Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20
CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS

Wnlcn matter was considered by the
Council and the Water & Light Commits
Messrs. Olson and Hicks of the Water
& Light Commission were present and
was presented at the last meeting of
the Board.
Aldermen Benson. Erickson and Tjos-
from the Council to confer with the
Water & Light Board about the matter
of installing heating system.
City, with ten, cars Of gravel at $40 per
yard +. o. b.. cars. 'Willmar. which
gravel was to be PLACED on East Itch
accepted and the matter was left with
the Street Committee.
The following bills were on motion
referred to the Finance COMMITTEES:
GENERAL FUND.
Fred L. Gray Co., Mpls., prem
iHm liability policy various Il
wete y s% G9s&t Conn., street lights 1oss'
Apr. $l71.5O, rent water for
fire hydrants, three months.
:$$9css75' light City Hall Apr:
wiilmar Milling Co.. rent Of lots ''''l'
for hay market, six MONTHS. 5000
N. w. Telephone Elk. Co., phone
rent and long distance calls
Tribune Prtg. Co., publishing and
Andrew Olson, labor fire appar- 0''4l
at Gi1be and fire iaS Stati0n; s9e
WAFER & LfGHT FUNND. 100
Tribune Prtg. Co., supplies w. &
Central Electric Co., mdse. ..... 1898
General Electric CO.. mdse e 49,: 45:2s
Il W. Johns Manville Co., mdse. 100
II: j.. Peters Co., mdse. ........ S39l
The Maytag Co., mdse. ......... AS
Robinson, Cary & Sands Co.,
c. E. Sanford & Co., mdse: ::::: So So
G. eP Sal,:cn fr.;:it -, 49,; ss 6
STREET FUND.
P. Anderson, labor two billS. 1881
S. Magnusson, labor, two bills. 1903 |
John Peterson, labor, two bills. 9.63 |
l.. Rasmussen, labor, two bills. 14.o1 |
A. Sundling, labor, two bills. 1853
L. Tendahl, labor. ............ 2.63
D. 3: Dougherty, labor team, two
bills 80. 49,. ............. 5000
bills -. ............... $500
Q. F'oliede labor team. 800
Carl Foliede. labor team. 1890. 24.0o
PERM. IMP. FUND.
S. MagnuSon, labor culvert. 175I
John Peterson, labor culvert. 175l
A. Sundling, labor culvert. . 175l
L. Rasmussen, labor culvert and
crossings, two bills. ........... GIL
POOR FUND.
Mrs. M. Skoglund, Atwater, board
and lodging three City poor
The Finance Committee reported the the
foregoing bills back approved and the
report was accepted:
Alderman Tjosvold offered the follow
ing resolution which was adopted by the
Following V01 REs aKey: 81 Noes none
Be it resolved by the City Council of
the City of Willmar, that the City Clerk
warrants against the respective - funds ssnd
! bills
Approved May 3, q 12t Mn as14: mavor
permits for sewer taps: G.. A. Soldering
to connect his new residence on lots 10,
| IL and IL of Block with the GOrton
Avenue sewer in First ward; Chas. Ras-
musson to connect his residence on lot
IL of Block 4S with the Third street
residence on lot 16 Of Block in Paul
son & Sunde's Subdivision of Lot %"
in +o Eastern Addition with the East
Thyden to connect his residence on 1ot
| II and south half of lot IL in Block IS
| with the Third street sewer. The ap-
! plications were granted subject to the
| sewer regulations and upon payment OF
The matter of the E. T. sandbo sewer
! application for restaurant on lot OF
Block "a, considered at the last meet
| ing, was brought up and talked over,
and it was on motion ordered that Mr..
Sandb *5s $50 check be retained as tap
The. matter of the c. Beckwith ap-
| plication for sewer permit, considered
at the last meeting, was brought up.
on motion Mr. BeckWith was ordered
| a sewer permit.
A communication from the Water &
vising Of the election Of {. S. Olson as
| President, and Lewis Fridlund, Secre-
tary and Collector Of the Water & Light
the sass of tie nna OF an n
employing V. E. Fridlund as bookkeep
er at salary Of $500 per month: n;
per ,,n month; E :oS * Westiund as First
McGregor as Second Engineer at 5000
Engineer at $4,000 per month: Albert
Torkelson as line man at $4,000 per
month and Emil Wahlstrand as wire
Ths at s sceo1 per cf % tSs Water Light
by the Council.
Mr.: Hicks Of the Water & Light Com;
! that the Board understood it was re-
| ported around that it was the inten-
ton of the Board to not do house-wir-
stated that such stories were absolute
ly, false, and that any one could look
that matter up in the minute book at
from the proper officials about it.
Contract bond Of Erie City Iron
Works Erie, Pa, for furnishing two
& Guaranty Co., of Baltimore, as sure
! ty, and contract bond of Victor E. Law
son for his City publishing contract.
j. w. johnson for East Litchfield ave-
nue.. sewer, contract, and bonds of AL
| fred Gilbertson and Ole j. Westgard,
| as constables (personal sureties), were
presented and were on motion referred
| to the City Attorney
going bonds back as correct in form and
execution, and the bonds were on mo-
! ton approved by the Council. and or
dered placed on file.
Requisitions for supplies from the
Water & Light Commission were pre-
structed to order the same.
| The matter of allowing VIM. Kemp to
| change his sewer pipe on Lot s, Block
| % (Pac1fic avenue), which matter was
| considered at the last meeting, was TAX
| en- up and discussed.
Kemp can not use the said sewer ex-
| cept as q surface drain, and that If he
uses 1T for sanitary purposes that he
must pay the $4,000 tapping fee Car
| ried.
The Clerk was on motion instructed
| The Committee appointed to look in
! to the matter Of cleaning and thing the
open County Ditch in the south part OF
| the Clty reported that it would recon-
mend that the property owners petition
the County Commissioners to have said
ditch cleaned and tiled.
] The report of the Committee was ac-
! copied.