The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-20
REFUND TAX TO
GET INDUSTRIES
Council Takes Formal Step To-
ward Aiding Commercial Club

The Hancock city council at its
meeting last night, took formal action
toward inducing new Industries to
come To TINS district when Alderman
Francis offered "A motion that .he city
attorney investigate the legality OF
rcfundng taxes for "a period of years,
10 new industries. If the remission of
taxes is legal, committee consisting
of Mayor Oiala and Aldermen O'Neil
Thoney ana Scott, will be authorized
to meet with representatives of such
enterprises and the Copper Country
Commercial club and make any con-
tracts which will benefit the city.
This action was taken pursuant to
the reading Of the following commune
iCatiop from Secretary G.. J.. Price Of
the Commercial club:
you are, of course. familiar
with the purposes for which the
Copper Country Commercial club
was organized, among the chief of
which is the Industrial advance
ment Of the land of the red metal.
Hancock is particularly fortunate
in possessing some OF the finest
factory sites to be found in Michi-
gan. II is also to be congratu-
lated upon having public. spirited
citizens who are ready to release
without rccompense valuable prop
crty suited for factory sites. AS an
added induccment to industries to
locate in Hancock, permit me to
suggest that your honorable exc
cutive body, by ordinance. or
through such other method as may
he constitutional, provide for the
remission of taxes, for period of
five or ten years, as YOU may see
fit, to enterprises which are strug
Cling for foothold in your city.
am confident that every penny
sacrificed now will be repaid ten
times over in the natural growth
incident to the industrial progress
of Hancock"
Contract for Lighting.
Mayor Ojala and the clerk were
authorized to contract with the Hough
ton County Electric Light company to
furnish "A incandescent lamps for the
of these lamps will burn until 10 50
and the remainder all night. Objection
to the contract which was submitted
10y the lighting company was raised
when it was pointed out that no stipu-
lation was made for reduction in the
rate if the state should place munich
pal lighting systems under utility
cCin Il
will he inserted in the contract AMI
the company agrees to meet the prices
of any competitor.
The Dakota Heights company will he
instructed by the clerk to repair it's
sidewalk I'm East Hancock from the
Kerredge theater to its boundary line.
Engineer Makes Report.
The report of City Engineer Mae
Donald To the effect that property
owners i'm West Hancock who have
connected their premises with the
sewer system have not been placed on
special assessment roll was submitted.
The outcome of discussion was that
the engineer should prepare a rate of
assessment for this Improvement and
submit his figures to the December
meeting of the council.
The clerk and street commissioner
were authorized to purchase a sidewalk
scraper, following the acceptance of the
report of Street Commissioner Hos
king.
\ bill for medical services for Isaac
Sippola, who was injured while in the
City's employ. was referred to the at
torney. The bonding company AYERS
that II Is liable for medical treatment
for a period of four weeks but the
council is of the opinion that the con-
tract specifies Il longer period. Sippola
sustained such injuries that he must
undergo an operation To his eye and
the council feels that the bonding COM
pany should pay for this operation.