Inauguration Plans For Michigan Set For Jan One
Lansing outlines simple dignified inauguration with Gov elect Frank D. Fitzgerald to take oaths at noon in the house chamber. James G Frey heads arrangements with Leslie Butler and Clyde Smith as key aides. Inaugural dinner at Olds hotel and ball at Sonic temple planned with tickets via county chairs. Murphy cautions tough days ahead and urges cooperation among appointees to preserve decency and civil service.
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Republican State Officials Who Take Office January 1
Revenues shrouded the department's general fund appropriation in doubt amid road fund concerns. In April, Grand Rapids advocates urged Governor Murphy for highway funds, leading to a two month compromise that left $8 40.00 of $7. 000000 remaining for the biennium. The year saw the Grand Trunk Western Railroad dispute settled, new reflectors on US-16 and US-24, expanded safety restrictions, the City of Munising added to the Straits fleet, a new secondary road program, a first-time PWA construction push, and highway planning insights. Commissioner Van Wagoner led as American Road Builders president and was reappointed. he also attended the International Road Congress in the Hague. The year’s program added 350 miles of roads, 14 bridges, and dock improvements, highlighted by the Blue Water bridge opening Port Huron to Sarnia. Detroit city hall once hosted top wires before underground cable.
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Road Department Faces Tight Budget in 1988
Lansing reports a year of financial uncertainty for the state highway department with gasoline tax revenues down about 1.9 million and a 50 percent cut to the general fund. Over 500 employees were laid off, the construction program stretched 18 months, maintenance curtailed, and many spur roads removed from the trunkline system. Voters approved a constitutional amendment restricting motorist tax use for roads by a large margin. The department finished the year with 14.7 million in new construction, almost 3 million under the prior year, plus 2.9 million spent on right of way and related costs including Gratiot Avenue in Detro it.
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Michigan farm outlook shows modest optimism for 1939
Michigan State College economist R V Gunn reports a generally brighter agricultural outlook for 1939 with potential higher potato and white pea bean prices due to acreage shifts. Wheat remains weak despite reductions, pork and poultry expected to expand, and dairy output high but beef and lamb prices steady. Michigan also lists 34 state park sites along Great Lakes shores.
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