Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-04-07

0oO s-10EuoAu0O tn5 Sd0o U0Fl08 the
past several years. ~ 81; ]: 4 DIS.
5s The council then proceeded with the
appointive Offices. electing Louis W..
Vasaly city attorney at the salary ;iof
$3.50 per year; A. J. s Fem city.
engineer; William Batters :janitor of
the city hall at the salary .of $50 per
month, later increasing the salary !, to
SIS per month; Isaac LaFOnd street
commissioner at salary Of $3.50 per
day, q raise Of rs cents per GAYS.
A. d. Malburn received two votes for:
street commissioner F. F. Turner, NJ
N. Berghelm and Jos. Moegleln were.
elected members of the board Of. public,
WORKS, their salary and that. Of the
mayor and: the members Of the city
council being fixed at $1.O0 each par,
year; DR.. N. Dumont was I; elected
health officer at a salary of, 800; per
year, and J.. j.. Gross and Ernest
Kaestner, from the First and Fourth
wards respectively, OF, the Board Of
Health at salaries of $25 each per year.
I Math Krause wass appointed pound
master and Camille st. Marie city
scavenger. ~$=ss-.~ -. I's. :s55' b.
The personal bond for $40, 600 fur
nlshed by John Vertin, city treasurer
elect, pending the arrival Of his surety
bond for $1Q, coo. was approves. - 49,
The salary OF the city clerk was
fixed by ordinance at $50 per month,
raise Of $40 per month. !
AS only personal property will be-
assessed during this year, the salary.
of the city assessor was fixed by or.
dinance at $500 per year. The number
of police was fixed at nine, three serv.
ing with pay and SIX without pay the
same as last year. The salary Of the
chief Of police was fixed by ordinance
at $40 per month. and that Of the two
patrolmen at $65 each per nIonth,
raise of SO each per month. =.
No change is made in the personnel
OF the police force.
The wages for common day labor on
the streets was set at 81 IS per day,
but was later raised to $2.0O per day ).
wages Of man and team was fixed at
$500 per day, same as last year. s
The city clerk was instructed to
advertise for bids fer city printing
and city deposltories, and advertise
the territory for the. city street
sprinkling. The clerk wal INSTRUCTED
to draw orders for: salaries, phone ser.
vices and rental OF Chemical Mo-
each montheas:tny became due. :.. +.
TIE Bfol11sl9 hridge matter was
next taken up. Dtdrh1se RfbDheleaut una
Martin WieohorekE who comp0oed & I
committee appointed by the hoard ~
county commissioners to meet with the
city council on. this matter, being
appointed by the council to act with
them On the bridge matter. ~. ,..;..S'
|. The blue print and: plans and speci-
Fhcatlons fufnishd by Engineer T. w.
Cappelen, we're thoroughly gone over,
approved and ordered filed. But one
change was made in the specih cations,
the word company being added so
as to read surety company bond to be
furnished by contractor. The specitica-
tions call for the taking out Of the
rails which will be saving of about
$70c). the keeping open for traffic Of
ten feet Of the bridge while 1T is being
repaired; the use Of Norway Pine Of
coast fir for the planking and Norway
Pine or Tamarac for the blocks to be
creosoted. and laid parallel, at an angle
Of 45 degIees, .interstices to be filled
with coal tar or asphault. Certified
checks for 10 per cent of the bid on
the bridge: work must. accompany the
contract. The engineers estimate Of
the cost Of the work, without the
rails. was 81. 762. $50 81 s.
The city clerk was instructed to ad-
vertise for bios for the creosote block.
ing Of the Broadway bridge according
to plans and specifications, bids "a IS
opened ats o'clock April oath. S..
The. bonds Of Fred Cary as CITY
clerk and Lud Gaudet and Phil S.
Randall as justices Of the peace, "a tic
sum OF $500 each. were approved.
A communication addressed to the
mayor and the city council was e.
ceived from the secretary Of the CITY
library board, inviting them ana al
others interested to pay a visit to the
city library at s O'Clock SATURDAY
evening, April s. to familiarize them.
selves with the workings ana needs 81
the library i was ordered fled.
In regard to the library, Chas.
! Sylvester. the retiring city treasurer.
who likewise was TIE treasurer sc the
lefty library, stated that the ,brary
really should receive from 500
to 5000 more IN the making az m
NEXT levy He also explained how
lin his annual report some &c Ia