The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-02-13
AtAR RESOLUTION CALLING FOR ELEc-
TloH WAS SUBMITTED MONDAY
sEACRAvE TRUCK REJECTED
laFrance Company Given 0ppor.
tunity to Demonstrate its Truck
With Idea of Sale

council rooms last Monday night and
the final disposition OF the Seagrave
truck made. The expert who has
IN here two weeks trying to make
~ itruck perform according to con
~ was called before the council
and he reported his success which had
been very poor indeed.
lie was unable to drive the truck
around the block in which ID. NJ Ross
lives although be did take 1t up the
main street. When the truck gets
where there is loose snow she sim
ply buries herself and will not move.
The council then adopted resolu-
ticn reciting that whereas the Sea-
grave Co. had been unable TO make the
truck perform according to the re-
quirements here. that the same be
rejected and payment for II be re-
fused The Seagrave people were or
dered notified and 1t was understood
that some OF the head men of the con-
Germ were to have been here on Tues
day to look the ground over
LaFrance Man Gets Into Action
A representative of the FaFrance
concern was present and said that he
had been all over the city on Monday
. and also on the occasion of a visit
here week ago; that he saw nothing
here to prevent his truck performing
as represented; that he would ask
nothing more than that his company
be given an opportunity to put q
truck in here by March 1 TO be tested
out under the conditions that exist
here; that II after taking all the
time necessary the council found that
his truck would answer all the re-
quirements he would expect the city
70 purchase ii; provided that the
city was not compelled through its
former contract with the seagrave
company to accept the truck now on
hand.
The council was not much in favor
Of taking him up until 1t was called
70 their attention that this city Is now
virtually without any FIRE protection
because OF the inability OF the Sea-
grave Co. to deliver the goods a
number of property owners were there
and expressed themselves as desirous
that something be done TO relieve the
conditions that exist here.
The LaFrance man was then asked
II he would submit his proposition to
writing and he stated that he would
do so and a paragraph was written
into the contract whereby the La
France company agrees to take its
truck away In case the Seagrave peo-
pie succeed in making the city ac-
cept the present machine
The contract was prepared but
Mayor Gaffney stated that he would
take time to look II over and to have
Il looked over by legal authorities be-
fore he would sign H.
Commission Form Up
A resolution received by Mr. Frank
fcadden from the city attorney al
4 ffafouette providing for the submis-
Nion to i ie electors Of the question OF
change In the form OF the city gov
frnpfnt was in the hands Of the
fl@u and on request was read. Mr.
scadden was present along with sew
"a al others including Hon. NJ. II
Nioriarty, ID. NJ. Ross. &. A. Robinson.
JAS RI johnson. Dan DAVIDSON. Thos
conlln Chas Uren and others. lie
had secured the form from Marquette
because that municipality had been
Though the change and the city at
Forney was familiar with the modus
operandi necessary TO being about
the change.
Mayor Gaffney asked for discus
sion Of the subject and Mr.. Moriarty |
made a few brief remarks In favor OF
the submitting to the people the
question. Mr. Moriarty stated that the
object In asking for change IN the
form Of government Is that tins city |
has no charter OF its own but is opcr-
ating under the general laws ana
that some Of the provisions OF those
laws are not best fitted for a NUM-.
cippllly Win the peculiar local con-
e>e,as that Crystal Falls has: that
~ believed And those favonne
twenh hission form Of government 81.
that the city can be alminis-