The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-08-04
Respectfully submitted,
+. W.. Liddle,
Oity Engineer

Referred TO Council.
Honorable Mayor and Council,
City Of WyandOtte.
Gentlemen:
With reference to the petition to
erect signs at the several entrances to
the City by the WC!TU. beg to re-
port that l have taken the matter up
with the Wayne County Road Commits
sion, and attached hereto is their re-
ply, which is self-expanatory.
Respectfully submitted,
+. W. Liddle,
City Engineer.
Received and placed on file.
Mr.. F. w. Liddle, Cay Engineer,
City of Wyandotte,
2651 Biddle Avenue,
WyandOtte, Michigan.
Dear Sir:
This acknowledges your. letter of
July ID, 1899, relative to the Fequest
for permission TO erect WCTU signs
or Biddle Avenue at the north and
south limits OF WyandOtte.
The matter was duly considered by
this Board at its regular meeting of
Friday, July ., 1899.
In view of the fact that in the past
Il has been the practice Of the Board
TO deny pei mission to erect signs 9th
er than the regular County traffic
signs within highway right-Of-way linz
its, and in view of the fact that if
such permission were given TO erect
signs in WyandOtte, many other such
requests would be made and within u
short time the highways would be clut-
tered with signs of all descriptions, ii
was deemed TO he % The l,est interests
OF the Board and the county of Wayne
10 deny this request.
Very truly yours,
Board of Wayne County Road Com
miSSiOners.
JOS. w. Gross, Secretary.
Copy to petitioners.
Honorable Mayor and Council,
City Of WyandOtte.
Gentlemen:
Replying to certain communication
from G. l.. Mclaughlin we beg to re-
port as follows;
Sometime ago he applied for a per-
NIT to improve his home but due to
definite restrictions in his Subdivision
we felt it beyond our jurisdiction TO
issue a permit contrary TO said re-
strictiOns as hereinunder stated:
"A That no building shall be plac-
ed thereon nearer than 10 feet from
the street line, and no part of any
building such as porch, veranda, bay
or projecting window, area or steps,
shall be erected more than ) feet be-
yOnd the building line"
Further investigating. just across
tho allov Indicated halildiuU directly
on, or very close to the lot line This
is in a different Subdivision, however,
than that Of the applicant. One-half
block away, in the same Subdivision,
store building Is built on the corner
and block further is family with
less than the required 10 feet front
yard space.
Whether the restrictions should be
waived or enforced in this case is a
problem, inasmuch as applicant wants
to improve his property and has no
alternative way in which to do so.
/ fail to believe that this foot var
iation In front yard requirement will
cause any serious depreciation TO sur
rounding properties
Respectfully submitted,
Fred w. ClassOn,
Building Inspector.
Referred TO Council.
Honorable Mayor and Council,
City of Wyandotte.
Gentlemen:
Complying with your request for a
report on WPA progress, and estimate
en- the amount that may be completed
this year beg to report as follows:
Paving Project No. 9O2.
Completed TO date this year:
Third Street, Superior TO Ford Ave
Eue, Y mile.
900 feet.
Seventh Street, Eureka to Grove,
Y mile
IIudington, Biddle TO Sixth, 400 feet.
Sixth Street, Grove TO Hillsdale, 40
feet.
Sixth Street, Central to ST. Ignace,
800 feet
Total, 777O feet.
Excavated. hut paving not completed
Fifth Street, Central TO Grove, 43O
feet
Fifth Street, Forest to Orchard, 300
feet
Total, 100 feet
About two weeks ago ] ordered the
excavation stopped on south Fifth
Street 10 give the PAYERS an Opportun-
ity 10 catch up and not have the street
tern UP for an unnecessarily long per-
iOd Paving operations We're suspended
few days ago pending adjustment
with the new set+up recently passed
by Congress Our amended forms are
in Lansing. awaiting final approval.
when | anticipate double the amount
IF men will be assigned 10 the project.
An Anonymous report has recently
been circulated that paving operations
have been suspended for the season.
This report is Incorrect.
A similar report has the funds en-
tirt4y depleted This, also, is incorrect,
IS not one cent Of taxpayers Special
Assessment Fund has as yet been ex-
pended for the work done SO far this
year. 1t has been my policy to obtain
as much Government confirmation as
possible early in the project, as evil
denced by the fact that have now III
storage R,68 tags ID cement. and
have, on order, $3.50 tons Of pebbles
ard 1851 tons OF sand.