Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-04-07
FULL Of ] +. SURPRISES.
City Council Carries Out Z Pre-
. ARA 'sed program Tues
day Evening
TREBBY APPOINTED CITY ATTORNEY.

TREBBY APPOINTED CITY ATTORNEY.
Police Force Cut Down and Al
most = General Slash @
IN Salaries.
The meeting Of the new city council
Tuesday evening was brim full Of
surprises for the average citizen. but
to those who have closely watched
the antics Of a majority Of the council
in past years nothing It could d.
would be considered Improbable. NJ
That there are new linesin the city
council 10 very evident. Aldermen who
were last year the supporters Of the
mayor and all his da mands, had their
hammers ready Tuesday evening not
only for everything he proposed, but
for some Of his friends also
Anticipating some IT the lively
scenes which has characterized the
first meetings Of city councils In
former years, there was large
crowd present. Proceedings began
with selection of AID. Mecusker as
temporary chairma then folio wed
the first surprise. the election of Carl
son for president Of the co uncil. Sever
al ballots were necessary. but he was
finally elected by q vote Of 4 against
3 for Mecusker. The election Of Il
vice president was the next in order
and Aid. Hill was chosen almost
unanimously.
At the stage Of the proceedings the
clerk asked II the reading OF the
mayors message was not the mex
in order. A majority Of the council
did not think 80 and 1t had to wait.
Then Aid. Lane read a resolution fix
Ing the number Of police at four and
the salaries Of the patrOlmen and
chief at $5o and $55 respectively, but
no one even made a motion for its
adoption. -.
Folio wiz & the organization Of the
council the newly elected president
took the chair and the council pro-
ceeded to the appointment of officers
for the ensuing yeaI. The first In or
der was city attorney. Only two bal
lots were necessary for a choice. The
first ballot stood Trebbv 8, Adams 3,
Rhodes l.. On the second ballot
Trebby was elected by 1 votes to 8
for Ada ms. =. a., ", r.. ,.
City hall janitor was the next
appointment. Maurice Coleman was
reelected by full vote Of the coun.
ell on the first ballot. a.. s,s.
The selection u a street commits.
sioner came up aud E. g. Hill, broth.
er Of Alderman Hill, was chosen
after several ballots. In which James
Tanner and Joseph Selleck's names
were mentioned. =. ~: 4
The appointment OF city engineer
was passed up. Aid. Peterson, the
former city engineer, was the only
person in the city, Aid. Martin stat.
ed, who would serve, and under the
charter, he. as alderman, could not
be appointed to that position, but
could do the work under orders from
the council.
The two vacancies In the hoard OF
health, made by the expiration Of the
terms uf j. D. Hatton and VIM. Can
field were filed by the election OF J.
W. Jones Of the First ward and
Henry Peterson Of the Third.
John Bowman was re-appOinted
poundmaster on the second ballot
Chas. Robbins and Joseph Selleck
also received some votes.
A vote was then taken on, the
number of police for the ensuing
year. 1t resulted In four votes being
cast for three police and three votes
for four, and the police force wat
accordingly cut down one man.
The fixing Of salaries Of the differ
ent city officials including the police
force was next in ordOr. The police
were given attention first, and after
a long series of bOllots the chiefs
salary was reduced from $55 pei
month to $50 and the patrolmen
from $40 to As
The city attorneys salary was left
undisturbed at $3.50 per year. The
city assessor win receive $3.50 for bis
services, which ia the same amount
ne received two years ago, when
only the personal property assess.
ment was made, as will be the case
this year. The je nitor was allowed
his old wages of $5V per month.