smoke consumers
or otherwise abate the nuisance. It
also states that the law shall not be-
come effective until ninety days after
Its passage. II was passed about sixty
days ago and Will therefore. not be in
force for another thirty days. after
which the smokers will still have nine
ty days in which TO make their Chin
neys behave, providing they are noti- !
fled by the village marshall. 4 fine OF |
81 TO 800 or imprisonment, or both Is
the penalty for failing TO stop the
smoke in the ninety days allowed
Other Council Business
The council accepted the invitation !
Of the Fourth OF July committee Of |
Hurontown to take part in the Inde-
pendence day parade TO be held I'm |
connection with the celebration on the
hill.
The bill OF Samuel O'Conneu |
to sS2O17, on account OF
contract, was allowed.
The village attorney was instructed !
to send notice to j. Abner sherman |
TO vacate the house on Montezuma I
street adjoining the library the VIII