The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-08-30
THE CITY COUNCIL
Official Proceedings

City OF Wyandotte, the HonorabI4
Mayor Louis w. Benin presiding
Roll Call.
Present: Councilmen Benin, Brohl.
Mason, Schultz, Wagar, Wagner
Absent: None
Also Present: Don Marshall. Assist
ant Engineer, John 7. McWhirter
City Treasurer. Frederick GARNER
City Attorney, Edward W. Kane rjtv
Assessor.
Call of Meeting.
August 3. 1910.
Dear Sir or Madam:
Your name appears ON . nati,;o,
filed Oh ----------, for the grading
paving and curbing Of street
from ---------- Street Ia
Street, rs possible WPA project
Due To unforeseen circumstances and
changed requirements of the (WpAl
Works Progress Administration and
conditions brought about by the State
Scavenger Tax Sale Law il has been
found necessary that certain reyisiOnS
must be made relative To costs of nav
ing and the legality Of some of the
petitions Oh file
Therefore, ii has been found advis-
able 10 call meeting of all of the
Signers of petitions OH file for street
paving. i'll the Council Chambers OF
the City Hall AT eight (SD O'Clock p.
NJ. Oh Monday, August 10Th 1910.
The purpose Of said meeting is to
inform all interested parties thereto,
Of the new requirements. estimated
costs and regulations relative to street
paving WPA Projects. aud the new
requirements relative TO the filing and
acceptance of petitions on said street
paving.
Very truly yours.
Lawrence J. LaCOurSe.
City Clerk
The Mayor announced that these
petitions had been filed during the
years 1887, 1893, 1899 and 1910. That
paving projects began in 1898 and
were assessed according To estimates
submitted at that time under the reg
ulationS of the Works Progress Admin
iStratiOn us Of that time and further
stating that in 1899. thirty-One streets
had been approved as paving projects
Tor the year 1859.
He also stated that regulations Of
the Federal Government relative to
Federal Contributions allotted per man
month had been changed several times
during the progress of the program
and that twenty streets had been com
pleted during the year 1899 of the
thirty-one StieetS approved for which
the prices and estimates of cost had
been changed prior to beginning said
projects which brought about loss to
the City of WyandOtte between the
amount charged and the actual cost
Of the city'S portion of the projects.
He fun Their stated that being as the
prices had been set for the entire thir-
ty-One streets that il was necessary 10
complete the entire projects on the as
Se>Sment approved the prior year, stat
ing that the purpose of this meeting
was to advise that it WAS necessary
under the changes i'll the Federal Gov
eminent contribution and the cost of
materials that the city'S prOpOrtiOnate
cost had increased TO such an extent
that ii would be- necessary 10 have
new estimates submitted which would
be read later.
The Mayor also stated that on ac-
count of the Scavcuger Tax Sale Law
which was passed subsequent TO the
original projects. making some ot the
propertv state owned and thereby au-
tomatically rXempting some assess
ments. it would be necessary To circu-
late new petitions now that the tax
properties back into private owner
ship and making assessments against
same legal once more.
The Mayor then called upon the
City Clerk To give list of the streets
that had been paved and the streets
remaining to be paved,
The City Clerk thereupOn gave the
following list.
The following are the number OF
streets paved during 1899.
Third TO Superior from Ford.
First TO Mulberry from Spruce.
Seventh to Grove from Eureka.
Ludington to Biddle from Sixth.
sixth 10 ST. Ignace from Central.
Sixth to HinSdale from Grove.
Fifth to Grove from Central.
Fifth TO Forest from Eureka.
Fifth TO Eureka from Oak.
Sivth to Orchard from Cherry.
sixth TO sycamore from Elm.
sixth to Oak from Chestnut.
Sixth to Superior from Ninewood.
Sixth 10 VinewOOd from Poplar.
POPLAR to d.. Z. < l. K. K. from
Sixth.
Fifth 10 Superior from VinewoOd.
Fifth to VinewOOd from Poplar.
First to Private Lane from Goddard
Coodell to Second from Biddle.
second TO Goddard from Perry place
Perry place to Third from Biddle
Fifth TO Goddard from st. John.
twelfth to Ford from Walnut
Balance Of 1899 program TO be com
pleted during 194O.
CLINTON TO Sixth from Ninth.
lincoln 70 st. John from Bondie.
seventh to Goddard from st. John
Twelfth TO Walnut from Eureka.
Vinewood TO Twelfth from Fifteenth
Superior to Ninth from seventeenth
Electric to Oak from VinewoOd.
Fin TO Fourteenth from Fifteenth.
1Jonle TO Fourteenth from Seven
teenth.
Ash TO Ninth from r. r.
chestnut to Ninth from K. X.
The following streets have been re
ferred to the City Engineer and City
treasurer for their check
Mamie from 9th to 9TH, frontage 80.