The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-05-10
HANCOCK CITY FATHERS
MAKE TOUR OF The CITY
Mayor, Aldermen and City Engi-
neer Spend Forenoon on
Exploring Trip
INVESTIGATING LOCAL NEEDS

The Hancock city fathers did some
thing today that they never did before
that Is as a body. Captained by
Mayor James, six aldermen and Engi
neer Craig started out early this morn
Ing to make a grand tour of the city,
from its eastern to it's most westerly
limits and from its southern extrem-
ity To the 'farthest north" Their
first move was towards the sandy des-
erts OF the east end, where the Dakota
Heights company is endeavoring to
make the region to blossom as the
rose. and to create thousand dollar
building lots where only rock and SAN
dy wastes existed in years gone by.
After following a circuitous route
through east Hancock, with incidental
alighting from the carriage at inter
walls to make a closer examination on
foot, the exploring party emerged from
the jungle in the vicinity of the Front
street ravine, where they gazed spell
Brock Is creating, and pronounced II
good. The sight of so much water
running into the gulley reminded one
OF the aldermen of the 'irrigating'
plants i'm west Hancock and urged that
more speed be made. as he was getting
dry. Water street between Reserva-
ton and Tezcuco street was next Wis
tied, the carriage waiting on Hancock
street near the Congregational church
for their return. 1t is doubtful If any
member of the city council ever visited
this section before; at any rate no
resident of Water street i'm the dis
trict referred to can remember any
alderman. mayor, street commissioners
or engineer ever having been seen
there within the memory OF the old
dered DER and reflected upon the brok-
en- sidewalks. the unsightly ash heaps,
the ungraded roadway, and the preci-
pitous declivity sloping down to the
Range tracks Uttered with
cans and boxes.
In this manner the party of intrepid
pioneers moved their slow way west
ward avoiding nothing and fearing
nothing in the way of smells, or un-
slightly piles of rubbish, as well as
taking in the improvements that have
been made or are in progress of maxi
ing throughout the city. The Hancock
street pavement, the Quincy street
broken places the new cleo
trio light poles, new sidewalks that
have been placed and places where
they should be, but as yet are not;
sections where there are sewers and
places where they will soon be laid;
the Ulseth addition, with it's new
buildings: the west end with its evil
lences of growth and prosperity and
of the real estate dealer,
md builder; the new water works, the
driving park, the garbage dump; and
n fact everything that the city fathers
,ould be conversant with. was exam
ned and studied with view to guild
ng future legislation. Aldermen who
we're unfamiliar with certain sections
If the city were made to realize the |
act that Hancock is big town with |
many needs, and that one section has |
Is requirements no less than those of
mother, and that they have no easy |
ask on their hands to legislate equit- |
IDLY and justly for all concerned. The |
'esult of the tour will be to show the |
,ity fathers those things which they |
rave done that ought not to have been |
lone and others that ought to be done
hat have hitherto been left |
lndone, but which will be taken care |
# when conditions and finances are
favorable. Some of the conclusions
cached as result of the "junket"
nay develop at next Wednesday even
ng's meeting of the council.