Little Falls herald., 1914-10-09

The board Of public works reported
on the advisability Of ordering in
block Of sewer and water mains or
Third street northeast, for which q
petition was recently fled with the
city council. The board reported thai
the improvement is necessary but that
the petition seemed to lack the neces
sary number Of signers. j. s. Guerin
resident in the block where the sewer
and water mains were asked for, ap
peared before the council and stateC
that he objected to the improvement
and that at least three others did
The number Of signers on the petition
numbered four, making the number fol
and against the Improvement equal
After some discussion the counci
tabled the matter. :
Geo. Emder, chief fire warden, askel
the council to purchase twelve dozeI
canvass mittens for the fremen for USE
during the winter months. The fre
committee was authorized to purchase
the mittens.
The third quarterly report of the
city treasurer was referred to the fin
ance committee for inspection.
The street sprinkling assessment FOL
the year 1913 was adjusted and con
frmed by the council.
Julius Jetka and W. II. Ryan were
awarded the contracts for coal for
the city hall, their bids being the same
$500 per ton, f. o. b.. on local tracks.
These were the only bidders.
The building committee was in
structed to look into the matter of
having a cement floor laid in the back
room Of the city hall basement, so that
the room can be used as coal bin.
The present coal bin will hold but 20
hold 100 tons.
A resolution was passed establishing
the assessment for sidewalks recon
structed by the city during the past
year, the costs to be assessed against
the property. The assessment Was can:
'ffrmed. The clean=up assessmsnf, f6f
cleaning up private premises, was also
established and confirmed.
City Clerk Victor Schallern read a
communication from the chairman of
the town board Of Little Falls town, in
which the board asked the city to put
a fence around the city dumping
grounds, with gate, and that all dead
carcasses be buried, otherwise the town
board would deprive the city Of the
use Of the grounds for that purpose.
The street commissioner was instructed
to fence the grounds and to put up a
substantial gate. The gate will be
locked and anyone who hereafter
wishes to take anything to the grounds
must get the key for the gate from the
city hall or from the street commits
sioner. ..
: A receipt for 5000 from Justice Of
the Peace Geo. Gerritz was accepted.
N. E. Cary, agent, was granted a
permit to put in new plate glass
front in the building occupied by the
LaFond grocery store.
Alderman Venners turned in $500,
which~was returned to him by Mrs.
M. Zimmerman, who borrowed it some
time ago so that she could go out
west to work.
The annual tax levy was made and
ordered filed with the county auditor.
The amount Of levy is given in an
other column.
City Clerk Schallern informed the
council that he had received a draft
Of traffic ordinance from the Min
nesota League of Municipalities. The
ordinance was referred to the city
mayor and the city attorney for any
necessary alterations or additions. It
may be passed at the next meeting Of
the council.
City Attorney Vernon informed The
city council that he had conferred
with Attorney Morton Barrows Of St..
Paul in regard to the Marshall dam
age case, and that as result Of this
conference he deemed it advisable for
the city to settle. He stated that he
thought the matter could be satisfac-
torily adjusted with Mrs. Marshall.
The matter was left to the committee
recently appointed for this purpose, for
investigation. B
Mr.. Vernon also called the attention
OF the council to an ordinance which
he had drafted for an extention Of time
for the gas company to start and COM
plete work on the installation Of the
plant. He stated that President Suit
had sent him an ordinance which he
wanted passed, which world release
the company from the payment Of the
forfeiture money for the failure to
start Work on the gas plant, and still
give them the extention Of time. He
informed Mr.. Suit that the council
would not pass such an ordinance and
then received draft Of another or
dlnance, which purported to- give the
gas company until the fall az 1915 to
have the plant completed, and the ii lie
Tor starting work extended 10 Novem-
Der l, 1914. They also want release
from the $500 forfeiture upon the pur-
chase Of a site here. The ordinance
drawn up by Mr.. Vernon, which gives
the company until April l.. 1915, to
start the work and until September 1,
1915. to complete the plant, but in
which the forfeiture still will hold,
was passed by unanimous vote of the
council. The time to start work ex-
5Plred October i and some action was
therefore necessary. Mr. Suit 0ave A