Little Falls herald., 1914-08-21
CITY COUNCIL HELD MEETING

|CITY COUNCIL HELD meeting
GRANTED TRANSFER OF LIQUOR
LICENSE AND APPROPRIATED
$3.50 FOR COUNTY FAIR
The city council met in regular ad.
journed session at the city hall Mon.
day evening, with Aldermen Hall, La
Fond, Bell, II. Peterson, Venners, New
man and Moeglein present.
The application for transfer Of the
r. L. Palmer liquor license to D. u.
Ellis was granted. All the members OF
the council with the exception Of Il.
Peterson voted yes. Peterson voted no.
The surety bond was approved.
Frank Kiewel was granted q permit
to construct q cement walk in front
of his property, being lot Of block 46
of the original townsite Of Little Falls,
on Third street southeast. Andrew
Molde was granted permit to con-
struct cement walk in front of lot 4,
block, 66, Thayer's addition, ON Third
street southwest. z
A petition for light at the inter-
section of Fourth street and Fifth ave-
nue. northeast near the N. p. tracks,
was referred to the street committee
for investigation.
The street commissioner report OF
work done on roads leading out Of this
city during August was read and TWO
bills, for $198.OO and $4,000 were al
lowed.
The bill of Octave Richard, acting
chief of police, for a refund of fare 60
poor, amounting to $2.62 was allowed.
G.. W. Massy, member Of the board Of
education, appeared before the coun-
Gil and asked that some Improvement
be made on First street northeast from
First avenue to Third avenue, at least.
He stated that the school grounds have
been put in good shape and First street
which is in a very poor condition Tor
travel at the present time, be fixed up.
N. n. Bergheim suggested that some
work be done on Fourth street north
east before First street is tackled, as
Fourth street is the main artery out OF
this city to Belle Prainrie and other
points north Of here. He suggested
that the split log drag be used on the
roads Of the city, as they have been
found very satisfactory wherever tried
out. <s5.z:7
Geo. Kiewel said that Fourth street
should be fixed up before First street,
as during the rainy season the fishing
ponds become too numerous on this
street. He also stated that something
should be done to prevent the Broad
way West roadway from deteriorating.
AS result Of automobiles speeding on
this roadway, the crushed rock is leos-
ened and in short time it will be full
Of chuckholes. He suggested treating
the roadway with road oil, which would
act as binder. He also gave a talk
on the building Of roads. Clay should
not be used for roads, he said. Crush
ed rock roads are much more satisfac-
tory, although the cost OF @buitain,
them is much greater. In >order.te lbs
sen the cost Of building crushed r6eh
roads, he suggested that the rock be
hauled to the place where the work is
to be done and crushed with portable
crusher. The cost of such a crusher
would soon be saved by decreasing the
hauls.
AS the result of the talks on roads
and Of automobiles speeding or ou.
good roadways G.. w. Massy stated
that he thoug int that the roads would
last much longer if the auto crivers
are restrained from speeding, and sug-
gested that signs be.placed in the out.
skirts Of the city where the main roads
enter, telling the autoists how fast
they are allowed to drive in the city
This suggestion brought out another
that Of having an ordinance to regu.
late traffic. At the present time team.
sters, auto drivers and others, pay nc
attention to the rules Of driving, while
others are absolutely ignorant Of such
rules. 49,
After some discussion it was decided
to leave the matter of the improvement
Of First street, in the hands Of the
street committee for investigation. The
principal reason for the slow progres.
| in road building is that the charter
restricts the council from expenalne
more than 5000 for road work at any
one time. The city clerk was instruct.
ed to send to the state municipal in
formation bureau for a copy Of an or.
dinance on the regulation Of traffic n
the streets Of the city.
Alderman Newman read a PROPOSE
tion submitted to 81. Landau on The
opening Of Minnesota avenue, in which
the city offered to vacate 40 feet Of the
street provided he would pay one-hal1
of the cost of having the street sur
veyed and would open up and put in 9
passable condition 80 feet of the street
He also read a letter from Landau
stating that the proposition could not
be considered, as the cost Of opening
such large part of the street would
be too great. The councilmen agreed
to drop the matter for the present.
Geo. Kiewel appeared before the
council and asked for an appropriation
of $3.50 to the fair society to help de
fray its expenses at the coming fair
The city has appropriated for the fai,
last year $500. Upon motion by al
derman LaFond the council voted tt
appropriate the amount asked for.
Council then adjourned.
AMONG THE TEACHERS
Mss Alma Fortier Of this city viii
teach in the Eveleth public schools dur