The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-01-20
CITY HALL is
COUNCIL s THEME
MONDAY NIGHT MEETING DEVOTED
TO THAT QUESTION
Claiming Their Assessment Illegal. Their
Attorney Asks that sl2,ISo.7o be
Paid Back TO Them.

The council, AT IT'S meeting last Mon
day evening. spent most Of its time
discussing the question OF a new city
hall but without arriving at any
definite conclusion aud il Is thonrht
that a special meeting will he called in
the near future for the purpose of dis
cussing that question only and M such
meeting the public will be invited 10
be present and register their opinions
as to what should and what should not
be done towards erecting "A city hall.
The matter stands this way M the
present time. The present city lot
occupied by the old town hall and tne
Justice office is not large enough Tor a
city building II the city headquarters
and lire fighting apparatus is housed in
the same building The first propo.,
tion was 20 purchases the east half of
the Bendick lot and Mr.. Bendick gave
the council an option on that piece Of
property last summer but nothing was
done with it as the city was not Hnan-
cially able AT that time to go ahead
with the work. Since that time it is
claimed that some question has arisen
abont the title to the piece Of property.
owing TO some old deed aud the conn
ciimen fear that they will not be able
TO get II strengthened ont SO as TO war
rant them in spending the punlics
money on il. Mr. Beudick offers the
entire property TO the city for $G. 900
and there is some probability that the
entire property viii bs taken over, that
is II the price asked is not such as will
queer the deal
The suggestion has been made 10 buy
other pieces OF property and erect the
city hall at other points out the oriei-
nal deed TO the property now owned by
the city is such that the property lnust
he occupied by public buIldiDg. For
that reason the council is Stopped from
swapping its present realty holding as
n part payment for a different site.
The alternative is TO bnild two buila-
ings one 10 contain the fire apparatus
only and the other the city headpuar-
ters. The council figures that II this
can be done the present lot is large
enough to build the hall upon.
Several pieces of property have been
under consideration. among them the
irandy place, next 10 the Lockwood
and the Bregger property occupied by
Ed. Armstrong II is argned that IL
the latter plan is followed the erection
If the fire hall can he started without
my submission OF tho matter IN the
people, taking the funds to erect the
out of the general fnEd.
Those opposing the move wish the
whole matter TO be put mp 10 vote OF
he people. They fear that il those In
avor of fire station separate from the
ity hall succeed in putting their plan
cross that the new improvement will /.
top at fire house and that the nm.
lightly old shack which now stanas ON,
ne city lot Will continue to stand there
ntil IL falls down.
Unless something can bs done To-
Yards getting the thing started the
ummer will be- well along before any
hing Is done and then we will have 70
sy more and get less for our money
nan u the matter Is taken up at once
nd settled
IL looks AZ IL the fairest plan sn
rounu IL 10 put the whole matter in
! OF it's details mp 10 the people ana
: them vote upon 10. An electios
III have to be- called for bonding and
70 whole mstter conld be settled A
at time and settled satisfactory 20
A genuine surprise was sprung np.s
Q conncil when petition was sre.
nted. through l. W. Byers, attornav
the Bristol Mining company. zee
z that the council refund the sum or
:. ls6. ~ MIR Byers presented lonr
sument citing the statutes and M
'rous decisions supporting his cIsim
at the tax as assessed against IN.
npany is void.
he city portion OF the tsx collect.
from the Bristol amounted 10 some
ng over -, 600 and the council conla.
see where they could Iay back
200 when they only retained one
'rter OF that sum ont OF the collec.
and particularly when IL is con-
cred that the total city tax collected
'nly about sis, 600 from all the bro.
" in The city.
layor Biork stated that he didn't