Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-04-16

needs aud requirements, some " you
having been on the council "r a
n ,An Der uf years ana the rest at tue
hoard are old residents Ut the city.
I shall be pleased to cOnfer with
you ut any aud ell times on any
matters that pertain t" the weltdre'
good government aud prosperity III
our city. U which no citizen mas
more at heart or more pride In than
l have, as it has been my home Tor
an ordinary life time.
1 shall he pleased, In tn near1"t"rr
to submit for your consideration
some matt ers which l deem W In
terest to the city and shall d" 50
from time to time Il. become more
familiarize,i with the city's needs
aid requirements.
There arc some matters. In my
Judgment, that require to be regu-
lated, but AZ they are mostly IN the
hands of the police department "t the
city government there Ia no necessity
to call your attention IT, III III at
this time.
1t seems to- inc that we should
make an effort to keep our city ex-
penses (and therefore our taxes? as
low H. liz consistent with gOOd
government and proper police pro-
lection Of the city. There has been
handed, to me a petition nume' ouslv
signed toy the residents Of the second
precinct of the Second ward ana
business men of the city. WHICH IL
herewith submitted for your con-
sidera ton, fur better police prOtec-
ton than they have heretofore mao
or that the police have been able To
give them, with the small force O1
police ON duty. While recOR niz:ng
the fact that they have not had the
amount of police protection that
they should have had. more especially
in the vicinity of the depot and Oh
the east side of the railroad track
north from there. do not. feel like
recommending the additional ex-
pense of another policeman unless
the additional expense can be met
partly in some other way; but this.
gentlemen, is all in your hands t" DO
as you may think best In the matter
In my judgment. the amount Of
territory to he covered by them re-
quires fourth nan and would give
the city far better police protection
than it now has. An officer
should be at the depot on the ar
rival If every train to see VIII"
arrives and departs on them, as it
gives them Il better knowledge Of
what they have to contend with.
We want to keep the tramp
element on the move and out OF the
city this season as far as IL prac-
tic&ble, as they are simply nuisance
at best and often far worse. forcing
themselves into private houses and
terrorizing women and children. 10
spare an officer for this duty
necessitates leaving the business
portion of the city without any
protection at all for hours at a time,
particularly in the night when there
is but one man Oh duty. 1t seems to
me but poor economy not to have
as good and perfect policeprotection
as we can have for small outlay Of
money, and certainly two men are
none too many for the territory that
they should cover i'm the night.
Respectfully,
A. TANNER. Mayor.
On motion duly seconded and car
ried the council fixed the salaries OF
the several city officers for the ensu-
ing year as follows:
City attorney. .......... ............$3OO 90
CITY clerk ........................... $50 90
Assessor POO OO
Health Officer. ........................ 100 90
.lanitor. 900 90
Mayor and acknowledgements. w
Members of board of health...., lW
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