Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-07-21
CITY COUNCIL MEETS.
Elects City Physician and
Re- establishes 4 Side
..... walk Rebate :

The city council met in regular a6~
journed session last Friday evening"
with Aldermen Kiewel, Bastien. Elvie.
G. E. Carlson. q. A.. Carlson, Brown
and Hall present. The matter of fixing
up the east approach OF the Broadway
bridge was discussed Under a pro-
position made the contractors, whe
are creosote blocking the Broadway,
bridge. the planking and laying Of
blocks alone for the improvements
would be- $S85. but it was decided that
tho cost would be too great at this
time. Alderman Brown told of another
proposition made by a different nartv
for the fixing of the approach. Eve.
beams costing $120, would be used.
lntersticed with arched sheet iron
which would form q support for a six
inch concrete flooring. The apnroach
would be 28 feet u ide by 20 feet bonF.
with cement fo, ndation at each ami
The matter Of jacking up the west
end OF this approach ten inches, was
also discussed. No action was taken
on the matter at this time, however.
T. j. Schwalier, Arthur Comeau.
u. W. Emder and Frank Bourassa
were granted liquor licences, their
bonds being approved. The bill of
the Great Northern Bridge comnanv.
successors to the Hewitt Bridge com
pany which took the Job, in the sune
of $199 for painting half the Broadway
bridge was allowed subject to the an
proval of the Hewitt Bridge comnanv.
which was given the job to paint the
remainder of the bridge at a cost of
$1e9. The petition for the putting in
Of sewer extending from the aIlev m
First avenue Northeast to Third street
and up this street to Second avenue
Northeast was rejected, as it wonld
have necessitated the relaying of 1873
feet OF sewer extending from the al1av
up First avenue Northeast to Fonrth
street. and it was thought best to have
a couple blocks more of permanent
sewer down Third street to Connect
with the main sewer at First avenue
Southeast. The suggestion was made
that the property owners Interested Get
those along the new stretch to sign
petition for such three block of sewer
extension and present same at a future
meeting.
The city clerk was instructed to
draw up a warrant IN the sum of
81, $50 in favor of the county. this ha.
ing the ten per cent of the lionor
licenes issued during the past wear and
due the county, which amount goes to
the county road fund now, rather than
the county revenue fund. p
| DR.. q. NJ. A. Fortler received fo,,r
votes to three in the election of. a citv
physician, and was thereby appointed
to the Office, the salary later being set
at $500, same as during tho past wear.
| An ordinance, allowing q rebate Of
fifteen cents per square yard for the
building of cement sidewalks, con-
structed according to requirements of
city charter and after permit has -heen
secured, received its tlrst reading.
there being but one dissenting vote
that of Alderman Bastien.
The city clerk was instructed to
advise Supt. Newman Kline of this
division of the Northern Pacific. rela-
tive to the construction of cement
walks along its property between Fifth
and Sixth streets on Broadway east,
the old walks having been condemned
some time ago.
That the tar binding used in the
creosote blocking of the Broadway
bridge did not come up to the grade
called for in the specifications as the
opinion of the city council, as Just the
previous day the sun s rays caused it
to flow and fall between the blocks and
planks to the river, though it was
according to specifications supposed to
stand a temperature of 140 degrees
Fahrenheit. The city engineer was
! accordingly instructed to send sample
OF tar to Engineer G. W. CappeIlen to
have it tested, in the meantime to
have this particular part of the work
on the bridge stopped temporarily.
The boulevard ordinance, re- estab.
fishing the widths of the streets of thf
city, mostly in the residence district
on which the committee has beer
working for some time past getting il
: Iproper shape, was presented at thi'
r meeting and thoroughly gone over and
= discussed. Action will be taken on i,
: lat later meeting. Adjournment wa
, taken to next Wednesday evening.
! OPEN POSTAL SAVINGS BANR
TOMORROW.
The local postofice is making pre-
? parations for the opening of a posta
savings bank here tomorrow, and In
spector W. j. Monroe of the postal de-
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