Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-09-08
CITY COUNCIL MEETS

To Appropriate $l6o For
7and--Want Public Scales
" .-AIIow Bills
The regular monthly meeting of the
city council which was put off from
the regular meeting night because uf
Monday being Labor Day was held
Tuesday evening at the city hall, with
Aldermen Kiewel, Bastien, Elvig, G.
+ E. Carlson. Hall and Lane present.
Mayor Aoeglein appeared before tho
council cin behalf of the Morrison
County Agricultural Cooperative COM
pany with a request that the city ap-
propriate: $3.50 for the band during the
three days of the county fair for
advertising purposes, and was given
the assurance that the bill for such SER
vices would be honored when presented
to the council after the fair.
On the request of Fire Chief Emder,
the purchasing committee was author
ICED to purchase ten dozen cloth mitts
or the fire department, they not kaz-
ing been purchased as previously author
| ICED.
| Attention was called by President
Kiewel to road just inside the city
limits which was full of chnckholes
and is badly in need Of repairing in
this regard.
A resolution transferring the liquor
license of g. J. jackson to Frank
lNachlarowitZ, who purchased his
saloon business, was passed and Leo
Urbanski was granted liquor license
| Jones & Ferren were granted &
plum bers license.
A favorable report was received from
the board of public works On the pre-
liminary order referred to it for a $50
foot extension of the sewer. running
west a half block on First avenue
northeast, thence north up Third street
to the center of the intersection Of
Third street and Second avenue north
east. Action was deferred on this.
however, until last night SO that the
matter could be more thoroughly in
vestigated. It seems that the half
block of sewyer now in, running west
from Fourth street northeast, is placed
at such a pitch and is at such a small
depth that we're an additional block OF
sewer to be made tu that asked for the
newly laid pipes would be within four
feet of the surface and would freeze up
in the winter. To obviate this the city
engineer recommended that the half
block of sewer in question be relaid
deeper, an estimate of the cost of such
work he placed at $1S4. 40, which it is
thought could not very we'll be assess
ed against abuttiug property. The cost
of the extension petltioned for ix
Iestlmated at 1854. 88.
Nels Montbriand asked what course
the council would take in regard to
the care and keep of the children Of
Mrs. Rozetta Robins who recently was
sent to the detention hospital at Fergus
Falls. The boy he stated vas over SIX
teen years of age and able to take care
of himself, but the two girls aged
fourteen and nine years we're forced to
20 to school. The matter was left to
the poor committee to investigate and
report.
The matter of repairing the side
walks in front of the city hall, making
| it the same width as the one to be con-
structed in front of the Buckman
hotel, was left to the building commit
tee.
An ordinance changing the boule-
ward ordinance from 116, the old one, to
1853 the new one recently passed, was
passed unanimously.
F. =. Farrow was granteda permit
to place a five ton scale on the north
side OF block Is on first avenue north
east. There was considerable talk on
having a public scale and weigh
master at this time. all the aldermen
present being strongly in favor of it
and being of the opinion that plan
for such should be figured out in the
near future.
A letter received from Frank
Drosky was read, In which the
gentlemen stated that he was not
aware of the fact that his parents here
were in need and that he was doing all
he could for them, having had consid-
cradle sickness in his family and last
spring having lost this three year old
boy. The case of the old couple was
accordingly referred to the poor COM
mittee.
! Adjournment was taken to last
evening.
Bills allowed:
lArthur Lafond, hauling ap-
paratus observation-disclosures. 8. O0
Dana Brown, same. AIS
Hose Co. No. 1, services. ....... 5.25
Hose Co. No. 2, services. ....... 8.25
Chemical No. /, services. ....... 6.75
Hook & Ladder, services. 5.25
Chemical Co. No. 2. servcies...... 8.25
Hose Co. No. 4, services. ........ 4.5e
Ethel Robbins, washing towels. $40
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