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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1956
Page
8
Plans by G W Bunting of Indianapolis were accepted as ten contractors bid from 56 879 to 73 500. Voters favored a 40 000 county bond for a new courthouse aided by a 20 090 donation and a fire that influenced the spring 1877 election.
The article recounts Washtenaw County courthouse bids and costs including McCormick and Sweatney of Columbus Indiana as lowest bidder for 21,000 lead to a final building cost around 83,000. It covers the 1824 selection of Ann Arbor as county seat, land donations by John Allen and Elisha W Rumsey, bond issues, and the evolution from the 2 story brick first courthouse to the limestone U shaped new building with varied heights and jail facilities. It notes heating by wood then modern furnace, and prior structures, including a fire that damaged the old courthouse.
Michigan spends over four million dollars annually to keep trunkline highways clear. About 22 000 tons of sand 92 000 tons of salt and 12 000 tons of calcium chloride are used plus 400 state workers and 2 500 county workers. N W Paquette explains the effort from Lansing as essential to maintain access from the Ohio line to the Straits of Mackinac during severe winters.
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