Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-04-07
THEY DID; THEY DlDA'T
/
Majority Of Council Start in
to Make = @1G1oEious7'
Recp1d
But FORGET / few ESSENTIALS

CIV VI &1OCOS0A04e9 SASa1 ~
Illegal, and Therefore of
No Value.
Thenev council met Tuesday even
ing aad organized By eleetiag Ala.
Carlson president and A1a~ HM viee-
PRESIDENT Fo~r aadermea-
Hill, Carisoa and Peterson-a eaa-
i.rity- -c&,aablned and had things
mostay their own way. Though later
de7etoDmeats make It quite certain
that some of tie work done will not
stand.
The council took Up &ppoantaa eRta
S. Trebby was elected city attorney
by vote OF { to 5 for T.. r. Adams.
Those voting for Trebby we're ahe
four in the comb
Maurice Coleman was elected Tani-
tor without opposition.
f. G. Hin, brother CT Aid. Eaiia2. vas
elected street eem missioner:
The election of city engineer was
passed.
j. ". soaes and Henry Petersoa
Gere elected naem bers OF tie board Of
health, to succeed j. d HaateR sad
Wm, Garfield.
J0hn Bowman was reeseetad
poundmaster.
The eouneii took a baAaet on tke
number OF police, the combine 9otine
for three, the others fer foar.
Salaries we're then eo1c&ed, .ttae
chief Of police given So 1.stesd u
$55, the patrolwea $45 iastead a
$50. The city :atteraeg ~.as 3~id
'em, Z sid his satary ywas .etredsoed
! bat ief1 st <3OO. We city sssesso,
| vas given $3.50, and the ianitoc tt,i
same as at preseat-$so per aaonta.
Aid. Martin waited the treasurer
salary cut to oae-haH Of 1 per eeato
| money disbsrsed, bat as the vott
! stood 6 to I in favor of ( per cent
| as at present, ie didn't go
The city clerk vas suspected Of em
| ulating Vanderbilt, aad therefor<
was cut from $3.50 to $500. Thougf
some mistake, probably, the Mayors
salary OF 81 q year was not touched
The street commissioner was gives
$2.25 day. Here g cog broke IL
the combine, which wanted to give
him more. Aid Hill wanted thu
other officials cut down, bat though
his brother ought to gee 81 SO, any
| way
| The street eom missioner rep or
for the month OF March-$20-wa,
approved.
The are light bill Of the Electric i
Water Co. vas rejected, aHd the com
|pany's kydrant bill was allowed a
$3.50 per hydrant.
The mayor read his message, a
follows
LTTLE FALLS, Mimi. April I. 1899.
To the Honorable, the Comnl<s.
Council Of the City oi Little Fails
IGENrLEsrN:
In submitting to your hon oraa,i
body MY second annual message.
desire to congratulate you upon tn
seuphatic manner in which the pee
ipie have endorsed your work Of tn
Ipast year. The knowledge that tt,
vast majority Of the people Of thi
city approve the efforts M those Il
charge Of the caty's affairs, can bu
stim ulate to farther endearor for tn
cityx welfare.
While the light and water question
iis still unsettled, the past year ha
|sbown q great advance toward tn
lsoluti of the problem. The sue
Icessive steps which led to the bon
i election of last Octoher-then the il
Junction preventing issue OF, II,
lbonds-are familiar and need not b
rehearsed. Through the efforts {
I senator Buckman l. bill validating
1.-THE proposed bond Issue has passe'
the state senate without oppoaition
and is aow in the lower h0us
There is every reason to believe tha
1it will become law. When It doe
the council will be in q: position t
again take up the light and waite
question and solve it.. I believe ths
1.-THE close Of the present year wi
lace this matter settled, and the cit
lin possession of Its own light ~
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