The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-17
Wyandotte in
Years Gone By
40 YEARS AGO


The Common Council received an of
Ter 70 sell the WyandOtte Electric
Light Company b The city at a price
OF $1,000. The offer was rejected as
being too high
A committee Of the Council fixed the
salaries Of the city officials as follows:
Mayor, $50 per year; aldermen, $50;
marshal, 500; city clerk, $50; city
Treasurer, $3.50; city physician, S15O;
members Of the poor Commission, SD;
engineer Of fire department. $50; as
slstant. x4J; city surveyor, S25; mem
Oers Of board of special assessors, So
street commissioner. $1.5O per day
The engineering firm Of Van DeMark
4 Hin was paid $50 for finding out
that the tcity) plant Is in very poor
condition, everything Is out, Of repair,
the machinery wrongly placed and the
efficiency reduced 50 per cent" They
found the safety valve on one OF the
boilers weighted down with SCRAPS of
old iron to keep it from leaking. The
electrical department OF the plant was
In better condition, the substitution OF
meters for Tat rate being the main
Recommendation.
A new gas ordinance vas submitted
by the Wyandolte Gas Company, cali
Ing Tor i gross rate Of 81 - per 1000
cubic feet for refined natural gas. or
% cents peC loo for the same not re-
lined. The city was also 70 get u rebate
OF three cents per 1900 feet OF gas
sold
There WAS 4 normal Republican ana
JOrlty of JUO or $40 in MyandUt1. ~
Years ago. City officials we're elected
on party ballots, hence the Democrats
were not crazy about getting a place
en- the ballot Frank Marx, who had
been asked 10 run for mayor ON the
Democratic ticket, declined ON the
ground That he was suffering from I
severe ATTACK Of rlIeuma tiSIn, which
WAS enough bad luck for the year 1893
A local real estate dealer made this
boast: There Is no WyandoIIe proper
" under foreclosure proceedings That
gives the best evidence OF the prosper
ity of the city. Ii you can lind a single
piece that has been taken as security
for money borrowed. i'll The hands OF i
bank or money lender. l will forfeit
box Of cigars.
The Presbyterian cong. rgatiun voted
TO sell its old church site ~ tie Mich
gan Alkali club for $3,UOO Tine church
was u have lhe use Of the rear end OF
the lot, where the church structure was
to be moved, until new building was
ready To occnpy. The chapel was given
to the Presbyterian mission At Ecorse.
Henry ROehrig purchased the TeSi-
denee of County Auditor I. Ii. Chris
tian on Biddle avenue.
The steamer Douglas began the 1899
Season OIL the WyandOtte-DetrOit route
early, Oh March IA
The Bachelors club elected these Of
fcers: President, Joseph HOersch; sec
Rotary, Cady Hendricks; treasurer,
William Gilbert
These rules were To govern a 'poy-
erty social in the COngTega tional
church u Every woman what kums
must ware u poverty dress and apern,
Know gent with a billed shirt and doOd
kollar will he aloud To Kun OnlesS be
pays a fine Of five cents. g. A kompi-
tent kOmity viii intruduse strangers
an look after bashful fellerS."
Miss Mary sullivan announced
spring opening of fine millinery"
uros, .xa,.s. &,
yenile bicycles at So. chain models AZ
$50, and chainlesS models at $50.
IS YEARS Ago
Wyandotte police were all in a dith-
er when a plan was discovered to rob
the DUR. power house and station Of
the Toledo line, at Goddard road. Capt
John A. Denman and two deputies has
tened to the spot and several shots
were fired. Policeman John Hogan tele-
phoned tO Detroit To hold the incoming
car, which was done. Meanwhile the
hOld-up men, of whom there We're
three, fled in IA machine with lights
extiDguiShed. going north Al terrific
speed
Wyandotte,s indoor base ball team
defeated Burroughs Adding Machine
Co, TO =. AZ Arbeiter hall. Then, AT
Detroit, the locals won again by a
score Of 3 10 g. The Herald surmised
that "WyandOtte is playing great
ball" Prank Barrett WAS one vi the
local stars
Presbyteriaps and MetbOdi$ts united
IN a series Of lepten services.
Work was started March I'd, 1914,
on a fOur-Toom addition 10 the Nc
Kinley school
Talk was revived " establishing
Polish church in Ford village.
The Rex Motor Car Company was
building a factory On Lzbadie street
to manufacture a small. frOnt-wheel
drive car. 5.
The Wolverine Gun club was organ
lied with these Officers: President,
Charles Davenport; secretary. Leonard
Raubot: treasurer, Edward Murphy.