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Newspaper

Bessemer Herald

Location

Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1931

Page

7

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hurley Field Hurley Hurley Commercial Club Bessemer E. B. Williams Commercial Club St. Louis

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