The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-04
MUCH BUSINESS
is DISPOSED OF
Red Jacket Council Sets Caucus
Date For February rs

session last evening, disposing OF NOR
work than has come up for severa
: meetings. II fixed the caucus date. Sc
lected election officials, received the an
nual report of the fire department, tool
mp the question of street lighting ant
received petition from businessmen
: and residents OF the village asking thai
the council refrain from entering into
long term contract for street lights
In view OF this petition, the council de-
ferred action on the lighting question
until the next rcgular meeting.
Thursday February 20. was named
as the date pf the caucus, which will
place in nomination candidates for all
village offices The council selected the
following election officials
Commissioners-Joh r. Ryan, Ed
ward Ulseth and Charles Schenk.
Registration clerks-John b. Curtis,
Joseph Winners and John J. Ellis, Jr.
Inspectors-F'rank VI. Kinsman,
James Mcclure John T.. Curtis aud
/ Lucas StefaneC.
Clerks T. Schroeder and 5. G..
! ChyuoWcth
Gate Kccpcrs-John Bastian and
John Anthony
Petition Received.
When the lighting question was
taken up. a petition was received 5y
the board, signed by nrty-three bust
nessmeu and residents of the village
asking that the new lighting contract
"hc made i'm such way that YOU can
hold yourselves free to avail yourselves
OF any ADVANTAGE or condition that
might present itself i'm the future for |
the laht.ng of the village. We would |
also suggest that YOU refrain from |
making any long term contract and |
that the contract made with the COM
pdny terminate at the end Of each year
IN order to avoid all interlocking con-
tracts"
Although all of the trustees appear
tu bo open To conviction ANA for this
reason the council postponed action
until the next regular meeting, those
who have already expressed themselves
seem 60 be i'm favor of five year con-
tract i'm preference to one year con-
tract such as is suggested. 1t is claim
ed for example the village has at pres
cnt thirty five arc lights and twenty
six 90 Watt tuugstens in use. Upon
the one year contract basis. each of
the arc lights would cost at a rate of
$50 per year; upon the five year con-
tract basis the same lights would cost
SIS per Year and upon the ten year
contract basis. at a rate of $40 per
year Practically the same differences
exist in the contracts as they apply
10 the tungsten lights. The hve-year
contract does not bind the village for
Il lreat length of time, and at the
same time provides a reduced light
iug rate.
Annual Fire Report.
The annual report of the fire de-
plr,mcut which was presented last
evening by Secretary John Hermann
and approved by the council, shows the
department. responded To 46 alarms
during The year, also two telephone
alls from the Centennial Heights dis
.rlct The department turned out and
worked at ~ fires, Is i'm Red Jacket,
in Tamarack, i'm Centennial
Heights two in yellow Jacket and in
'alumct and 1 in Laurium. There were
four false alarms three of them on
July 23 and - from the corner of
Eighth and Pine streets and on De-
.cmhcr q for the Italian han panic,
where there was no fire, but where the
department did excellent work. The
department worked fl hours i'm re-
iponding To- alarms and fighting fires
aid $3.50 feet of hose and traversed
Wcnty-onc miles
There were six chimney fires during
hc year and of the others the most
DISASTROUS were those which de-