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Bessemer City Council Addresses Interurban Service and Rates
The 1928 Bessemer Michigan common council discusses discontinuing interurban streetcar service to Ironwood and replacing it with a county road route. They table the abandonment pending more information and consider lighting, police booth agreements with Chicago and Northwestern Railway, and a push to raise scrutiny by the state Public Utilities Commission. A local letter criticizes Like Superior District Power Company rates as excessive and unsafe street wiring, urging action. A note reports Mayor-elect Elizabeth Townsend in Queen’s Flyers as a 10-year-old mayor, a playful item from Norfolk Enc.
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J.B O'Neill
Power
Spany
Edward W. Massie
Northwestern Motor Bus
Comany
Interrban
Bessemer
Ironwood
Arthwestern Motor Bus Company
Old County Road
Mazaunec
Wy- Madeth
Rolice
Mellon
Hagen
Berg
Old Tilden
Ma Ion
Mazanec
Chicago and ‘Northwestern Railway Company
Sophie and
Lead Streets
Michigan
Mayor & Common Councel Il Gsemer