Name/Title
Establishment of Bay HamletEntry/Object ID
2000.FIC.02.286Scope and Content
Newspaper article concerning the establishment of Bay hamlet as Bay seceded from Dover. The article discusses the reason for the secession, which may be summarized as
BAY HAMLET
NORTHERN RESIDENTS OF DOVER
TOWNSHIP WILL ORGANIZE IT.
They Win a Victory Over the Rest of the Township at the Polls
The north part of Dover township won its battle for freedom from the rest of the township in a special election held for that purpose yesterday. The north end of the township won by a majority of sixty ballots, 126 ballots in all being cast, ninety-three in favor of the formation of a new hamlet thirty-three against it.
The campaign for the new hamlet has been in progress for about two years. The residents of the part of the township lying along the shore of the lake, because of the greater value of the lakeshore lands, claimed that they paid a larger share of the taxes than they should, in proportion to their representation, and that money collected from the northern part of the township was used for the benefit of the southern portion. They demanded the right to have charge of the dispersement of the money they paid, for the benefit of their own part of the township, and for this reason wanted to form an independent hamlet government.
The fight was taken into the courts and there, after a long fight, the people of the northern section won. The election of yesterday was on the question of the formation of an independent hamlet government. Residents of the northern part of the township will now proceed to organize their hamlet which will be called Bay Hamlet. Officers are to be elected in two or three weeks. Bay Hamlet will include the property along the shore of the lake, the Dover Bay Club property and a number of elegant summer homes.Collection
Early Family Papers: Cahoon