Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-05
mayor vasaly md AID. Martin
Grow Warm on tho
Police Question.


UvO U0oU uUv1S0O ~ We pS1O0UStNWWtO
|cuss plans q action conessnina
freight rates, there y a. large audi.
ence present when the meeting
opened. All members Of the council
were present.
The reading Of the minutes Of the
previous meeting was called for, and
after the clerk had finished reading
them Aid. Martin made Q motion
that there be added to them state.
ment showing for what services
Special Attorney d. T. Calhoun had
been allowed q bill aggreRatiDg
$273O2. He also called the clerk . At
tention to the omission from his re-
cords of a motion made, asking the
city attorney for an opini0n on the
legality Of an appropriation by the
council to aid the band. ssts8
AID. Martin moved that tho above
corrections on the minutes be made
and that they be approved a. cor
rected. h b.. .,..,
/. The matter Of tho vacation Of Ger
tain West side streets was then taken
up. Attorney G. "A. sLindbergh was
present IN the interest 81 that meas
ure and explained that the charter
required the publication Of 9 street
vacation proposition for four sue.
cessive weeks and that the council
ret q hearing on said proposition
not lees than ten days after the last
publication The last publication
day would be Wednesday May 81. tand
Monday June ~. Mr.. Lindbergh
stated. would be the earliest pos
sible date for the hearing. ts9
A resolution instructinR the city
clerk to publish 4 street vacation
proposition for four weeks In the Of
ficiai paper and fixing the time of the
hearing ON eaid proposition for Mon
day. June II. Ats p. %. was read
and passed unanimously.
The council then called for express
slons d opinions II the citizens pres
ent On what action should be taken
relative Il the securing /. II q better
ffslett rates f0r thls city, Nj
Messrs. F. E.Cawley. J. Fl. Rhodes,
a. r.. Davidson. Peter Med we'd H. F.
Schleusener spoke briefly on the sub
ject. City Attorney Trebby also ex-
pressed his views on the question.
Mr.. Cawley thought that 1t would
not be wise for citizens to 60 direct
to tie railroad and warehouse com-
mission and make q protest against
permitting thu Northern Pacific to
meet certain through rates to and
from It. Paul and Minneapolis and
Duluth without regard to rates for
lntermediats points. a. It. proposes
to do. without first ascertaining II
the Northern Pacific was willing to
make certain concessions on rates to
and from this city. The expressions
Of opinion generally supported Mr..
Cawley's view and 1t was finally de-
cided that a committee uf three
citizens be appointed to 60 to st.
Paul on the day Of the hearing be-
fore the railroad and warehouse
com mission and to do what It
thought hest In the premises.
[ A motion that the president
appoint the COMMITTEES Of three
Icitlsens for. that purpose and that
the council reimburse the members Of
such committee for Ill expenses Of
the trip was made, and carried
unanimously. President Carlson an
nounced his appointmsnt a. mem
Ders OF such committee J. H. Rhodes,
+. E. Uawley and A. Tanner.
After the freight question was dis
posed 81, the following message from
the mayor and accompanying letter
were submitted to the council:
LITTLE FALLS, MINI, Ms I, 1899.
TO THE CouNCrL:
81 s0HNrLEalEu: M ~ ~ II a .a ].
/ have been requested ia, bring bsiore
you 8 proposition Of the Little Falls I'm.
provemsnt CO. tosell to the city for parf
purposes that tract 81 land lying south
Of Third avenps southeast and Fifth
avenue southeast, between First street
and the M,ssisalppi river. including What
| u known a. Maple Island, and with ~
aren al hetveen aax and raven Acrso, III