We are headed out to Ypsilanti today
The Ypsi water tower was built in 1890 at a cost of $21,435.63. Rates were based on how many faucets you had in your home, $5 for one tap, $2 for a bathtub, $1 for each cow you owned. Saloons paid $7 for a single faucet, $3 for each additional and $1 for each billiard table. (wonder why they needed water to play billiards ??)
$50 fine if you stiffed on your bill, and 90 days in the county jail.
An interesting site is a small ruin left over from the Peninsular Paper factory that used to operate on the banks of the Huron River
This bad boy was built a mere two years after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, during the Reconstruction period.
One Response to Ypsilanti
“Taxing” saloons by the billiard table would just be an easier way to estimate how many people would be in the establishment using water. (I’m guessing)