1921 Duluth & St Louis County MN, Van Brunt.pdf - Garon.us

DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY 709
The history of these school districts will be found in the city and
village chapters.
Franklin, The Incorporated Village of.—A petition, signed ])y
George L. Noyes, G. H. Lohneis, and Joseph Hendy and others
resident in the mining location known as Franklin, was circulated
in January, 1915, the petition seeking to obtain consent of the county
officials to the incorporation, as a village to be named "Franklin,"
of the "westerly 518 feet SE qr., NW qr., sec. 9, of township 58-17,
platted into lots and blocks, as the Plat of Franklin" and certain
adjoining territory, embracing in all about 1,320 acres. A census
carefully taken, of the people living on the land for which corporate
powers were sought disclosed that, between January 26th and February
2d of that year, 1915, there were 908 residents. This and
other statements made in petition were sworn to, as to accuracy,
by the petitioners above named. The petition was filed with the
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county auditor on February 5, 1915. and considered by the county
commissioners on the day next following. They adopted the petition
at that meeting, and ordered election to be held on March 6,
1915, at the Franklin Mine Office.
The election was held, and of seventy votes cast, sixty-five were
in favor, and five against.
It is a well administered mining village, with many of the conveniences
of larger communities. On December 17, 1917, an election
was held to decide whether ordinance "providing for the erection
of a waterworks for public purposes, and for private use, in the Village
of Franklin * * =!= to cost not to exceed sixty thousand
dollars" shall be ratified. Twenty voted, all in favor.
The Franklin Mine, which belongs to the Republic Iron and
Steel Company has been worked steadily for a generation, and has
yielded about 2,400.000 tons of ore. Apparently, very little is now
available.
Old Town Hall.— It is of interest to note that the Missabc
Mountain Town Mall, which was built at a cost of $10,000 in 1906.