The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12
Wyandotte in
Years Gone BY
40 YEARS AGO

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Mayor Henry Roehrig and rhe OOun-
Gil made the following appointments
to Office in May, 1899: Member Board
Of Public Works, Ezra J. GuilfOl
marshal, John Melody; city attorney,
Charles II. Mari; city physician, DIR.
w c. Lambert; street commissioner,
Matthias Haubrich; fire chief. Gustave
A Baumler; city surveyor, Milton X.
Wood special assessors, August IOeff-
Ter and George b. Palmer; city teams
ter, William Roberts; assistant teams
ter, Christian ThOn; city hall janltor,
james Watson.
The Council took an unusual. step
on May /, 1899, when it adoptec a
resolution asking Governor HaZsn >.
Pingree to pardon a WyandOtte man
who had been sentenced 10 spend ~
days In the house u correction, with
out the alternative OF paying fine.
The citizen was Raphael Isabel, whom
Judge Waite in tie Wayne circuit
court found guilty Of an asSaQeS Oh
one Frank Brucka. described IL the
bell was described as good and law
abiding citizen"
The Detroit & Toledo Shore Line
railway sesnred options for ldylsg It's
track through WyandOtte.
Support of Congressman Smith; who
visited Wyandotte, insured free deliV-
cry Of mail in WyandOIIe, TO the de-
light Of Postmaster Fred ;. Johnson
and the people generally.
Rev. John T. Hustled opened his
passionate m the First Congregational
church on May Z, 1899.
The pay roll Of the teachers and
janitors in the public schools amOnnted
to $500, ~ years ago.
Boast Was made that one car on the
WyandOtte 4 Detroit River railway
carried no passengers.
Thirty-fiYe members Of the Bache-
lors' club and their ladies" jUurDeyed
to Slocum'S Island ON their bicycles
ard enjoyed luncheon.
Dust was 50 bad on unpaved Fiddle
avenue that stocks Of merchants were
ruined and general complaint Was re-
ceived from strangers passing through
the cities Oh the street cars.
When Il wheel broke ON d Wyandotte
and Detroit electric car, 80 passengers
were compelled TO walk two miles 10
make connections with 4 Detroit street
car line.
The Wyandotte Bicycle club was or
ganized with the following officers:
CAPTAIN. Joseph j. Hoersch; Sergeants,
William Narcotic Edward Bellsle,
William Horne: ladies' cOmntlttee,
Misses Mayme Melody, Lettie Splilane,
Olive Drouillard-
Wyandotte was not suffering from
any inferiOrity complex, 40 years ago.
The Herald stated that Wyahdotte
was the third city of the state IN polnt
of railroad business. and had a1pira-
tiOns for first place. ID addition TO the
roads already here. two others were
securing right of way.
The Michigan Bell Telephone Com
many moved into more CONNEXIONS
quarters in The Catalan building and
began giving 24-hour service
DIR. &. 5. Reid announced his lnten-
ton to open "a sanitarlum and emer-
cency hospital, electrO-thermal, Rus
sian and Turkish bath rooms for treat
ment of rheumatism, nervous anu
chronic diseases of the skin. kidneys,
etc"
Out of 10 applications for teach
cr's certificate. only 10 made the grade.
A base ball diamond was beirg fit
ted ND on the old Forty Acres out
Oak street.
25 YEARS AGO
During the year ending April ~,
1914 the fire department mStee ~
runs To fires The property los FOR
the year was $35.4 5S.
The City Commission namedr john
A Denman as police captain and
Charles Milspaugh as fire captain
Charles Price, keeper Of the Mama
Judy lighthouse, fell a distance Of 20
feet bnt escaped with a sptained
ankle.
Work began ON the paving Of Eureka
avenue.
Ford village voted. 49, TO II, I'D bond
for $4,000 to extend water mains
Analysis by state chemists round un-
treated river water mot entirely sa1e
for drinking purposes, while e2iorlh-
ated water was found perfectP free
from colon baccilli.
%. Sutka Wins
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