Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-10-07
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Tax Levy Made-- Revenue
Fund Boosted Bills
Allowed

lSASy COuuC1l WAS uo1Q 8C Cn0 CITY Q0ll
Monday evening. with Aldermen
':hlewel, Bastien, Elvig. Brown, Carl
son, loucks, Hall and Lane present,
and besides allowing bach If bills,
made the tax levy for the year 1911, in
which provision was made for the re-
nooring of the Broadway bridge, took
q forward step in the matter of fixing
up roads leading from the business
center to the city limits, placed a
order for the seasons supply of coal,
and transacted other business of a
minor nature, with what was about
the nearest thing the council has had
IN the way OF harmony for some time.
-. P. Duclos, proprietor of the DucIos
brlckyards, made the council an ex-
celient proposition, offeri1g the city all
OF the burnt clay it wished for to use
IN hxlng up the roads of the city, free
OF the charge, the only restriction be-
ing that the road from the business
section OF Broadway west to. the city
limits, leading to the brlckyards, be
liked up first. He stated that he had
done considerable experimenting with
it and found it y. T., tho roads
SO liked being dry in wet weather
and dus:less IN dry weather. and that
he had between 200 and 800 loads OF
burnt clay on hand. The city fathers
decided to accept his otter, and as a
starter instructed the street commits
sloner to fix up two blocks of Broad
way west, from Second street west,
sixteen feet wide, with this mater.
ial. The burnt clay will be hand
picked, insuring a uniform road.
J. K, Martin, who appeared before
the council for the purpose of ascer.
tanning what was to be done in regard
to- street boulevards in the Third street
east residence district, was assured by
the committee which has charge o1
same, that action would be taken soor
in the matter. The residents here are
IN favor OF fourteen.foot boulevards as
the street is eighty feet wide. and
have half agreed to fix up the road
themselves in front of their respective
property.
TIE petition of Matt Krause, anc
other residents in that part of town.
for the opening of Fourth avenue be
tween Eighth ana Ninth street north
east, and to tear out an old and pu
in new small bridge, was referred
to the street committee.
The matter OF Mrs. Wagner, an IN
valid; and her family, who wer
shipped here from st. Cloud las
spring, was again brought to tn
attention Of the city fathers. The cit!
attorney is to write the state board O
control to find out what method sboult
be pursued to place the family unde
! the cs,s=.e Of the town of which it is ,
r,ghtful charge, the family being II
need.
The bids Of w. H. Ryan and L. F
Hardware company, the only bids re
ceived. for the delivering of 40 ton
Of lump screen coal at the CITY hal
bins at $5. so per ton respectively wer
considered, and W. H. Ryan wa
awarded the contract, his bid beinl
accepted.
LaFond & Smith were granted I
liquor license.
In regard to the petition, signed b.
the residents of the south end Of town
asking for the vacation of twenty
foot alley in Morrill's addition, be
tween Cherry and Eighth street ant
running from Highland to First stree
southeast, the matter was left to tn
street committee to investigate an
report.
The following levy was made agains
the abutting property for sidewalks