The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-15

December 10, 1885, the trustees d.
rected that bill in the sum Of 800
be sent to Reginald Peter and Capt
Alex McDougall for rent due on La
Fayette Park for the year 1885,.
At a special meeting held January
IL, 1886, officers for the year qualified
as follows, viz:
President, B. G.. Yocum. trustees,
John Mears, Asa Daley and Alex
Shaw; recorder, F. M. Kline; treasurer,
R. H. Palmer; constable, j. M. Mutt.
The president and trustees were al
| lowed $1.OO a day for time actually
! given to the villages business.
Louis Bellemore was appointed as
SCISSOR, Charles Winters health officer
and William Keir street commissioner.
February 8, 1886, the Park Point
Rail Road, Elevator & Dock Company
presented a petition for a special cleo
! ton to vote on "bonding the village
| to said company" The election was
held March 6, 81 votes being cast and
the bonding scheme defeated by vote
Of 20 to %.
At a special meeting held March g.,
1886, the village trustees passed an
ordinance granting the Park Point Rail
Road, Dock & Elevator Company the
right of way on the village streets and
Franklin and La Fayette Squares for
depot and yard purposes. President
Yocum, trustees Shaw, Daley and
Mears and recorder Kline were present.
March Is, the trustees voted to lay
on the table a proposition of the Du
luth, Park Point & Southern Rail Road
Company.
The school board granted the ues Of
the school house for council meetings.
April 20, J. M. Mutt was appointed
assessor in place Of L. Bellemore. 1t
also was decided to ask the commits
sioners of st. Louis county for $1,000
for the construction Of dock and ap-
proach on the south side Of the canal
for village use.
At later date, Asa Daley was made
assessor in place of j. M. Mutt. George
R. Stuntz also was paid $40 for map
of the Duluth harbor.
President Yocum having moved to
the Village Of Duluth, Asa Daley was
appointed village presidetn to fill out
the unexpired term at the council meet
ing held September 26.
October 10, Tobias Grady, Frank
Brown and Charles Winters were ap-
pointed Judges for the general election
ON November 2. Grady and Brown
failed to show up on election day,
therefore Alex Shaw and Asa Daley
were appointed in their place. Recon-
Der 21, George Faulkner, William How
enstine and Otto Hanson were appointed
judges for the village election.
At a special council meeting, held
January l, 1887, the Park Point Street
Railway Company presented petition,
asking exclusive right-of-way on Min
nesota Point for street railway pur-
poses. The petition was "accepted and
placed on file.' An ordinance then
was passed, granting the right for fifty
years from January l, 1887, on condi-
ton that the company charge not to
exceed 10 cents for fare.
A special meeting held Wednesday
evening, January 5, resulted in the
qualification of new village officers as
follows, viz:
President, A. C. Robinson; trustees,
Tobias Grady, w. H. Smith, an dPhilip
Blais; recorder, G. H. Lawrence; treas
urer, F. G. Smith; constable, James c..
Jacobs; justice of the peace, Patrick
O'Brien.
At the regular meeting on March 49,,
it was voted to hold council meetings
on the first an dthird Tuesdays of each
month at 1880 p. m.
At the meeting held at the ferry
house Saturday, February 5, 1887, the
ordinance granted the Park Point
Street Railway Company was repealed
because there was no provision COM
polling the company ever to build a
| line; because there was no considera-
ton and because no benefit was grant
ed to the village.
Charles Winters was appointed street
commissioner, William Osborn assessor
and Frank Brown, R. H. Palmer and