Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-11
COUNCIL HAS LONG HOURS

WORKED UNTIL MIDNIGHT AT
LAST MEETNo- MEETS
AGAIN TONIGHT
After having managed to- finish up
its meetings at a very reasonable hour
for several months, the council last
Monday night found themselves greet
ing a new day as they left the counci;
chambers. And at that toward the
end OF the meeting they rushed things
through and left a number of matters
over until the next meeting. All the
aldermen except Farrow were pres mt.
The first business Of the council af-
ter the allowing Of the bills was to
order the sum Of $3.50, which had
been turned over to the city clerk by
Commissioner LaFond for junk sold,
turned over to the city treasurer.
[. j. Bates of Ninth street northeast
appeared before the council and asked
for an order restraining a neighbor
from using the street for a garden as
he said he was unable to get to and
from his home. AS the charter of the
city prohibits the blocking of streets
was left to. the street commissioner.
The three local banks were named
city repositories and the city treas
urer was instructed to deposit the city
funds in them as equally as possible.
The bids were the same, per cent on
open accounts and per cent on time
deposits. Their bonds were approved.
The Transcript Publishing company
was awarded the bid for The official
printing for the ensuing year at the
legal rate of IS cents per folio for the
first insertion and 35. cents per folio
for subsequent insertions. It was also
designated as the official paper of Lit
tie Falls. .'-.,.
"A report from Municipal Judge
Lyon with a receipt for $42 for fines
collected, attached, was read and or
dered fled. - ,~'
Reports of the elections in several
hose companies, the hook and ladder
company and the fire department, were
read and approved. These elections
are given in another column.
The election Of George Emder as
fire chief was approved. Chief EN-
der announced that Peter J. Vasaly.
had been appointed first assistant,
chief, E. "A. Loucks second assistant
and T. O. Berg third assistant and
these appointments were also approx
ed. :
N. N. Bergheim announced that he
had appointed three additional police;
to serve without pay, at tho request
of the Pine Tree Manufacturing COM,
pany. Those appointed were Alva.l
Ashcraft, P. s.. johnson and n. D.
Warren. A resolution was passed by:
the council changing the number Of.
police without pay from five to eight.
HI. lssolntion otdering In = sidewalk.
On Fourth avenue southwest bfotlght4
up at: the request Of J. W. Crossdeld,s
a resident on this avenue, was referred
to the street committee and they were
asked to report at tho next meeting.
A letter from Victor Olson, urging
the city council to purchase the Sew
enth street fire station, was read. The
letter was referred to the fire commit
tee.
Mayor Bergheim asked that the
chief of police be provided with a new
gun, handouts, holsters, etc. The mat
ter was referred to the purchasing
committee.
: The annual report Of the Firemen IS
Relief association was read and ap-
proved.
An offer from a Swanville man to
sell blue hawk to the city for tne
park was referred to the park COM
mittee.
The resolution passed at the patri-
otic meeting held some time ago, which
asked that the city council appoint
committee to work with The citizens
public safety committee, was read,
and the chair was instructed to- appoint
one alderman from each ward. He ap-
pointed Aldermen Moeglein, Brown, n.
J. Peterson and Farrow.
The finance committee asked for and
was granted further time to examine
the annual report Of the city treasurer.
The application Of E. J. Richie to
take some dirt from First avenue
northeast, was referred to the street i
committee.
M. A. Engstrom and E. J. Beattie
we're granted cigarette licenses.
Robert Muske was granted a permit |
to construct solid brick garage Tx
lS feet, in back of his building.
Fire Chief Emder requested the |
council to provide lockers for the fire.
men who sleep at the city hall, in
which to- keep their good clothes, also
to provide locker in which to keep |
certain equipment. The matter was
referred to the fire committee with
power to act.
City Clerk johnson was instructed |
to take up with the railway company
the matter of getting a culvert install
ed on Third avenue northeast and |
Sixth street. >Thos. Hyson, who lives |
near there, complained to the coun-
ell that the basement and foundation
under his house had been badly dam
aged by the water.
J: Krause of Fourth avenue south
east asked the council to have larger
eulvert put in near his place, to drain
a hollow. Alderman LaFond stated |
that the present culvert is "a inches in |
diameter and is large enough, but that |
it is a regular lake which Mr.. Kause
wants drained and to drain it would |