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Construction Boom Records Set for 1903 Rebuilds
The 1903 building year shows extensive repairs and new work by numerous contractors. E L Ashton and Peter Wurzburg repair cottages at East Bay costing 375 and 765 dollars respectively, while A W Wait reports city and outside projects totaling 22,000 dollars. W W Bedding, W O Foote, and others add dozens of residences and structures, with total city work around 12,450 and private houses rising to 42,450 dollars. Asylum upgrades reach 82,000, including a 24,000 cottage and a 7,000 bakery addition, and railroads invest heavily in tracks and depots citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Ashton
East Bay
Peter Wurzburg
A. W. Wait
Pere Marquette Railroad Company
Mr. Wait
A. P. Twunter
HS. Palmer Cement
Jamoa E. Freeman
Hunter
George Dittmann
Omenna
William Hendricks
H. W. Smith
Y Lloyd Smith
Eleventh Street
Rev
J. W. Noble
Mathew
W. O. Foote
Williams
Randolph Street
Charles McNinch
Monroe Street
Kilpatrick
B. Hoxsle
Monrose Street
Ed. Morse
Monroe
Chas. Allen
Edwin O'Neal
McManus
M. B. Hungerford
M. B
Hungerford
East Tenth Street
McGillis
Ed. Seymour
Frank Troutier
Bernard Kohler
Mrs. Gaines
August Bauman
North Oak Street
W. H. Bishop
North Cake Street
East Front Street
Mrs. Evans
Rosser
S. Hull
Wellington and
State Streets
Grant Street
Hull
Washington and
Wellington Streets
Mx ‘Ball
Asylum
Pere Marquette
Pere Marquetta
Freght
Union Street
East Bay Park
Traverse City
West Ninth
West Eighth