The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18
LOTS or BUSINESS
{,s.l,NCIL DIspOsEs OF QUITE A
NUMBER OF M&TTlERs.
Axe1 Zimmerman Elected Assistant
City CLERK on FIRST Bal1Ot-i"o
Members of Health Hoard Elect
ed-Water and Light bonrh ana
Member of Board of l-uhilc "sNS
Appointed.

elected e. S. Farrell and Capt. ID. f. Ste
vens members of the ii@alth, boaro. 1'c~
ton was taken also. on the tax matters
in which the city is> Interested. me ne"
water board and a nc.nbfr of the board
of public works Were app:oliIeo.
At the opening Of then meeting; CITY
Clerk Cheadle for Col. Wig& ngton' III IL
burst of oratory that amazed the coune''
and audience, presented Presldt -, a.,
weller with fine walnut gavel '''''
Wigginton made. \ uo,,,,-
Mayor Johnson of Fargo, In COM ''ndv
cation to the council. extended that \ re
an invitation to attend the Intcr*t\ !
Grain Growers convention on March :
% and 90 ~ ~
Mayor Truelsen sent the names of G. r.
Leland, Giles Gilbert, G: A. duncan ~, ~
Smith and Erastus S. Upham to the conh
Gil for reappointment to the water an"
light commission. He sent, also. the name
Of c.. ". Wilson to succeed himself as
member of the board of public works |'''
these appointments were confirmed
A communication from Senators Hal"-
win and Daugherty, announcing the pass
age of the refunding bill, and having
The resignation of Assistant City Clerk
Beebe was read. 1t was accepted Ill
resolution.
A communication from the Carroll-Por-
ter Boiler & Tank company announce
that companys Willingness to receive
what the city considers due it on It's
waterworks contract leaving the rest TO
be adjusted at a later date.
Inventories Of the city attorney, the city
treasurer and the police department were
on file, and were referred.
In a communication from Manager L..
N. Case, the water department ASKED per
mission to make special water rates lor
water power purposes.
were
from the board of public works. One was
regarding the operating or the callal H.
ry The board desires that the expense
shall not, as heretofore, be charged up ~
the maintenance fund, owing to the very
small sum in this fund The communists
ton says that the expense does not rlsnt-
fully belong to the maintenance depart
ment. i 90
Another communication deals with the
condition Of Railroad street between Sew
enth avenue and Eleventh avenue west;
It is said that the street is in very bad
condition, and may have to be abandoned
if something is not done, and to improve
it money must be made available by the
council. , ~
The matter of repairing South Fifth
avenue west was dealt with in another
communication. The board favors paving
the avenue with granite blocks. but it has
been unable to obtain from property
owners on the avenue any promise OF pay
ing a percentage of the assessment Tor
ment is made. The board however, warns
the council that something must be done
with the avenue soon, as 1t IS IN very Dad
condition. ~
Webster, was approved. The bond is for
S1,O0o: C. e. Lum and II. G. 1nman are
the sureties.
yrhe light and water committee reported
a. resolution to allow Engle & Osman
estimate of $3746. 70 for their work on the
waterworks. The resolution was adopted
This leaves only 500 owing the contrac~
.ors. .-~~-~,-....
The gas rates submitted by the water
and light department. showing reduction
of Is cents 1000 feet, were confirmed.
E. T. Heller applied for a license to OPP
crate shooting gallery at NO. $50 west
Superior street, and the council granted
the request.
The tax committee appointed at Friday
nights meeting of the council reported a
resolution protesting against the reduc~
at it's last meeting. The resolution
recommended that the county board mod
ify it's resolution to read "sujebct to the
approval of the city. The resolution
also provided for the appointment OF City
ASSESSOR Hawkes. for referring the appli-
cations for abatement of taxes to. The
resolution passed, with amendments
whereby City Comptroller Mccormick,
Alderman Krumseig, Alderman Carey
and Mayor Truelsen were added to the
committee to- which tax matters will be
referred if the county board takes cog
nizance Of the resolution passed last
night.
Alderman Cromwells resolution On
rules for the council came up. Alderman
Sang requested an amendment to be made
to the rules whereby contract bills, such
as that of lighting, shall be put in the
same class as payrols, so that they will
not need to go over Il week before paying
them. The matter was referred to the
committee on streets, alleys and side
walk, on motion of Alderman Sang.
The matter of permitting the transfer
of the license Of Sam Atkinson's saloon
from it's present location at 333 West Su-
perior street to POS West Superior street
came up in the shape of a resolution, in
troduced by Alderman Duren and Alder
man Fischer of the last council permit
ting the transfer of the license. Alder
man Cromwell last night said that if the
council desires to have q house of prosti-
tuition on West Superior street it would
be a good thing to grant the transfer.
Alderman Neff said that he has eNam-
MED the now place. and believes that,
while 1t affords facilities for carrying On
a dsreputable. trade, 1t also is POSSIBLE
to carry on a legitimate business there.
Alderman Sang said that he had had a
tx with Mr.. Howard the owner Of the
place and Mr.. Howard has declared that
he will see that the place will not be
used for immoral purposes.
Alderman Carey objected to the con-
tinuing of what he termed the dirty
subject" and said that he does not be-
lieve it d function of the council to iu
detective work; that that is the work ui
the police department. of which the
mayor is the head, and if the mayor docs
not have it done properly he can be i'm
Deached.
The transfer was granted, only Alder
man Cromwell and Alderman SMcuson
voting against it.
The council then proceeded TO ballot fol
an assistant city clerk. Thc contest was
decided on the first ballot. A Z. Zim-
norman got nine votes. to seven for j. W
Becker, and Mr.. Zimmerman was declared
elected.
Two members of the health board Were
then elected. The first ballot showed the
following: e. S. Farrell s; D. L. Stevens
i; S. O. Sterrett. 5; and John ID. Allen,
The second ballot resulted as follows: T.
S. Farrell, 10; d. L. Stevens, 5; and S. o
Sterrett. l.
For the second member the voting was
as follows: First ballot-D. Il. Stevens. s.
S. O. Sterrett, 3; j. ID. Allen, .. ScconC
balot-D. L. Stevens, $; 5. Q. Sterrctt,
and J. d. Allen, Z.
Alderman Barnes of the Seventh ware
addressed the council. He said that Il
,h.,5 uren the custom heretofore to gran
OIL. u the members of the health boar(
to l'.,> West end and he earnestly hoped
he S.Aid that the council would elect Capt
olaV"lS.
Alderman Sang of the Eighth ware
sid that it was the custom to give tn,
West end Il member, but 1t should be IN,
real West end, not Twenty-lourth "'