Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-09-22
POLICE ! GET J MORE 4 ! PAY A
City Councils Allows Billie for
Their Unpaid
Salaries.
THE CITY. CLERK is ALSO PAIO3UP.
City Physician Elected and
Second Precinct Fire
Station Discussed.

dent Hill, Alderman Lane wa,
elected chairman pro tenn. III:
The matter OF the bill OF the w. s.
= Mott company for hose furnished
the city was taken up. A. DEVIOUS
. settlement had been arranged where
! by the council had agreed to take
half Of the / 900 feet of hose ordered
i some time ago. Upon motion Sof
4 Alderman Martin the clerk was in
I structed to draw an. order in favor
tof the w. S. Mott company in the
sum OF $500, $3.50 from the firemen's
relief fund and $50 from the revenue
fund.- < r." - 49,. II -" &s
The poor committee reported that
an agreement had been reached with
the Sisters of St. Otto's orphanage
! in the matter Of the care Of the chill
dren5 OF Mrs. JOS. Trettel. The
Sisters will take care of the five
children for IS per month. Upon
motion of Alderman Moeglein it was
ordered that the children be taken
to the orphanage and that IS per
month be paid by the city for their
care. Mrs. Trettel- is to receive no
further aid from this city. S%@3S
The liquor license application OF
Henry Denzel was granted and his
bond, with G. B. Buchanan and
Robert Muske as sureties, was APP
proved, the license to be dated
Sept. 49,. ~
The matter of poli"e salaries was
then taken up. Alderman Mecusker
asked the clerk to bring up the bills
for the policemen's unpaid salaries,
which was done. Alderman Martin
and City Attorney Trebby protested,
both claiming that the bills were
illegal. The discussion was lengthy
but the protests of Martin and
Trebby We're OF no avail The friends
OF the police We're in the majority
and were determined to give them
their back pay. AID. Mecusker made
a motion that the officers bills be
allowed and it carriedson an aye ami
nay vote, Aldermen Mecusker. Lane
and Moeglein voting aye, and Martin
and Peterson voting nay.
The bills allowed were as follows:1
Officer HerOux. ......-............ $l42 90
Officer Cannon. 40 OO
Officer erman................ 12O 90
| Of; oor g we N no rsr e ON
The city clerk considered the time
opportune for getting his pay and
presented his bill for $40 for services
as city clerk from Aug. Is to Sept. 15..
1t also carried by the same vote that
the motion for the police salaries,
did.
A lengthy discussion over the
Second precinct fire station was held.
A committee of three, composed OF
NJ. Moe, Nick Elvig and T. Q. Berg,
was present to see what the council
proposed to do about it. City At
torney Trebby claimed that there
was no legally organized company
of firemen in that precinct and adj
vised as a first step that they pro-
coed to reorganize legally. This was
a surprise to Alderman Lane, he
said, but was a matter of little inn
portance.. If the council would pro-
vide the proper quarters a legally
organized company could be easily
secured. .~,
Mr.. Moe objected to- the council
accepting the proposition of E. W.
Collins, as he claimed it was not 4
central location. The basement Of
Hawthorne school building was con-
sidered an impracticable proposition.
A majority OF the council seemed to
favor Collins proposition as it in
volved a smaller outlay OF funds by
the city. Collins offered to build q
fire station 2Ox32 and heat 1t proper
IL for $40 q month. A special com.
mittee composed of Aldermen Lane,
Martin and Peterson was appointed
some time ago. to consider this
matter and it was finally decided to
| give the committee until next Satur.
: day evening to report on the
question. ~s,s ~ r'.is
The term Of office of City Physician
) Fortier having. expired, motion
Y was made that the council proceed
to elect a city physician. The first
> ballot was an informal one and re
: suited as follows: DR.. Fortier 4; DR.
Chance l.. A second and formal bal
lot was taken and the result was thu
same, and DR.. Fortier declared duly
elected. u + 2E,.sst.s. Il,
The council adjourned to s O'Clock
| Saturday evening, Sept. %, 1899.
:. The village OF ,Farnham, neal
Buffalo, Wright county, was de
stroyed by fire Monday.
The Great Northern railroad
now requires conductors to furnish