Electric Line To Whitmore

Promise to be Built by July First

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SECURE RIGHT OF WAY

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A Good Committee Appointed for That Purpose — Ulitmately Planned to Extend Line to Flint

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An electric line from Ann Arbor to Whitmore Lake is promised for this spring, to be completed by July 1. The promoter, Mr. Hallan, of Jackson, had a meeting this week with the Northfield town board and outlined his plans. He has an Ypsilanti and a Detroit capitalist with him and claims to have $100,000 towards building the road without other capital. The idea seems to be to build the road along the main road from here to Whitmore Lake on a private right of way. Mr. Hallan said he knew where he could put his hands on the material to build the road at once, which had been ordered for another line, and that he could complete the road by July 1, if everything worked all right and the right of way could be secured. He had been over the line and some of the right of way had already been promised, especially that between the Northfield church and Walsh's corners.

The Northfield farmers and the residents of Whitmore Lake are enthusiastic for the road, which would do much to build up this summer resort. A committee of which Fliet Smith is chairman and the other members are Rev. Fr. Goldrick, Jacob Zeeb and County Treasurer Charles Braun, was appointed to secure the right of way between Ann Arbor and Whitmore Lake.

The plan is to build the road as far as Whitmore Lake by July 1 and to thus catch the big summer traffic. Eventually it is designed to extend the road to Flint. There is no doubt of a tremendous summer traffic.