The Calumet news., 1912-05-31
TRACKS WILL BE MOVED
FROM FRONT ST. BRIDGE
MANAGER ROGERS READY TO
TRANSFER THE RAILS.
Road to Be Oiled from Bank Corner to
the County Bridge.


the County Bridge.
City Manager w. w Stockly this
week took up with General Manager
Gardner Rogers of the Iioughton Coun-
~ Traction company the matter OF
transferring tho tracks from the old
wooden bridge on Front street, to the
new roadway made by filling in the
ravlne 1t was arranged the work Of
moving the tracks should be started
at once. and when this Is done the old
timbors, now partly buried in tho sand
will be torn out and one OF the city's
oldest landmarks will disappear. The
surface timbcrs and ratings only viii
be removed, the supporting timbers
being buried deep i'm sand the depth
in the center being ffty-seven feet.
When the bridge structure is moved
over to the regular roadway. the sur
face OF the street will be given an oil
north approach to the county bridge
laying the dust which has always been
so great an annoyance on this street
and making the thcroughfare. "the
gateway Of Hancock" moro presenta-
lie and worthy of its new name of
Hancock avenue, being a continuation
Of Hancock street. Front street and
the Front street bridge will be wiped
! out together.
, rhe contract between the city and
| the South Shore railroad company
having been received i'm it's amended
form and being found satisfactory to
all parties concerned, the exchange of
fifteen foot strips on Railroad avenue
for the purpose OF widening that thor
oughfare will be accomplished in a
short time. it being expected that the
signing OF the contracts Will bs a mat
ter of but few days now When
these preliminaries have been disposed
of the street railway company Will
move it's rails to the newly acquired
strip, giving more room for teams.
Special Council Session.
The city council was called together
by Mayor Dodge in special session
Wednesday evening for the purpose Of
relating to public works of various
kinds Including the hillside sewers,
Fairgrounds, sidewalks, underground
wires and several minor matters The
lattention OF the council was directed
| by Manager StoclSly TO the need Of re-
pairs to the roof Of the city nall and
the flooring of the fire station. which
matters viii be investigated and a re-
port made at the regular meeting neS,
| Wednesday evening. rhe heating plant
in the city hall was reported by Mr..
| Stockly TO be in . bad state Of repair
and he was authorized to move the old
boiler from the No. pumping station
to the city hall.
The city attorney was instructed e
confer with the Quincy Mining COM
pany relative to the sewering Of Quin-
cy property en- the hillside adjacent 10
the city limits and report AZ the next
meeting.
c. a. Wright appeared before the
council and stated that if the walk ir
front of the swift residence is rails
ed to grade 1t will neccssitato the
building of two steps. No action was
! taken.
Manager Stockly was authorized to
20 to Marquette to confer with the
South Shore officials relative TO the re-
moval of poles and wires and racks
Of the street railway to the fifteen foot
strip to be leased by the railway COM
pany to the city on Railroad avenue.
ii. Il. Brock and Mayor Dodge ad
dressed the council On the subject OF
public Fairgrounds. their advantages
and desirabillty. and he and Manager
StoclSly were appointed as special
committee To investigate and report
upon available sites. An offer was
made last week by the Dakota Heights
| company, OF which Mr.. Brock is super
intendent of part of the filled land
above the Kerredge theater for play
ground purposes.
MIR. Brock also spoke of the ueces
sity of storm sewer on Dunstan
street to protect the fil the Baptist
church, and the Reservation street
sewer. The matter will be taken up al
The regular meeting.