The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-10
NEW COUNCIL ORGANIZE.
It's Now Ex-Mayor Hogan and
Mayor BartO.

The old council held it's final meet
ing on Tuesday evening of this week.
and within a few minutes of the ad
journment the new one came into
existence.
There was little for the old organi
zatlon to do, except to negotiate a
snort time loan of 500 to take up out
standing orders, which was done
They also passed a resolution giving
the public library additional quarters
by granting it the use of the assembly
room in the city building and also
authorizing the fixing up of room at
the back of the stage on the second
floor thereof for the exclusive use OF
the fire department.
| A bill for 1926 was presented by
6. Hillerud & Co. for the work of put.
ting up the new vertical exhaust at
the pumping station. The bill was
audited and allowed, and the old coun.
Gil adjourned sine die.
Aldermen Bishop and Pangburn,
the holdovers, remained, but all the
ex-otficers, except Mayor Hogan i'm
mediately filed out.
NEW MEMBERS SWORN IN.
The alderman elect were on hand
promptly after the old council had
passed out of existence, by adjourn
ment sine die.
The first business was the swearing
in of Mayor-elect L. R. Barto, and
Aldermen Webb, Beaudreau, Hilsdale
and Ingram, which was effected with
dispatch by City Clerk Cooper, who
has got used to the work of making
and unmaking city officers.
On motion of Alderman Bishop, M
L. Webb was chosen temporary chair.
man, and J. f. Cooper temporary
clerk. Chairman Webb announced
the first thing in order was the cleo.
tion of a president of the council
and M. L. Webb was chosen by ballot
On the call of the roll all members,
new and holdoyer, were found to be
PRESENT
| The first ballot for vice president re
suited in no choice; second ballot the
same. Alderman Bishop got five Of
the six votes on the third, and was de-
clared elected
Mayor Barto then appointed J. F.
copper city clerk and he was unani
| mOuSly confirmed by the council. c.
5. Allen was next chosen chief OF
police by the same route, and was
| followed by the confirmation of H
Parker as fire warden.
Mayor Barto announced that he
would defer the selection of street
commissioner to the council, and the
matter was laid over.
Mayor Barto next read his message,
which follows:
TO the Common Council of the City
| of Sank Centre:
GENTLEMEN--The city charter re-
quires the Mayor to give to your hon.
Orable body, from time to time, such
| information and recommend such
measures as he may deem adyantag-
eous to the city. We are at the begin
ming of new municapal year and ]
have as yet no information of special
Importance to communicate to you,
but there are measures which 1 deem
would be of advantage to the city, to
which l desire at this time to call your
attention, and upon which 1 desire to
make some recommendations.
The first, and deem the most i'm.
portant of these, is the matter of good
roads leading into the city. We are
90 largely dependant for our business
and prosperity upon the trade of the
farming communities surrounding us
that every effort should be made to in
duce them to market their produce
and purchase their supplies in our
city. know of nothing which will
tend so strongly to this end as to have
good substantial roads leading into
our city from all directions, on which
heavy loads may be hauled at all sea-
sons. of the year, and in all conditions
Of weather. Our neighboring cities
and villages are alive to the impor'
! GdnCo VI GnlS IndCGef duu we SuOulo Ao
be left behind in the race for business.
By recent law cities are permitted to
expend city funds upon highways out
side the city limits, but leading into
the city. would recommend that any
funds you may have available for
street purposes more than is necessary
to keep the city streets in repair, be
used in assisting our neighboring
towns in the construction OF good
roads leading into the city.
THIRD-sT EXTENSION
In this same connection I desire to
cali your attention to the so-called
''extension of Third-st," that is the
extension of Third-st. from its present
eastern terminus, east, to where it will
intersect with the cemetery road or
the east side of the river. The coun'
| try east of us is rapidly developing
into fine, well-settled farming coun
try, but at the present time the bes,
roads from it lead to Melrose. BY the
extension OF Third-st. as indicated, the
distance into town for farmers living
east of US would be shortened nearly
three-quarters of a mile, or about {
mile and half on each trip to thu
city. This is a matter of considerable