The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-07-25
LONE VOTE BLOCKED PASSAGE or
THE FALKENAU BILLS
WERE ALLOWED AT NEXT MEETING
F!ssslsy Bros. Notify Council That They
Have Instructed Their Attorney to
Start Suit

nave MI lOOkeu Over tnOsc ulils Abnc
FaIkenau bills amounting to VI. 4OOl
and know all about them. now will
some one make motion and dispose
Of them.
Alderman Penglase. II move that
the bills bs allowed
Alderman Jacka. ~ second the
motion"
The Mayor, ut has been moved and
seconded tnat the bills. of the Falkenau
company be- allowed IA read All those
IN favor of allowing them will respond
to the roll call of the clerk.
The Clerk. "Penglase Yes Jacka,
Yes. Nesbitt. No Scadden, Yes "
willis and Robbins absent.
The Mayor. Motion is carried
and ----"
The Attorney, Motion is lost. =
Several. "What
The Attorney, motion is lost. =
The Mayor. That's so, We are shy
one alderman.
(Short silence
Alderman Scadder, well, Mr..
Mayor, Is there anything else to come
before this meeting.
The Mayor. Eyes, there is some
thing more TO do. This meeting is
the one st whion, according to our
contract. the bills OF the Falkenau
people are TO be paid and we ought TO
do something with them.
A Mr. Walker, II cannot see why an3.
one should take exception 10 those bills
They represent actual cost To the Fal-
kenau pleope. know the amount
seems large but we have been doing all
dead work and are just getting ready
to make a showing Every cent repre-
senIed by those bills have been expend-
cd by the FalKenau people in good
faith under their contract Now. II
there is anything in those bills that
anyone takes exception 10 would like
to have him state 1t.
The Mayor. "Mr. Nesbitt is the
one that voted No and he might tell
us what he objects to. F"
Mr.. wAker. what is it Mr. Nesbitt
that you object tot"
Alderman Nebsitt. I'm tell you Mr.
Walker. was opposed to this work
being continued at all and opposed to
II being done by the Falkenau people
and can't vote for the allowing of
those claims.
Mr.. Walker II cant see any Justice
in that Mr.. Nesbitt-"
Alderman Nesbitt, II can I see any
Justice in some Of those bills either.
Mr., Walker.
Mr. Walker, "What bills are there
tnat you cant see any Justice inY"
Alderman Nesbitt "Wel, there s
Mr. Russels bill for $i63 for sitting
around here doing nothing. He could.
Mt be- sent home | admit that the
counci. made an error in getting him
here but that don't add any 20 the
Justice OF his claim. Then there is
the freight on those five sticks And,
then there is your work on the Golfer
dam understand that You were
down there putting in concrete a
couple of days and that IL all went
down the river Sunday morning.
Mr.. Walker THAT is not 20 Mir.
Nesbitt. there was but small corner
Of the concrete work that went out and
II is all up Ia good shape -
Alderman Nesbitt. II am not at all
satisfied with the work on the Golfer
dam. understand that there il n
party right here Ia town who will take
the job Of putting in that Golfer dam
for stated amount and IL IL don
hold water he don't want cent for
his work r.
Several, = O, that's out OF the ques-
ton.
Alderman Jacka "You can always
find men ON the streets who can tell
you how 70 do your work better than
You can do IL, There Is mouse paying
any attention to that sort of talk.
Mr.. walker. ''Will this man put up
q bondf Will be give good bond to
say that his work will standg want.
to tell You that when you tackle
Golfer dam IN rock bottom that It
no boy play. ! have put In many
Golfer dams In my day and it'syery
particular work ] want 10 say fur
ther that we have the Golfer dam
problem solved. tnat the WORK IL going
70 be done it's going 70 be- done quick.
ly and it's going 70 BE- done for much
less than the estimate that Mr. Strauss