Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1914-05-15
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had given the gas company an option
or property lying on one Of the prin-
', cipal business corners in the citys
| Mr.. Ryan agreed he had.
! r. F. Turner stated that if the gas
plant was to be Of benefit to the city
III general he could see no reason wH>
some few should knock the proposition
, as they do. He said that even the
! Water Power company should be f2.-
! orable to it and should help them to-
! come in.
Alderman Newman then moved that
, the Batters site be approved by ito,
council, but further discussion iollow-
! ed.
John Vertin stated that the council
! should consider the fact that the
Buchanan hotel is located very near
owners of the building might have
some objections VIM. Batters stated
! that R. l.. Palmer, proprietor Of the
| Buchanan hotel, had no objections to
the plant being located there.
City attorney Vernon said that if
| the plant proves to be nuisance to
the nearby property owners they can
bring an action against the company
for damages Or can have the nuisance
! abatcd. The council then took a re-
cess Of ten minutes IN order to learn
! as to the conditions surrounding the
st. Cloud gas plant.
! After order was restored President
Hall stated that he had just COMMUNE
! Gated with Mayor Seberger of St..
Cloud in connection with the NATTER,
| and that he had stated that the St.
Cloud plant is up-to-date, but that.
the odor from it is very offensive
w. II. LOOMS, who has livery on
| the property adjoining the Batters pro.
perty said that if the fumes from the
plant would be Objectionable to the
nei ghbors he would oppose the location
! Of the gas. plant on that site. On the"
ctt5Her hand, if the plant is to be a
! clean one and the building will be a
in the business section of the city,
! to display it's product and fixtures,
and that it would then increase the.
value Of the adjoining property, in
stead of destroy it.
DR.. w. H. Meyer stated that the
city should treat the company IN a.
businesslike way, as they mean busi-
ness. He said that the council has;
sufficient time to approve Of locations:
and that the idea of taking any fur
! ther time in the matter would only
make matters worse and be waste Of
time. The company has been urging
the council to give them something to
start with and they should 60 ahead
and give quick action in the matter
F. A. Nelson asked Mr.. Boyle why
the company desired so central a To-
cation, to which Mr.. Boyle replied
that they could get the mains laid in
a shorter time and that it would en-
able them to have a display window
for their product.
Alderman Moeglein moved that the
chair appoint a committee to visit
cities where oil gas plants. are, located
and ascertain whether or not they are.
nuisance.
N. N. Bergheim said that this action
was unnecessary and suggested the
council grant the company a permit to-
locate their plant on either Of the pro-.
posed sites. He said that such a per-
nit would be the same as any other
permit granted by the council for the
erection of buildings and that if the
people suffer any damage they have
RECOURSE through an action in the
courts.
The council then unanimously pass
ed a resolution approving the Batters:
site for the location Of the gas plant.
The Werner and Knuth sites, which,
are located on Kidder street southeast,
were taken up. VIM. TourtiIotte. who
is resident in the immediate vicin-
itv of this site, stated that he had no
objections to the plant being located
there. N. n. Bergheim represente'-
the owners of the City Hotel buildino
as having no objections, and that if it
proved nuisance they would bring
the matter into the courts for salts
faction. This site was then unani-.
mouslv approved by the council.
d. X. Harting asked that something
walk on Second street and Fifth ave-
nue. northeast. Alderman Newman
suggested that crushed rock cross
walk be put in at the next avenue o.
the same street. The city street COM
missioner stated that there is no rocA
on hand with which to build them and
the matter was left to the street COM.
mittee for investigation.
The council appropriated $3.50 to the
fire department to defray the expenses:
of eight delegates to the state con-.
! ventions at Fairmont.
Alderman Geo. Peterson stated that
a party on the West side has offered.
the use of his property as a pound and
suggested that Harvey Garfield be ap.
pointed as pound master for the
West side. The chair made the APP
pointment and the council confirmed
lit.
City Attorney Vernon reported that
he had conferred with MI. Goulet in
regard to having the building which
is occupied by the Eich & Siefert i'm
plement house, moved back to the lot
line and cement walk built. Mr..
Goulet had agreed to do this. The
street commissioner was instructed to
have the walk south of this building
made standard width.
8. J. Vasaly brought up the matter
of the purchase of a welcome arch t.
be used during conventions and. cele-
brations. The arch which Mr.. Vasaly
J had in view is to be constructed ~