Water Dept. coorespondence 1918-1933
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Village of Saugatuck water and sewer department correspondence.
A. 1933 Water quality laboratory report for Mount Baldhead Park well. Includes cover letter, report from the Michigan Department of Heath and envelope. Letter addressed to Harry Newnham, water commissioner.
B. Invoice for pump, 1932
C. 2-page letter from Yonker Plumbing and Heating, Holland, Mich., proposing installation of storm sewers. Date may be 1918. Letter states that contractor is to carry liability insurance for men under his employ.
D. 1918 letter from State Sanitary Engineer requesting Village Clerk L.R. Brady to provide sewage system maps.
E. Quote for installing storm sewers by P. Bontekoe of Holland, Mich., 1918.
F. Letter to Clarence W. Wade, Village president, from Mich. Department of Health requesting water and sewage system plans, as required in Act 98 of Public Acts 1913, which is also included as a pamphlet.
G. 1932 letter to Harry Newnham, City Water Works, from Durametallic Corp. in Kalamazoo, about pump packings.
H. Five pages of letters or forms about acquiring compensation insurance for workers laying sewage lines, May 1918.
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Village grappling with transition to modern water and sanitary engineering.
Utilities and public infrastructureSaugatuck, government
Winthers, Sally
Newnham, Harry W. 1891-1970Saugatuck Water and Sewage DepartmentWade, Clarence W. 1855-1928Brady, Lemuel "Lem" Rawlings Sr. 1889-1959
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