The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-11-09
COUNCIL proceedings

Regular monthly meeClng OF Cne
Common Council Of the City Of Sank
Centre, held Wednesday, November 1,
1916, at 1880 p. m.
The Council convened in regular
session with all the members in at
tendance.
- The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
The action of the Mayor and Clerk
in issuing City Order No. $3.50 in
favor of the Light and Power Co., of
st. Cloud for $54.32 in payment Of
unearned premium on insurance on
electric equipment, and
In issuing City Order No. 1851 in
favor of Earl D. Jackson, engineer, on
account of services as per contract for
the sum of $45O.00 was ratified and
confirmed.
The Council also confirmed the ac-
ton of the Mayor and Clerk in, re-
newing the Charles Fiesler cigarette
license, on Sept. z, 1916.
The Rest Room committee filed its
report for the month of October which
showed among other things, a balance
on hand of $18.74 with monthly at
tendance of 1877 and the largest single
days attendance of rs.
The report was ordered filed.
w. ]. Morgan presented an assign
ment of the ]. F. Lembke Pool Lii
cense and asked the City to consent to
such assignment to him, and also for
a transfer from the old location into
the North store room of the Tobey
building on Main street.
The transfer of license to ". ].
Morgan was granted; also the transfer
of location as asked for.
Mrs. John Dimon filed a request to
the Council, asking them to look into
the matter of the overlooking of her
south lot on Main street, near the un-
foreground crossing. The Council de-
cided there was nothing the City could
do for her, as her lots were lower than
the street.
w. M. Parker appeared before the
Council and made the City a verbal
proposition for a wholesale price OF
current on the City's switchboard, but
as the rate was so much higher than
the City had assurances that it could
be produced by it's own power, the
proposition could not DC accepted.
The Allis-C Chalmers Co., Of Mil
waukee, through it's representative.
Mr.. Thompson, haa submitted to the
Council proposition for their l'iesel
Oil engines and gone over matter very
thoroughly with the Council; the
Council again took up the matter and
considered it at length, and made
comparisons with other makes of
power, as submitted by other manu-
facturers and come to the conclusion
that the Allis-C Chalmers proposition
was the best the City had had or
could hope to get. The proposition
was as follows, viz:
To install two Diesel engines Of 140
H., P. each, directly connected to two
generators of IS K. w., including the
switchboard land all electrical equip
ment up to and including the switch
board for the sum Of 26,390 90.
Building, as per engineers
plans 1895 90
Concrete foundations for
machinery ............ 8S5 20
Allis-C Chalmers Electric
Pump .................. 2,222 90
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Whereupon, Alderman Jenkins NOV
ed that the Allis- Chalmers Co. prop
osition be accepted, subject to the ap-
prevail Of the city's engineer, Earl D.
jackson, and the entering into prop
err contract with plans and specifica-
lions to be made and approved by Mr..
jackson, and the furnishing of good
and sufficient bond. Said contract to
further provide that the plant be COM
pleted in time for the City to turn
back to the st. Cloud Light & Power
Co. the present generator and switch
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