Little Falls herald., 1913-12-05

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MARSHALL INJURY SUIT
WILL BUY HOSE
a regular monthly session of the
city council was held at the city. hall
Monday evening with Aldermen Carl.
son, Peterson, Loucks, Farshall, Hall
and Kaliher present.
A petition signed by 81 residents
Of the west side was brought before
the council, asking for the installa.
tion Of a water main from Second
street and Second avenue southwest to
Seventh street and Second avenue
southwest on Second avenue, and south
on Seventh street from Second to
Third avenue. This part Of the city
is very much in need Of such main
for fire protection. The main as PEE
titioned for would also give the LIN
| coln school ample protection, which it
that it be put in, saying that the pc
tition came from the only part Of the
city which is without these water con-
nections. ~ He said that in time Of a
fire it requires all the hose in the city
to reach the flames, which causes much
delay and that by the time enough
hose is connected to reach the place
the fire swept buildings are already
destroyed. - E@f 1,S.*
Chief Ender also called the couu-
cil's attention to the condition of
the hose in Hose Co. No. 4. He said
that about five hundred feet Of rub
Der hose at this station should be dis
carded as it. is past the days of SER
vice. The city clerk was instructed to
advertise for bids for 500 feet of
single jacket cotton hose. ~
The council awarded Jacob Drut-
scher Of Belle Prairie $30.50 damages
for injuries to his horses and dama-
gcs to a rig when he drove into an
excavation on Third street, northeast.
The accident occurred on October "a,
| late in the evening when Mr.. Brut-
scber was returning home from this
city. He stated that the excavation
was unguarded and that no lights
were near it to warn a passerby Of
the danger. He said that he saw a
light on the opposite side Of the street
aud in turning aside to avoid it Grove
! into another trench.
f! ". Johnstone Barr, representative
Of an insurance agency, addressed the
council on the advisability Of taking out
liability insurance for the employees Of
| the city in order to be safeguarded
Under the new W0rkmen's 3 compelsa-
ton act. He stated that Mankato
and Rochester have taken out the in
surance, feeling that it was the prop.
er thing. The chair appointed Alder;
men Loucks, Carlson and KalihsE. az
! 9 committee to investigate the pfopo-
sit:on.:: -:
t City Engineer Phil. s. Randall re.
/ ported that the steel for the bridge
approach had arrived and that the
$1,000 which was to be-paid when this
. arrived could now be. turned over to
the contractor. The city clerk was in
strccted to draw warrant for the
amount, to be paid the contractor,
VIM. O'Shea, upon proper execution
OF his bonds to the city. n.
Alderman Kaliher asked that his
ordinance relating to the removing of
telephone posts, sign posts, etc, on the
main thoroughfares of the city be
gwen its first reading. City Attorney
Veinon stated that in an interview
with Fred Specify, district manager
for the Northwestern Telephone com.
pany, he had been oold that the com.
pa' y would comply with the demands
Of the city if such an ordinance were
adopted but that in order to 10 it
he would have to rob the funds al
ready appropriated to other cities fol
improvements. He stated that if the
company were given until 1915 to make
the change he could get an appropria
;. tion from the company for the i'm
provement, which would cost about
$4,000. When the change is made the
cables will be underground. The
council decided to leave the ordinance
until the first meeting in January, il
order to ascertain the opinion of the
companies interested in this matter
A request will be made to the com
panies to remove their poles from the
"ain streets without adopting sucl
an ordinance.
I The matter Of getting new seats 70,
the city hall was taken up. The seats
Which are now being used are the
Il property of the Commercial club. They
are very much in need of repairs anG
it was suggested that new seats be
! purchased. City Attorney Vernon
suggested repairing the old chairs
and Alderman Peterson said that the
purchase of new chairs would he 9
needless expenditure of money. AID
erman~ Carlson easily surmised thei1
reasons for not wanting new chairs
however, saying that Vernon as a
member Of the Commercial club want
! ell their chairs repaired and Alderman
Peterson as member of the Lark
committee wanted the money for i'm.
provements in the Pine Grove park.
| After some discussion the matter was
left to Alderman Parshall, Carlson
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