Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-08

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clerk was instructed to draw ORDER
monthly for payment Of rent.
1t was tuoved. duly seconded ant
carried that the city -clerk % 10
struced to write to the N. rther
Pacific Railroad company and l'e
quest it to put in an arc light on the
railroad crossing on Fourth street
northeast.
The quarterly report Uf city Treas
urer SimOnet, from July ], to Oct. !,
1897. WAS presented and upon mo.
ton was reierre't to the finance coli'.
mittee.
The matter ni giving ald to john
Anderson. who il suffering from
consumption, was, referred to tue
chairman Of the poor COMMITTEES.
1t was moved and carried that the
Electric & Water Co. he requested to
remove the arc light from the cor
ner near Berke's hotel on Wcst side to
the street corner ut the west end Of
the gate house at cost not to ex-
s. OO
A resolution for Il general tax levy
for the year 1897 was presented and
read. and upon roll call was adopted.
Those voting aye were Aldermen
Moegiein, Carlson. Mathieson, Mar
tin. Mec cusker and Lane. .&s
The cOuncilmen were all OF the
opinion that reductions should be
made in til" revenue and poor funds,
but the lcveyiiis uf the tax for the
city library urcasiUncd some discus
sion. A. =. Blanchard, OF the library
board. was present and asked the
council to Increase the library fund
t. SOU. A motion was made by
Alderman Mecusker to make it $3.50,
but it was lost; Aldermen ,Mecusker
and Mathieson voting aye, and AL
der men Martin, MOeglein, Carlson
and Lime voting nay. A mOtiOn
was then made for $500, and was
carried. "
The general tax levy is as follows:
Revenue fund. nd........................$ 7,HNl
Poor d............................ l,5tU
Building bond fuud............ 90
Sewer bond fund d.,..,,...,. sou
Library fund. Ed............. 300
The revenue fund is 81 900 and the
poor fund 5000 less than last year 'ss
A resolution for the levy of a specr
ial tax for street sprinkling waS
presented, and upon roll call WI
unanimously adopted, the amousk
being $35O.75. III
A resolution for q special sidewalk
tax was presented and upon roll calf
was unanimously adopted, the
amount being $173 so.
J. w. Ball was present at the
meeting and requested 1.-The council
to do something in the matter Of
fixing the road between the town of
Belle Prairie and the city .limits.
The matter WAS referred to the
street committee.
UnOn motion. duly seconded and
carried, E. F. Shaw was appointed
deputy city clerk, without salary
from the city, for the remainder Of
CITY Clerk Browns term of office.
When tho bill of the Morrison
County Democrat came up for con-
sideration the question of the Water
Power company paying for the reso-
lutions for vacating certain .alleys
on the West side was discussed. At
a previous meeting the city clerk
was requested to see If the company
would pay the bill. and he read the
following letter on the subject from
M. M. Williams, president Of the
company.
LITTLE FALLS, MIMI. Oct. S, 1897.
MIR. E. s. BROWN, City Clerk.
DEAR SIR:-Replying to your ques-
tiOn as to whether this company
would pay the bill against the city
for publishing the notices of vaca-
tiOn of the alleys through blocks 81.
Is, 7G and 7S, Thayers addition 10
this city, I will say that was not
aware that it was usual or custo-
mary 'or thepetitioners in such cases
to pay such bills, and there was no
suggestion of any change from the
general rule when that petition was
presented. II am mistaken in this
matter, and it has always been the
rule and petitioners have always
paid such bills, then no exception
should be made In this case, and this
company desires to d. its duty. But
l do not wish to think that any
member of the council desires to
single out this company and ask it
tn pay bills that should be and a.
ways shave been paid bv the city.
feel confident that on Hooking the