Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-09-26


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8 Trebby. telephone charges.......... so
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A petition signed by Maurice Moe
and the other members OF what has
been known as Chemical company,
No. 2, asking the council to duly or
ganize them into a company, OF the
Little Falls fire department was
read. -.
This action was taken upon the
advice of City Attorney Trebby, who
claimed that there was no legally
organized fire company in the second
precinct of the Second ward. The
matter was POSTPONED until the
meeting of the city council next
Saturday evening to allow the city
attorney time to draw up the neces-
sary resolutions.
Alderman Martin asked the clerk
to read the proposition OF E. w.
Collins regarding the second precinct
fire station. At the conclusion of it's
reading T. o. Berg, a resident Of that
precinct, stated to the council that
while he did not object to the prop.
osition' made by Mr.. Collins, he
thought it's acceptance at the time
would not be treating the other
residents of the ward fairly. When
the council asked for propositions
for a fire station they asked only fol
site proposals. Included in Mr.
Collins proposition for site for an
engine house was also a proposal tC
build an engine house and lease it tc
the city. Had the other residents
thought at that time that the coun
Gil would have considered PROPOSE
tions OF that kind they no doubt
would have made them. and while
they would perhaps be no more lib
eral than the proposition of Mr.
Collins, it was only fair to them te
give them an opportunity to make
| them.
! Alderman Martin informed the del
egatfon from the Second precinc1
that the time was getting late anc
that much time had already beer
spent by the council in considering
this matter. While majority O
the council seemed to think favorably
OF Mr.. Collins proposition, it was
decided, inasmnch as the specia
committee appointed to investigate
the matter had not reported, and tc
allow other propositions similar tc
Mr.. Collins, to postpone the matter
until next Saturday evenings meet
ing of the council, with the under
standing that the committee then b%
ready to report and any other prop
ositions be submitted by thai
time. Lane, Martin and Peterson
compose that committee.
A petition signed by Thos. Ker
nan and others asking that a street
66 feet wide be laid out from thu
northwest corner dissection 10, north
east corner OF section II, southeast
corner OF section and southwest
corner OF section 8, running westerly
as near as practicable on the lin,
between section s and II, until II
intersects the street now open anG
leading to the city, was read. Upor
motion duly carried a resolu
ton for the proposed street
laying out was ordered pub
lished and October 1S, 1899, was, sc,
for the hearing of any objections
there may be thereto.
!, The purchasing committee was
auth orized to act in the matter o.
purchasing a bell for the West side
fire station, the cost OF the same not
to exceed 800.
A. K. Hall was present and asked
the council to take some action in
regard to the sidewalk on the east
side Of Second street north from
First avenue northeast. He called
the attention Of the council to the
fact that this side walk had been OF.
dered built three years ago; that
some had complied with the order
and others had not. It was only q
matter of justice to those who had
obeyed the order and to others in.
terested that those who have not
built the walk be compelled to do sd.