The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-16
MORE LIGHTS ON
FRONT STREET
Contract Will Be Entered Into
with Electric Light Co.

Tho question Of additional lighting
f,.t,it,as for Front street WIS taken
.hy the Hancock city council last
,,,ning The Houenton County Flee
,,i, Light company submitted two
,ronosltions for lighting this street,
,,.e Grst of ne two being accepted. Tho
,.,roronv agrees To install twelve poles
with brackets from the bridge To Res
.rv,tior street, each POLE to have two
IU0-Y1tt lamps tho poles Ia be llo
feet arart with four large arcs ana
twenty short period lights from pole
lo pole. TIE company suggested that
action rc taken on the matter imme-
di9teIy that the work might pc COM
I,toa before Christmas. The mayor
and clcrL were authorized To enter in
lo a contract with tn" company. "
viii ne either for five or ten years.
The cost win be $500 q year.
Whether the city viii continue tho
mctroo1litan system of lighting Quin-
ry street, or return To- it, primitive
et8gc oi having clusters al lights on
.lrtt corners IS up ia the quincy street
merchants who have not made GOOD on
heir subscriptions 10 the .oghton
county Electric Light company. which
strung the lights few years go.
General Mana ger Rogers Gf the com.
psnv requested that something he done
toward meeting the. expense Of main.
tanning the strings Of lights on quincy
street when these lights were in
stalled il was agreed that the mcr-
chants woul' subscribe monthly pro
rata 20 meet the bills. This was done
Tor q short time only. and there IS now
a delinquent list Of considerable size.
Mr Rogers did not ask the city Ia as
sumo ;he responsibilities. bur requested
lna, an arrangement cf some kind be
made that this bill in the future might
h,. met Il was limited that satisfac-
tory arrangements might &c made to
extend the lights from Nfcsnard street
next spring to the railroad crossing,
uroyi0ina of course, the monthly bills
gre paid
Other City Affairs.
August Mctte applied 10 the council
for n permit To 90 some repair WORK
ON the Ryan storage AZ railroad cross
ms NIr NEcttc's request was made
alter the work had been finished, hrt
hc explained he did not know the
building was in the fire limits and the
repairs. merely replacing few shing-
lDe. had - hc made al once. Tho per-
nit VAS granted.
s resolution was read an1 passed to
iaisc 2.O00 for school purposes dur
na tie coming year, this being the.
amount the board Of education asked
tho city to appropriate.
The mayor was authorized 20 have
HE city clock repaired. the timcpiecc
being out o. commission.
isaac Sippola, injured several days
ago while IN the citYs employ, notified
the council that ne was receiving his
weekly indemnity as per contract
which The city entered in,o Ia have
.ts employees insured. The insurance
company has also pail the attending
physician.
The contract into which Edward cur
enters with the city To repair tn" fire
.lHm system during ihc coming year
W9- acvrpted last evening.
The special assessment sewer rolls
were received and = resolution was
rasscd that they he approved and plac-
od in the hands of the city treasurer
,or collection.
chief RcntcnDach was authorized 10
nave one member of the night force
asl as dog license collector for week.
'lc remaining three men on the night
force Ia patrol the city. This settles
.ur the time At least the problem If
making this collection.
ClorK Holfrnbackcr reported rcceiV =
Hg check for S75 from the Iloueh-
ton County Road commission for use
% the City'S steam roller.
Lengthy discussion and no action
was taken on cnjoininS the telephone
company from placing poles on Ham
cock street. Complaints against this
work have been made by residents OF
that avenue, hut the council. should
ID maNn objection. would have To FUR.
uish other territory according Ia an
ordinance adopted several years ago.