DILLMAN OUTLINES UP PENINSULA HIGHWAY PROGRAM
Grover C. Diliman state highway commissioner spoke at the twenty first annual Upper Peninsula Development bureau meeting in Houghton. He traced progress since 1913, cited rising tourist traffic, outlined state financing plans, and cited major UP projects from St. Ignace to Bault Ste. Marie and Iron Mountain northward.
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State Highway Commission
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
Grover C. Diliman
Douglass
Houghton
Diliman
Highway Department
Upper Peninsula
Dillman
Michigan
Soo
Ironwood
Menominee
Copper Harbor
Sault Ste. Marie
Lansing
Cincinnati
Peninsula
Great Lakes
Marquette, Hiawatha
Otftensa
Michissan
Straits
St. Ignace North
Upper Michigan
Inter
St. Ignace
Bault Ste. Marie Us-2
Excaunuba
Spalding
Iron Mountain
Dollar Bay
Lake Linden
Crystal Falls
Soyola
Champion
Michigamme
Brace
Vr. Dillman
Dillarsa
Home Rule for Counties Plan in Michigan Proposed
Professor Arthur W. Bromage argues Michigan should adopt home rule for counties to replace the existing fixed constitutional structure. He notes large southern counties dwarf northern ones and warns that current COUNTY jails courthouses boards of supervisors and officers impose heavy costs on sparsely populated districts.
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Ann Arbor
Michigan
Arthur W. Bromage
Department of Political Science
American Political Science Review
Bromage
Professor Bromage
Couny
Local government reform urged to curb tax delinquencies
Senator Lennon notes vast county overreach with thousands of locals, 14 cities, and hundreds of school districts. He cites 1928 state and local levies totaling 1.29 million dollars in nine counties, over a third delinquent, and warns land return to the state worsens finances. Professor Bromage backs constitutional amendment for county consolidation and a county council manager plan.
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Lennon
Bromage
Gas Company May Enter Hurley Field
Hurley Commercial club reports a gas company, recently granted a franchise in Bessemer, is reviewing Hurley Field for possible service. No decision on steps to secure a franchise in Hurley is known.
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Hurley Field
Hurley
Hurley Commercial Club
Bessemer
E. B. Williams
Commercial Club
St. Louis
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U. S. Army
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Bessemer, Mich
John J. Frick
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Wm. Todd
Isemer
T. G. Smith
Representin Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
First National Bank
Gogebic County
Kgroworr
Chas. H. Fletcher
Tee Teale
Castoria
Borrie
Indianapolis Speedway
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