Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-04

was present and explained the sys-
tenn employed bv the board last
year. The city was divided into four
districts and each member looked
after one ri these districts, besides
attending several calls for investi-
90 tiOns by the full board. The new
plan, Mr.. Collins states, operated
very satisfactorily.
Chief OF the fire department., G.. N.
Laf.nd, called the attention Of the
council to the condition VI the hose
now used by the fire department.
claiming that there was now only
500 feet that would stand fire presS-
ure. the remainder being SO old that
1t was likely to break at any time
and cause great delay when time
was valuable at fires. r p. Brown
ing. agent for the W. j. Mott com
pany, was present and showed
samples Of hose. Chief Lafond ad-
vocated the purchase VI 1910 feet Of
cotton Jacket hose. warranted to
stand 400 pounds pressure for fOur
years, at 70 cents yer foot. He
thought that 1000 feet would be
necessary To give the department
effective apparatus. Aid. Martin
thought that there should he a
change in the fire department., and
advocated the purchase Of horses
and combination Chemical Engine
and hose cart with hooks and lad
ders, and that the present apparatus,
with the exception Of chemical en-
CINE No. 2 and Hose company No. :,
be abolished. He made a motion
that the matter Of purchasing hose
be left to the fire committee, and
that 1t be instructed to Investigate
the cost Of new apparatus and the
expense Ut maintaining it per year.
The motion was carried.
Upon motion, duly seconded and
carried, the folio wing named persons
were duly appointed to serve as
judges Of election In their respective
precincts at the coming city election:
First Ward-Maurice Coleman, J.
j. Gross and NJ. =. Davis.
Second Ward, LIST Precinct-J. w.
Close, Martin Since and E J. Hamlin.
Second Ward, Ind Precinct e. w.
Collins, A. b. johnson and j. H.
Burial.
Third Ward-ThOs. Beaumont, 5.
Thompson and Ben Hang.
1t wins moved and carried that the
election in the Third ward he held In
Kerrich & Moeglein's building on lot
s. block s.. Thayer's addition to the
city Of Little Falls.
AID. Martin suggested that the old
plnnks taken from the Broadway
bridge he used to build dyke on
First avenue southeast, where the
river has been washing away its
banks. arguing tina t the space he
hind the dy Ike would make an excel
lent dumping :gin6nd' for several
years. and would furnish a road way
along the bank Of the river from
First avenue southeast to Broad
way. Street Commissioner LaFOnd
explained that the most Of the planks
were 80 badly rotted that they
would he OF little use for this pur-
pose. No action was taken in the
matter.
Ths street commissioner was in.
structed t.. furnish Peter Lemay
with some Of the best planks taken
from tho Broadway bridge, Mr.. L.
may agreeing to build a nridge
across the ravine near OakwoOd
II the material was fur
nished him.
The street commissioner requested
the council to instruct the Electric x
Water company to have man pres
ent to assist in raising the water
main on the bridge 40 that the
planks which it rests on could be
removed and replaced. E. W. Col
tins, who was present, suggested to
the council that the company he
given Il reasonable length Of time to
place the water main ON the bed Of
the river. Aid. Carlson said that he
had informed the Elec trio & Water
company IT, have a man present and
thought that II the street commits.
siOner would inform the company
when the man was wanted he would