Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-03-08
LET J; SCALES. CONTRACT
3 bjection Made to City
Hail Location for Them
at Council Meeting.

at, the city hali, with Alneru,.n q
Kiewel, Elvig, Brown, C. F. Carlson.
y. A. Carlson, Hall, Lane anu tha
pI esent aptointed alderman, kMlD> Ky.
a proposition. Of the Little falls Water
Pow OF company to Install four ungs-
ten lights ia. the larke nall Qt thu city
pail tor 40 was accepted
The CITY. cLrk was, instructed to
eenu q nera0nal letter of thanks 10 Mr..
llct 'offiu. general salea-a6. nt Of the
y. y. Mutt company Of biinEeapulis,
for having sent gratis to the clts q die
md, tap with which t. keep Ross
coupling In sapa. =:
btreet northeast which was brought
up BY y resilient Of that end Of town.
Was left 70 sumo time later. :.>.i.%.
Before the opening IF the bids for
city scales, Aldermen Kosloeky had
tbo clerk Tead Q letter which he ad-
dreaseu TO-. State Fin, Marshai Chae.
Keller, in which he told Of the city's
contemplation to locate tho scales 10
tront Of the city hall where IL would
probably ohatruct t1s passage OF the
hte apparatus at some time Or other
when Loads If hay. hogs. etc.. were on
the: scales and the response he re.
celved,s in which the tire marshal
staten that he had talked the ua, ter
over with Mr.. Fisher. whose Office fixes
insurance rates in this section uf the
state. anu That that gentleman stated
that if the scales would at any time
block the entrance nf the city hsll 60
that deliy would b1 can~ed to the
fire department in getting to IRE, in
surance rates woula undoubtedly be
raised ard that he was e,Dphaf ically
adverse tuIth- location Of the scales at
that point Fire Chief Emder ststed
that the scales would not he In the
way as the nose and chemical c0mpan-
.tr1, ia ftqnt of which department. The
lcalo weutd be located On the street,
generally took the sidewalk. ana that in
1ny case he ire malshel could better
teH y neither It would prove an obstruc.
tion or MT bv having ham come here.
The city c0uncll 0ecideu to send tor
the atAte tire marshal to look the mat.
tuf over.
Two bids ue1e received for the, fur.
nlshlng and installation Of city scales.
ono from the Howe Scale company of
Illinois and one from tho falrbanka
Morse company Of ST. Psul... Ihs bid
w the former, G w.. Fit9slmmon8
Agent. in which, The oompoay .Rree6
III inrnlsh;As1 ipshall c. fs1 II 31
i . : G.
inKHheam,a concTrSe 3s1esDll apd
Bteel frame, = Wjjtb s. ttiplico4o :1loSft
.squ,pmeht aua 30 @tzip,tcate. ticksts,
vas accop6Ad. - ..~
+. G. Gordon of the Little Fslls
Water Power company explained how
the extreme severity Of the winter,
caus,ng the frost to sink deeper in tho
ground than tor q number of years past
was responsible for frozen hydrants. q
few. of which have been encountered
during the past couple weeks. but tnat
the company is Keeping the system in
good shape with its electric and
steamer apparatus, and that hence
forth there ~ouln be very Likelihood of
any more frozen hydrants being en- :
cOuntered i.
Paul Ringwelskl appeared before the
council for aid from the citv In the
case of his father-ln-law L. KiHd1ow-
ski, but WAS told that rs the old man
bad given mis- property to his children,
it was up to them to support him.
Bills allowed: