The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-05-09

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whsu the. soutssct hsd bssss rssd
Mayor wshss took the. hoer In op-
position 70 tbs contract - rid spscif-
ying his Objections - followss' Arosd
IL now and has been mainfsfned on
each side OF the bridge. the teams
passing under the trestle. Should the
contract go into effect. aud the en-
bankment- constructed without any
further provisions IL would result in
the closing Of the roads also that the
city ought not buy the iron pipe as
the railroad is at present blocking the
channel with bulKhead put in by
them without authority on the property
OF the city but his greatest to objection
was the fact that the city was askes by
the contract toforego it's right to add
to the height Of the dam. He stated
that at some future day it may be IA
imperative necessity to increase the
dam in order to furnish power enough |
for the city's purposes. Should me
city officials sign the contract it would
be a rank injustice to posterity. These
objections were warmly approved by
Alderman johnson and the matter
was, on request of the engineer. VINO
mad been instrumental In getting the
company to make any proposal. to
ta Sulsted 80 that the engineer may
present them 10 tho railroad people.
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the meeting asking that the accepting
of the work the power plant be taken
up. Objeclon to the acceptance OF the
plant was made by several of the alder
men and to expedite matters it was
: decided to appoint a committee to visit
! the plant in conjunction with Mr.
Weeks aud. size up the condition and
report any defects to the council at a
: meeting the following evening.
Then came the matter Of the mayor s
appointments He began by appointing
the committees as follows:
Auditing Committee Aldermen
ormonroyd, Bauer and Dawson.
Streets and sidewalks Aldermen
4 Bryson. johnson and Larson.
He then prerentea the name Of
Herman Rau. to be the assessor for
: the ensuing year. The roll was calltaa
on the appointment and the nominee
was confirmed.
Fred Fl. Abbott's name was present
cd as city attorney and on roll call
was confirmed without opposition
John Tromblay was then appointed
marshal and roll call confirmed the
appoint ment. The name OF Lewie
Asnelman was presented for night
watch and on a call OF the roll was re-
jrcted. The Mayor had 20 other name
to present and that appointment was
passed. The name Of Michael III,
Moriarty was presented as member Of
tho board Of public works TOR the
full term and onmotion was confirmed
The name OF Frank Scadden was
presented as q member Of ne board to
fill the vacancy in the unexpired term
OF Captain Bennett and on roll call
was rejected The Mayor was then re.
quested to present the name Of John
A. Knight which he did and the ap-
pointment was confirmed.
Jas III. johnson was appointed fire
warden and on motion was confirmed
The name of Hans Johnson was
presented f.r chief OF the fire depart
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For health officer, II. Fl. Darling
pulled ont the appointment and was
immediately confirmed.
Harry Hatch was proposed by some
OF his friends for p0undmaster but NJ
there was no second the matter was
treated as joke and passed.
, The next name presented to the
council was that Of Henry Gitzen. of
, Iron Mountain, to be- superintendant
Of the electric light and water works.
On q roll call hve members voted no
tand one yss. and the appointment was
rejected There was . lengthy dis
cnssIon over the question Of this api
poIntmsnt, tho mayor stated 70 the
lboard his tsAsons for Ssfasing TO pre-
ssnk tho name Of ChssA .Evita Finally
lthe mater was passsd and che con6cil
passed Go the matter Of sstting. the
saiarTes OF tho city ofacsrs for the en-
suing year. The salary Of the clerk
was increased $50 because Of the new
regulation requiring him 10 be In h,s
Office every day In the week The
salary Of the city marshal was set ct
s72o, an increase Of ta2o from what IL
wac 6xed 1t last year when 1t came
to the city attorneys salary motion
was made to fx IL at ta0e. Before
the motion was put, Mr.. Abbott made