The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-19
TO LEAVE CITY
OFFICE VACANT
NO APPOINTMENT or HEALTH
OFFICER WILL BE MADE TO
SUCCEED DR.. ARMINEN,
RESIGNED.

AT an adjourned meeting Of the Han
cock council held yesterday afternoon
the resignation OF Or. X. V. Arminen
as health officer was read and accepted
and a vote OF thanks extended to the
retiring official by the council In APP
probation of his services during the
past two years. Several applications
had been received by Mayor Dodge for
the appointment of successor To DR.
Arminen, but 1t was decided owing TO
the present administration having but
two and half months longer to run,
that no appointment should be made
and a motion was made by DR. Gallen
and adopted that the work of the health
officer should be done by the health
committee of the council
Recommendation Adopted
Several important recommendations
presented by the board of public works
were adopted after extended discus
sion. one is that all water and sewer
connections with the main pipes and
sewers shall hereafter be made under
the direction OF the engineer and must
be paid for by the property owners
before connections are made. No con
nections are TO be OF less size than
one inch running to the property line
The engineer is TO make complete re-
ports of all work done.
1t was explained by Engineer stock
~ that much defective work had been
done in the past and no reports have
been made by some of those doing the
work. There should be a map I'm the
engineers opinion. showing the loca
ton Of every pipe so that 1t could be
readily located. BY having the city do
the work it can be effected more eco
nomically and In a first class manner
with the best materials. The resolu-
ton as adopted is TO become effective
Immediately
Change in Pump Operation.
Authority was granted by the coun-
eli. on recommendation Of the board OF
public works. to Engineer Stockly to
arrange for the change in operation of |
the No electric pump to the No. / |
station. The engineer explained the |
steps necessary to be taken in regard |
To the matter, as he had already ex-
planned them to the board of public
works, and said that n saving To the
city of from $500 TO $1,000 year
could be effected in salaries, fuel and
light The cost would not be great.
the work involving only the transfer
OF the switchboard TO the No / station.
the running of feed wires TO the No. |
station and strinsing of wires con-
meeting with the. reservoir to Indicate
the stage of the water level.
Suggests New Reservoir.
Engineer Stocl<ly brought to the at
tontlon of the council the ACCESSIBILITY II
OF constructing another reservoir on
the Quincy tramway near the old reser-
Voir. to be used in emergencies and to
give greater fire protection The old
reservoir has a capacity Of 10000 gall
Ions; the proposed new one should con-
tain abou quarter of a million gal
Ions. II could supply the demands of
the downtown system while the Old one
was being cleaned out, and it being
impossible to do this at present, and
In consequence IL has not been cleaned
for several years
The question arose as to the posi-
bility of the city obtaining the neces-
sary land and it was left to the mayor {
and attorney to take up with the Quin-
ey Mining company. The engineer and
board Of public works were instructed
to make estimates of the cost of the
reservoir and other details and report
to the council at its next meeting. In
The course of the discussion il develop 6
ed that the city does not own the land
ON which is located the million gal
Ion reservoir on the hill. no deed hav- }
ing been given the city by the Hancock
Mining company Mayor Dodge said :
that he had spoken Of this matter to
President Cuddihy of the Hancock j
Mining company and the latter had
promised to take it up with the com
pany at an early meeting of the direc- c
tors r. d
Affected by Frost.
Engineer Stockly reported that he $