The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18
LOTS OF BUSINESS
COUNCIL DIsPosEs OF QUITE A
NuMBERs OF MATTERS.
A.e1 zimmerman i, Elected Assistant
city CLERK ON First :Ba1lot-Two
Member. of Health board Elect
ed-water and Light Board and
Member Of Board of Public WORKS
Appointed. -

APPOINTED. - | 4
The council elected Axe1s E. thinner
man assistant city clerk last Monday ana
elected e. S. Farrell and Capt. sO.s T.: Ste
vens members of the Health board. Ac-
ton was taken, ALSO onf the staxi matters
in which the city Isl interested me new
water board and a member OF the oo'aio
Of public works We're appointed
AT the opening Of then nleetlhs' ci'y
Clerk Cheadle for Col. Wigs;lnsloh' III d
burst Of oratory that amazed the coun.n
and audience, presented PRESIDE mt Cia51s
weller with a fine walnut gavel th ma eo''
Wigginton made. rn,.
Mayor johnson Of Fargo, In com, aody
cation to the council, extended that ate
an invitation to attend the -lntersk I
Grain Growers convention on March >
q and 90 &: - 44 &,$iS'.55. s@
Mayor Truelsen sent the names OF z. T.
LELAND, Giles Gilbert, c. A. Duncan, II. ~
Smith and Erastus S. Upham to the coun
ell for reappointment to the water ano
light commission. He sent, also, the name
Z Of G. w. Wilson to succeed hlmsell as as
member of the board of public WORKS. All
these appointments were confirmed. ~
"A Communication from Senators Bald
win and Dailgherty, announcing the pass
age OF the refunding bill and having
copy5of the billsattached, was read, =
The resignation of Assistant, City Clerk
Beebe was read It was accented IN d
"a communication from the Carroll-Por,
i Ter Boiler & Tank company announces
what the city considers due it on Its
4 aterworkss contract leaving the rest TO
be. adjusted at later date.
Inventories Of the city attorney, the Guy
no a+6e
y on file, and were referred
B In a communicate from Manager =.
Il N. Case, the water department asked per
\ mission to make special water rates 1oi
s. water power purposes. $i5sssl:e. I. q.
Several communications were received
from the board Of public works. one was
regarding the operating OF the canal IeI-
s RI, The board desires that the expense
/: si,alInot, as heretofore, be Charged up to
the maintenance fund, owing TO Inc very
g small sum in this fund. The communica-
+ tion says that the expense does not right
fully belong to the maintenance depart
ment. g
Another commu nicati lon deals with the
81 condition Of Railroad street between sew
entfl avenue and Eleventh avenue west;
re ID said that the street Is IN very paa
condition, and may have to be abandoned
III something is not DONE and to improve
1T money must be made available by the
The matter Of repairing South Fifth
4 communication The board fayors paving
4 the ayenue with granite blocks, but it has
heen unable to obtain from property
owners on the avenue any promise: OF pay
y ing a percentage of the assessment Tor
t6e Enforcement soon after the improves
ment is made. The board, however warns q ~
the council that some thing must be done
SWith the avenue soor as. t is In very BAD
he sbond OF, the new health officer, Dr:
sssIpahs tar 8 was approved The bond 10 for
81 COO C e. Lum and II. tG: Imam are
the snreties. $zsi: /, 81 l.
The light and water committee repoI. .sa
al resolution to allow Engle & Osman
eStin1afe4of 8. 746. 70 for their work on the
WaterWorks. The resolution was adopted
THIS leaves only 800 owing the cohtrac-
The gas rates submitted by the water
and light department, showing reduction
Of IS cents q 900 feet, were confirmed
e. 4. Heller applied for a license to op.
crate shooting gallery at NO: 90 west
Superior street, and the council granted
The tax committee appointed at Friday
1i;1i q meeting Of the council reported
resolution protesting against the sred i
tior recommended to the state auditor
;:as4s Its last meeting, The resolution
Recommended that the county board mod
asifysits resolution to read "sujebct TO- the
g approval of ssthea city. The resolution
ASSESSOR Hawkes. for referring the appl-
55cationa for abatement,sof taxes to-. The
Il resolution passed, with amendments
ely Gomtr9al]|sr Msco5 rafay
AID Mayor Truelsen were added to the
committee to which tax matters will be
Il referred il the county board takes cog
nizance. Of the resolution passed last
night. W..
Alderman Eromwell's resolution on
rules Tor tho council came up. Alderman
B sang requested an amendment to be made
tosthe rules whereby contract bills, such
as sthat of lighting, shall be put in the
{ 4 same class as payrolls, SO that they will
not need to go over a week before paying
them. The matter was referred to the
committee on streets, alleys and side-
walk, on motion Of Aid erman Sang. 4. e
The ina tier .:ofs permitting the transfer
Of the license OF, Sam Atkinson's saloon
from its present location at 1888 West Su-
s pArior street to 208 West Superior street
came up in the shape of a resolution, in
Iroduced by Alderman Durend and Alder
man Fischer pf the last council, permit
ting the transfer of the 1ioense.e Alder
man Cromwell last night said that if the
council desires to have a house Of prosti=
s tlltiOn on West Superior street it would
4 be q good thing to grant the transfer. Il
Alderman Neff said that. he has exam
d MED the new place. and believes that
while 1t affords facilities for carrying or
a disreputable trade, 1t also is possible
to carry on legitimate business there
IS Alderman Sang said that he had had &
Tux with Mr.. Howard, q the. owner OF tht
s place, and Mr.. Howard has declared tina
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 dirt.
subject, ~ and said that he does not be
lieve it. a function of the council to Dc
detective work; that that is the work O.
the police department, of which thu
mayor is the head, and if the mayor doe:
rotShave 1T done properly, he. can be i'm
S. xeached. g ss-.,;as3.a...53.1r..
Thes transfer was granted, only Alder
man Cromwell and Alderman Swensol
voting against it. M NJ. IL l.
The council then proceeded to ballot TO
an assistant city clerk. The contest wa
decided ION the first ballot A. f. Zim
norman got nine votes, to seven. for J. W
Becker and Mr.. Zimme was declare,
elected 81. IS 81 Z, = S::3.: s.
Two members of the health board wer
then elected; The first ballot showed tn
following: r. S. Farrell, s; %. q. Stevens
a; s. o. Sterrett, 8; and John p. Allen,
The second ballot resulted as follows: 2
81 S. Farrell, 10; D.. f.. Stevens, S; and S. 9
Sterrett, ]. }t =:
4 For the second member the voting wa
as follows: First baHot-D. +. Stevens,
8. %. Sterrett, 8; J. d. Allen, s. Secon
ballot-D. p, Stevens, s.; S. o. Sterrett, ]
and =. D. Allen. I.
s Alderman Barnes of the Seventh war
addressed the council. He said that
has been. the custom heretofore to gran
one of the members of the health boar
stotffTa West end, and he earnestly hope1
IL ~>.~tw 1l~ "a No.