The Calumet news., 1912-09-05
COUNCIL TO MEET
AGAIN SATURDAY
Adjourned Session to Take up
Front St. Improvement

adjourned TO meet again saturday
evening to consider unfinished bust
ness. number Of matters have been
left over until this adjourned meet
ing, but the most important and the
one that suggested the calling Of the
meeting was the matter OF the Front
street Improvement work.
General Manager Stockly announced |
that ne had few words to say about |
the Front street work and this pro-
voked a discussion that lasted all Of |
an hour Mayor Dodge and Mr.. Stock
y agreed that work on this improve
ment had already been deferred too !
long and Manager Stockly announced |
he you'd have men at work Monday |
morning on Cooper avenue but when |
the agreement with the Quincy Min
ing company was read it was noticed |
that it was stipulated that the work |
of removing the retaining wall in front
of the Cooper property and the use of
this dirt in the fill was TO be done be-
fore any other work on the street, and
the general manascr reported that to
do this would be poor engineering ana
a waste of time and money. lie re-
ported in favor of beginning at anoth-
or point \ lively debate followed i'm
which the chances for the works be-
ing held up by an injunction and law
suit were threshed out and, as it seem
ed to be the general opinion that un-
less the council secured the consent of
4 fat Hrof IDNN emit 4
inevitable the mayor proposed that
this be done today and that another
meeting be held Saturday night to
take definite action.
Mayor Defends Police.
Mayor Dodge said hc could not un-
speech i'm reference 10 the recent ac-
cusations that the Hancock police
were not doing their duty i'm keeping
saloonkeepers TO the letter Of the law
and he told the council that he did not
believe there was a better police force
i'm the copper country than the Han
cock force and that the charges were
unmerited.
Mayor Dodge said he could not un-
derstand why il was that Hancock
was picked out for every attack and
criticism while worse conditions cb-
tained in other copper country towns.
and that he believed that would-be re-
formers would 90 well TO turn their at
tention elsewhere before attempting to
reform Hancock. Mayor Dodge stated
that to the best of his knowledge and
belief all of the Hancock saloons were
closed on Labor day.
Professor George l.. Christensen APP
pcarcd before the council and made a
few remarks i'm answer to Mayor
Dodge. He asserted that the mere
fact that other copper country towns
did not obey the law was no reason
why Hancock should not, and the iact
that Hancock was the only city i'm the
copper country was only added rea-
son why il should be willing To take
the lead in reform of this kind. Mr..
Christensen said he was not complain
ing about anything except the fact
that the police force was unwillinE to
cooperate and that If three promi-
nent saloonists in Hancock would
lagree To help him he would personally
swear out a warrant for any saloonist
he know to be violating the law. Thc
MAYOR told him he would have no
trouble in securing the desired assist
ance.
Pump Is Delayed.
Mr.. Stcckly reported that the new
pump was not being installed as rap
idly as he thought it ought to be. Al
ter a lively discussion, the council
asked the attorney TO sec the pump
manufacturers and inform them that
they would be fined So day for ce-
lay.
Fire Department Supplies.
Fire Chief Paul Exley appeared and
: asked the council for 500 feet OF new
hose. some new coats, hats and he'll
NETS for the men and now sleigh Tor
tbe department The hose was order
cd purchased and the other requests
referred 10 the general manager.
. whether or not the general man
arer Is required to make the city sur
veys was also brought up in connec-
ton with a bill for $50 which the gen
: eraI manager brought up and asked
to have allowed. a long discussion
: ensued but nothing was done, the mat
ter being postponed until next Satur-
day.
other City Matters,
The council voted to take the Jen-
nings sisters property as offered AND
make the stipulated improvements
! which the general manager thought
: shonld be inexpensive and easily car
ried out.
G. T. Harrington asked the council
, IN buy the Trompetier property fo'
! street purposes and WIS asked tc
present petition at the next meeting
Aldermen Francis and o'Neil were
annolntcd to look over the old pumI
house roof and report at the mex
meeting on the advisablity of replac'
inn the roof with a new one.
The Houghton County Electric
ticht companys bill for lighting wal
: nm and the company Will receive pay
,nent ON account Of the amount called
T" ror under the old contract and the bal
ance viii be settled when the rail
i.