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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1921
Page
9
Michigan embraces memory trees for fallen soldiers along highways. Cities endorse the idea, with Grand Rapids leading by example. Wires and poles conflict with trees, prompting talks of land condemnation or permits to protect both utilities and greenery. The city controls permissible tree species and planting locations.
Alma September 19 1921 regular city commission session in council chambers. Mayor Murphy presided as commissioners Chick Crosser Glas Archer attended. bills read and approved totaling numerous vendors and services. The body adopted a resolution to construct five foot sidewalks on Allen Avenue from Marshall to Hawthorne and on Walnut Street from State to Gratiot, outlining owner names and parcel references for the project.
A city ordinance details sidewalk construction along Me chanic Street in Alma with cement five feet wide. It assesses sixty percent of costs to abutting lands and forty percent from city funds, notices to owners, and deadlines for payment. it lists multiple lot divisions and owners in Blyton Elyton and mentions adjacent properties, incl Gus and Laura Lorene Gh, Norlan Beverly, Lafayette Thompson, Tra1 Plummer, Mrs J A McCarty, Nellie Hues, George Cowles, and Pere Marquette Railroad Company.
The passage outlines penalties of ten percent to cover costs for the special assessment roll to fund sidewalk improvements. It directs the city clerk to report after 20 days the unpaid amounts plus penalties to the board of special assessors for levy as a tax or assessment on abutting properties. The resolution, supported by Commissioners Creaser and Archer, includes fire department telephone procedures and a plan to build a walk on South State Street toward the Pere Marquette Rail. Francis C. Wayward, Charles R. Murphy, Clerk Mayor.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a dead rat, fall actions, an 85 cent cake, and a vague sales claim for SNAP with three sizes, suggesting a faulty old notice. Names like Mrs. Johnny, Winslow Bros, Murphy appear, but most details are unreadable.
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