Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-12-15
BOUGHT TIMBER FOR BRlGDE.
The City Council Orders Bridge Timber TO
The Value Of S17oo-Pipe Matter
p Comes up Again. 49,,
SALARY OF CLERK AND ATTORNEY.
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A Special Meeting VIII sBe Held Friday
Morning to Consult With Special .,
Y. Attorney Calhoun. -

The city council met In. adjourned
regular session Wednesday evening.
All members were present except Aid.
Hill.
The o-;1inance relating to the
Broadway bridge matter was dis
cussed.
A letter was read from Special At
torney Calhoun, who had been in
structed to secure an agreement on
the water pipe matter with the at
torneys of the Electric & Water COM
pany, in which the st. Cloud at
torney expressed surprise that the
agreement he obtained was not
satisfactory to the city officials, He
made some suggestions that might
meet objections to the ordinance.
The council then arranged for a meet
ing with Mr.. Calhoun at 8 O'Clock
Friday morning. While the pipe
matter was before the council Alder
man Martin stated he disliked hav-
ing the city involved In any way
with the care OF the pipe. He would
prefer some provision for the COM
,pany do that part Of the work.
while the city or contractor rebuilt
the bridge. He asked President Ber-
key, who was present, why there
was objection to changing the pro-
posed agreement in that way. Mr..
Berkey stated that he was willing to
make any arrangement that would
expedite matters. and still allow his
company to carry out its work Of
supplying the city and individuals
with fire protection and ser> ices,
and preserve the cOmpany's rights
under the advice Of his attorneys.
1t had been considered imprarticablc
to have the city's contractors and
the company both working on the
same improvements at the same
time.
The matter was then allowed to
rest until the council could have
further consultation with Attorney
Calhoun.
A few bills were taken up for con-
siderntiOn and the following were
passed:
Mrs. Geo. Coultas, case of
poor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS l. w
] Meyer, mdse to pOOr......... II 36
e StrOmStead. repairs on fire
apparatus and city scraper 2 20
w j Coon, work on city hall 2 90
The bill of st. Gabriel's hospital in
the sum Of $105.0O for the care of the
man named Sheik, was presented.
The bill is at the rate of $15 per
month, which the council thought
was excessive, and the clerk was in
structed to refer the bill back to see
II it could be reduced.
Aid. Mecusker stated that some
action should be taken in the matter
OF purchasing the timber for the pro-
posed repairs on the Broadway
bridge. He made motion that the
purchasing committee be authorized
to purchase timber to the amount of
SIGHTS. The motion was carried.
City Attorney Trebby expressed
the opinion that the council should
take some action in the matter of
fixing his salary. He produced an
ordinance fixing his salary at $500
per annum. Some members OF the
council, including Mecusker and Moeg-
lein, did not think it advisable to
that figure az the salary,
that in the future, other
city attorneys would want the same
figure, when the duties OF the office |
would not warrant it. They agreed !
that Mr.. Trebby had more work |
to do than the city attorney usually |
had, but they favored fixing the
salary at $3.50, the old figure, and
later allow him 500 more for extra
work. This arrangement was satis-
factory to Mr.. Trebby and the ordi-
ance fixing his salary at $500 for the
year was placed upon it's final pas
sage and passed unanimously.
While the question OF salaries was
under consideration, some members
thought it was right and prop
or that the city clerk g salary should
also be fixed.
Aid. Martin said he was willing to
fix the salary at 5000 per year, and
later make allowance for extra
work. Aid. Mecusker, Moeglein and
Lane did not think that fair prop
osition, as it reduced the clerks
salary $50 below last years figure.
They thought that last years figure
was low enough, especially as WAGES