Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-04-28
THEY have met AGAIn.
CRY Councilmen Como To-
gether q Little Harder
Than Befor0.
4 PETITION FOR STREET YLCLTue,
Ordinances Fixing Some Sal
aries Mayors
Veto Read.

The city council met again In ad.
jOurned regular session Tuesday
evening. All members we're preseat,
and 8 large number Of citisens were
also 10 attendance.
The business Of the evening began
with the confederation OF . few bills
that were presented. and tho follow
Ing wero allowed:
Mrs Geo Coultis, nursing poor......... 5 %
Alvah Pierson. quarantine Officer. "a 50
Mrs Staples, rent of phone In fire A
~
A Tanner, m'd'se to poor. ....... %
] A Nelson, q" :" /" ................ 5 90
celye LizensAi, nursing poof.."...".. 8 %
A motion was made that the city
clerk be instructed to turn over GER
tilted copies Of papers In the light
and water suits to City Attorney
Trebby, ana that the latter forward
them to Special Attorney D. T. Cal
houn. Alderman Martin stated be-
fore the motion was put, that the
mayor had agreed to do this work.
The motion passed. 3a5
An ordinance changing the regular
meetings Of the council from the tirst
Wednesday evening to the first Mon
day evening Of each month was
introduced. It was given three
readings, placed upon it's final pas
sage and passed unanimously. 3
Attorney G. "A. Lindbergh present
ed u petition asking for the vacation
Ut certain stub streets on the West
side. The request was made in the
name OF the Northern Pacific Rail
road company. which csntemplates
extensive improvements on the West
side, but Mr.. Lindbergh explained
that the vacation Of said streets
was more to the advantage Of the
Pine Tree Lumber company than to
the railroad company. .. .
q. A. Weyerhaeuser, general man
aRer of the Pine Tree Lumber COM
pany, was present and explained how
it would be to their interests to have
the esaid streets vacated. A large
portion OF the ground occupied by
the company's lumber yards and
some Of it's improvements were on
the railroad cOmpany's lands, and
would have tobe moved unless those
streets were vacated. h , ]
The petition was accompanied by q,
resolution ordering that the petition
for the said street vacation be pub
llshed. and time set for a hearing
upon It. and 1t was passed unami-
lnousIy. ........>. - =.
A communication from the city
band was read asking the council to
assist 1t in the sum Of $25 per month
for six months, In return for which
the band agreed to give concert
one evening Of each week mt the in
tersection Of First street and Broad
way during the six months, and to
furnish music free Of charge for Me-
mortal Day exercises. g.. = &
Representatives Of the West side,
North Echo band were present, and
sta ted, that they thought 1t unfair
to assist one band and not assist
the other. They also agreed to fur
nish street music in return for as
sistance. The council advised that
the two bands get together on some
proposition. The members III the
council seemed willing to assist the
bands to the extent Of the sum re-
quested, hut did not seem willing to
give each hand that amount, nor
did not wish to discriminate in the
matter. No action was taken upon
the request vi either band for as
sistance. ..
Mrs. Jos. Trettel appeared before
the council and made complaint
about the treatment she had recently
received from the poor committee.
She has six children. and the former
council voted to allow her $40 per
month, upon her statement that
that sum would be sufficient to