Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-10-20
MORE FIRE HOSE PURCHASED.
COUNCIL BUYS 1000 FEET. OF HOSE
FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT. ..si"
.. OTHER BUSINESS IT. .s'.''''3 :

'rhe city council held an adjourned reg
ular meeting at the. city hall Wednes-
day evening. all. the aldermen being
present.
A report by the" citizens electric light
rate committee on their findings and a
minority report on same by Peter j.
Nasaly, one Of the members of the COM
1nittee, were; presented I and read. On
motion OF Alderman Brown both Were.
laid ON the table for examination and
publication. to be taken up at the regu-
lar meeting in November. . An account
of this matter is given in another col
ANN, together with the complete re-
ports. ~
Bids were then opened for coal for the
city hall. Three bids were received.
from w. H. Ryan, julius Jetka and the
West Side Fuel company. All were alike
in the price Of the coal delivered at~the
city hall. $50 per ton and the counGll
voted to divide the order and gives each.
bidder an order for q carload of twenty
tons. srs...,,s.$ :. aa5s3f %s3ff#&:
Bids were then opened for fire hose
Six bids were received, the bidders being
the w. S. Mott company, the Eureka FIRE
Hose Manufacturing company. the West:
.rn Pump & Machi- cornpany.' The
United & Globe Rubber aManufac cturing
company, the Bi-Lateral lire Hose COM
pany and the G. c. G. Fire Hose & Rub
f,ei. company. represented by W. II. Ry-
an: The prices ranged from 20 cents per
foot to $l10. The order was awarded to
TWO of the bidders; each getting One-half.
or. 500 feet. The successful bidders were
the Eureka Fire Hose Manufacturing
,oxnpany and the Western Pump &
Machinery company, the hose purchased
being single Jacket Of the So-cent grade
with a 400 pound pressure and 3-year
guarantee. ..,.s.. -. !; T::& .:.&: u.
r. c. Gordon, manager for the Water
Power company, asked the council 10
bring up the electric light franchise ex-
tension ordinance and give, it Its hrst
reading. 1t could then be brought up at
future meetings for discussion. he said.
Alderman Falk moved that the matter
I've left until q meeting after the rate re-
ports have been published am thorough
lv discussed. Mr. Gordon did not Jake
kindly to this plan. saying that the Or
,linance came before the council three OF
four months ago and had since been pup
lished in both local papers, and had had
practically all the publishing that was
necessary and had also been discussed
quite thoroughly. Pie said that II tne
council was going to turn down lie or
,lnance, the sooner they do 1t, the bet
ter so that the company may Know
where they are at. However the raik
motion was seconded and carried and
nothing: was done with the ordinance.
A petition by residents Of Broadway
West, between Third and Fourth streets.
asking that the boulevard on that street
be made fourteen feet wide instead or
nine, was presented and read. AS an
ordinance is necessary on this mater,
it was left until the next meeting, Alder
man John to arrange to have an ordl-
nance drawn up in the meantime 80,
Alderman Johnson brought up the mat
7ar ut rerairinc tho West side bell tower
The lot on which the tower now stands
is Uwned by private internsts, and Al
tlerman Johnson stated that he had been
told that they contemplated using It,
1t was therefore deemed advisable 20
move the tower across. the street and
place it IN the unused street near the
stone crusher Alderman Johnson was
instructed to get an estimate OF the cost
of repairing the tower and moving 1t
across the street and report to the cOun-
oil at it's next meeting.
The eouucil then adjourned.