Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-09-19
. a sHoRT MEETiNG u.
The Police Question Settled
For a Compile Months. a
III New S,doWalk.S r

The city council held a regular ad-
journed meeting at the city hall
Thursday evening. All members
were present. The reading OF the
minutes of the previous meeting
was deferred until Saturdays meet
ing. The. meeting was originally
set to allow..a liquor license which
was to have been granted but rs the
person desiring the license had not
met the financial Requirements the
matter was laid over until Saturday
The council then adopted a resolu-
ton, introduced by Alderman Peter
son, relative to the number and
salary of the police. The resolution
fixed the number of police at three
until Nov. Is, 1899. 1t stipulates
their salary at $50 per month. 4 An
aye and nay vote was taken on the
above resolution. Mecusker was
the only alderman glving'a negative
answer. i -:
The street commissioners report
OF $213.23 was approved. @ j.
The fire hose p released from the
w. s. Mott company some time ago
was thought of and talked about
for a while. Both the company and
council think they are slightly at
fault. Each wants TO do what is
fair by the other. A representative
of the company was present at last
nights meeting and asked the coun-
Gil to take some action in regard to
the moving the hose from the depot
to the city hall. This the council re-
fused to do for the reason that they
believed they would be making them
selves liable for the price OF the hose,
some $500. After talking for some
time the matter was referred to the
city attorney and fire committee
with power to act. As the couplings
on the hose are special made, requir.
ing certain thread, they may
simply purchase these and return
the hose to the company.
Louis Shilling, residing on Eighth
street northeast, was in attendance
at Thursdays meeting. The street
commissioner has been doing some
grading on that street. In places hi
has built up from two to four feet
and in others dug away that much
Mr.. Shilling lives along the place
W here the street has been lowered sc
he was at the meeting last night anG
ade a kick. His lot is up some
four or five feet above the street
The matter was referred to the city
attorney to see il. the city is making
itself liable in doing this work.
ID Another market ordinance was In
PRODUCED, but owing to the oh
lection of Alderman Lane it had tt
lay over under the rules. 1t pro
vides for city market on the vacant
lots north of Richard Bros stor'
and north of Mrs: "Stuart's millinery
store. Combined, these lots make
the most commodious and centra
locality yet suggested. E
A letter from the Pine Tree Lum
Der company was read before thu
council. The time has come for tn,
city to keep the bridge in repair
The company was to do this for. tn,
first five years and at the expiration
of that time were to leave it In al
good order as it was at first. Som,
time ago the council asked the com
pany to repaint it, put on new
planks and place new Orders. In re
ply to this the company said, the,
did not believe the bridge needed
these repairs at present. They wer'
willing to do what was fair but con
sidered these unnecessary improve
ments. In conclusion the company
said they would repaint the brtdg'
and donate 800 toward making tn,
repairs the council wanted. Thu
matter was deferred until the mex
meeting. c. F. Loweth, the st. Pau
expert, who examined the Broad
way bridge, was allowed $75 in par
payment for his services -',:s
The council passed resolution
which authorizes a sidewalk from
First avenue southeast to Broadway
along the westerly line Of block So Of
the original townsite. ~ - EGG >.gf
The council then adjourned until I
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