The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-04-24
A FIRE PROOF TOPIC.
The Council Has Time and a Half
Wrestling With the Matter of
Fire Proof Buildings.
F. G. Cater is Appointed Assessor
No Street Commissioner Will
'
Be Put to Work.

The special meeting of the village
council which was held last Thursday
night was a busy one and the council
sawed wood for over two hours. The
Morneau liquor license was granted,
and while the matter of giving saloon
keepers this privilege at so much per
privilege was under consideration, the
council discussed briefly the necessity
of giving the saloon men to understand
that they must live up to the village
ordinances, and see that their window
curtains are properly drawn back on
Sundays and that no liquor is sold to
minors.
The question of water supply came
up and Smith Trask of Elk River was
present to give the council some point
ers on the matter. He did not think
much of the present we'll as he in
formed the honorable body that about
all the village had was hole in the
ground, and he did not seem anxious
to want to discuss ways and means of
trying to make the old we'll furnish
more water. He had measured the
we'll and found depth of 171.4 feet,
the well measuring when first dug ia
feet, showing that it has filed up
nearly three feet since that time. Mr..
Trask said he would dig a six-inch
we'll outside the power house for 81 so
per foot, the council to furnish the
pipe which would cost 60 cents a foot,
and also to board his men. He thought
he could make ten feet day. The
distance that would be necessary to 20
to get permanent supply of water
was unknown, but the wells in the
vicinity of Elk River were not much
over 800 feet deep. Mr.. Trask, how
ever, would not guarantee the council
any permanent water supply. In or
der to repair the present we'll it would
be necessary to take the roof off of the
power house and the village would
have to go without water while the
we'll was being repaired.
The council passed motion 70 ad-
vertise for bids for new we'll and also
to sand pump the old we'll. It is the
intention of the council to see if the
present we'll cannot be put in some
shape so that the water supply will be
sufficient without having to 60 to the
expense of digging new we'll. The
present well which was drilled to the
depth of 1873 aud two-twelfths feet,
cost at the rate of 81 Is per foot.
When the question of naming an
assessor came up there were two candi-
dates who came in at the eleventh
hour They were F. G.. Cater and Tom
Scheen. There were two votes for
Cater and two for Scheen, and the
president cast the deciding vote in
favor Of Cater. Mr.. Cater has served
as assessor in the past and has given
satisfaction
The council decided that it had no
use for street commissioner and none
was appointed. Messrs. Jesmer and
Briggs we're appointed a committee on
sidewalks and will serve notice on all
parties who are negligent about keep
ing their sidewalks in repair.
W. H. Townsend petitioned the coun-
Gil for permits to erect three buildings
within the fire limits. One of these
is for one-story solid brick 26x1OO feet
between the Scandal hotel and the
Farmers Exchange, and another for
solid brick two-story building 24x5O
feet in the rear of the Townsend block
on the property now occupied by the
tailor shop. The third permit was for
the completion of the warehouse that
Mr.. Townsend commenced to erect,
and he stated in his application that
he Intended to cover the warehouse with
corrogated iron with asbestos roof. The
council granted his applications for
the two brick buildings but did not see
tit to allow him to go ahead and finish
the warehouse as he desired, and the
dpplIcdGlOn was rejected.
p. K. Evens of the Evens Hard ware
Co., was present and asked for a per-
nit for his new warehouse in the rear
OF the hardware store and the same
was granted.
A. Z. Norton, VIM. Orion and others
were present and petitioned the coun-
Gil to place lights on Second street at
the northwest corner of the court house
square, and also at the railroad cross
ing, as this portion of the village has
been in darkness for some time. The
council decided to place incandescent
lights at the two points named and
also one at the Whitney corner, for
which generosity and manifestation of
public spirit the people who live in
that section are thankful,
On Friday morning Notwithstanding
the action of the council Mr.. Townsend